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Job opening: Industrial Hygienist

Salary: $123 014 - 181 216 per year
Published at: Feb 20 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
The Deputy Senior Environmental Health Officer serves as NASA's consultant and advisor for environmental health (EH) matters to all NASA Centers, ensuring robust EH programs across the Agency. Develops and authors policy and program objectives, provides EH technical expertise and consultation to develop hazard mitigation strategies, establishes and maintains requirements and standards for EH disciplines, and develops and implements training to Agency EH practitioners.

Duties

Provide technical/administrative direction to Center Environmental Health employees performing the functions of the organization. Responsible for ensuring the organization’s strategic plan is communicated and integrated into the team’s strategies. Develop environmental health program policy guidance and interpretations regarding NASA and/or Center issues. Identify preventable health problems and maintain surveillance of assigned program(s) through investigations, data collection, and analysis. Serve as Occupational Health support contract functional manager, medical evacuation contract and employee assistance program after-hours contract contracting officer’s representative (COR), and electronic health record contract technical monitor. Serve as technical advisor for NASA regarding the Industrial Hygiene, Radiation Safety, Laser Safety, and Food Safety. Conduct onsite Center Occupational Health program management reviews, ensuring that program policies, practices, and procedures are consistent with regulatory requirements and NASA's strategic goals. Provide results to senior management officials. Perform annual reviews at NASA Centers and component facilities, conduct interviews, research program documentation, and cross-check programs with existing policies, regulations, contracts, and Center-specific requirements. Represent OCHMO at meetings across the Agency, Federal Government, and industry. Serves as liaison working issues, arranging meetings and on-site visits. Builds and maintains partnerships, to determine needs and effectiveness of existing controls. Plan and develop environmental health training programs for Agency-wide application and promotes professional development. Develop activities to educate NASA personnel to increase understanding of current environmental health practices. Foster a culture of engagement, diversity, inclusiveness, excellence and innovation. Champion NASA's commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility to create an environment that promotes a commitment to safety, integrity, and teamwork.

Requirements

  • Current Federal employees must meet qualifications, time in grade, and 90 days after competitive appointment requirements by the closing date of the announcement.
  • Financial Disclosure, Drug Testing, and/or the Travel Requirements for this position may differ and be required based on the duty location/NASA Center requirements.
  • Position subject to pre-employment background investigation or higher level clearance. Investigation/Clearance may differ and be required based on the duties/location-NASA Center requirements.
  • The location will be determined upon selection but must be at one of the locations indicated within the announcement.

Qualifications

Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular ability, skill, and knowledge to successfully perform the duties of this position and is typically in or related to this line of work. GS-14: To qualify at the GS-14 level, you must have one year of directly related specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 level: Providing high level recommendations on strategy and direction for an environmental health program in written and verbal formats to Senior Leadership; Conducting onsite audit of occupational or environmental health programs, focusing on compliance with Federal and State standards, laws, and regulations, NASA policies and requirements, and/or contract requirements; Providing programmatic oversight of multi-discipline teams and hosting occupational or environmental health meetings (virtual and in-person) for a wide range of audiences. Your resume must include a clear and detailed narrative description, in your own words, of how you meet the required specialized experience. Experience statements copied from a position description, vacancy announcement or other reference material constitutes plagiarism and may result in disqualification and losing consideration for the job.

Education

You must have successfully completed a full 4-year course of study in an accredited college or university leading to a bachelor's or higher degree that included a major in industrial hygiene, occupational health sciences, occupational and environmental health, toxicology, safety sciences, or related science.
OR
Have successfully completed a full 4-year course of study in an accredited college or university leading to a bachelor's degree that included a major in 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
Have a Certification from the American Board of Industrial Hygiene (ABIH).

U.S. degrees must have been awarded from colleges or universities that are accredited by recognized accrediting organizations. For a list of schools that meet this criteria, go to http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/.

If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show that the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs. These education credentials must be deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

All degrees must have been received in the year of, or any year subsequent to the original date of accreditation.

Contacts

  • Address NASA Headquarters 300 E St SW Washington, DC 20546 US
  • Name: NASA Shared Services Contact Center
  • Phone: 1-877-677-2123
  • Email: [email protected]

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