You will serve as a INDUSTRIAL HYGIENIST in the INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE PROGRAM OFFICE (IHPO) of NMRTC SAN DIEGO CA. This announcement uses the Expansion of Direct Hire Authority Personnel of the Department of Defense to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to certain positions in the competitive service.

Duties

You will serve as a team leader for those activities requiring expertise in highly complex and sensitive surveys in high hazard workplaces You will perform all phases of the industrial hygiene program as specified by Department of Defense (DoD) You will interpret policy on own initiative in terms of established objectives You will evaluate new work processes and materials used at the activity for which information on hazards is lacking You will engage in an extensive literature search in order to evaluate survey findings You will develop and provide guidelines to workplace monitors so that they may perform their work correctly

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.
• You will be required to successfully complete a pre-appointment physical examination.

Qualifications

FOR GS-12 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: Evaluating industrial sites, research laboratories, and work processes to identify occupational health hazards Devising control measures, including ventilation, material substitution, education, personal protective devices, to minimize health hazards Using industrial hygiene sampling techniques and instrumentation Utilizing Microsoft Office software programs and applications, and various databases Writing technical reports. FOR GS-11 your resume must 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: Evaluating industrial sites, research laboratories, and work processes to identify occupational health hazards Devising control measures, including ventilation, material substitution, education, personal protective devices, to minimize health hazards Using industrial hygiene sampling techniques and instrumentation Utilizing Microsoft Office software programs and applications, and various databases Writing technical reports. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: 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: Applicants must possess.

• 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).

Applicants applying for the GS-11 may substitute specialized experience for education below:

• 3 years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree

OR

• Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree

Contacts

• Address NMRTC SAN DIEGO CA 34800 Bob Wilson Drive San Diego, CA 92134 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]