Join our team as a Supervisory Industrial Hygienist and lead the charge in ensuring the health and safety of our workforce! Are you passionate about creating environments where people can thrive without compromising their well-being? This is your opportunity to make a significant impact by overseeing our industrial hygiene programs and championing best practices in hazard identification, evaluation, and control.

Duties

Manage an industrial hygiene program for an organization. Develop and implement methods to eliminate or control hazardous and environmental conditions in the workplace. Develop new analytical procedures for identifying and assessing biomedical research laboratory and facility operations health and safety hazards. Analyze and interpret regulations and policies to determine their applicability to an organization's programs, including laboratory research. Provide technical advice and guidance to program staff on industrial hygiene and laboratory and facility safety programs and issues. Plan and conduct studies and surveys analyzing industrial hygiene and safety issues involved in industrial and laboratory processes.

Requirements

• One-year supervisory probationary period may be required upon selection/ placement.
• U.S. Citizenship requirement or proof of being a U.S. National must be met by closing date.
• Employment is subject to the successful completion of a background investigation, verification of qualifications, completion of onboarding forms, submission of required documents, and any other job-related requirement before or after appointment.
• Applicants must meet all qualification requirements by the closing date of this announcement.
• Males born after December 31, 1959 must be registered with the Selective Service.
• Position requires Education
• Physical Requirements: (see Additional Information section)

Qualifications

You qualify at the GS-13 level, if you meet one of the following qualification requirements: A. Completion of 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 B. Completion of 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 C. I have a Certification from the American board of Industrial Hygiene (ABIH). In addition: You must demonstrate in your resume at least one (1) year of qualifying experience equivalent to at least the GS-12 level in the Federal service obtained in either the private or public sector, performing the following types of tasks: planning and administering an industrial hygiene program for an organization including analyzing and interpreting regulations and policies to determine their applicability to an organization's programs; developing and implementing methods to eliminate or control hazardous and environmental conditions in a work environment; providing training and technical advice to program staff on occupational health and safety programs and issues; evaluating proposed new work processes or materials to assure incorporation of adequate measures for prevention of occupational disease hazards; and preparing technical reports based on toxicological data. Do not copy and paste the duties, specialized experience, or occupational assessment questionnaire from this announcement into your resume as that will not be considered a demonstration of your qualifications for this position. You will receive credit for all experience material to the position, including experience gained in religious, civic, welfare, service, and organizational activities, regardless of whether you received pay. To determine your qualifications and referral status, we may review your resume and supporting documentation and compare it against your responses to the vacancy questionnaire. Ensure you support your self-ratings with the information you provide in your application. We may verify or assess your qualifications at any time. Inflated or unsupported qualifications may affect your rating. Any misrepresentation or material omission of facts may be sufficient cause to end further consideration of your candidacy. Persons listed as knowing your past accomplishments or experience in your application may be contacted for verification purposes at any time. Verification may, but need not, begin before receiving an offer. Preview assessment questionnaire before you apply: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12393311

Education

This position has an education requirement. You are strongly encouraged to submit a copy of your transcripts (or a list of your courses including titles, credit hours completed and grades). Unofficial transcripts will be accepted in the application package. Official transcripts will be required from all selectees prior to receiving an official offer. Click here for information on Foreign Education.

Contacts

• Address National Institutes of Health 6701 Rockledge Drive Bethesda, MD 20892 US
• Name: Tracey Suggs
• Phone: 984-287-3021
• Email: [email protected]