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Duties

As an Research Industrial Hygienist you will: Plan, design, and execute research and health hazard evaluation investigations important to occupational respiratory disease. Formulate and implement laboratory and/or field investigations to identify factors involved in the early detection and differential rates of susceptibility to occupational respiratory disease. Conduct studies, including those where new or exotic materials are involved and problems are exceptionally difficult and unyielding to investigation. Research plans, prioritize, initiate, design, conduct, coordinate, direct and lead basic and applied research and hazard evaluation investigations to identify and assess exposures which result in respiratory problems. Develops appropriate recommendations for hazard mitigation or for further research.

Requirements

Qualifications

Requirements Continued: All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement. Basic Qualifications: A bachelor's or graduate/higher level degree in industrial hygiene, occupational health sciences, occupational and environmental health, toxicology, safety sciences, or related science. -OR- A bachelor's degree in a branch of engineering, physical science, or life science that included 12 semester hours in chemistry including organic chemistry, and 18 additional semester hours of courses in any combination of chemistry, physics, engineering, health physics, environmental health, biostatistics, biology, physiology, toxicology, epidemiology, or industrial hygiene. -OR- A certification from the American Board of Industrial Hygiene. Minimum Qualifications: To qualify at the GS-14 grade level, you must have at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the next lower grade level, which must include the following experience: leading multidisciplinary teams on worker exposure and health field surveys related to characterizing mixed exposures to aerosols, gases and vapors associated with adverse respiratory health outcomes and leading activities to include public health investigations. Documenting Experience: In accordance with Office of Personnel Management policy, federal employees are assumed to have gained experience by performing duties and responsibilities appropriate for their official series and grade level as described in their position description. Experience that would not normally be part of the employee's position is creditable, however, when documented by satisfactory evidence, such as a signed memorandum from the employee's supervisor or an SF-50 or SF-52 documenting an official detail or other official assignment. The documentation must indicate whether the duties were performed full time or, if part time, the percentage of times the other duties were performed. It is expected that this documentation is included in the employee's official personnel record. In order to receive credit for experience in your resume that is not within the official series and grade level of your official position, you must provide a copy of the appropriate documentation of such experience as indicated above. 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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Education

Education completed in colleges or universities outside the United States may be used to meet the education requirements. You must provide acceptable documentation that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States. For more information on how foreign education is evaluated, visit:https://www.cdc.gov/jobs/future-applicant-information.html.

Contacts

• Address NIOSH-FIELD STUDIES BRANCH 1600 Clifton Road, N.E. Atlanta, GA 30333 US
• Name: CDC HELPDESK
• Phone: (770) 488-1725
• Email: [email protected]