Industrial Hygienist

US-Department-of-Veterans-Affair; Albuquerque (NM); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The US Department of Veterans Affairs is seeking an Industrial Hygienist for the New Mexico Veterans Affairs Health Care System. The role involves delivering independent IH services and writing comprehensive reports within the VA Medical Center.

Responsibilities may include research safety, radiation, and exposure control across multiple areas. Applicants should have a relevant science or engineering degree with required chemistry coursework or ABIH/GLOBAL EHS certification.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in industrial hygiene, occupational health sciences, or related field with required chemistry coursework (transcript required).
• Certification from ABIH or Board for Global EHS Credentialing preferred (transcript/ certification documentation).
• Experience applying industrial hygiene principles to identify, evaluate, and control workplace hazards.

Responsibilities

• Deliver independent IH services and prepare written IH reports for the medical center.
• Evaluate exposure to chemical, physical, and biological stresses and recommend controls.
• Provide research safety, radiation, or exposure control guidance as needed.

Skills

Industrial Hygiene

Workplace Safety

Education

Bachelor's degree in IH / related field with chemistry coursework

Job description

The incumbent serves as an Industrial Hygienist assigned to the New Mexico Veterans Affairs Health Care System. Responsible for delivering independent and comprehensive Industrial Hygiene (IH) services, including the preparation of written industrial hygiene reports within the scope of the Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Responsibilities may encompass one or more specialized areas, such as research safety, radiation, and exposure to hazardous agents.

Basic 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 (TRANSCRIPT REQUIRED); 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 (TRANSCRIPT REQUIRED); or
• Certification from the Board for Global EHS Credentialing (formerly American Board of Industrial Hygiene(external link) (ABIH)) (CERTIFICATION DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED).

All science or engineering courses offered in fulfillment of the basic 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. 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.

GS-11 grade level

Specialized Experience. One year of specialized experience (equivalent to the GS-9 grade level in the federal service); experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities (KSA's) 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. The experience involves the recognition, evaluation, corrective actions, and elimination of environmental conditions in the workplace that causes sickness, impaired health, or illness. This experience demonstrates 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 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. Specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-9 level includes providing independent Industrial Hygiene services such as written industrial hygiene reports, researching safety, radiation, exposure to agents, respiratory protection program, asbestos control, water safety and testing, accident review infection control and prevention, waste management, construction safety, sterile processing or other areas as related to industrial hygiene.

Applicants may substitute education for the experience required for the GS-11 level

Applicants may substitute education for the experience required for the GS-11 level. 3 years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree or Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree (TRANSCRIPT REQUIRED)

Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at the GS-11 level

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. 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. Only graduate level education in excess of two years of progressively higher level graduate education may be combined with experience. (TRANSCRIPT REQUIRED)

For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.