Safety and Occupational Health Manager

Description:

This position is located on the Forest Service Timber Lake Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center in Estacada, OR.

The incumbent serves as a Safety and Occupational Health Manager and is responsible for planning ,directing, coordinating, and evaluating a 24-hour safety and occupational health program.

For additional information about the duties of this position, please contact Tyson Arnold at tyson.arnold@usda.gov.

Requirements:

In order to qualify, you must meet the eligibility and qualifications requirements as defined below by the closing date of the announcement. For more information on the qualifications for this position, visit the Office of Personnel Management's General Schedule Qualification Standards.

Your application and resume must clearly show that you possess the experience requirements i ncluding work schedule, hours worked per week, dates of employment; title, series, grade (if applicable). Transcripts must be provided for qualifications based on education. Provide course descriptions as necessary.

Specialized Experience Requirement:

For the GS-09: Applicants must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-07 grade level. Specialized experience includes at least 3 or more of the following: Conducted safety training in the field or classroom; and/or Participated in after action incident reviews; and/or Implemented project job hazard analyses; and/or Participated in the applications of risk management principles in the development or implementation of work projects or field operations.


OR

a master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.B. or J.D., if related. Acceptable fields of graduate coursework include, but are not limited to safety or occupational health fields (safety, occupational health, industrial hygiene) or 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

an appropriate combination of specialized experience and education as described above (only graduate education in excess of 18 semester hours may be used to qualify applicants for this grade level).


For the GS-11: Applicants must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-09 grade level. Specialized experience includes at least 3 or more following: Participated or assisted in the development and implementation of a Unit safety and risk management program; and/or Organized, coordinated, and conducted training in the field or classroom related to safety and risk management; and/or Organized and conducted accident investigations, after action reviews and facilitated safety learning analyses; and/or Reviewed and prepared project job hazard analyses.

OR

a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related. Acceptable fields of graduate coursework include, but are not limited to safety or occupational health fields (safety, occupational health, industrial hygiene) or 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

an appropriate combination of specialized experience and graduate level education as described above (beyond what is required for a master's degree, i.e., more than 36 semester hours leading to a Ph.D.).

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.