Industrial Hygienist
Industrial Hygienist
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Job Description
Title: Industrial Hygienist
State Role Title: Environmental Specialist II
Hiring Range: $74505 $121070
Pay Band: 5
Agency: VA Dept of Transportation
Location:Salem Harrison Ave
Agency Website: Type: General Public G
Job Duties
What drives you Whether its knowing the work you do makes a difference having a great work/life balance working on exciting and challenging projects leading innovation and championing change or simply working with a great group of people who are committed to professionalism. At the Virginia Department of Transportation we have something for you.
The Virginia Department of Transportations (VDOT) is excited to offer and announce a competitive opportunity to serve as an Industrial Hygienist supporting the Central Oce Environmental Divisions Statewide services. This position will be located in Salem Virginia . The selected candidate will report to and assist the Industrial Hygiene Program Manager in administering VDOTs Industrial Hygiene Programs.
This challenging and rewarding positions specic responsibilities and duties will include but arent limited to:
Program Implementation
The candidate will support areas of the Departments Industrial Hygiene Programs which include and are not limited to investigating and evaluating the adequacy of industrial hygiene controls in the workplace reviewing the Industrial Hygiene elements of contractor health and safety plans for lead abatement projects on structural recoating demolition and repair projects reviewing new products proposed for the VDOT Materials Division Approved Products Lists and the Integrated Supply Service Program new products review process conducting training and fit testing performing outreach to the Districts and Divisions and conducting other industrial hygiene activities as directed by the Industrial Hygiene Program Manager.
VDOT Industrial Hygiene Programs include but arent limited to:
- Respiratory Protection
- Lead Exposure Control Program
- Hexavalent Chromium Exposure Control Program
- Respirable Crystalline Silica Exposure Control Program
- Laser Safety Program
- Hearing Conservation Program
- Safe Drinking Water
- Indoor Air Quality
Monitoring and Reporting
The candidate will use industry exposure assessment strategies to evaluate and characterize employee exposures to industrial hygienerelated hazards in the workplace. Industrial hygienist activities include and are not limited to performing baseline and periodic hygiene surveys of work areas and compliance assessments of VDOT operations preparing detailed reports of industrial hygiene sampling events conducting recordkeeping and data management providing interpretation of sampling and inspection results and communicating recommended remediation and control activities to the impacted parties and key stakeholders.
Minimum Qualifications
- Professional experience in the industrial hygiene field or other safety and environmental areas.
- Knowledge of industrial hygiene concepts principles techniques and practices.
- Ability to collect scientific samples and interpret analytical results
- Ability to interpret and apply codes laws and standards.
- Knowledge of occupational safety and health standards National consensus standards and healthbased exposure values applicable to the practice of industrial hygiene.
- Skill in the use of computers and software applications.
- Ability to communicate orally and in writing with others including making presentations.
- Ability to interact effectively with internal and external customers.
- Skill in providing customer service to internal and external customers.
Additional Considerations
- A combination of training experience or education in Industrial Hygiene Hazard Control Occupational Health or related field desired.
Special Instructions
You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or rsum is submitted successfully. Please refer to Your Application in your account to check the status of your application for this position.
Once onboarded this position may be eligible for telework opportunities; availability hours and duration of telework shall be approved as outlined in the Commonwealth telework policy.
We are a Virginia Values Veterans (V3 official certified company and state agency that provides hiring preference to Veterans and Members of the Virginia National Guard in support of Executive Order 29 2010. If you are a Veteran or Virginia National Guard Member we urge you to respond accordingly on your state application.
VDOT utilizes a marketbased pay program which has been approved by DHRM. Therefore advertised rates of pay may or may not align with the Commonwealth pay bands.
Additional positions may be filled from this recruitment within 90 days.
VDOT is an emergency operation agency. Positions physically working within Central Office locations may be designated upon request and coordination among the respective District Engineer or Administrator and Chief. Assignments are updated annually. Not all designated employees are provided an emergency operations assignment.
This position requires a fingerprint based Criminal History Background Check DMV Record Check and Work History Verification with references.
Contact Information
Name: Audrey Phillips
Phone:
Email:
In support of the Commonwealths commitment to inclusion we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS) or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). ServiceConnected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation if applicable to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter. Requesting an AHP Letter can be found at AHP Letter or by calling DARS at.
Note: Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1 2022 February 29 2024 can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.
Employment Type
Full-Time
