Safety and Occupational Health Manager

Safety And Occupational Health Manager

The incumbent serves as the Safety and Occupational Health Manager, and is responsible for planning, organizing, administering, and evaluating a comprehensive environmental and safety management program. Major duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Supervise and manage employees, providing leadership, guidance, and direction to ensure effective performance of assigned duties.
• Plan work to be accomplished by subordinates, set, and adjust short-term priorities, and prepare schedules for completion of work.
• Assign work to subordinates based on priorities, selective consideration of the difficulty and requirements of assignments, and the capabilities of employees.
• Evaluate work performance of subordinates.
• Give advice, counsel, or instruction to employees on both work and administrative matters.
• Interview candidates for positions in the unit; recommend appointment, promotion, or reassignment to such positions.
• Hear and resolve complaints from employees, referring group grievances and more serious unresolved complaints to a higher-level supervisor or manager.
• Effect minor disciplinary measures, such as warnings and reprimands, recommending other action in more serious cases.
• Identify developmental and training needs of employees, providing or arranging for needed development and training.
• Find ways to improve production or increase the quality of the work directed; and Develop performance standards
• Exercising significant responsibilities in dealing with officials of other units or organizations, or in advising management officials of higher rank.
• Direction of a program or major program segment with significant resources (e.g., one at a multimillion-dollar level of annual resources). Making decisions on work problems presented by subordinates or similar personnel, or by contractors.
• Making or approving selections for subordinate non-supervisory positions.
• Recommending selections for subordinate supervisory positions and for work leader, group leader, or project director positions responsible for coordinating the work of others, and similar positions.
• Hearing and resolving group grievances or serious employee complaints.
• Reviewing and approving serious disciplinary actions (e.g., suspensions) involving nonsupervisory subordinates.
• Making decisions on non-routine, costly, or controversial training needs and training requests related to employees of the unit.
• Determining whether contractor performed work meets standards of adequacy necessary for authorization of payment.
• Approving expenses comparable to within-grade increases, extensive overtime, and employee travel.
• Recommending awards or bonuses for nonsupervisory personnel and changes in position classification, subject to approval by higher level officials, supervisors, or others.
• Finding and implementing ways to eliminate or reduce significant bottlenecks and barriers to production, promote team building, or improve business practices.

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:00a-4:30p

Telework: This position is not authorized for telework.

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Position Description/PD#: Safety and Occupational Health Manager / PD405-04183-0

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized

Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

Notifications:

• This position is in the Competitive Service.
• This position is covered by locality-based comparability pay.
• The incumbent may be required to travel to other VA campuses and CBOC's.
• Selectee required to serve one year supervisory/managerial probationary period.
• Veterans' preference does not apply for internal or other current permanent Federal agency employees.
• Current and former Federal employees must submit copies of their most recent SF-50, (Notice of Personnel Action). The SF-50 must identify the position title, series, grade, step, tenure and type of service (Competitive or Excepted). In some cases, more than one SF-50 may be required to show a higher grade previously held.
• Interchange Agreements with Other Merit System: Employees who occupy medical or medical-related positions and were appointed under 38 U.S.C. 4701(1) or (3) [formerly 38 U.S.C. 4104 (1) and (3)] must be serving in a full-time position without time limit and have served continuously for at least one year in this other merit system to be eligible to convert to the Title 5 System. Some exceptions to this rule may apply if you have previously acquired tenure under a Title 5 appointment.