About the Position: Serves as principal Safety and Occupational Health Specialist at the Corps and Division level of an Army Command or equivalent. The program embraces a diversity of high risk factors to meet training and mission readiness requirements located on Joint Base Lewis McChord, WA.

Duties

Participate in management responsibilities including formulation, development, organization, execution, and assessment of a comprehensive safety program. Provide technical safety advice and assistance to commanders, primary and special staff officers, tactical specialists, and other professional specialists on matters pertaining to military operations and activities. Evaluates all safety program initiatives, policies, standard operating procedures and processes. Collect, maintain, and analyze relevant safety data to support the Commander’s accident prevention goals. Provide technical assistance and guidance to major unit commanders, staff officers, and supervisors on all work relating to compliance and application of Army and OSHA Standards. Monitors work areas and evaluates activities with higher risk of injury or potentially hazardous conditions. Conduct assessments, analyzes severity of hazards, develops and implements control measures. Manages the safety awards program. Provide safety education and training opportunities. Develops lesson plans, support material, specialized safety courses, promotes safety campaign materials and ensures safety standards are published in appropriate training manuals. Monitors safety improvement programs to evaluate the effectiveness of training. Promote safety awareness information and literature by all methods of communication. Implement policy and procedures within the broad framework of Army and DOD goals and objectives, federal/state legislation/statutes. Develop safety standards, policies, and procedural guidelines for high-risk operations where no standards exist.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• This position requires the incumbent be able to obtain and maintain a determination of eligibility for a Secret security clearance or access for the duration of employment.
• 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.
• This position is subject to a pre-employment screening, and random testing thereafter, to include testing based on reasonable suspicion and testing due to direct involvement with an on-duty accident.
• This position requires the incumbent to possess, or obtain and maintain, a valid regular or official U.S. Passport.
• This position is subject to a mobility or rotation agreement as a condition of employment.
• Appointment to this position is subject to a one-year probationary period unless the appointee has previously met the requirements as described in 5 CFR Part 315.
• This position has a Temporary Duty (TDY) or business travel requirement of 50% of the time.
• This position is subject to screening and update of required immunizations unless exempted for medical or administrative reasons in accordance with Army Regulation 40-562, Chapters 3 and 4.
• This position requires immunizations prior to deployment.
• The incumbent must sign DD Form 2365(DoD Civilian Employee Overseas Emergency - Essential Position Agreement).
• This is a deployable Department of the Army Civilian position. As such, incumbent must receive and maintain up-to-date required immunizations for the overseas or deployed location.
• Incumbent must complete all required training and achieve the CP-12 Level 1 and Explosives Safety Level 1 professional certificates within 12 months, or prior to deployment, as outlined in the 0018-job series Master Training Plan.

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 EmployeesDomestic 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) TransferPriority 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 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. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes determining and devising measures to control or eliminate environmental hazards and monitor risk assessments to improve environment and/or workplace safety; and experience conducting research studies of existing or potential safety and health problems and issues. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service GS-11 or above. You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Mishap/Accident InvestigationOral CommunicationProgram ManagementRisk Management 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-11).

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 EU-APF-WAT395 I CORPS SENIOR CDR AUG TDA DO NOT MAIL Tacoma, WA 98433 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk