About the Position: This position is located within U.S Army Corp of Engineers. You will establish goals, objectives, plans, programs, budget and assessment of the Safety and Occupational Health Program supporting highly complex and unique construction, and restoration projects (including mega projects). This job announcement will fill multiple vacancies for a Safety and Occupational Health Specialist at the full performance levels (FPL s) of GS-11 & GS-12.
This job announcement will fill multiple vacancies at the full performance level (FPL) of GS-11, GS-12. In your application select the duty locations and corresponding FPL grade levels you want to be considered. Applicants selected at the FPL level are not eligible for promotion to a higher grade without competition or a valid non-competitive eligibility. This is not a developmental job announcement. 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. Current Army Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) Employee Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Current Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army) Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel Workforce Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473 Non-Appropriated Fund Instrumentality (NAFI) Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible Reinstatement Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or 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. TO QUALIFY FOR THE FPL GS-11: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes managing safety or occupational health program elements, developing and recommending safety and occupational health policy to higher levels of management, and 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. OR Education: Ph.D or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree with a major study in safety or occupational health fields (safety, occupational health, industrial hygiene), or Ph.D or equivalent doctoral 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 Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the second year (total graduate semester hours minus 36) by 18. Add the two percentages. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-09). TO QUALIFY FOR THE FPL GS-12: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes managing safety or occupational health program elements; applying safety and occupational health laws, regulations, principles, theories, practices, and procedures; developing safety and occupational health standards, regulations, practices, and procedures; training of coworkers, supervisors, managers, or other safety and occupational health personnel in safety or occupational health subjects. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11). 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. Time in Grade Requirement: GS-12 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). GS-11 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-09).
GS-11: Identify what adverse safety-related events can occur and the likelihood of occurrence, severity of results, risks, and controls.
GS-11: Perform technical writing, prepare briefs, present findings to senior leadership, etc. in order to make recommendations to senior managers, designers, construction area/resident/project engineers, government agencies, and others.
GS-11: Review contractor and government submitted Accident Prevention Plans (APPs), Activity Hazard Analyses (AHA), and other Site-Specific Safety Plans.
GS-11:. Assist design and construction engineers in the application of life safety codes and safety engineering standards.
GS-12: Assess onsite safety inspections of contractor work sites, processes, and facilities for compliance with established safety and occupational health policies, standards and requirements, including OSHA and EM385-1-1.
GS-12: Communicate findings of safety and occupational health deficiencies with recommendations for corrective actions
GS-12: Investigate accidents and/or review accident reports to evaluate the adequacy of corrective actions required.
GS-12: Develop a broad range of simple to complex safety and occupational health training programs, courses, and materials.
GS-12: Serve as lead for the Construction Safety and Occupational Health portion of annual ISO audits of field construction offices and project compliance with established procedures for construction execution.