Supervisory Industrial Hygienist (Program Manager)

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This position is located at the Department of War, Washington Headquarters Services, Facilities Services Directorate.

As a Supervisory Industrial Hygienist (Program Manager), you will serve as Chief, Occupational Safety and Health Branch, supporting Washington Headquarters Services (WHS), WHS supported organizations, and approximately +60,000 DoW employees throughout the National Capital Region (NCR).

In order to qualify for this position, you must meet the requirements described below.

Basic Requirement: 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.

(Note: Courses in the history or teaching of chemistry are not acceptable.) OR A Certification by the Board for Global EHS Credentialing (formerly American Board of Industrial Hygiene) (Note: Must attach a copy of your certification for consideration.) The OPM Qualification Standard for this series can be found in the following links: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0600/industrial-hygiene-series-0690/ https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=Group-Standards You may qualify at the 14 level, if you fulfill the following Minimum Qualification requirement: I have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level of GS-13 in the federal service (experience may have been gained in the private sector) which demonstrates the following: Overseeing activities essential to the development, implementation, and administration of all occupational safety and health programs in an organization; Pursuing the most economical and efficient methods to achieve safety, industrial hygiene, construction safety, and compliance objectives; Evaluating overall safety and health management system progress, and providing advice to field activities, private companies, and other employers within an organization; Coordinating studies for mechanical processes, job practices, and means of eliminating hazards in construction, maintenance and operating functions; AND managing the workload of subordinate staff in accordance with established workflow, skill levels and specializations.

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; religious; spiritual; community, student, social).

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

All qualifications and education requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement and clearly documented in your resume. Your resume may not exceed two (2) pages.

For qualifications determinations, it is recommended that applicants include their months and hours worked per week for each employment listed on their resume.

If a determination is not able to be made about the duration of your creditable experience for qualification requirements, you will be removed from consideration.

Read more about what should I include in my federal resume at https://help.usajobs.gov/faq/application/documents/resume/what-to-include ACTIVE-DUTY SERVICE MEMBERS: Federal agencies treat active-duty service member as veterans, disabled veterans, and preference eligible, when they submit, as part of their application package, a "certification" of active service in lieu of a DD-214, indicating the service member is otherwise eligible and will be discharged or released within 120 days from the date of submission.

A "certification" letter should be on letterhead of the appropriate military branch of the service and contain (1) the military service dates including the expected discharge or release date; and (2) the character of service.

This "certification" must include your rank, dates of active duty service, type of discharge and character of service (i.e. honorable), and date any terminal leave will begin.

It must be signed by, or by direction of, the adjutant, personnel officer, or commander of your unit or higher headquarters.

Active duty members that fail to provide a valid "certification" of service with their initial application will be found "not eligible".

Members may be appointed before the effective date of their military retirement/separation if they are on terminal leave. Major Duties:

This position is being filled under Direct Hire Authority (DHA) in accordance with Section 9905 "Direct Hire Authority for Certain Personnel of the Department of War Typical work assignments may include the following: Integrates safety, industrial hygiene, and construction safety policies, standards, guides, and practices with WHS-wide policy and objectives.

Provides safety and occupational health review and· appropriate modification of proposed environmental, work statements, project plans, policies, systems, handbooks, and procedures.

Serves as the Supervisory Industrial Hygienist with management, administrative and technical responsibility for providing direction and control of all occupational safety and health programs.

Serves as the Branch Manager and assists the Team in balancing workload in accordance with established workflow, skill levels and specializations, and makes adjustments for priorities and timeliness.

Serves as a safety and occupational health consultant to key officials of WHS and DoW.

Maintains liaison with the Office of the Secretary of War, Personnel and Readiness; private organizations; safety, industrial hygiene and engineering schools; and industrial organizations to keep abreast of problems and developments in the field of safety management, safety engineering, industrial hygiene, and occupational health.