Safety and Occupational Health Manager

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Organizational Location: This position is located in the Department of Homeland Security, U.S.Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Office of Assets and Facilities' Management, in Irving, Texas; Washington, District of Columbia.

The location will be either Washington, D.C. or Irving, TX. This is a non-bargaining unit position. IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC.

WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE.

Do not copy and paste the duties, specialized experience, or occupational assessment questionnaire from this announcement into your resume as that will not be considered a demonstration of your qualifications for this position.

Experience: One (1) year of specialized experience at the GS-13 grade level or equivalent performing duties such as: Developing safety and occupational health policies, regulations, practices, and procedures to eliminate or control potential hazards.

Implementing programs designed to eliminate or minimize injury/illness, property damage and productivity losses.

Performing accident investigation and reporting, data analysis to determine frequency and severity rates, root cause analysis, trend identification and intervention effectiveness.

Identifying hazardous or potentially hazardous conditions, developing measures to eliminate or control these conditions and effectively communicating the appropriate measures to resolve these problems.

Performing/Approving risk assessments of hazardous processes, determining risk severity and making recommendations for risk mitigation.

Qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement. Qualification claims will be subject to verification.

National Service Experience (i.e., volunteer experience): 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.

Current or Former Political Appointees: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees.

If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office.

The Department of Homeland Security encourages persons with disabilities to apply, to include persons with intellectual, severe physical or psychiatric disabilities, as defined by 5 CFR 213.3102(u), and/or Disabled Veterans with a compensable service-connected disability of 30 percent or more as defined by 5 CFR 315.707.

Veterans, Peace Corps, VISTA volunteers, and persons with disabilities possess a wealth of unique talents, experiences, and competencies that can be invaluable to the DHS mission.

If you are a member of one of these groups, you may not have to compete with the public for federal jobs.

To determine your eligibility for non-competitive appointment and to understand the required documentation, click on the links above or contact the Servicing Human Resources Office listed at the bottom of this announcement Major Duties:

As a Safety and Occupational Health Manager, you will perform the following duties: Supervise a workforce of safety professionals (Job Series 0018).

Providing technical guidance to all levels of management and field offices on complex safety and health issues. Designing and developing national policy supporting ICE's Safety Program.

Developing standards where occupational safety and health standards do not exist or do not adequately cover hazardous conditions and operations.

Collaborating with the major programs of ICE to promote occupational safety and health, engage management in incorporating safety in all aspects of operations.

Salary: The salary range indicated in this announcement reflects the lowest and highest potential salaries for this position.

The actual salary range will be based on the applicable locality pay for the selected duty location. General Schedule locality pay tables may be found under Salaries & Wages.