Safety and Occupational Health Manager; Safety Administrator

Position: Safety and Occupational Health Manager (Safety Administrator)
Location: Thomson

Summary

Corrections professionals who foster a humane and secure environment and ensure public safety by preparing individuals for successful reentry into our communities.

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Duties

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Manages a program requiring a dynamic administrative approach to continual changes in regulations and executive orders and to newly mandated ones.

In addition to occupational safety and fire protection, develops and implements programs for hazardous waste and emergency response operations, recycling, pollution prevention, ozone reduction, storm water management, lead and asbestos abatement, storage tank management, air pollution emissions and toxic chemical inventories.

Develops safety and environmental programs designed to comply with specific regulatory requirements such as confined space entry, control of hazardous energy, machine guarding, fall protection, hazardous waste, chemical spill response, fire emergency response/evacuation, workers' compensation and hazard communication.

Serves as the principal technical advisor and subject matter expert to management at the facility for the development, implementation and enforcement of safety, fire prevention and suppression, occupational health/safety and environmental programs, and workers' compensation programs.

Conducts the on-going specialized training for both staff and inmates as mandated by the Bureau of Prisons and other federal and private agencies such as OSHA, EPA, FDA, USDA, DOL, NFPA, etc.

Along with all other correctional institution employees, incumbent is charged with responsibility for maintaining security of the institution. The staff correctional responsibilities precede all others required by this position and are performed one regular and recurring basis.

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Conditions of employment

• U.S. Citizenship is Required.
• See Special Conditions of Employment Section.

Career Transition Programs (CTAP): These programs apply to Federal and/or DOJ employees who meet the definition of surplus or displaced from a position in the competitive service. To receive selection priority for this position, you must:

• 1. Meet CTAP eligibility criteria;
• 2. Be rated well-qualified for the position, scoring at least half of the total possible points for the vacancy KSAs or competencies; and
• 3. Submit the appropriate documentation to support your CTAP eligibility:
• A copy of the agency notice (i.e., separation notice or agency RIF letter),
• Most recent performance appraisal, and
• Most recent SF-50 showing current/former position, grade, promotion potential, and duty location.
• See USAJOBS' Career Transition Programs for more information.

NOTE:
Applicants claiming CTAP eligibility must complete all assessment questions to be rated under the established ranking criteria.

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Qualifications

To be considered for the position, you must meet the following qualification requirements:

Education:

GS-11: Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related.

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.

Graduate education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position.

GS-12: There is no substitution of education for specialized experience for this grade level.

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Experience:

GS-11 and GS-12: You must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to the next lower grade level. To be creditable, this experience must have equipped the applicant with the particular qualifications to perform successfully the duties of the position, and must typically be in or related to the position to be filled.

Some examples of qualifying experience are:

GS-11:

• Experience advising supervisors and safety representatives of appropriate safety and occupational health measures to control or eliminate hazardous operating processes or environmental conditions.
• Experience preparing and revising safety instructions and guides that are relevant to current or planned contractor and base employees.
• Experience investigating mishaps, obtaining statements from witnesses, and…