Safety and Occupational Health Specialist

Duties

• As a GS-09 Safety and Occupational Health Specialist, you will:
• Support Safety and Occupational Health Office staff, conducting surveys and inspections of assigned serviced areas, structures, and other activities for compliance with Army, OSHA, and local safety regulations and consensus safety standards.
• Support mishap/accident investigations which result in near misses, property damage or injuries, including repetitive types of accidents to discover prevalent accident trends, to identify ways to prevent, or reduce such accidents.
• Provide administrative support to Occupational Health Program (OHP) and Occupational Health Nurse for the Omaha District.
• Serve as an alternate Medical Records Custodian (MRC) and performs maintenance, physical security, transfer, and archive of employees' medical records.
• Administer all procurement activities for the Safety and Occupational Health Office needs and bulk procurement management District Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
• Provide technical assistance and coordinates fiscal and other administrative functions for the Safety Office.
• Serves as safety office training coordinator, work with district training office to ensure safety and occupational training guidance and materials are available for all District employees.
• Administers the District Automatic External Defibrillator (AED), First Aid and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) training programs.

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a valid state driver's license.
• May be required to drive standard Government vehicles.
• TDY up to 25% of Duty time.

• Current Civilian Employees of the Command
• Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel Workforce
• Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan
• Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act
• Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473
• 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
• Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998

In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, Ameri Corps) 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;

if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is

One year of specialized experience which includes
1) Maintaining safety and occupational health program documents and file systems, OR
2) Assisting with safety or occupational health program elements. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-05).

OR

Education:

One full year of graduate level education with a major study in safety or occupational health fields (safety, occupational health, industrial hygiene).ORSuperior Academic Achievement:
Successful completion of all the requirements for a bachelor's degree with a major study in 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 with Superior Academic Achievement.

In order to be creditable under this provision, Superior Academic Achievement must have been gained in a curriculum that is qualifying for the position to be filled. Superior Academic Achievement is based on:(1) Class Standing
- Applicants must be in the upper third of the graduating class in the college, university, or major subdivision, such as the College of Liberal Arts or the School of Business Administration, based on completed courses; OR(2) Grade-Point Average (G.P.A.) - Applicants must have a grade-point average of either (a) 3.0 or higher out of a possible 4.0 ("B" or better) as recorded on your official transcript, or as computed based on 4 years of education, or as computed based on courses completed during the final 2 years of the curriculum;

or (b) 3.5 or higher…