About the Position: Serves as the principal Safety and Occupational Health Manager to a CASCOM School commandant, assistant commandant, staff and faculty personnel. Plans, administers, and is responsible for ensuring a School wide Safety Program for all personnel including enrolled students at Fort Gregg-Adams and other proponent school locations responsible for instructing School products.

Duties

Reviews training programs and products and applies risk management procedures to ensure safety of participants. Plans, develops, implements policies and procedures for the School's safety program within the broad framework of army goals and objectives, legislation, and executive orders. Plans, develops, administers, and evaluates School wide safety and occupational health surveillance and enforcement program. Serves as the principal safety point of contact for Army Rail Safety, Rail safety training, policy development, accident investigations, and compliance with Federal Regulations and rules. Provides guidance and interpretation and supervises the implementation of OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Act) requirements and ensures compliance of such. Develops training material and conducts training of unit safety officers in safety program requirements, policies, procedures, regulations and techniques in conducting the safety program.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• This position requires the employee to occasionally travel on military and commercial aircraft for short periods away from the normal duty station to include CONUS or OCONUS about 5% of the time.
• Incumbent must obtain and maintain Professional Certificate in Safety and Occupational Health (PCSOH) formerly known as the CP-12 Professional Certificate within two years of employment.
• Selectee must attend and complete the Railroad Track Standards and Maintenance training program and maintain the CTI credential for the duration of their employment.
• The position requires pre-employment physical examinations.
• Incumbent must obtain and maintain a SECRET clearance.
• You may be required to travel occasionally for this position.

Qualifications

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)Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) Interchange AgreementDomestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel WorkforceInteragency Career Transition Assistance PlanLand Management Workforce Flexibility ActMilitary Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473Non-Appropriated Fund Instrumentality (NAFI)Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) EligibleVeterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 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. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes experience such as managing safety or occupational health program elements. Developing and recommending safety and occupational health policy to higher levels of management. Applying safety and occupational health laws, regulations, principles, theories, practices, and procedures to advise on or resolve technical matters dealing with occupational safety and health requirements. Developing safety and occupational health standards, regulations, practices, and procedures to eliminate or control potential hazards. Developing or implementing programs to reduce the frequency, severity, and cost of accidents and occupational illnesses. Analyzing or evaluating new and existing jobs, processes, products, or other systems to determine the existence, severity, probability, and outcome of hazards. Designing or modifying workplaces, processes, products, or other systems to control or eliminate hazards. Inspecting or surveying workplaces, processes, products, or other systems for compliance with established safety and occupational health policies or standards and to identify potential new hazards. Training of workers, supervisors, managers, or other safety and occupational health personnel in safety or occupational health subjects. Work in occupational fields such as industrial hygienist, safety engineer, fire prevention engineer, health physicist, and occupational health nurse. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11). 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. You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Information Technology ApplicationMishap/Accident InvestigationOral CommunicationSafety and Health Time in Grade Requirement: 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

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address AQ-APF-W3XTAA US ARMY COMBINED ARMS SUPPORT CMD DO NOT MAIL Fort Gregg-Adams, VA 23801 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk