About the Position: The incumbent will serve as the technical advisor/consultant for safety issues. This position is assigned to the 1st Infantry Division Sustainment Brigade, Fort Riley, KS.

Duties

Serve as the Principal Staff Advisor for the Brigade's Safety Program. Establish a schedule for and conduct compliance inspections and surveys of ranges, organizations, facilities to identify operational and systemic safety and health deficiencies. Ensure compliance with established criteria, mission goals, and risk management. Assure proper accident notification and investigation procedures are followed. Conduct independent accident investigations of all classes and categories to determine contributing factors. Identify, analyze, and provide risk management control measure for life-threatening hazards. Assess the effectiveness of the safety program to identify strengths and weaknesses. Interpret and implement approved safety policies and adapt/supplement safety directives. Prepare and brief after-action reviews and prepare lessons learned and recommendations to assist follow-on operations.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation. Incumbent must possess or be able to obtain and maintain a SECRET security clearance.
• Incumbent will be required to DEPLOY (world-wide) with assigned/attached units for periods up 365 days. A physical examination for deployment is required.
• Incumbent will be required to pass a military standard physical examination.
• Incumbent must possess and be able to maintain a valid stateside driver?s license. Incumbent must possess or be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Vehicle drivers license within 30 days of employment.
• Incumbent may be required to work nights, weekends, holidays and/or irregular duty hours commensurate with mission requirements.
• Incumbent may be required to perform TDY up to 50% of the time on an annual basis.
• Exposure to elements associated in combat and contingency operations in CONUS and OCONUS locations. Employee may be required to perform work requiring chemical protective masks and protective clothing.
• Incumbent is required to obtain and maintain standard Army Safety Program certification. Continuous education and training in a tactical field environment is required.
• Incumbent must be able to meet weapons qualifications requirements.
• This position has been designated as a mandatory drug testing position. Required to sign DA Form 5019 (CoE for Certain Civilian Positions Identified as Critical Under the Department of the Army Drug-Free Federal Workplace Program).
• Required to participate in random drug testing IAW AR 600-85.
• This is an Emergency Essential (E-E) position subject to deployment. Anthrax inoculation program participation may be required. Employee will sign a statement agreeing to the E-E conditions of employment.
• Required to sign DoD Form 2365. Required to undergo nuclear-biological and chemical training.
• This position is an obligated position to which former incumbent has statutory reemployment rights under 10 USC 1586.
• Please, refer to 'Additional Information' for additional Conditions of Employment.

Qualifications

***Please, note the following: ***For current permanent Army employees: Position may be filled as a temporary promotion or temporary reassignment NTE 2 years by a current permanent Army employee. Temporary promotions or reassignments may be extended up to a maximum of five years. It may be made permanent without further competition. For all other Candidates outside of the Department of Army: This position is a Term appointment not to exceed 2 years. This position may be extended in one year increments up to eight years and may be converted to a permanent appointment without further competition. To be eligible for conversion to a permanent appointment, employee must complete at least 2 years of current continuous service under a TERM appointment in the competitive service AND employee must have a current performance rating of at least fully successful or equivalent. 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. 30 Percent or More Disabled VeteransCurrent Department of Army Civilian EmployeesCurrent Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army)Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel WorkforceExecutive Order (E.O.) 12721Interagency Career Transition Assistance PlanLand Management Workforce Flexibility ActMilitary Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473Non-Department of Defense (DoD) TransferOffice of Personnel Management (OPM) Interchange Agreement EligiblePeople with Disabilities, Schedule APriority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) EligibleReinstatement 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. For the GS-11: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes performing onsite inspections to determine compliance with applicable safety and occupational health standards; identifying possible cause factors that may lead to injury to persons or damage to property; providing safety and health measures to interpret and explain the reasons and purposes for applying measures and procedures to minimize/abate hazards. 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 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 attach a copy of your transcripts.) 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. (Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts.) For the GS-12: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes managing one or more elements of a safety and occupational health program that provides safety policies to military operations; implementing safety control measures that reduces the risk of human, material and environmental harm; investigating accidents to identify causes and compile data for reports; and advising on courses of action to mitigate safety concerns. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11). You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Compliance InspectionMishap/Accident InvestigationRisk ManagementSafety and Health Time in Grade Requirement: For the GS-11: 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-09). For the GS-12: 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).

Education

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the 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. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.

For the GS-12: Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.

Contacts

• Address EM-APF-WAMQ99 0001 CS BDE AUG DO NOT MAIL Fort Riley, KS 66442 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk