This position is with the U. S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Directorate of Construction (DOC), located in Washington, DC, in the Frances Perkins Building. This position is outside of the bargaining unit. This position is at the full performance level. This position is NOT remote. Selectee will be expected to report to the office above.

Duties

Duties for the Supervisory Occupational Safety and Health Specialist include, but are not limited to: Oversees development and management of outreach and enforcement projects, initiatives, and program activities based on compliance performance data, stakeholder needs, and regulatory obligations and requirements. Develops and recommends policies, compliance guidance and assistance to achieve program objectives. Communicates directives, letters of interpretation, enforcement memoranda, policy documents, and guidance products in a succinct manner. Clearly communicates work expectations, delivers performance standards within required timeframes, and communicates measures of success to allow employees to meet performance expectations. Establishes directorate priorities with the Director/Deputy and establishes performance criteria and measures of success. Assesses situation or problem and recommends a course of action to reduce adverse impact on the OCS office programs and to promote support for overall objectives of Directorate.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Must be at least 16 years old.
• Candidate required to obtain the necessary security/investigation level.
• Requires a probationary period if the requirement has not been met.
• Subject to financial disclosure requirements.
• Requires a supervisory probationary period if the requirement has not been met.

Qualifications

THIS POSITION HAS AN INDIVIDUAL OCCUPATIONAL REQUIREMENT. ALL APPLICANTS MUST MEET THIS REQUIREMENT IN ORDER TO BE CONSIDERED. 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: (for positions above GS-5): 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. Examples of qualifying specialized experience include: 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. OR Certificates Certification as a Certified Safety Professional (CSP), Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH), or Certified Health Physicist (CHP), or similar certification that included successful completion of a written examination meets the requirements for GS-5. Applicants may also qualify for higher grade levels based on their education and/or experience. --- AND -- Specialized Experience: Specialized Experience, is experience that has equipped the applicant with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. At the GS-15: Applicants must have at least 1 year of Specialized Experience equivalent to the GS-14 or higher, to qualify for this position. For this position, examples of qualifying experience include: representing the agency on technical committees, boards or task forces to address questions relating to the interpretation, clarification or intent of OSHA standards; researching technical literature, research reports or other working papers to provide authoritative technical guidance regarding regulatory enforcement; leading projects to research, develop or write regulatory interpretations on the application of occupational health standards. NOTE: IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE.

Education

Any applicant falsely claiming an academic degree from an accredited school will be subject to actions ranging from disqualification from federal employment to removal from federal service.

If your education was completed at a foreign college or university, you must show comparability to education received in accredited educational institutions in the United States and comparability to applicable minimum coursework requirements for this position. Click Evaluation of Foreign Education for more information.

Contacts

• Address Occupational Safety and Health Administration 200 Constitution Avenue NW Washington, DC 20210 US
• Name: Jennifer Eagle
• Phone: 617-565-2546
• Email: [email protected]