Safety and Occupational Health Manager

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Explore a new career with the BLM - where our people are our most precious resource. This position is located in Fairbanks, Alaska.

Information about Alaska and the surrounding area can be found at Alaska.

We expect to fill one vacancy at this time; however, additional positions may be filled from this announcement if they become available.

In order to be rated as qualified for this position, we must be able to determine that you meet the qualification requirements - please be sure to include this information in your resume.

No assumptions will be made about your experience. You must possess one (1) full year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 level in the Federal Service.

Specialized experience is defined as: comprehensive knowledge of safety and occupational health principles, practices, procedures and standards applicable to a full range of administrative duties sufficient to plan, organize, direct, operate and evaluate a safety and occupational health program that involves a wide variety of hazards.

Experience conducting risk assessments for operations that include the utilization of heavy equipment, OHVs, boats, or snowmachines; high-risk recreation activities; or any activity that requires the use of personal protective equipment.

Experience in implementing an office-wide safety program; including preparing annual goals, assessing training needs, preparing training plans, and conducting training.

Interpret the Occupations Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), American National Standards Institute (ANSI), National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH), Department of Transportation (DOT), Federal Employees Compensation Act (FECA), and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) standards and regulations.

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. You must meet all qualification requirements by the closing date of the announcement.

Federal employees in the competitive service are also subject to the Time-In-Grade requirement in accordance with 5 CFR 300.604.

If you are a current Federal employee in the General Schedule (GS) pay plan and applying for a promotion opportunity, you must have completed a minimum of 52 weeks at the next lower grade level.

Physical Demands: You may be required to travel to facilities in remote areas in order to inspect working conditions such as cadastral and biological field camps, construction work sites, outlying buildings, recreation areas and other facilities and equipment in various locations.

Work Environment: You may be required to travel to facilities in remote areas to complete investigations which may cause exposure to a variety of climate and travel conditions including sub-zero arctic winter temperatures to extremely hot temperatures.

Travel may include driving across long distances on rough gravel roads, operate all-terrain vehicles, utility task vehicles, and snow machines, fly in various aircraft and travel over water by raft, canoe, and riverboat.

Exposure to unusual or potentially dangerous conditions such as contaminated materials, unexploded ordinance, wildfires, facilities with high frequency noise, senses of hazardous or toxic material spills and various hazardous chemicals or substances and dangerous wild animals may occur.

Major Duties:

• Serves as the BLM Safety and Health Program Manager for northern Alaska supporting the Fairbanks and subordinate field offices.
• Technical lead for all aspects of the Safety and Occupational Health Program covering complex activities in extremely remote, rural and urban settings.
• Develops and implements policies and wok practices to ensure safe and efficient operations within the District for employees and the public.
• Provides safety guidance and oversight of hazardous materials, heavy equipment, wildland and prescribed fire mining activities, aviation activities, off-road vehicles, watercraft, and non-law enforcement firearms.
• Provides safety guidance for hazardous wilderness activities such as use of snowmachines, cross-country skiing, off-road activities, rafting, boating, hiking and mountain biking where standard safety criteria are not published.