Supervisory Industrial Hygienist

Summary

NIST is seeking a Supervisory Industrial Hygienist to serve as the agency's recognized expert in industrial hygiene, to mitigate hazards in complex environments. This role will provide strategic leadership for group operations, planning and direction. This notice is issued under direct-hire authority to recruit new talent to occupations for which NIST has a severe shortage of candidates.

The Supervisory Industrial Hygienist will possess broad-based expert knowledge of OSHA regulations and Permissible Exposure Limits, American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists Threshold Limit Values and Biological Exposure Indices, consensus standards and industry best practices related to industrial hygiene. Will be responsible for conducting workplace health surveys and determining compliance with occupational health & safety standards.

• Basic Requirements
  • Education must be accredited by an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education at the time the degree was obtained.
  • 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.
    • 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 in any combination of chemistry, physics, engineering, health physics, environmental health, biostatistics, biology, physiology, toxicology, epidemiology, or industrial hygiene.
    • Certification from the Board for Global EHS Credentialing (formerly American Board of Industrial Hygiene).
• Additional Experience
  • One year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 (ZP-III at NIST) level.
  • Specialized experience is defined as:
    • Experience identifying chemical, physical, and biological health hazards independently.
    • Experience applying OSHA regulations and industry best practices resulting in lower safety incidence rates.
    • Experience engaging with stakeholders to influence the quality of safety and health within the work environment.
  • Experience may include paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, Ameri Corps) and other organizations. Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills for paid employment, and credit is given for qualifying volunteer experience.

The qualification requirements in this vacancy announcement are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook.