Safety and Occupational Health Specialist

Full Job Description

About the Position: This position is with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District, with a duty station location of Edinburg, TX.

This announcement is for current, permanent Army employees considered for a time-limited promotion, reassignment or change to lower grade.

External status candidates should apply to Announcement #CEDD-26-12930693-MP. Go to "Additional Information" below for further details.

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.

Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Applying on Time-Limited Assignments In order to qualify, you must meet the 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) Providing guidance on safety regulations, policies, procedures, and standards; (2) Developing techniques to control and/or eliminate hazardous conditions; (3) Performing field surveys of construction and maintenance work sites for compliance with policies and standards; and (4) Presenting briefings and reports for presentations and/or meetings.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11).

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-11).

Major Duties:

• Records, tracks and ensures audit/inspection discrepancies are mitigated.
• Conducts independent inspections/surveys of activities throughout all phases.
• Discusses quality of safety programs, presents suggestions for improvements, and provides advice and assistance on technical safety issues.
• Provides input and recommendations in matters concerning accident prevention.
• Creates, complies and recommends dissemination of procedures on safety and accident reporting and investigations.
• Provides technical safety advice and assistance on matters pertaining to operations and activities.