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INDUSTRIAL HYGIENIST

Department of the Navy
U.S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard & IMF

Summary

This is a public notice flyer to notify interested applicants of anticipated vacancies. Applications will not be accepted through this flyer. Interested applicants must follow the directions in the "How to Apply" section of this flyer to be considered. There may or may not be actual vacancies filled from this flyer. Notice of Result letters will not be sent to applicants who respond to this flyer.

Salary information is listed in the Additional Information section.

Overview

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Accepting applications
Open & closing dates
03/26/2026 to 04/27/2026
Salary
$58,428 to - $124,031 per year

A Cost-of-Living-Allowance (COLA) of 8.64% will be added to the stated salary.

Pay scale & grade
GS 7 - 12
Location
MANY vacancies in the following location:
Pearl Harbor Naval Base, Oahu, HI
Remote job
No
Telework eligible
Yes—This position is eligible for ad-hoc/situational telework at the discretion of management.
Travel Required
Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position.
Relocation expenses reimbursed
Yes—Relocation incentives as described in 5 USC 5753 may be authorized in accordance with applicable regulations. PCS is not authorized.
Appointment type
Permanent
Work schedule
Full-time
Service
Competitive
Promotion potential
12
Job family (Series)
Supervisory status
No
Security clearance
Secret
Drug test
No
Financial disclosure
No
Bargaining unit status
Yes - This is a bargaining unit position.
Announcement number
DE-12921153-26-NRG
Control number
862691000

This job is open to

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Clarification from the agency

U.S. Citizens

Duties

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  • You will effectively manage two or more major occupational health programs, such as asbestos, hearing conservation, paint, respiratory protection, toxic metals or ventilation.
  • You will prepare and issue procedures, instructions and other guidance concerning industrial health programs and related stressors.
  • You will plan, direct or conduct detailed surveys and investigations related to the recognition, evaluation and control of industrial health hazards for specific programs.
  • You will be a professional liaison with the industrial hygienists of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery Command and other Naval Shipyards to coordinate efforts to implement industrial health protections of the Shipyard workforce.
  • You will conduct inspections of worksites to observe work practices and environmental conditions for hazards to health and safety, and to detect violations of published health standards.
  • You will evaluate the adequacy of controls for health hazards in initial and final plans and specifications for facility construction, alteration and repair, as well as modification or relocation of processes.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

  • Must be a US Citizen.
  • Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
  • Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
  • New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
  • Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
  • Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
  • This is a bargaining unit position.
  • You will be required to successfully complete a pre-appointment physical examination.
  • You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
  • You will be required to wear personal protective equipment such as helmets, gloves, coveralls, glasses, goggles, respirators and safety shoes continuously for the duration of the work shift.
  • Work is performed in areas where potentially harmful physical and chemical agents are present (e.g. fumes, dust, heat, ionizing and non-ionizing radiation and chemicals). You will be required to participate in medical surveillance programs.
  • This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.

Qualifications

GS-12:
Your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the (GS-11) grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: as a professional industrial hygienist, developing criteria, procedures, or instructions to resolve problems involving health hazards to ensure compliance with applicable regulations for the occupational health and safety of shipyard personnel. Examples of qualifying specialized experience may include: responsibility for programs where workers are exposed to the wide variety of hazards including; chemical, physical, biological; conducting industrial hygiene sampling using; photoionization detectors, gas detectors, air sampling pumps, noise dosimetry, velocity meters, ionizing and non-ionizing radiation monitors, or other state of the art monitoring equipment.

GS-11:
Your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the (GS-9) grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: as a professional industrial hygienist, conducting surveys or investigations of shipyard work operations to identify and evaluate conditions that may be hazardous to the occupational health and safety of personnel. Examples of qualifying specialized experience may include conducting surveys or investigations of the following: Chemical exposures and/or overexposures; Noise exposures and/or overexposures; Equipment and/or machine operations; Environmental conditions; Work practices; and Protective equipment.

GS-9:
Your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the (GS-7) grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: as a professional Industrial Hygienist, performing surveys, sampling, and writing technical reports to evaluate health hazards in industrial shops or similar areas where the types of health hazards are anticipated. Examples may include the following: Chemical exposures and/or overexposures; Noise exposures and/or overexposures and Protective equipment.


GS-7:
Your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the (GS-5) grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: as a professional Industrial Hygienist, calibrating equipment, taking samples, and preparing reports to assist with the evaluation of health hazards in industrial shops or similar areas workplaces where the types of health hazards are known. Examples may include the following: Chemical exposures and/or overexposures; Noise exposures and/or overexposures and Protective equipment.

