THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 5 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION. This National Guard position is for a Safety and Occupational Health Manager, Position Description Number T5804200. This position does not require National Guard Membership. Area of Consideration: Open to on-board federal employees/technicians within the state of Georgia.

Duties

As a Safety and Occupational Health Manager, GS-0081-12, you will: Manage the state ARNG Safety Program, which includes Ground Safety, Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene programs. Plan, organize, and evaluate various Safety, Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene (SOH & IH) programs involving heavy/light equipment and vehicle maintenance, supply and ammunition storage, fire prevention, range certification, combat and tactical training, and administrative activities. Implement public law mandated programs impacting a significant number of civilian and military employees working in structures used for various levels of administration, supply and maintenance functions. Analyze psychological and physiological factors affecting safety, occupational health and industrial hygiene management to devise control measures that eliminate environmental hazards and reduce human error. Plan and direct special occupational health/industrial hygiene studies based upon validated need or detected variance from established standards. Ensure SOH & IH staff visits are conducted in conformance with applicable policies, standards and criteria, and that professional support is provided to managers and supervisors for the elimination or control of unsafe conditions and environmental factors. Evaluate and analyze accident frequency, cause data, accident reports, safety survey reports, unit operations, and other activities having a direct impact on accident prevention, and directs countermeasure programs to correct unsafe procedures or conditions. Develop procedures to evaluate the effectiveness of countermeasure programs. Coordinate hazard abatement issues with key staff personnel and appropriate agencies. Represent the Adjutant General at various safety related conferences, meetings, seminars, councils, panels, and boards. Review overall state training plan to ensure that practices and procedures that minimize accident risk are incorporated into military training operations and tactical exercises. Ensure review of and coordination on state ARNG regulations and major command standing operating procedures to incorporate safety and occupational health related requirements. Maintain extensive contacts with internal and external organizations (design review, state, and county) and higher authorities that have many different and often conflicting requirements. Review engineering plans to verify that alteration or construction is in compliance with public law, applicable standards and guidelines. Coordinate with and provide assistance to personnel management officials in the development and execution of a comprehensive abatement program for traumatic injury or occupational illness in accordance with the Federal Employees Compensation Act. Establish and maintain a program of range certification, explosive safety and safety management in accordance with appropriate regulations. Identify and justify safety, occupational health and industrial hygiene budget requirements to include training, travel, employee health testing, safety equipment and material funds. Plan and assign work to be accomplished by subordinates in grades GS-4 through GS-11. Set priorities and prepares schedules for completion of work. Make assignments based on priorities, difficulties, and requirements of the assignment; and the capabilities of individual employees. Conduct employment interviews. Recommend employees for appointment, promotion or reassignment. Establish performance standards. Monitor and evaluate employee performance. Assist employees in reaching performance goals. Inform subordinates of agency policies and programs. Hear complaints and grievances from employees. Resolve those which can be informally resolved, and/or make recommendations for resolution to appropriate deciding official. Identify developmental and training needs of employees and provide or obtain training. Approve and/or disapprove leave requests. Promote acceptance and adherence of programs such as Equal Employment Opportunity, Federal Women's Program, Physically Handicapped, Labor-Management Relations, and other similar special emphasis programs. Maintain an effective position management program. Assure position descriptions are accurate and positions are operating as intended. Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Federal employment suitability as determined by a background investigation.
• May be required to successfully complete a probationary period.
• Participation in direct deposit is mandatory.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain the appropriate security clearance of the position.
• This position is covered by the Domestic Violence Misdemeanor Amendment (30 Sep 96) of the Gun Control Act (Lautenberg Amendment) of 1968. An individual convicted of a qualifying crime of domestic violence may not perform the duties of this position.
• Ability to establish effective professional working relationships with coworkers and customers, contributing to a cooperative working environment and successful accomplishment of the mission.
• Irregular and/or overtime (compensatory) hours may be required to support operational requirements or contingencies or may be required to work hours outside of the normal duty day.
• The duties and responsibilities of your job may significantly impact the environment.
• You are responsible to maintain awareness of your environmental responsibilities as dictated by legal and regulatory requirements, your organization, and its changing mission.
• This position is designated as Essential Personnel and may be subject to duty in preparation for, or in response to, a state emergency or disaster declaration.
• This designation will not exceed 14 calendar days per year unless otherwise approved in advance by the TAG.
• For positions requiring the operation of motor vehicles, candidates must have a valid state driver?s license for the state in which they live or are principally employed.

Qualifications

Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-12 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-11. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. In order to qualify, you must meet the 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. To qualify based on your experience, your resume must describe at least one year of experience which prepared you to do the work in this job. Specialized experience is defined as: Must Match what is reflected above in Assessment Questionaire. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11).

Education

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

Contacts

• Address GA 78th Aviation Troop Command 1000 Halsey Avenue Hangar 300 Marietta, GA 30060 US
• Name: Rona Howard
• Phone: 678-569-5721
• Email: [email protected]