INDUSTRIAL HYGIENIST

GS12: Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS11 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 carrying out all industrial hygiene programs; Experience investigating health problems to determine probable cause and recommend measures to minimize health hazards; Experience devising control measures, including ventilation, shielding, material substitution, change in work procedures, and use of personal protective devices to adapt safety measures and to control hazardous exposures; GS11: Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS09 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 reviewing industrial hygiene surveys, facility plans, renovation or modification structures to assist in health and safety inspections; Experience assisting with evaluating occupational health hazards to help determine causes and identify risks to safeguard employees; Experience utilizing directives, laws and regulations, applicable to exposure and control procedures to interpret level requirements for safety measures of the workplace; OR-3 years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree or Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree OR- combination of education and experience that equates to 100% of the requirement. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: Industrial Hygiene Series 0690 (opm.gov) General Schedule Qualification Standards (opm.gov) 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 serve as an INDUSTRIAL HYGIENIST in the Industrial Hygiene Program Office (IHPO) of NMRTU GROTON CT. THIS IS A DIRECT HIRE ANNOUNCEMENT. Section 1109 of the National Defense Authorization Act Fiscal Year 2020 Public Law 116-92 amended Section 9905 of title 5, United States Code (U.S.C.) to streamline and simplify certain Department of Defense civilian Direct Hire Authorities to recruit and appoint qualified candidates directly to certain positions in the competitive service in the DoD.