You will serve as an INDUSTRIAL HYGIENIST in the OSH&E Support Division (Code 1084) of TRIREFFAC KINGS BAY.

Duties

You will keep abreast of regulatory requirements, especially recent changes to those requirements. You will Identify training requirements, which include the preparation of lesson plans and program briefs for personnel involved in the IH Programs. You will prepare instructions, notices, OSH Manual chapters, alerts, letters, memoranda, technical reports, and correspondence regarding IH Programs. You will research and resolve command industrial hygiene problems that could have an effect on commands mission or our duty to the safety of the employees. You will make non-routine inspections and surveys of work sites to ensure compliance with occupational health criteria established by OPNAV and NAVSEA.

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 a current valid United States driver’s license.
• 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.
• This is a Mission Essential position. You will be required to ensure organization or facility continuity of operations and/or completion of tasks that are considered essential to the mission designated by a local or command decision.
• This position is subject to work an uncommon tour, including nights, weekends, and holidays to meet mission requirements. Overtime or night differential pay and/or unusual duty hours may be required.
• Position has a designation of IT-II level.
• Shift and overtime assignment established to meet operational needs.
• You will be required to successfully complete a pre-appointment physical examination.
• These programs may include engineering controls, training, work procedures, use of personal protective equipment, and medical surveillance.
• As part of medical surveillance programs, the incumbent may be required to take a medical examination to assess his/her medical qualification for duty involving work with these agents.

Qualifications

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-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: Experience evaluating and eliminating environmental conditions in the workplace. Experience measuring chemical exposures. Experience recognizing and evaluating occupational health hazards, including those for which the nature and extent of hazard is not completely understood. Experience developing a variety of control measures, including ventilation, shielding, material substitution, and change in work procedures. Experience evaluating proposed work processes, materials, and facilities to recommend measures to minimize health hazards. Experience investigating health problems which arise among workers to determine probable cause and to recommend measures to minimize health hazards. 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-07 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 in industrial hygiene concepts, principles, and practices, applicable to planning and carrying out all industrial hygiene programs. Experience assisting to recognize and evaluate occupational health hazards, including those for which the nature and extent of hazard is not completely understood. Experience planning a variety of control measures, including ventilation, shielding, material substitution, and change in work procedures. Experience assisting to evaluate proposed work processes, materials, and facilities to recommend measures to minimize health hazards. Experience investigating health problems which arise among workers to determine probable cause and to recommend measures to minimize health hazards. Examples of 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 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 the selection and recommendation of appropriate controls, including management, medical, engineering, education or training, and personal protective equipment. 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 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:

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.

In addition to meeting the basic entry qualification requirements, applicants must have specialized experience and/or directly related education:

GS-11
Successful completion of a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree
or
Successful completion of 3 years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree

GS-09
Successful completion of a master's or equivalent graduate degree
or
Successful completion of 2 years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a master's degree

NOTE: Education and experience may be combined for all grade levels for which both education and experience are acceptable.

College Transcripts from an Accredited University MUST be submitted showing proof of Basic Education Requirement as met. IF this information is not provided you will not be considered for this position.

Contacts

• Address TRIREFFAC KINGS BAY 990 USS Thomas Jefferson Dr Kings Bay, GA 31547 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]