Safety and Occupational Health Manager

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Salary: $121,785 (Step 01) to $158,322 (Step 10);

NOTE: First time hires to the Federal Government are typically hired at the Step 01.Qualifications:Definitions:

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Specialized experience is 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 to be filled. Examples of qualifying specialized experience may include:

• Managing safety or occupational health program elements.
• Developing or 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.

Applicants must meet the following to qualify for the GS-13 level: One year of appropriate specialized experience as defined above under "Definitions". To be creditable, this specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service.

Examples of GS-12 level experience may include: 1) representing safety and health interests serving on Bureau teams and committees; 2) conducting field level compliance inspections and regional program evaluations to identify and evaluating risk potential involving a wide variety of work environments, occupations and operations; 3) managing national level accident, audit or hazard analysis databases/systems and directed investigation of accidents, analyzing precipitating factors and causal data using Tableau software, and developing methods for prevention or abatement; 4) recommending application of safety and health or industrial hygiene principles and training on safety and health topics at all levels of the organization; 5) managing safety and health programs specific to lab safety, and occupant emergency plans, industrial hygiene topics 6) Coordinating work or collaborating with staff in the specialized occupational fields i.e., aviation, diving firearms, large vessels, radiation, watercraft, industrial hygiene, occupational medicine, safety engineering, and fire prevention.

For examples 1-6, the work is performed independently to set section priorities, objectives, and strategies in alignment with Bureau goals. As the technical expert, the incumbent determines the approach and methods to be used and directs subordinate staff in effectively providing specialized safety program (diving, large vessels, and watercraft) support and solutions to highly complex issues and concerns to Associate and Regional Directors, Regional Safety Managers, and local management, supervisors and employees.

You must meet all qualification and eligibility requirements for the position by the closing date of the announcement.Education:

• 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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
• Education completed in colleges or universities outside the United States may be used to meet the above requirements. You must provide acceptable documentation that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States. For more information on how foreign education is evaluated, visit:https://www.usgs.gov/human-capital/how-foreign-education-evaluated-federal-jobs

Employment Type: OTHER