This position is located on the Forest Service Schenck Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center in Pisgah Forest, NC. The incumbent serves as a Safety and Occupational Health Manager and is responsible for planning ,directing, coordinating, and evaluating a 24-hour safety and occupational health program. For additional information about the duties of this position, please contact Angela Langstaff at [email protected].

Duties

Plans, organizes, coordinates, directs, evaluates, and financially advises on a comprehensive safety and occupational health program. Develops and prepares annual local safety and occupational health plans through adaptation of DOL and Forest Service instructions and policies; prepares program of work and associated budget. Interprets and applies rules and regulations established by the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, Department of Labor, National Fire Protection Association, and other regulatory agencies. Coordinates safety and occupational health activities with representatives of the medical, personnel, security, and other organizational components. Conducts worksite safety inspections on new construction and building alterations to determine the degree of compliance with standards and regulatory criteria; recommends procedures to control or eliminate hazardous operations or conditions. Conducts or participates in continuous inspections and surveys. Monitors the project(s) during the course of the construction to ensure compliance with applicable safety related standards. Responsibilities are listed at the full performance level.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. Citizen or National.
• Males born after 12/31/1959 must be Selective Service registered or exempt.
• Subject to satisfactory adjudication of background investigation and/or fingerprint check.
• Successful completion of one year probationary period, unless previously served.
• Per Public Law 104-134 all Federal employees are required to have federal payments made by direct deposit to their financial institution.
• Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• This is a Test Designated Position. You will be tested for illegal drugs prior to appointment and randomly thereafter. Appointment and continued employment is conditional on negative results.
• Must possess valid State Drivers License.
• Must obtain and maintain all applicable local, State and National OSHA training certifications as required.

Qualifications

In order to qualify, you must meet the eligibility and qualifications requirements as defined below by the closing date of the announcement. For more information on the qualifications for this position, visit the Office of Personnel Management's General Schedule Qualification Standards. Your application and resume must clearly show that you possess the experience requirements including work schedule, hours worked per week, dates of employment; title, series, grade (if applicable). Transcripts must be provided for qualifications based on education. Provide course descriptions as necessary. Specialized Experience Requirement: For the GS-09: Applicants must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-07 grade level in the Federal service; OR a master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.B. or J.D., if related. Acceptable fields of graduate coursework include, but are not limited to 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 an appropriate combination of specialized experience and education as described above (only graduate education in excess of 18 semester hours may be used to qualify applicants for this grade level). Specialized experience is defined as most of the following: Conducted safety training in the field or classroom; Participated in after action incident reviews; Implemented project job hazard analyses; Participated in the applications of risk management principles in the development or implementation of work projects or field operations. For the GS-11: Applicants must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-09 grade level; OR a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related. Acceptable fields of graduate coursework include, but are not limited to 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 an appropriate combination of specialized experience and graduate level education as described above (beyond what is required for a master's degree, i.e., more than 36 semester hours leading to a Ph.D.). Specialized experience is defined as most of the following: Participated or assisted in the development and implementation of a Unit safety and risk management program; Organized, coordinated, and conducted training in the field or classroom related to safety and risk management; Organized and conducted accident investigations, after action reviews and facilitated safety learning analyses; Reviewed and prepared project job hazard analyses. 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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. TIME IN GRADE REQUIREMENT: If you are a current federal employee in the General Schedule (GS) pay plan and applying for a promotion opportunity, you must meet time-in-grade (TIG) requirements of 52 weeks of service at the next lower grade level in the normal line of progression for the position being filled. This requirement must be met by the closing date of this announcement.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address USDA Forest Service HRM Contact Center DO NOT MAIL IN APPLICATIONS, SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN THE ANNOUNCEMENT. Albuquerque, NM 87109 US
• Name: HRM Contact Center
• Phone: 1-877-372-7248 X2
• Email: [email protected]