Supervisory Safety and Occupational Health Manager

Description:

This position is located in Office of the Managing Director, Occupational Safety and Health Management. The incumbent will serve as the Occupational Safety Officer responsible for supervision, development and direction of the agency occupational safety and health program to ensure safe working conditions for National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) employees in the office and at the scene of accident investigations.

Requirements:

BASIC RQUIREMENTS:

You MUST meet the basic requirement (s) for this position. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Individual Occupational Requirements (IORs) for the Safety and Occupational Health Management, 0018 series are as follows:

EDUCATION:

A. Undergraduate and Graduate Education: Major study -- safety or occupational health fields (safety, occupational health, industrial hygiene), or degree in other related fields that included or was supplemented by at least 24 semester hours of study from among the following (or closely related) disciplines: safety, occupational health, industrial hygiene, occupational medicine, toxicology, public health, mathematics, physics, chemistry, biological sciences, engineering, and industrial psychology. (Transcripts MUST be submitted - See the "Education" section of this vacancy announcement)

-OR-

EXPERIENCE:

B. Experience in or related to safety and occupational health that provided the specific knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position. Examples of qualifying specialized experience include:

• Managing safety or occupational health program elements.
• Developing and recommending safety and occupational health policy to higher levels of management.
• Applying safety and occupational health laws, regulations, principles, theories, practices, and procedures to advise on or resolve technical matters dealing with occupational safety and health requirements.
• Developing safety and occupational health standards, regulations, practices, and procedures to eliminate or control potential hazards.
• Developing or implementing programs to reduce the frequency, severity, and cost of accidents and occupational illnesses.
• Analyzing or evaluating new and existing jobs, processes, products, or other systems to determine the existence, severity, probability, and outcome of hazards.
• Designing or modifying workplaces, processes, products, or other systems to control or eliminate hazards.
• Inspecting or surveying workplaces, processes, products, or other systems for compliance with established safety and occupational health policies or standards and to identify potential new hazards.
• Training of workers, supervisors, managers, or other safety and occupational health personnel in safety or occupational health subjects.
• Work in occupational fields such as industrial hygienist, safety engineer, fire prevention engineer, health physicist, and occupational health nurse.

IN ADDITION TO MEETING THE ABOVE BASIC EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS, APPLICANTS MUST ALSO MEET THE FOLLOWING MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE GS-15 LEVEL: You must have one year of specialized experience (equivalent to the GS-14 level) that may have been obtained in the private, or public (local, county, state, Federal) sectors. Specialized experience is defined as: Experience managing a safety and occupational health program to include reviewing, developing, and modifying policies affecting safety and occupational health programs while ensuring the safety programs are following laws, regulations, guidelines, and agency policy. Establishing safety program goals to ensure major safety projects are aligned with the stated objectives and requirements. Conducting hazard risk assessments to identify uncontrolled hazards and establish appropriate control methods at an agency and accident scences. Experience as a Contracting Officer Representative (COR), justify program budget, track allocations, and manage expenditures in an automated system. Training workers, supervisors, managers, or other safety and occupational health personnel in safety or occupational health subject and making suggestions regarding improvement recommendations.

For more information see link: http://https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0000/safety-and-occupational-health-management-series-0018/

NOTE: IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. Your resume must clearly show the specialized experience and competencies related to this position. Failure to demonstrate how you possess the education, specialized experience and/or competencies will result in an "Ineligible" rating.