Summary

This is a public notice flyer to notify interested applicants of anticipated vacancies. Applications will not be accepted through this flyer. Interested applicants must follow the directions in the "How to Apply" section of this flyer to be considered. There may or may not be actual vacancies filled from this flyer. Notice of Result letters will not be sent to applicants who respond to this flyer.

Duties

['You will work in the Industrial Hygiene Program Office as a senior Industrial Hygienist.', 'You will perform industrial hygiene inspections, surveys, and evaluations individually or as part of a team.', 'You will assess work practices to identify the population at risk and to detect violations of published health standards.', 'You will present oral briefs, if requested, and provide detailed written reports of IH survey findings.', 'You will evaluate the need for quantitative assessment of air contamination and ventilation systems.', 'You will recommend engineering controls to correct deficiencies where feasible.', 'You will provide consultation and advice to activities on occupational health problems and concerns.']

Qualifications

Your resume must also 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: -Identifies and analyzes problems; weighs relevance and accuracy of information; seeks/generates and evaluates alternative perspectives/solutions; makes timely/effective recommendations, based on potential implications of findings or conclusions. Critically evaluates to identify the causes of problems and chooses courses of action that balance the interests of the employee, mission, and stakeholders. -Conveys written information in a clear, concise, organized, and convincing manner for the intended audience. -Recognizing and evaluating occupational health hazards, including those for which the nature and extent of hazard is not completely understood. -Devising a variety of control measures, including ventilation, shielding, material substitution, and change in work procedures. Isolation, education, and personal protective equipment. -Evaluating proposed new work processes and/or materials and to recommend measures to minimize health hazards using industrial hygiene sampling techniques and instrumentation. -Conduct baseline and periodic industrial hygiene survey based on work practices, hazards, PPE, and shop priority. -Knowledge of and proficiency with personal computers, MS Office Suite software products (e.g., Word, Excel, and/or Access). 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/0600/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

Basic Requirement for Industrial Hygienist: Degree: Bachelor's or graduate (or higher level) degree in industrial hygiene, occupational health sciences, occupational and environmental health, toxicology, safety sciences, or related science. The education must be accredited by an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education at the time the degree was obtained. OR Related Degree: 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. The education must be accredited by an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education at the time the degree was obtained. For engineering degrees to be acceptable, the curriculum must be in a school of engineering with at least one curriculum accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technicology (ABET) as a professional engineering curriculum. OR Certification: Certification from the American Board of Industrial Hygiene (ABIH).

Other information

This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program. Several vacancies may be filled. A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments. Federal annuitant information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy information may be found at: http://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Documents/CivilianJobs/FedCivAnnuitants.pdf. Veteran's preference does not apply when selecting individuals under this specific hiring authority. However, if you claim veteran's preference, you will be required to submit supporting documentation with your application as described in the Required Documents section below.