About the Position: This position will serve as a senior Safety Occupational Health Manager for the 1st Cavalry Division to meet training and mission readiness requirements with responsibility for all facets of the Division Safety Program, including program administration, coordination, and evaluation, and to participate in or influence the formulation, development, implementation, and enforcement of the Safety Programs policies, directives, and regulatory guidance

Duties

Evaluate the Division level safety and occupational health program determining program goals and planning to include budget and staffing. Serve as principal safety representative and technical advisor; formulating Division safety policy and procedure. Develop loss control programs that safeguard military tactical and tactical support air and ground operations and associated equipment throughout the Division Area of Operations. Implement and ensure compliance of safety requirements encompassing military training, exercising, and maneuvering using complex war fighting equipment and material in the conduct of such operations. Conduct evaluations of subordinate units determining status of compliance with combat, combat support, and combat service support safety requirements. Devise guidance policies for integrating risk management into various military processes and specific safety plans and annexes to training, exercises, and maneuver plans detailing performance requirements. Conduct trend analyses of accidents. Evaluate efficacy of risk management procedures and provide guidance on safe behavior during command training, exercises, and maneuver operations. Conduct familiarization updates on tactical ground 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 clearance.
• Incumbent may be required to deploy with assigned unit for periods up 365 days. Other Temporary Duty travel (TDY) may be required up to 50%.
• This position requires the completion of a pre-employment Physical Examination and an annual examination thereafter to ensure the continued, required level of physical health and ability or fitness to perform the duties of the position.
• Incumbent will be required to pass a military standard physical examination.
• The military ACU is the duty uniform (when deployed, or in field environment). Incumbent will be issued standard TA50 for use per local requirements.
• Incumbent must be able to meet weapons qualifications requirements for 9MM pistol and/or M16/M4 rifle.
• Incumbent is required to possess or obtain and maintain a valid state Driver's License in one of the 50 U.S. states or possessions to operate vehicles.
• Incumbent must possess or be able to obtain a U.S. Government Vehicle drivers license within 30 days of employment and be able to maintain the same.
• Incumbent may be required to work nights, weekends, holidays and/or irregular duty hours commensurate with mission.
• This position has been designated a Testing Designated Position.
• This position is covered by the 1996 Lautenberg Amendment to the Gun Control Act of 1968. Persons convicted of a misdemeanor of felony crime of domestic violence are not eligible for the position.
• See additional Conditions of Employment under Additional Information section.
• Ability to obtain and maintain the Army Safety Professional and Explosive I Certification required within 1 year of job entry.
• Incumbent is required to obtain and then continue to maintain Standard Army Safety Program certification. SOH Professional (CP-12 Level 1) Certificate required within 1-year of employment.
• Anthrax inoculation program participation may be required to meet deployability requirements.

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 WorkforceExecutive Order (E.O.) 12721Interagency Career Transition Assistance PlanLand Management Workforce Flexibility ActMilitary Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473Non-Department of Defense (DoD) TransferPriority 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. Experience: Specialized Experience: Experience in or related to safety and occupational health that provided the specific knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position. One year of specialized experience which includes: managing safety and occupational health program elements; developing loss control programs that safeguard military tactical and tactical support (i.e., air and ground operations and associated equipment); and implementing safe practices, procedures, and/or principles for military training, exercises, and maneuvers ensuring compliance. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-12 or above). You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Cost-Benefit AnalysisInformation Technology ApplicationPublic Safety and SecurityRisk ManagementSafety 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-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 EF-APF-WAGE99 0001 AR HHC AUG DO NOT MAIL Fort Cavazos, TX 76544 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk