You will serve as a INDUSTRIAL HYGIENIST in the Industrial Hygiene Program Office (IHPO) of NMRTC PEARL HARBOR HI. Salary Range GS-09 $69,361-$88,116 GS-11 $79,780-$102,470

Duties

You will perform industrial hygiene inspections, surveys and evaluations individually and/or as part of a team. You will prepare written workplace monitoring plans and track their completion, updating the plans as necessary. You will maintain, calibrate and select appropriate equipment and conduct/oversee sampling. 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 to generate survey reports and enter appropriate data. You will recommend engineering, administrative, and PPE controls to correct deficiencies where feasible. You will review facility plans for new construction, renovation and modification of existing structures for appropriate engineering controls to control physical, biological, and chemical 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
• 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 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.
• You will be required to successfully complete a pre-appointment physical examination.
• IAW BUMEDINST 6220.9B, all personnel who may come in contact with patients must receive and maintain appropriate vaccination against seasonal influenza.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a valid drivers license.

Qualifications

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. 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. FOR THE GS-11: 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-9 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 performing inspections in a full range of industries in a given geographical area. Visits work centers, conducts walk-through to identify potential health hazards, and makes analysis for presence of toxic materials. Where potential hazards are indicated, selects measuring instruments and performs exposure monitoring activities, including personal air and noise monitoring and takes ventilation measurements in a variety of industrial work areas. Experience conducting a background review of the industry and of the characteristics of the work process, reviews applicable standards and requirements contained in compliance manual. Experience holding outbriefs to inform management representatives of alleged violations found, explains applicable standards, and recommendations for abatement. Experience responding to telephone and email inquiries from employers and employees concerning occupational health matters. Experience writing detailed reports of findings and documenting/tracking surveys and exposure monitoring schedules. Experience utilizing industrial hygiene automated application/database/systems Defense Occupational and Environmental Health Readiness System - Industrial Hygiene (DOEHRS - IH) or similar, to conduct and document SEG exposure assessments - monitor/enter result and survey command information - maintain other data/metrics necessary to document work accomplished and perform program assessments FOR THE GS-09: 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-7 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 performing inspections and responding to telephone and email inquiries from employers and employees concerning occupational health matters. Visits industries, conducts walk-through to identify potential health hazards, and makes analysis for presence of toxic materials. Documents findings in detailed written reports. Experience selecting instruments and performing exposure monitoring activities, including personal air and noise monitoring and taking ventilation measurements in a variety of industrial work areas to assist in the evaluation of health hazards and to assist in determining control measures to minimize exposure. Experience conducting a background review of the industry and of the characteristics of the work process, reviews applicable standards and requirements contained in compliance manual. Experience responding to telephone and email inquiries from employers and employees concerning occupational health matters and utilizing computers, Microsoft Office Suite software products (e.g. Word, Excel, and/or Access), windows computer operating system/applications. 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. Evaluation of Experience Qualifying experience involves the recognition, evaluation, corrective actions, and elimination of environmental conditions in the workplace that causes sickness, impaired health, or illness. This experience must demonstrate a professional knowledge of the theory and application of the principles of industrial hygiene and closely related sciences such as physics and engineering controls. Such work must have involved experience in all of the following areas: the acquisition of quantitative and qualitative data, and the measurement of exposures for a variety of chemical, physical, and biological stresses; the analysis of the data acquired and the prediction of probable effects of exposures on the health and well-being of workers; and the selection and recommendation of appropriate controls, including management, medical, engineering, education or training, and personal protective equipment.

Education

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. 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.

Substitution Of Education for Experience:
GS-11: 3 years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree or Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree
OR
GS-9: 2 years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a master's degree or master's or equivalent graduate degree

COMBINATION OF EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: Equivalent combinations of education and experience may be combined to meet the total qualification requirements.

IF CLAIMING EDUCATION, FAILURE TO SUBMIT TRANSCRIPTS/ITEMIZED LIST WILL RESULT IN AN INELIGIBLE RATING.

If you are using education to meet all or part of the qualification requirements, you must submit a copy of your transcripts or an itemized list of college courses which includes equivalent information from the transcript (course title, semester/quarter hours, and grade/degree earned) in your resume.

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.

See OPM's General Policies for information on crediting education.

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/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html

Contacts

• Address NMRTC PEARL HARBOR HI 480 Central Avenue Pearl Harbor, HI 96860-4908 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]