Safety & Occupational Health Manager

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About the Position: This position is located at Army Community Hospital, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. Salary negotiation may be available for those candidates who are new to Federal service.

This is a Direct Hire Solicitation Who May Apply: US Citizens 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 conducting safety and occupational health inspections; educate staff members in safety and occupational health requirements; and developing local safety directives and procedures.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-09).

OR Education: Ph.D or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree with a major study in safety or occupational health fields (safety, occupational health, industrial hygiene), or Ph.D or equivalent doctoral degree in other related fields that included or was supplemented by at least 24 semester hours of study from among the following (or closely related) disciplines: safety, occupational health, industrial hygiene, occupational medicine, toxicology, public health, mathematics, physics, chemistry, biological sciences, engineering, and industrial psychology.

OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%.

To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12.

Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the second year (total graduate semester hours minus 36) by 18. Add the two percentages. Major Duties:

• Identify training and developmental opportunities of employees and arranges for employees to attend training.
• Provide orientation to new employees and conducts continuing education and refresher training for existing personnel.
• Conduct safety and occupational health inspections for the medical, dental and veterinary facilities.
• Identify safety hazards and recommend control measures for hazardous conditions.
• Complete formal investigative reports and submits with recommended countermeasures through command channels to higher headquarters.
• Conduct risk analysis in order to develop abatement recommendations for safety and occupational health hazards.