Industrial Hygienist

Major Duties may include but not limited to:

• Provide technical advice to VA personnel on Occupational Health issues at the Bay Pines VAMC and Community Based-Outpatient Clinics.
• Developing a comprehensive industrial hygiene program consisting of environmental monitoring recordkeeping medical surveillance personal protection equipment hazardous materials management asbestos control and education and training.
• Conduct industrial hygiene inspections on worksites to determine compliance with Occupational Health and Safety Standards.
• Conduct background reviews of service operations and the characteristics of the work process.
• Review applicate standards and requirements contained in VA circulars and applicable federal state and local requirements.
• Accompany OSHA EPC or other Occupational Health and Safety inspectors on inspections of the Medical Center.
• Use a variety of sampling instrumentation use of sampling strategies and the types and limitations of analytical methods. Use of methods of control for a wide variety of health hazards including toxic chemicals and noise.
• Analyze the factors that could contribute to accidents or hazardous conditions.
• Acts as the Respiratory Program Administrator.
• Other duties as assigned

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 7:30 AM- 4:00 PM
Position Description Title/PD#: Industrial Hygienist/PD10770A
Physical Requirements: Office as well as field work required. Field inspections require moderate physical exertion in carrying equipment as well as extended periods of walking standing bending and climbing.
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• You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this job
• Subject to a background/suitability investigation
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
• A complete application package; Resume Transcripts etc. is required
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements ( May 7 2025 drivers licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.

Upon completion of your probationary period (OR INSERT trial period) your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification in writing that your continued employment advances the public interest.

As a condition of employment for accepting this position you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period (OR INSERT 2-year trial period) during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public determining if your employment advances the public interest we may consider:

• your performance and conduct;
• the needs and interests of the agency;
• whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and
• whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service

To qualify for this position applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

Industrial Hygiene Series 0690; Individual Occupational Requirement

• 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 bachelors or graduate/higher level degree in industrial hygiene occupational health sciences occupational and environmental health toxicology safety sciences or related science; or
• A bachelors 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.

All science or engineering courses offered in fulfillment of the above requirements must be acceptable for credit toward the completion of a standard 4-year professional curriculum leading to a bachelors degree in science or engineering at an accredited college or university. For engineering degrees to be acceptable the curriculum must be in a school of engineering with at least one curriculum accredited by the ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology) as a professional engineering curriculum.

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 and 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; and the selection and recommendation of appropriate controls including management medical engineering education or training and personal protective equipment.

In addition to meeting the above IOR requirement applicant must also meet the following grade requirement:


GS-11 grade level: One year of specialized experience (equivalent to the GS-09 grade level in the federal service); experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge skills and abilities (KSAs) and other characteristics to perform successfully the duties of the position and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Specialized experience includes:

• Review interpret & apply Industrial Hygiene & Occupational Health Standards from VA OSHA TJC EPA Florida DEP and other regulatory agencies.
• Plans implements & evaluates the Industrial Hygiene Program at the healthcare system.
• Prepares reports understands and interprets written material including technical material rules regulations instructions reports charts graphs or tables; applies these to specific situations.
• Conduct industrial hygiene inspections of all work areas to determine compliance with standards set by OSHA VA and other regulatory agencies.
• Develops standard operating procedures to reduce or eliminate occupational health hazards meeting national & regional policies meeting applicable federal state & local regulations and providing instructions training & advice to employees and the safety team.

OR

Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have successfully completed three (3) years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree or Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree that provided the knowledge skills and abilities necessary to do the work of the Industrial Hygienist position. (TRANSCRIPT REQUIRED).

OR

Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at the GS-11 level. To calculate first identify the percentage of required education you have earned (when substituting you cannot use the first 60 semester hours that you earned). Then identify the percentage of required experience you possess. Add the two percentages. The total percentage must equal at least 100 percent to qualify at the GS-11. For example an applicant who has 9 semester hours of graduate level education (i.e. 50% of graduate education required) and 6 months of creditable specialized experience (i.e. 50% of the required experience) would equal 100% of the required experience for the position A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.


Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g. Peace Corps AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g. professional; philanthropic; religions; 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 receive credit for all qualifying experience including volunteer experience.

Note: IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. Verbiage displayed on your resume or application must contain your own words. You may refer to the specialized experience located within the vacancy announcement to assist with describing work experiences; however resumes or applications received that copied verbatim from the announcement will be evaluated and may be reviewed as falsifying your experience or application.