Safety and Occupational Health Manager

Summary

About the Position: Employee serves as the Safety and Occupational Health Manager for a Brigade-sized unit with responsibility for planning, managing and administering a safety and occupational health program.

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Duties

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• Ensure and/or perform periodic inspections, evaluations, and surveys of facilities, equipment, and safety management programs to identify deficiencies and variances to the standards.
• Oversee administration of the SDDC Explosive Safety Management Program (ESMP).
• Provide innovative analysis of high risk activities involving a wide variety of problems to include multimodal transportation carriers transporting high safety risk and classified materials.
• Prepare/Review Explosive Safety Site Waivers, Deviation Approval and Risk Acceptance Document (DARAD), and Exemptions for Command responsibility.
• Plan, organize, budget, coordinate and evaluate a fully developed safety and occupational health program and advise key managerial and executive personnel on courses of action to further the organization's safety posture.
• Prepare supplements to instructions and manuals and develops specialized instructions defining mishap prevention, explosives handling, use and storage procedures and safe explosives transportation.
• Lead and participate on boards and/or working groups concerning HAZMAT and AE transportation safety.
• Provide authoritative guidance to DOD and non-DOD customers on HAZMAT and AE safety issues within the DTS.

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Conditions of employment

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• This position requires the incumbent be able to obtain and maintain a determination of eligibility for a Secret security clearance or access for the duration of employment. A background investigation and credit check are required.
• Appointment to this position is subject to a one year probationary period unless the appointee has previously met the requirements as described in 5 CFR Part 11.
• This position has a Temporary Duty (TDY) or business travel requirement of 15% of the time.
• This is a CP-12 position. CP-12 ACTEDS training is mandatory for personnel filling these positions. Incumbent must possess or complete CP-12 Level I Professional Certification program within 24 months of appointment.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.

• 30 Percent or More Disabled Veterans
• Current Department of Army Civilian Employees
• Current Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army)
• Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel Workforce
• Executive Order (E.O.) 12721
• Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan
• Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act
• Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473
• Non-Appropriated Fund Instrumentality (NAFI)
• Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer
• Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Interchange Agreement Eligible
• People with Disabilities, Schedule A
• Postal Service/Peace Corps and Other Unique Authorities
• Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible
• Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible
• Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement
• Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible
• Reinstatement
• Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998

In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience.

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes: 1) evaluating compliance with hazardous materials and ammunition/explosives transportation safety requirements in one or more transportation modes, including highway and other surface transportation operations; 2) interpreting and applying DOD, DOT, and related regulatory requirements governing hazardous materials and explosive transportation; 3) reviewing hazardous materials accidents, incidents, or safety violations and recommending corrective actions to mitigate risk and prevent recurrence; 4) conducting inspections, evaluations, surveys, or risk assessments of transportation operations, facilities, equipment, or participating entities to identify deficiencies and ensure compliance with safety standards; AND 5) analyzing transportation safety information to support risk-based decisions affecting the movement of hazardous materials or explosives.

You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:

• Oral Communication
• Program Management
• Risk Management
• Safety and Occupational Health (SOH) Hazard Control

Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-12).

Education

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience aloneno substitution of education for experience is permitted.

Additional information

• Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
• You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship.
• This position requires a 1 year probationary period during which the agency evaluates your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In making this determination, the agency may consider your performance and conduct; agency needs and interests; whether your continued employment supports organizational or Government goals; and whether it promotes the efficiency of the Federal service. Continued employment requires written certification that it advances the public interest.
• Direct deposit of pay is required.
• Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees.
• If you have retired from federal service and you are interested in employment as a reemployed annuitant, see the information in the Reemployed Annuitant information sheet.
• This is an Installations Career Field position.
• Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement.
• Salary includes applicable locality pay.
• When you perform a Civilian Permanent Change of Station (PCS) with the government, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) considers the majority of your entitlements to be taxable. Visit for more information.
• Payment of Permanent Change of Station (PCS) costs is authorized, subject to the provisions of the Joint Travel Regulations.

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.

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