Safety and Occupational Health Manager

Summary

You will serve as a Safety and Occupational Health Manager with the Department of the Interior (DOI) Office of Facilities and Administrative Service (OFAS). You may be required to travel overnight away from home up to 5 nights per month. You must obtain a government charge card for travel purposes. First time hires to the Federal government normally start at the step 1 rate.

Duties

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The incumbent has lead responsibility for managing the nationwide OS comprehensive safety and health program, including:

• Plans, implements, administers, and evaluates occupational safety and health programs for geographically dispersed organizations with diverse operational hazards.
• Conducts and oversees occupational safety and health inspections, assessments, and program evaluations to identify hazards and ensure regulatory compliance.
• Leads accident and incident investigations involving employee injuries, property damage, or hazardous conditions and develops corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
• Analyzes injury, accident, and hazard data to identify trends, evaluate program effectiveness, and reduce organizational risk.
• Develops, interprets, and implements occupational safety and health policies, procedures, directives, and operating guidance.
• Advises management officials on occupational safety and health requirements, hazard abatement strategies, and regulatory compliance matters.
• Develops and delivers safety training, educational programs, and communication materials to improve workplace safety performance.
• Manages corrective action and hazard abatement programs, including tracking, documenting, and validating closure of identified deficiencies.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

• Must be a U.S. Citizen or National.
• Appointment subject to background investigation and favorable adjudication.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• Direct Deposit participation required.

• You are required to complete training, obtain and maintain a government credit card with travel and purchase authority.

As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you may be required to serve a 1-year probationary period to evaluate your fitness and whether your continuation of employment advances the public interest.

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.

Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement - 10/28/2026-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. Competitive candidates must also meet Time-in-Grade requirements as defined in 5 CFR 300, Subpart F.

For current Federal employees, if hours worked per week are not included on your resume, you must submit a non-award SF-50 as part of your application to be used to validate your work schedule and determine the amount of specialized experience that you will be granted. An award SF-50 will not be acceptable documentation for which to consider your amount of qualifying experience. For periods of time that reflect military service, the DD-214 or Statement of Service is sufficient to meet the work schedule requirement as the service dates will be reflected. For all other applicants who are not current federal employees, your resume must state either "full-time" (or "40 hours a week") or "part-time" with the number of hours worked per week to ensure proper crediting of specialized experience.

To qualify for this position at the GS-13 grade level:

Experience: To qualify, you must possess at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level. Specialized experience is that which has equipped the applicant with the competencies to successfully perform the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled. More specifically, this requirement involves experience in:

• Expert knowledge of safety and occupational health concepts, principles, laws, regulations, and precedent decisions, which provide the capability to recommend substantive program changes or alternative new courses of managerial action for high safety risks in a field of constantly changing hazards, in diverse operations and processes.
• Experience with independently planning and executing a nationwide headquarters' safety and occupational health program.
• Experience planning and evaluating occupational safety and health programs for organizations conducting complex operations with multiple hazard types.
• Experience conducting occupational safety and health inspections and developing hazard abatement recommendations to achieve compliance with OSHA or equivalent safety standards.
• Knowledge sufficient to serve as a technical authority and make significant, far-reaching decisions or recommendations in the development, interpretation, or application of the principal agency safety and occupational health policies or critical criteria.
• Experience leading accident, injury, or incident investigations and developing corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
• Experience developing or implementing occupational safety and health policies, procedures, training programs, or compliance initiatives.
• Practical knowledge of the techniques and procedures applied by industrial hygienists and fire prevention engineers is sufficient to either apply or coordinate the application of safety and occupational health measures with specialists from these occupations.
• Experience briefing managers or senior officials on safety program findings, compliance issues, risk assessments, or corrective actions.

You must include hours per week worked.

Volunteer Experience: 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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Education

This position does not allow substituting education for experience.

Additional information

Additional vacancies may be filled using this job announcement.

Physical Demands: The work is generally sedentary, with occasional carrying equipment, walking, climbing, bending, crawling, and prolonged standing.

Work Environment: Work is performed in an office setting. However, the incumbent is occasionally exposed to various hazards typically encountered in the workplace, such as physical stresses and safety hazards requiring protective equipment and clothing. Frequent travel may be required to attend meetings, conduct program evaluations, and inspect facilities in response to serious accident or other emergency situation.

The duties of this position are suitable for telework and the selectee may be allowed to telework with supervisor approval.

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Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

Benefits

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A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.

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