Industrial Hygienist

Summary

The incumbent is responsible for planning and implementing a comprehensive Industrial Hygiene program at VA Sierra Nevada Health Care System (VASNHCS). The incumbent assumes a lead role in the development of industrial hygiene goals, policy, and procedural documentation for VASNHCS.

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The incumbent is the primary technical authority for this multi-site, multi-disciplinary health care system and research facility on industrial hygiene matters, providing expertise and advice to Executive Leadership, service chiefs and their staff, and to employee organizations. Specifically, advice concerns occupational health, safety and environmental hazards associated with a wide variety of industrial work situations, including laboratory and maintenance operations. This includes domestic and industrial wastewater treatment and disposal;

safe drinking water; treatment, storage, and disposal hazardous and non-hazardous solid waste; release of hazardous material/spill response; air pollution control; environmental media permitting; toxic substances; and regulatory oversight. In coordination with the Green Environmental Management System (GEMS) Coordinator, ensures that GEMS policies and programs are carried out in accordance with governing regulations.

The incumbent works closely with Executive Leadership and Safety Manager to review how industrial hygiene considerations are integrated into the planning and operational activities of VASNHCS for which he/she is responsible. The incumbent is responsible for the preparation, writing, and timely submission of internal and external documentation, reports, and correspondence.

Major duties include, but are not limited to

• Supports the development of VASNHCS industrial hygiene policies, programs, and procedural documentation, including periodic review of specific programs, policies, and processes for applicability with changes in operations and regulation pertaining to employee safety and environmental specific laws.
• Conducts surveys of working conditions to determine the nature and magnitude of hazardous exposures and the effectiveness of existing control measures. This includes selection of sampling equipment and analytical tests to be performed on samples taken that are used to identify known or suspected conditions that may pose a health or safety hazard.
• Applies appropriate sampling techniques and procedures and may oversee the work of contractors engaged to perform specific monitoring.
• Devises or works with engineers to develop control measures where hazardous exposures are discovered, such as changes in work procedures, systems, materials, or the use of personal protective equipment.
• Policies and control measures for dealing with hazardous exposures, including work practices and substitution of less hazardous substances.

Work Schedule: 7:30 AM-4:00 PM

Telework: This position may be authorized for telework. Telework if approved would be on an AD HOC basis.

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Position Description/PD#: Industrial Hygienist/PD04842O

Relocation/Recruitment

Incentives:

Not Authorized

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

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• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
• You may be required to serve a probationary/trial period
• Subject to background/security investigation
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).). Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued dentification cards that are not REAL  cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP)

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 02/27/2026.

Time-In-Grade Requirement
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Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-11 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-09. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service.

An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade.
Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment…