Summary

Reclamation is seeking a career professional looking for an opportunity to capitalize on their expertise as a Safety and Occupational Health Manager. You can make a difference in the West by assisting in meeting increasing water demands while protecting the environment.

Duty Location: Grand Coulee, Washington

Duties

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• Plans, directs, and evaluates a comprehensive Safety, Occupational Health, and Environmental (SOH&E) program supporting high-risk hydropower, construction, and maintenance operations.
• Serves as the primary technical advisor to leadership on safety, occupational health, and environmental compliance, policy, and risk management.
• Supervises and leads a multidisciplinary team of safety, industrial hygiene, and environmental professionals, ensuring effective program execution and staff development.
• Oversees industrial hygiene, environmental compliance, and behavioral-based safety programs to identify hazards, reduce risk, and ensure regulatory compliance.
• Reviews and evaluates work plans, contracts, and engineering designs to ensure integration of safety and environmental requirements.
• Leads accident investigations, analyzes risk, and implements corrective actions to improve safety performance and prevent recurrence.
• Performs other related duties as assigned within this job classification.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

• You must be a U.S. Citizen or U.S. National.
• You must be suitable for federal employment, as determined by a background investigation.
• You must submit a resume and supporting documentation (see Required Documents).
• You must meet the specialized experience requirements (see Qualifications).
• You must obtain and maintain a valid state-issued driver's license.
• Required to safety operate motor vehicles in the performance of duties. Occasional overnight business travel required.
• This position is designated as a HIGH RISK Public Trust position. It requires a fully completed and favorably adjudicated Public Trust Suitability Background Investigation (Tier 4 or equivalent). This is a condition of employment.
• May be required to complete a one-year supervisory probationary period.
• Reclamation has determined that the duties of this position are suitable for telework and you may be allowed to telework with supervisory approval.

Continue to the Additional Information section for the Condition of Employment for Probationary Period.

Who May Apply:

• Bureau of Reclamation Employees (Competitive)
• Bureau of Reclamation Employees (Non-Competitive)
• Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP)
• Department of the Interior Employees (Competitive)
• Department of the Interior Employees (Non-Competitive)

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, you must meet the Specialized Experience and Time-in-Grade requirements, as outlined below.

Specialized Experience

To qualify for the position, applicants must possess one full year of specialized experience that is comparable in scope and complexity to the GS-12 grade level in the federal civil service. Qualifying experience for the Safety and Occupational Health Manager position is defined as: Planning, implementing, and/or evaluating a comprehensive Safety and Occupational Health (SOH) program in a high-risk industrial work environment; ensuring compliance with OSHA industry standards and corresponding laws and regulations; providing technical advisory services to management officials on a variety of SOH matters or concerns; conducting hazard analyses, inspections, and accident investigations in an industrial work environment; developing and/or implementing SOH policies, procedures, and risk mitigation strategies; supervising or leading personnel specializing in SOH and/or industrial hygiene. This definition of qualifying experience represents the type of work performed at the next lower grade level in the federal civil service(GS-12).

Time-in-Grade Requirement

Eligible candidates must meet the Time-in-Grade requirement, in accordance with 5 CFR a7 300.604, by the closing date of this job opportunity announcement.

You must meet all Eligibility and Qualification requirements, including time-in-grade restrictions, by 08/17/2026.

Education

This position does not allow substituting education for experience.

Additional information

Condition of Employment for Probationary Period: As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a one-year probationary period, during which your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest will be evaluated. This probationary period is an extension of the appointment process and therefore requires the agency to determine if continued employment would advance the public interest, meet the organization goals and mission of the agency, and/or otherwise promote the efficiency of the service. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, the agency will consider:

• Your performance and conduct;
• the needs and interests of the agency;
• whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and
• whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.

Under applicable law, the employment of an individual serving a probationary or trial period automatically terminates when that period ends unless the agency affirmatively certifies, in writing, that the individual's employment should continue and that their appointment should be finalized. In the absence of agency action to affirmatively certify continued employment beyond the probationary or trial period, such appointments are terminated. Upon completion of your probationary period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.

You may be required to serve an initial supervisory probation period.

Reclamation has determined that the duties of this position are suitable for telework and you may be allowed to telework with supervisory approval.

Benefits

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