This position is part of the WAPA-RMR-Rocky Mountain Region. As a Safety and Occupational Health Specialist, you will plan, develop, and direct activities of the Region's safety, and occupational health programs. **This is not a remote position. The selectee will be required to be physically present at the Loveland, Colorado duty location** This position is also announced under vacancy 24-WJ-00522-12209783-MP for status candidates. You must apply to each vacancy to be considered for each.

Duties

As a Safety and Occupational Health Specialist, some of your duties will include: Assists the Regional Safety and Occupational Health Manager in planning, developing, and directing activities of the Region's safety, and occupational health programs and provides guidance to managers, supervisors, and western employees in accomplishing the objectives of the safety program. This work includes inspecting, investigating, recording, analyzing, and reporting, related to the safe operation, maintenance, and construction of high voltage transmission lines, substations, and related facilities. Oversees contractor compliance of Federal, State, and WAPA's safety program requirements during construction activities Research Federal OSHA, State OSHA, National Fire Protection Association, DOE, WAPA and industry consensus standards. Assist with the medical surveillance program for the Region. Investigates accidents involving employees, contractors, or the public, resulting in personal injury or property damage.

Requirements

Qualifications

Qualification requirements in the vacancy announcements are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook, which contains federal qualification standards. This handbook is available on the Office of Personnel Management's website located at: https://www.opm.gov/policy. BASIC QUALIFICATIONS: Applicants must possess the education and/or experience to meet the Individual Occupational Requirement for the 0018 Series: EDUCATION: Undergraduate and Graduate Education: Major study -- 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. OR 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. AND SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the next lower grade level in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular competencies/knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. This experience need not have been in the federal government. To qualify at the GS-11: Applicants must have one year (52 weeks) of specialized experience at the GS-09 grade level or equivalent pay band in the Federal service. This experience includes: Supporting a safety program for employees engaged in a utility industry; OR Communicating safety practices to employees, contractors, and management officials. OR SUBSTITUTION OF EDUCATION: PH.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or three (3) full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related. OR COMBINATION OF EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: Combination of education and experience to successfully perform the duties of the position. To Qualify for the GS-12: Applicants must have one year (52 weeks) of specialized experience at the GS-11 grade level or equivalent pay band in the Federal service. This experience includes: Conducting periodic reviews of safety policies and procedures to include hazard analysis, contract administration policy, record-keeping and reporting and providing the necessary follow-up; OR Applying safety and health standards, laws, codes, policies for employees engaged in a broad range of high hazard functions directly related to the construction, operation, and maintenance of high voltage power systems; OR Communicating safety practices to craft employees, contractors, and management officials to ensure safety measures are in place for safe operation in the maintenance of high voltage power systems. PHYSICAL DEMANDS: A majority of the work is sedentary. Frequently, the incumbent works in the field which may include exposure to inclement weather, high noise levels, hand, eye, foot, and electrical shock hazards; and may require prolonged walking, climbing, stooping, and bending. WORK ENVIRONMENT . Work is primarily in an office setting with frequent trips to operating facilities, which involves potential exposure to hazardous situation. The incumbent must wear protective clothing and follow or implement standard safety procedures.

Education

If this vacancy specifically states that certain educational requirements must be met (also known as a "positive educational requirement"), you must provide documentation supporting any education claims in your application. Education must be obtained from an accredited institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

Foreign education must be reviewed by an organization recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. For special instructions pertaining to foreign education and a list of organizations that can evaluate foreign education, see the Department of Education website.

Contacts

• Address WAPA-RMR-Rocky Mountain Region 5555 E. Crossroads Blvd Loveland, CO 80538 US
• Name: Kimberly Hicks
• Email: [email protected]