Summary

Safety Consultant for Office of Facilities and Property Management (OFPM). Develops strategy to ensure NIST Environmental Health & Safety compliance. Provides expert advice to management on occupational health regulations. Leads accident investigations, reviews safety plans, and conducts workplace inspections. Manages construction permits, drinking water programs, and agency training.

Duties

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In this position, you will:

• Lead complex, high-hazard inspections across diverse workplaces to evaluate technically difficult operations and enforce compliance.
• Serve as technical authority providing line managers and division safety personnel with expert hazard recognition and abatement options.
• Evaluate major construction safety plans and job hazard analyses (JHAs) to ensure strict adherence to Federal, State, and agency protocols.
• Analyze agency-wide safety data to identify systemic trends, isolate program gaps, and engineer corrective strategic initiatives.
• Design and executed safety training curricula to systematically elevate staff occupational safety and health (OSH) competencies.
• Advise executive leadership on systemic improvements to optimize organizational OSH awareness and modernize safety systems.
• Direct specialized OSH programs and managed high-value safety contracts to ensure full regulatory and operational compliance.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

• U.S. citizenship
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service
• Suitable for Federal employment
• Merit applicants must meet time-in-grade/band requirements, as applicable
• Satisfactory completion of a pre-employment medical examination
• Must have a US drivers license
• Must complete FAC-COR Level 1 certification within first year of employment
• Bargaining Unit Position: No

Qualifications

Applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-11 (ZA-II at NIST) level.

Specialized experience is defined as:

• Experience in reviewing and applying occupational safety and health (OSH) federal regulations, agency policies, and workplace practices as they apply to maintenance/operations and construction activities; to include managing workplace injury process, hazardous materials databases, and reviewing safety plans.
• Experience conducting workplace OSH investigations, annual inspections, and communicating the information to management.
• Experience coordinating and developing safety training.

In addition to the required specialized experience; all applicants must have a valid U.S. drivers license.

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.

The qualification requirements in this vacancy announcement are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook.

If requesting reconsideration of your qualification determination, please refer to the following site: Applicant Reconsideration

Education

Qualifications are based upon meeting specialized experience only. Education cannot be used to qualify for this position.

Additional information

This position is covered under NIST's Alternative Personnel Management System (APMS), a pay-for-performance system with excellent HR flexibilities to help NIST recruit and retain top talent. Learn more about the APMS here!

• We may share your application package with other selecting officials. Additional selections may be made through this vacancy.
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• You MUST select at least ONE ELIGIBILITY to be considered for this position.
• All documents submitted for this announcement must be legible to make qualification or eligibility determinations.
• A probationary period may be required.
• Applicant must complete FAC-COR Level 1 certification within first year of employment

This position has physical requirements which include but may not be limited to:

• Moderate lifting, 15-44 pounds
• Climbing, use of legs and arms
• Operation of crane, truck, tractor, or motor vehicle

This position has environmental factors which include, but may not be limited to:

• Outside and inside
• Excessive heat
• Excessive cold
• Silica, asbestos, etc.
• Fumes, smoke, or gases
• Slippery or uneven walking surfaces
• Working on ladders or scaffolding

NIST strives to build a flexible and encouraging work environment to bring out the best in our employees. For more information, please visit our Careers website.

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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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