PSEP Inspector

The Pesticide Safety Education Program (PSEP) Inspector supports the Intelligence Community’s mission by conducting pesticide safety inspections, evaluating compliance with applicable environmental, occupational health, and hazardous-material requirements, and promoting the safe handling, storage, application, transportation, and disposal of pesticides at designated facilities.

The incumbent assesses pesticide-related risks across secure workplaces, laboratories, grounds-maintenance operations, and other mission-support environments. The position integrates pesticide regulatory compliance, environmental protection, occupational safety, and risk management within sensitive government operations while safeguarding personnel, facilities, information, and mission continuity.

The PSEP Inspector coordinates with environmental, health and safety, facilities management, security, contracting, and operational personnel to identify deficiencies, recommend corrective actions, maintain inspection records, and support continuous improvement of pesticide safety practices.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Inspection and Compliance Conduct routine, periodic, and risk-based inspections of pesticide storage areas, application equipment, chemical inventories, mixing and loading locations, and pesticide-use activities.

Evaluate compliance with applicable federal, state, and local pesticide laws and regulations, including the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), relevant Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) requirements, and applicable occupational safety standards.

Review pesticide labels, Safety Data Sheets (SDS), product registrations, restricted-use pesticide certifications, application records, and required documentation.

Verify that pesticide products are properly labeled, securely stored, segregated where necessary, and managed in accordance with approved procedures.

Identify unsafe practices, regulatory deficiencies, environmental hazards, and potential exposures affecting personnel, facilities, and surrounding environments.

Document inspection results and prepare reports detailing findings, compliance status, risk levels, and recommended corrective actions.

Pesticide Safety Program Management Support the development, implementation, and periodic review of pesticide safety policies, standard operating procedures, inspection protocols, and training materials.

Assess the adequacy of pesticide management practices, including inventory control, spill prevention, emergency response, waste disposal, and contractor oversight.

Monitor corrective and preventive actions to verify that deficiencies are addressed within established time frames.

Maintain accurate pesticide inventories, inspection logs, training records, application documentation, and compliance reports.

Recommend improvements to reduce pesticide exposure, prevent environmental contamination, and strengthen program effectiveness.

Intelligence Community Mission Support Perform inspections in controlled-access facilities and other designated environments in accordance with applicable security procedures and facility-specific requirements.

Coordinate inspection activities to minimize disruption to intelligence operations and mission-critical functions.

Protect classified information, controlled unclassified information, sensitive facility details, and other protected information encountered during inspections.

Follow agency security, access-control, information-handling, and reporting requirements.

Identify pesticide-related hazards that could affect workforce readiness, facility availability, environmental resilience, or continuity of operations.

Provide objective, evidence-based assessments to management and authorized stakeholders without…