This position is located in Bureau of Land Management, New Mexico State Office, in the Albuquerque District Office.

Duties

Develop/implement safety and occupational health policies and work practices to assure safe, healthful, and efficient operations for permanent and seasonal employees, volunteers, and the public. Manage an operational risk management program for the District/Field Office. Utilize/Review public accident statistics, law enforcement case reports and employee/supervisor reports to ensure that serious or recurring visitor accidents are investigated and plans to reduce these accidents are formulated. Conduct formal and informal training sessions on basic safety concepts, design features and specifications. Write and publish safety articles on a variety of subjects covering several different occupational trades, activities, or processes.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship required
• May be required to complete background investigation and drug screening.
• Meet Selective Service Registration Act requirement for males
• Must provide resume and supporting documents (See required documents).
• You cannot hold an active real estate license, nor can you have an interest or hold stocks in firms with interest in Federal Lands.
• If you are a new employee or supervisor in the Federal government, you will be required to complete a one-year probationary period.
• Selectee will be required to participate in the Direct Deposit Electronics Funds Transfer Program.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain a valid state driver's license.
• You may be required to travel overnight away from home up to 5 nights per month. You must obtain a government charge card for travel purposes.

Qualifications

In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience. If qualifying based on education, a copy of your unofficial transcripts must be provided with your application. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: To be considered minimally qualified for this position, you must demonstrate that you have the required specialized experience and/or education for the respective grade level in which you are applying: GS-09 Specialized Experience: Applicants must have one full year of specialized experience in or related to safety and occupational health comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-07 grade level in the Federal service (obtained either in the private or public sectors) performing the following: (1) applying safety and occupational health methods and practices to conduct standard safety inspections; (2) leading and/or participating in after action incident reviews or facilitated learning analyses; (3)conducting surveys to identify and evaluate hazardous work operations and conditions; (4) serving as a collateral duty safety manager in a field office; (5) conducting and/or organizing safety training in the field or classroom. (Note: Your resume must support your response). OR Education: Successful completion of 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. My graduate level education included major study in 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. (NOTE: You must submit a copy of your transcripts with your application). OR Combination: Successful completion of a combination specialized experience directly related to the position and education. as described above. To compute, first, determine your experience as a percentage of the experience required in A; then determine your graduate education as a percentage of the education required in B. (Note: Only graduate education in excess of one year (18 semester hours) is creditable toward meeting the experience requirement when combining experience and education. (Note: You must submit a copy of your transcripts as proof of any claimed education). GS-11 Specialized Experience: Applicants must have one full year of specialized experience in or related to safety and occupational health comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-09 grade level in the Federal service (obtained either in the private or public sectors) performing the following: (1) advising and supporting management, supervisors and employees in implementing safety program, participating in or developing an organization's safety and risk management program;(2) developing safety and occupational health standards, regulations, practices, and procedures to eliminate or control potential hazards; (3) organizing, leading and/or participating in accident investigations, after action reviews or facilitating learning analyses; (4) developing a positive safety culture through employee education and engagement; (5) training workers, supervisors, managers, or other safety and occupational health personnel in safety or occupational health subjects. (Note: Your resume must support your response). OR Education: Successful completion of a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a doctoral degree or LL.M. if related degree. My graduate level education included major study in 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. (NOTE: You must submit a copy of your transcripts with your application). OR Combination: Successful completion of specialized experience directly related to the position and progressively higher-level post graduate education leading to a doctoral degree and the combination is equivalent to the total requirement of this position. (Note: Only graduate education in excess of two (2) years (36 semester hours) is creditable toward meeting the experience requirement when combining experience and education. (Note: You must submit a copy of your transcripts as proof of any claimed education). TIME-IN-GRADE REQUIREMENTS: Merit promotion applicants must meet applicable time-in-grade requirements to be considered eligible. One year at the GS-07 is required to meet the time-in-grade requirements for the GS-09 level. One year at the GS-09 is required to meet the time-in-grade requirements for the GS-11 level. (Must submit your SF-50 that shows Time-in-Grade eligibility and reflects your title, series, and grade. No award SF-50 will be accepted). Applicants must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of the announcement. IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE MAY NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. If your resume does not support your questionnaire answers, we will not allow credit for your response(s). 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. You must include months, years and hours per week worked to receive credit for your work and/or volunteer experience. One year of specialized experience is equivalent to 12 months at 40 hours per week. Part-time hours are prorated. You will not receive any credit for experience that does not indicate exact hours per week or is listed as "varies".

Education

To qualify based on education, you must submit a legible copy of transcripts from an accredited institution with your name, school name, credit hours, course level, major(s), and grade-point average or class ranking. Transcripts do not need to be official, but if you are selected for this position and you used your education to qualify, you must provide official transcripts before you begin work.

If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet qualification requirements, you must show that your education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university.

GRADUATE EDUCATION: One academic year of graduate education is considered to be the number of credits hours your graduate school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study. Such study may have been performed on a full-time or part-time basis. If you cannot obtain your graduate school's definition of one year of graduate study, 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) should be considered as satisfying the requirement for one year of full-time graduate study.

Contacts

• Address BLM New Mexico State Office BLM New Mexico, NM-951 301 Dinosaur Trail Santa Fe, NM 87508 US
• Name: San Antonio Services Branch
• Phone: 816-541-8101
• Email: [email protected]