About the Position: Conduct in-depth industrial hygiene surveillance for all base employees, civilian and active-duty military, assigned to industrial, health care, and warehouse work areas; assess work area processes and environmental conditions for worker health hazards; devise and implement controls to minimize potential health hazards; detect violations of published health standards/regulations and make corrective recommendations.

Duties

Conduct industrial hygiene evaluations on agency facilities noting workplace conditions, non-compliance, air samples, and/or hazardous working conditions. Produce technical reports based on completed studies and sampling results. Conduct illness and/or injury evaluations to identify potential hazards. Analyze work environments for hazardous materials and/or physical agents that a worker may be exposed to. Maintain records and/or files related to studies, surveys, and findings. Provide training to organizational personnel on health and workplace hazards. Participate in work group and/or committees. Enter data into an automated system such as Defense Occupational and Environmental Health Readiness System-Industrial Hygiene database.

Requirements

• This position requires the incumbent be able to obtain and maintain a determination of eligibility for a Tier 3 security investigation or access for the duration of employment. A background investigation and credit check are required.
• Immunization screening is required. Hepatitis B immunization is required for all positions with direct patient contact. Applicants may be required to show proof of other immunizations depending on the type of position.
• This position has mandatory seasonal influenza vaccination requirements and is subject to annual seasonal influenza vaccinations unless otherwise exempted for medical or religious reasons (documentation of exemption must be provided upon hire).
• This position requires the completion of a pre-employment Physical Examination and an annual examination thereafter to ensure the continued, required level of physical health and ability or fitness to perform the duties of the position.
• This position may require the incumbent to possess and maintain a valid state Driver's License in one of the 50 U.S. states.
• This position may require the incumbent to work on any day or shift, including PMs, nights, weekends, holidays, or on an "on call" basis, necessary to meet mission requirements.
• This position may require incumbent to wear PPE and requires a respirator fit test.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. 30 Percent or More Disabled VeteransCurrent Civilian Employees of the Defense Health Agency (DHA)Current Permanent Department of Defense (DoD) Civilian EmployeeDomestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel WorkforceInteragency Career Transition Assistance PlanLand Management Workforce Flexibility ActMilitary Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473Non-Appropriated Fund Instrumentality (NAFI)Non-Department of Defense (DoD) TransferOffice of Personnel Management (OPM) Interchange Agreement EligiblePeople with Disabilities, Schedule APriority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) EligibleReinstatementVeterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. ** Please NOTE** In a one-grade interval series, experience at the second lower grade level can be credited when there is no position in the normal line of progression that is one grade lower than the position being filled. Note only current Federal employees may qualify based on GS-09 specialized experience, in accordance with Office of Personnel Management's in-service placement rules for one grade interval positions. Outside applicants (i.e. those without current or former Federal experience must qualify based on GS-10 specialized experience. reference 9d and 3o General Schedule Qualification Policies (opm.gov) Specialized experience for in service placements: One year of specialized experience which includes assisting in conducting health hazard surveys (environmental and/or safety) for a facility and/or organization; assisting higher graded specialists in conducting industrial hygiene training on environmental or safety hazards for the facility; collecting results of surveys to produce reports for the facility or organization. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-09) for in-service placements. Specialized experience for in external placements: One year of specialized experience which includes conducting health hazard surveys for a facility and/or organization; conducting industrial hygiene training on environmental or safety hazards for the facility; presenting results of surveys to leaders and/or stakeholders of a facility or organization. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-10). Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted. You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Data Collection and AnalysisEnvironmental Compliance and Preventive ActionSafety and Occupational Health (SOH) Hazard Identification Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-10) or (GS-09) for in-service placement candidates only.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address JT-DHA-DD83BS DHA STAND-ALONE MKT-TINKER AFB DO NOT MAIL Tinker AFB, OK 73145 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk