You will serve as an INDUSTRIAL HYGIENIST in the Industrial Hygiene Program Office (lHPO) of NMRTU PORTSMOUTH NH.
GS-09: Your resume must 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 conducting a variety of control measures, including ventilation, shielding, material substitution, change in work procedures, isolation, education, personal protective devices. Experience presenting oral briefs, if requested, and providing detailed written reports of survey findings including identified hazards, assessment of the hazards, exposure monitoring required, and controls recommended under supervision. And experience using systems such as DOEHRS and making statistical exposure assessments is preferred. OR- 2 years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a master's degree or master's or equivalent graduate degree. GS-11: Your resume must 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 applying industrial hygiene concepts, principles and practices, applicable to planning and carrying out all industrial hygiene programs for activities concerned with a wide variety of industrial sites and research laboratories. Experience recognizing and evaluating occupational health hazards, including those for which the nature and extent of hazard is not completely understood. Experience evaluating proposed new work processes and/or materials and or recommend measures to minimize health hazards. OR- 3 years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree or Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: Industrial Hygiene Series 0690 General Schedule Qualification Standards. 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.
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 (e.g. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), U.S. Code of Federal Regulations, DoD and DoN directives).
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, noise and other physical stressors as well as the quantitative assessment of ventilation systems.
You will maintain, calibrate, and select appropriate equipment and media and conducts or oversees sampling.
You will recommend engineering controls to correct deficiencies where feasible.
You will provide consultation and advice to activities on occupational health problems and concerns, when requested.
You will document shops, processes, Similar Exposure Groups (SEG), and samples in the DoD designated DOEHRS-IH database.
You will Investigate health problems that arise among workers; conduct indoor environmental quality surveys or assessment of individuals experiencing indoor air quality problems.
You will recommend corrective action through IH measures.