Industrial Hygienist

Employee will serve as an Industrial Hygienist assigned to the Safety and Emergency Management Service located at the Veterans Affairs Healthcare System in Palo Alto, CA. * THIS IS NOT A VIRTUAL POSITION, YOU MUST LIVE WITHIN OR BE WILLING TO RELOCATE WITHIN A COMMUTABLE DISTANCE OF THE DUTY LOCATION* Duties will include, but may not be limited to the following: * Plans and conduct industrial hygiene surveys and evaluations to ensure compliance with environmental, occupational health, and safety standards. * Performs exposure assessments, recommends control, and provides technical advice to program officials. Assessments include identifying hazards such as physical, chemical, biological, and radiological risks across diverse work areas, including industrial shops, surgical suites, laboratories, research facilities, confined spaces, productions areas, and outdoor sites. * Operates appropriate sampling equipment, performs analytical tests, interprets results, and recommends corrective actions in compliance with Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standards and other regulatory requirements. * Evaluates hazardous and infectious waste handling and storage practices and recommends controls to program officials in accordance with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), state, local and other regulations, which may involve documents employee exposures and disposal activities. * Prepares comprehensive reports of monitoring activities, evaluates program effectiveness, and ensure legally sufficient documentation of all industrial hygiene activities. * Develops and delivers training programs for healthcare personnel and collaborates with affiliated agencies on occupational and environmental health matters. * Conducts evaluations in specialized exposure areas such as asbestos, ethylene oxide, formaldehyde, nitrous oxide, mercury, antineoplastic drugs, hearing conservation, hazard communications, respirator protection, and water quality parameters, and helps implement control measures. * Perform other duties, as necessary. Work Schedule: Full-Time, Monday-Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm Telework: This position may be authorized for ad-hoc telework. Telework eligibility will be discussed during the interview process. Recruitment & Relocation Incentives: Not authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved

Created: 2026-04-15