About the Position: One vacancy to be filled in either Falls Church, VA or San Antonio, TX. This is not a remote position.

Duties

Serve as a Safety and Occupational Health Manager for the DHA. Plan, organize, and conduct an agency-wide comprehensive inspection activity. Evaluate the effectiveness of occupational safety requirements in the work environment. Assess the degree of compliance with applicable regulation and standards. Develop changes and modifications to a broad range of work processes, equipment operations, and protective devices to minimize injuries to employees and damage to agency property. Participate in planning and executing special safety inspections or evaluations in chemical/biological safety and other assigned program areas involving difficult problems or controversies. Brief and respond to queries from the DHA on safety and occupational health matters, as requested. Develop curriculum and agency-wide educational effort for directors and employees in occupational safety and health regulations, practices and procedures. Consult and manage user agreements with other agency experts (e.g. industrial hygienists, physicians, environmental engineers, etc.) in the resolution of difficult environmental hazards and the development of safety guidance and procedures.

Requirements

• 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. A background investigation and credit check are required.

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. 30 Percent or More Disabled VeteransCurrent Civilian Employees of the Defense Health Agency (DHA)Current Permanent Department of Defense (DoD) Civilian EmployeeDefense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) Interchange AgreementDomestic 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) TransferOffice of Personnel Management (OPM) Interchange Agreement EligiblePeople with Disabilities, Schedule APriority 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 developing and coordinating an assigned program involving functions such as: safety program management, safety management systems, radiological safety and health, accident prevention and control, safety education and promotion, accident investigation, analysis and reporting, occupational health, motor vehicle safety, dangerous and hazardous cargo handling, safety and health committee activities, hospital safety, fire protection and prevention, and inspection of workplace hazard identification and reporting; overseeing the development and implementation of safety policy, procedures for technical safety standards, codes and requirements for a wide variety of operations; and managing and maintaining a system of scheduled comprehensive inspections, for the numerous work places, training sites, etc. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-12). 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. You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Compliance InspectionSafety and HealthTechnical Credibility 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-12).

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address KF-DHA-DDAAFC DEFENSE HEALTH AGENCY HQ DO NOT MAIL Falls Church, VA 22042 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk