SAFETY AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SPECIALIST

Full Job Description

This is a public notice flyer to notify interested applicants of anticipated vacancies. Applications will not be accepted through this flyer.

Interested applicants must follow the directions in the "How to Apply" section of this flyer to be considered. There may or may not be actual vacancies filled from this flyer.

Notice of Result letters will not be sent to applicants who respond to this flyer.

Your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.

Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) Utilizing safety and occupational health practices, principles, procedures, and standards; 2) Planning, managing, organizing, directing, operating, and evaluating the overall safety and occupational health program to include industrial, traffic and recreational off duty safety; 3) Evaluating and determining causal factors contributing to on/off duty mishaps and resulting in hazardous working conditions; 4) Determining compliance with building safety standards; 5) Devising hazard control measures applicable to facilities and supporting industrial shops; 6) Motivating personnel to apply safe working practices.

(NOTE: Your answer must be supported by information in your resume.) Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The performance of assigned duties requires frequent inspection and surveys of areas assigned requiring extensive walking, standing, bending, crouching, climbing, lifting, etc.

Occasionally, there may be a need to lift and carry moderately heavy objects. The work may require some degree of agility and dexterity.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: Work is performed in both office and field settings and frequently involves being exposed to inclement weather, safety and occupational health hazards or additional demands and hazards where conditions cannot be controlled.

The incumbent may be required to don personal protective equipment.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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. Major Duties:

• You will manage injury and mishap investigations and compile data for reporting and analysis purposes.
• You will deliver safety program briefings to command personnel that reinforce a culture of safety awareness, shared accountability, and mutual responsibility across the organization.
• You will prepare written follow up reports with recommendations to correct unsafe acts or conditions.
• You will conduct follow up inspections to determine that all unsafe conditions have been corrected.