INDUSTRIAL HYGIENIST

Full Job Description

This position is with the U. S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Boston Region, Concord, NH Area Office. This position is at the full performance level.

Position is in the Bargaining Unit. Selectee will be expected to report to the office listed above.

You must meet the Basic Requirements listed in the Education Requirements section and the Specialized Experience to qualify for INDUSTRIAL HYGIENIST, as described below.

THIS POSITION HAS A BASIC EDUCATION REQUIREMENT. ALL APPLICANTS MUST MEET THIS REQUIREMENT IN ORDER TO BE CONSIDERED.

Applicants must meet one of the following requirements: A bachelor's or graduate/higher level degree in industrial hygiene, occupational health sciences, occupational and environmental health, toxicology, safety sciences, or related science; or A 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; or Certification from the American Board of Industrial Hygiene (external link) (ABIH).

Evaluation of Education: 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 bachelor's degree in science or engineering at an accredited college or university.

In addition to meeting the basic education requirement, Applicants must have at least 52 weeks experience at the next lower level in the normal career progression of the position being filled.

When compared to Federal experience, this experience must be equivalent to at least the next lower grade level of GS-11. This experience may have been gained either in the Federal or Private sectors.

Resume should reflect but is not limited to the following specialized experience listed below: -Investigating occupational health complaints; -Conducting file and/or record reviews, to include case files of previous occupational health investigations and inspections; -Conducting occupational health investigations and/or occupational health inspections; -Conducting workplace analyses and reviewing the occupational safety and health programs of employers and businesses; -Writing occupational safety and/or occupational health reports; -Testifying during and/or working with counsel in the development of litigation pursuant to occupational safety and/or occupational health cases.

Education is not a substitution for experience at the GS-12 level. Major Duties:

Major duties of this position are: Reviews scientific literature related to health hazards in the workplace, compiles data, performs quantitative analysis of health and exposure data, analyzes comments from affected groups and assists in preparing all necessary documents, including decision papers, work plans, analyses, standards package and related documents.

Prepares draft sections of the preamble for proposed and final standards, draft and final guidance products, and other documents.

Analyzes inspection records, conducts investigations and prepares reports, evaluates on-site inspections, and as requested, accompanies state investigators on compliance visits.

Assesses the quality and uniformity an inspection program, identifies areas of state program operations which significantly deviate from federal requirements, and recommends corrective action.

Interviews state officials with findings of potential problems.

Assists in the preparation and review of directives and memoranda to provide field personnel information on health standards development and in providing technical information for the drafting of interpretations.

Prepares seminars and speeches on OSHA rulemaking/guidance activities at meetings of groups and organizations affected by or interested in such activities.

Skill in technical writing of governmental regulations and guidance.

Collects, compiles, studies, and analyzes developments in industry, standards developed by other organizations, safety and health reports, scientific and technical periodicals, and other sources of background information to determine pertinent factors which make up work processes and health hazards created by such factors.

With other occupational health specialists or industrial hygienists, visits industrial facilities to analyze work processes and health hazards evidenced.