You will serve as a INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE TECHNICIAN in the Naval Hospital Jacksonville Industrial Hygiene (Directorate for Public Health or facility Naval Branch Health Clinic) of NMRTC JACKSONVILLE FL. This announcement uses the DHA for Certain Personnel of the DoD / Modified Direct Hire Authority to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to certain positions in the competitive service

Duties

You will perform sampling of potential health hazardous exposures to chemical, physical, and biological stressors You will enter data into online database of Defense Occupational and Environmental Health Readiness System . You will operate and calibrate industrial hygiene instrumentation including sound analysis equipment, air sampling pumps and direct reading analytical equipment You will interpret test results to detect violations of published health hazards. You will calculate airflow rate, patterns and pressure differentials. You will use industrial hygiene concepts, practices and principles to design and perform industrial hygiene surveys and follow all codes and directives. You will identify and quantify occupational hazards found in the workplace with result from exposure to chemical, physical, and biological stresses. You will ensure safe and healthy work environment for all personnel.

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 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.

Qualifications

GS07: Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS06 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 planning, managing, and performing sampling of potential health hazardous exposures to chemical, physical and biological stressors; Experience researching background documents, survey notes, and environmental sampling results to prepare technical reports and data entry into Defense Occupational and Environmental Health Readiness System or similar online database; Experience calibrating industrial hygiene instrumentation, performing minor repairs, and annual inventory for sound analysis equipment, air sampling pumps and direct reading analytical equipment; Experience utilizing various industrial hygiene evaluations and surveys to detect violations of published health hazards; OR- One full year of graduate education directly related to the work of the position meets the requirements for GS-7. OR- Combination of graduate education and specialized experience that equates to 100% of the requirement. GS06: Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS05 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 measuring airflow differences to assist in evaluating exposure control measures for exhaust ventilations systems, fire ranges, operating rooms, etc. Experience maintaining assigned industrial hygiene instrumentation and upkeeping equipment inventories. Experience assisting with detailed reviews of surveys, exposure monitoring data, and evaluation of workplaces for occupational health hazards. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: Health Aid and Technician Series 0640 (opm.gov) General Schedule Qualification Standards (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.

Contacts

• Address NMRTC JACKSONVILLE FL 2080 Child Street Jacksonville, FL 32214-5000 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]