About the Position: This position is in the Naval Hospital Twentynine Palms with the Directorate of Resource Management. The City of Twentynine Palms is the home of Joshua Tree National Park Headquarters and Main Park Entrance and proud host of the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, the world's largest Marine Corps training base. The city is renowned for its world-class murals and artists, supportive business climate, beautiful natural surroundings, desert and mountain vistas.

Duties

Serve as the Command Safety Manager within organization which plans, coordinates, conducts, directs, and evaluates a comprehensive safety and occupational health program for widely disseminated medical functions. Provide consultation to public works activities in the planning of new construction and renovation, to ensure that codes and standards are met, and that other safety considerations are incorporated into the design. Provide guidance on new occupational safety and health standards for local compliance. Implement measures to control or eliminate identified hazardous conditions. Consult and coordinate with experts including industrial hygienists, physicians, environmental engineers, security enforcement agencies, and fire prevention engineers. Recommend adoption of policies and procedures that create a safe workplace and a positive attitude toward accident prevention for all personnel. Represent the command in national conferences by organizations interested in the safety movement with local safety organizations. Administer a management information system that tracks safety deficiencies and the associated costs to correct the deficiencies. Develop new protective equipment and corrective measures that will eliminate or minimize hazards.

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.
• 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 is supervisory as defined by the Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) General Schedule Supervisory Guide (GSSG). A one-year probation to assess your ability to perform supervisory duties is required unless previously completed.
• This position has a Temporary Duty (TDY) or business travel requirement up to 25% of the time.
• This position has a mandatory seasonal influenza vaccination requirement and is subject to annual vaccination.
• 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.

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. Current Civilian Employees of the Defense Health Agency (DHA)Current Permanent Department of Defense (DoD) Civilian EmployeeDomestic 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 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 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. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes 1) applying safety and occupational health laws, policies, regulations, and/or directives to eliminate or control potential hazards; 2) conducting safety and occupational health surveys to identify, analyze and/or evaluate hazards/risks; 3) implementing programs to reduce the frequency, severity, and/or cost of accidents and occupational illnesses; 4) training personnel in safety and occupational health subjects. You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Accident/Mishap and Hazard Investigation and ReportingCompliance Inspection and Program ManagementOral CommunicationSafety and Occupational Health (SOH) Hazard IdentificationWritten Communication 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 JT-DHA-DD83DW DHA STAND-ALONE MKT-TWENTYNINE PALMS DO NOT USE Twentynine Palms, CA 92278 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk