You will serve as a SUPERVISORY INDUSTRIAL HYGIENIST of NMRTC PENSACOLA FL.

Duties

You will utilize knowledge of occupational disease (their causes, symptoms, and test procedures). You will apply knowledge of Federal, Department of Defense, and Navy occupational health laws, policies, regulations, and standards. You will evaluate subordinate units and/or clinic Occupational Health Programs to ensure that staff, equipment, and procedures are adequate for the activity's effectiveness in carrying out legal requirements. You will communicate sufficiently to represent the Command at meetings and conferences with supported activities, with representatives of higher authority, and with civilian agencies. You will recommend courses of action, both written and oral to highest level management, officials of the commands we support and higher echelon commands. You will work with engineers, safety managers, and other health professionals in developing policies and procedures for the recognition and control of a job-related illness.

Requirements

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Generally, current federal employees applying for GS jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower grade level. This requirement is called time-in-grade. Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• You will be required to successfully complete a pre-appointment physical examination.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.
• Supervisors in the executive branch have a heightened personal responsibility for advancing government ethics. You will be required to review the 14 General Principles of Ethical Conduct at 5 CFR 2635.101.

Qualifications

In addition to the Basic Requirements for this position, your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-12 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Experience utilizing knowledge of industrial hygiene principles and practices that enables the incumbent to serve as a recognized industrial hygiene expert for the command, to develop policy and program objectives, and to provide consultative services to management and technical personnel, particularly in dealing with problems not readily treatable by standard methods. Experience developing and implementing industrial hygiene and occupational health programs for this command and commands supported. Experience recognizing management practices, theories, and techniques, with an understanding of organizational structures, functions, procedures and applicable regulations as they relate to the occupational health environment. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series Industrial Hygiene Series 0690 (opm.gov) Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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.

Education

Applicants must meet the following positive education qualifications requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual: Applicants must possess:

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. 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.

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Contacts

• Address NMRTC PENSACOLA FL 450 Turner Street Suite C Pensacola, FL 32508-5236 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]