Job opening: Supervisory Safety and Occupational Health Specialist
Salary: $98 496 - 128 043 per year
Published at: Oct 20 2023
Employment Type: Full-time
About the Position:
This position is assigned to the Safety Office of the Fires Center of Excellence (FCoE), Fort Sill, OK. Serve as Supervisor Safety and Occupational Health Specialist for the U.S. Army Fires Center of Excellence (FCoE)
Duties
Serve as a Fires Center of Excellence (FCOE) safety and occupational health advisor to commanders at all levels, program directors and managers.
Assist the Safety Director in planning, developing, coordinating, and evaluating a total Command Safety Program.
Support the design of methods and techniques in identifying and controlling of hazards related to FCOE systems and equipment, occupations and work operations, environmental conditions, and human-machine relationships.
Conduct training to promote safety and health awareness throughout the installation.
Draft inspection reports, educational materials, and information packages to inform stakeholders about the safety/occupational health status of installation.
Participate in meeting and conferences as a consultant on safety and occupational health.
Provide guidance on safety/occupational health issues to subordinates.
Exercise supervisory duties such as assigning work, initiating personnel actions, rating employees, effecting disciplinary measures etc.
Requirements
- Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
- Incumbent must obtain and maintain a SECRET security clearance.
- Incumbent may be required to travel TDY up to 5% of the time.
- Incumbent may be required to work nights, weekends, holidays, and/or irregular duty hours commensurate with mission requirements.
- The work may involve frequent exposure to a variety of weapon systems, machinery and equipment operations, fumes and dust, hazardous materials, high noise levels, and temperature extremes. Protective clothing and equipment may be necessary.
- This position requires to successfully complete a pre-employment physical examination and yearly thereafter.
- Permanent Change of Station (PCS) allowances may be authorized.
- Recruitment/Relocation/Retention Incentive may be authorized.
- Defense National Relocation Program will NOT be authorized.
- Must obtain the Army Professional Certificate in Safety and Occupational Health and Army Explosives Safety Certificate Level I and II within one year of appointment.
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)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-Appropriated Fund Instrumentality (NAFI)Non-Department of Defense (DoD) TransferOffice of Personnel Management (OPM) Interchange Agreement EligiblePeople with Disabilities, Schedule APriority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability RetirementPriority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference EligibleReinstatementVeterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998
In order to qualify, you must meet the education 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 1) Working knowledge of safety and health concepts, regulations, and practices applicable to the administration of a safety and occupational health program in support of base and military operations; 2) Conduct inspections to identify and evaluate safety hazards of military facilities and equipment; 3) Ensure compliance of regulatory safety/health provisions required in military and civilian work environments; 4) Communicate (written and oral) multiple safety and occupational health practices and procedures to military and civilian personnel such as provided in meetings, training programs, reports etc. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-12).
You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:
Accident/Mishap and Hazard Investigation and ReportingCompliance Inspection and Program ManagementManaging Human ResourcesSafety and Health Training and Education
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-12).
Education
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 EK-APF-W6NEAA USA FIRES COE
DO NOT MAIL
Fort Sill, OK 73503
US
- Name: Army Applicant Help Desk
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