Safety & Occupational Health Specialist
What you'd do
About the Position: Interprets regulations, standards, procedures, methods, and techniques applicable to a broad range of safety and occupational health duties that include industrial hazards and transport of hazardous materials including ammunition and explosives. Reviews proposed or new regulations, SOPs, etc., for integration of risk management and safety requirements to mitigate accidents into the process.
Major duties
Prepares and conducts briefings, meetings, training classes, and associated functions Prepares and distributes safety promotional and informative materials to maintain safety awareness. Leads or participates in interdisciplinary working groups to support local initiatives, resolves safety related issues, or develops strategies for improving safety performance. Serves as project officer for local safety initiatives. Reviews purchase and service contracts. Recommends procedures to control or eliminate hazardous operations or conditions. Incumbent must be able to obtain and maintain a valid US State Driver's license. Incumbent must possess or complete CP-12 Level I Professional Certification program within 24 months of appointment.
What you need to qualify
Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. If you are not a current permanent Army employee and would like to be considered for this position, you will need to apply to the TERM position under Job Announcement Number: MCGT-26-12990470-MP Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Applying on Time-Limited Assignments 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, AmeriCorps) 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 in this document. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes 1) Conducting investigations of accidents and/or perform risk assessments to develop methods for prevention 2) Issuing safety and occupational health surveys to identify risk potential; 3) conducting safety and occupational health inspections to ensure they are in compliance with OSHA or DoD guidance. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-09). Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-09).
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