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Job opening: INDUSTRIAL HYGIENIST

Salary: $81 242 - 126 585 per year
Relocation: YES
City: Bremerton
Published at: Jun 05 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
You will serve as a INDUSTRIAL HYGIENIST in the Industrial Hygiene Program Office (IHPO) of NMRTC BREMERTON WA. This announcement uses the Expansion of Direct Hire Authority for Certain Personnel to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to certain positions in the competitive service. SALARY RANGE: GS-11 $81,242-$105,612 // GS-12 $97,376-$126,585

Duties

You will perform industrial hygiene inspections, surveys and evaluations individually or as part of a team. You will evaluate the need for quantitative assessment of air contamination, noise, and other physical, biological, and chemical stressors. You will prepare written workplace monitoring plans and track their completion, updating the plans as necessary. You will recommend engineering, administrative, and PPE controls to correct deficiencies where feasible. You will provide consultation and advice to activities on occupational health problems and concerns, when requested. You will utilize the Defense Occupational and Environmental Health Readiness Systems (DOEHRS) database. You will prepare technical reports identifying health hazards and recommend control measures for the reduction or elimination of potential hazards.

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
  • 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.
  • A favorable Tier 3 background investigation is required for all Non-Critical Sensitive (NCS) positions with access to network systems and Personally Identifiable Information (PII).
  • In accordance with BUMEDINST 6220.9B, this position has a mandatory seasonal influenza vaccination requirement and is therefore subject to annual seasonal influenza vaccinations.
  • During industrial hygiene inspections, survey, and evaluations the employee is exposed to an extensive variety of hazardous environments. These include both physical and chemical agents. The use of protective clothing and equipment is required.
  • Inspections require moderate physical exertion, including walking, standing and carrying many items of equipment used in sampling.

Qualifications

FOR GS-12 -In addition to meeting the BASIC REQUIREMENT-Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Utilizing industrial hygiene concepts, principles, and practices to perform, organize and/or direct on-site surveys and investigations in various shops, aboard ships and aircraft, and conducts literature research to determine nature and severity of hazards present; Evaluating physical and chemical hazards such as noise, explosives, ionizing and non-ionizing radiation, pesticides within a workplace environment; Utilizing and calibrate industrial hygiene measurement equipment such as indoor air quality meters, infrared analyzers, ventilation equipment, sampling pumps and flow meters, and sound level meters/noise dosimeters to evaluate occupational stressors; Developing training programs on industrial hygiene and occupational health issues; AND Implementing/administering industrial hygiene matters and federal regulations on physical and chemical hazards in the workplace. GS-11: In addition to meeting the BASIC REQUIREMENT-Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-09 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Applying industrial hygiene concepts, principles, and practices carrying out all industrial hygiene programs; Evaluating occupational health hazards to include those for which the nature and extent of hazard is not completely understood; Devising control measures for ventilation, shielding, material, substitution, and change in work procedures; Investigating health problems which arise among workers to determine probable cause; AND Drafting industrial hygiene policy and guidance for occupational health and safety professionals. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0600/industrial-hygiene-series-0690/. https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=GS-PROF 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

ALL APPLICANTS MUST MEET THE Basic Requirements
*Applicants must meet the following positive education qualifications requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual: Applicants must possess.*

Basic Requirements:
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.
  • A bachelor's or graduate/higher level degree in industrial hygiene, occupational health sciences, occupational and environmental health, toxicology, safety sciences, or related science; (Your transcripts must be attached.) Failure to submit a copy of your transcripts with your application will result in an ineligible rating. 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; .(Your transcripts must be attached.) Failure to submit a copy of your transcripts with your application will result in an ineligible rating. OR
  • Certification from the Redirect from ABIH.org - Board for Global EHS Credentialing (gobgc.org) (ABIH). (A copy of your license or registration must be attached) Failure to submit a copy of your license or registration with your application will result in an ineligible rating.
Courses in the history or teaching of chemistry are not acceptable.

Evaluation of Education

All science or engineering courses offered in fulfillment of the above requirements must be acceptable for credit toward the completion of a standard 4-year professional curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree in science or engineering at an accredited college or university. For engineering degrees to be acceptable, the curriculum must be in a school of engineering with at least one curriculum accredited by the ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology) as a professional engineering curriculum.

SUBSTITUTIUON OF EDUCATION FOR EXPERIENCE:
FOR GS-11 SUBSTITUTION OF EDUCATION FOR EXPERIENCE: Applicants may substitute the following education for the required experience, provided it demonstrates the knowledge, skills and abilities necessary to do the work of the position:

Successful completion of Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree directly related to the position. If you are using education to qualify, you MUST submit a complete copy of transcripts Failure to submit this information WILL result in an ineligible rating.

Or

Successful completion of Three "3" years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree directly related to the position or If you are using education to qualify, you MUST submit a complete copy of transcripts Failure to submit this information WILL result in an ineligible rating.

NO EDUCATION SUBSTITUTION FOR THE GS-12

Foreign Education: Required for vacancies with Positive Education or Education Substitution: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the qualification requirements if the applicant can provide documentation indicating that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States. It is the responsibility of the applicant to provide such evidence when applying for further information, visit:http://www.ed.gov/about/officies/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html

Contacts

  • Address NMRTC BREMERTON WA 1 Boone Rd B506 Bremerton, WA 98312-1898 US
  • Name: Department of Navy EIC
  • Email: [email protected]

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