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0600/industrial-hygiene-series-0690/

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

Education

Applicants must meet the following positive education qualifications requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual: Applicants must possess:

  • A bachelor's or graduate/higher level degree in industrial hygiene, occupational health sciences, occupational and environmental health, toxicology, safety sciences, or related science; 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; OR
  • Certification from the Board for Global EHS Credentialing (formerly American Board of Industrial Hygiene(external link) (ABIH)).
Courses in the history or teaching of chemistry are not acceptable.

In lieu of specialized experience, you may qualify with the following education or combination of both education and experience for the grade levels listed below:

GS-11:
Successful completion of a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree
OR
Successful completion of three full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. or equivalent degree
OR
A combination of experience and graduate education as described above that equates to one year of experience

GS-9:
Successful completion of a master's or equivalent graduate degree
OR
Successful completion of two full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a master's degree
OR
A combination of experience and graduate education as described above that equates to one year of experience

GS-7:
Successful completion of a Bachelor's degree with Superior Academic Achievement
OR
Successful completion of 1 year of graduate level education.
OR
A combination of experience and graduate education as described above that equates to one year of experience.

A transcript must be submitted with your application if qualifying using education. See Required Documents for additional information.

Additional information

This announcement uses the Defense Industrial Base, Major Range and Test Facilities direct hire authority to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to certain positions in the competitive service.

This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program.

Salary Information:
GS-07: $58,428-$74,233
GS-09: $71,470-$90,806
GS-11: $82,218-$105,613
GS-12: $95,994-$124,031

Several vacancies may be filled.

A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments.

This position is subject to work an uncommon tour, including nights, weekends, and holidays to meet mission requirements. Overtime or night differential pay and/or unusual duty hours may be required.

Pay retention may be granted when certain conditions are met.

A relocation incentive is generally a single payment intended to offset some of the relocation costs experienced by the selectee. A relocation incentive may be authorized.

Vacancies filled from this announcement may be filled at any grade level listed.

If selected below the full performance level, you may be noncompetitively promoted to the next higher grade level after meeting all regulatory requirements, and upon the recommendation of management. Promotion is neither implied nor guaranteed.

This is an obligated position. The former incumbent has return rights to this position under PL 86-585.

Eligible DoD career or career conditional employees shall be granted statutory return rights to their former position for a period of 5 years if continuously employed in a foreign or non-foreign area provided by Executive Order 10895 and DoDI 1400.25, v 1230. Employees that do not exercise their return rights within five years are no longer eligible for return rights and will be treated as a local hire.

Federal annuitant information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy information may be found at: http://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Documents/CivilianJobs/FedCivAnnuitants.pdf.

Veteran's preference does not apply when selecting individuals under this specific hiring authority. However, if you claim veteran's preference, you will be required to submit supporting documentation with your application as described in the Required Documents section below.

COMPACFLT EEO Program: https://www.cpf.navy.mil/About-Us/Organization/Total-Fleet-Force-Manpower-Personnel/Equal-Employment-Opportunity-Program/

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

In order to qualify for this position, your resume must provide sufficient experience and/or education, knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the duties of the specific position for which you are being considered. Resumes are restricted to no more than 2 pages. Illegible/unreadable resumes will not be considered. Your resume is the key means we have for evaluating your skills, knowledge, and abilities as they relate to this position. Therefore, we encourage you to be clear and specific when describing your experience.

As vacancies occur, the Human Resources Office will review your resume to ensure you meet the hiring eligibility and qualification requirements listed in this flyer. You will be rated based on the information provided in your resume, along with your supporting documentation.

If selected, you may be required to provide additional supporting documentation.

If after reviewing your resume and supporting documentation, a determination is made that you inflated your qualifications and/or experience, you may be found ineligible/not qualified.

Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating or consideration for employment.

All qualification requirements must be met before being considered for any vacancies.

U.S. Pacific Fleet

The Navy and Marine Corps team offers innovative, exciting and meaningful work linking military and civilian talents to achieve our mission and safeguard our freedoms. Department of the Navy provides competitive salaries, comprehensive benefits, and extensive professional development and training. From pipefitters to accountants, scientists to engineers, doctors to nurses-the careers and opportunities to make a difference are endless.

Headquartered at Pearl Harbor on the island of Oahu in Hawaii, this four-star command is the world's largest fleet command. Encompassing 100 million square miles, our 200 ships/submarines, nearly 1,200 aircraft, and more than 130,000 uniformed and civilian Sailors serve on nearly half of the Earth's surface -- from Antarctica to the Arctic Circle, and from the U.S. West Coast to the Indian Ocean. Join the USPACFLT staff to achieve more and to help protect and defend the maritime interests of the U.S. in the Indo-Pacific, providing combat-ready forces and operating forward, ready to fight tonight.

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Agency contact information

Pearl Harbor NSY Code 106
Phone
(808) 473-8000 X4465
Email
PHNS_C106_Recruitment@us.navy.mil
Address
PEARL HARBOR NSY AND IMF
667 Safeguard Street
Pearl Harbor, HI 96860-5033
US

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