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Industrial Hygienist
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 2 days ago
About the Role
This position is in the Safety and Emergency Management Service, Roseburg VA Medical Center, Roseburg, Oregon and provides support to the Medical Center as the authority in environmental management, serving as the technical and environmental program management expert. ***Recruitment / Relocation MAY be authorized for highly qualified applicants*** DIRECT HIRE AUTHORITY: This position is being filled using Direct-Hire Authority (5 CFR 337.205) for this occupation.
What You'll Do
- →Major duties include but are not limited to: Primary Duties Performs various duties to assess work practices and environmental conditions for potential hazards to the health and safety of workers.
- →These duties include conducting studies, analyzing findings, and preparing various reports related to industrial hygiene and occupational health.
- →Environmental conditions involve different hazards, like biological, chemical, noise, heat, radiation, and others.
- →Jobs are available in shops, production areas, laboratories, small spaces, and outdoors.
- →Conducts surveys to identify and evaluate health hazards and potential health hazards.
- →Surveys involve determining compliance with established occupational and environmental permissible exposure limits.
- →Performs sampling and analysis using standard methods to determine the nature and degree of toxic material present in a variety of materials, such as environmental samples and Industrial products.
- →Consults with and advises employees, including occupational health personnel, on matters of epidemiology, particularly in relation to health hazards in the workplace.
- →Participates in the development of training courses for personnel, preparing the course agenda, making arrangements for demonstrations, drills, and giving technical instructions on occupational health and safety subjects.
- →Establishes new policies or procedures when directed by changing standards and conditions, as well as reviews existing policies or procedures.
- →Federal, state, local, VHA, and Joint Commission standards may mandate changes.
- →Knowledge Required By the Position Comprehensive knowledge of industrial hygiene concepts, principles, and practices applicable to the performance of relatively routine industrial investigations, or to portions of large and complex investigations.
- →Identify and evaluate occupational health hazards in industrial environments with conventional operations, using available literature to support hazard recognition and assessment.
- →Knowledge required in order to recommend control measures or possible approaches to the control of harmful exposure.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job To be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process.
- ✓In addition to the application and questionnaire, this position requires an online assessment.
- ✓The online assessment measures critical general competencies required to perform the job.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959 You must maintain a valid, state issued Driver's License.
- ✓Driving physical may be required Physical Requirements: The work required does not inherently include any physical requirements essential for successful job performance that could not otherwise be performed with accommodation or workplace adjustment.
- ✓A pre-placement physical examination is not required.
- ✓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://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant 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) As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
- ✓Upon completion of your probationary period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.
Personality Fit
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