NIST works with industry and science to advance innovation and improve quality of life. We're looking for a Industrial Hygienist to join our team! This notice is issued under direct-hire authority to recruit new talent to occupations for which NIST has a severe shortage of candidates.

Duties

Performs professional industrial hygiene work to protect personnel and environments from occupational health hazards; identifies and evaluates potential occupational health hazards; develops procedures to eliminate, minimize, or control occupational health exposures to personnel and environment; develops medical surveillance screening protocols for evaluation of personnel exposures; monitors tasks and work areas to evaluate health exposures and compliance with safety and health standards; maintains and calibrates IH instruments. Plans, schedules, and conducts workplace safety inspections, identify, and analyze findings, and develop recommendations to mitigate or resolve safety and regulatory findings. Works with Researchers, Professors and Board of Regents to develop and implement Safety Programs. Documents safety and health issues, findings, and violations. Adapts analytical techniques and evaluation criteria for the measurement and improvement of program effectiveness. Uses a variety codes, regulations and standards to analyze, interpret and report on compliance status, safety data analysis findings in safety program area. Develops, organizes, and implements functional short- and long-range project plans. Plans, executes, and reports on original or ongoing analyses, evaluations, or investigations within safety program area.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service
• Suitable for Federal employment
• Satisfactory completion of a pre-employment medical examination
• Bargaining Unit Position: No

Qualifications

Basic Requirements Applicants must meet one of the following requirements: 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 Certification from the American Board of Industrial Hygiene(external link) (ABIH). Courses in the history or teaching of chemistry are not acceptable. The education must be accredited by an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education(external link) at the time the degree was obtained. IN ADDITION TO THE BASIC REQUIREMENTS: Applicants must have at least one year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-12 level (ZP-III at NIST). Specialized experience is defined as: experience conducting periodic reviews of Occupational Safety and Health Systems and physical environments; developing, reviewing, revising guidelines and policies on safety management; providing industrial hygiene & safety consultation services; planning reviews for new projects involving research or educational facilities. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done. We will credit all qualifying volunteer experience in your application. The qualification requirements in this vacancy announcement are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook.

Education

This position has an education requirement. Transcripts must be submitted to validate that the education requirement has been met. Unofficial transcripts will be accepted in the application package. However, an official copy will be required prior to a final offer of employment.

Education completed outside of the U.S. must be evaluated by an accredited organization to ensure that it is comparable to education received in accredited institutions in the U.S. Click here to view a listing of accredited organizations from the Department of Education's website. A copy of the foreign education evaluation (containing the results with a course by course listing) is required with your application

Contacts

• Address Boulder Safety, Health and Environment Division 100 Bureau Drive Gaithersburg, MD 20899 US
• Name: Marsha McRae Blair
• Email: [email protected]