Supervisory Safety & Occupational Health Specialist (Assistant Area Director)

These positions are with the U. S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Dallas Region. They are in the Oklahoma City Area Office, Houston South Area Office, Houston North Area Office, and Dallas Area Office.

• The selectee will be expected to report to the assigned office listed above; this is not a remote position.
• This position is outside the bargaining unit.

Qualifications:

This series has an Individual Occupational Requirement (IOR):

Education: Undergraduate and Graduate Education: Major study -- safety or occupational health fields (safety, occupational health, industrial hygiene), or 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

Experience: (for positions above GS-5): Experience in or related to safety and occupational health that provided the specific knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position. Examples of qualifying specialized experience include:

• Managing safety or occupational health program elements.
• Developing and recommending safety and occupational health policy to higher levels of management.
• 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.
• Developing safety and occupational health standards, regulations, practices, and procedures to eliminate or control potential hazards.
• Developing or implementing programs to reduce the frequency, severity, and cost of accidents and occupational illnesses.
• Analyzing or evaluating new and existing jobs, processes, products, or other systems to determine the existence, severity, probability, and outcome of hazards.
• Designing or modifying workplaces, processes, products, or other systems to control or eliminate hazards.
• Inspecting or surveying workplaces, processes, products, or other systems for compliance with established safety and occupational health policies or standards and to identify potential new hazards.
• Training of workers, supervisors, managers, or other safety and occupational health personnel in safety or occupational health subjects.
• Work in occupational fields such as industrial hygienist, safety engineer, fire prevention engineer, health physicist, and occupational health nurse.

OR

Certificates

Certification as a Certified Safety Professional (CSP), Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH), or Certified Health Physicist (CHP), or similar certification that included successful completion of a written examination meets the requirements for GS-5. Applicants may also qualify for higher grade levels based on their education and/or experience.

You must meet the Individual Occupational Requirement (IOR) listed above, and the Specialized Experience below to qualify for Supervisory Safety & Occupational Health Specialist (Assistant Area Director), as described below.

Applicants must have 52 weeks of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level, GS-12, in the Federal Service. In describing your experience, please be clear and specific. We will not make assumptions regarding your experience.

Specialized Experience is the experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA's) to perform the duties of the position successfully, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level. Specialized Experience is defined as:

• Conducting complex occupational safety and health inspections;
• Providing technical advice, guidance or training to employers, employees, labor representatives or other interested parties regarding safe working conditions, the improvement of operations or facilities, or voluntary compliance with OSHA's enforcement regulations;
• Leading teams of occupational safety and health professionals in the investigation and documentation of unsafe working conditions;
• Identifying and documenting unsafe or unhealthful working conditions, securing hazard abatement, and facilitating settlement conferences.

Responsibilities:

• Serves as Supervisor to a multi-disciplinary group of Industrial Hygienists, Safety and Occupational Health Specialists, and Safety Engineers. Identifies, distributes and balances workload and tasks.
• Provides and signs written performance appraisals based on daily observation of work. Approves the use of annual, sick, and/or credit leave of short duration.
• Conducts on-the-job assessments of workload progress, productivity, and quality to ensure compliance with policies and procedures.
• Reviews case files to ensure proper application of standards and proposed penalties as well as reasonable abatement dates and documentation that is legally sufficient and consistent with OSHA policies and directives.
• Oversees and monitors the Regional Federal Enforcement Program by providing expert guidance and assistance to staff members and area directors concerning Regional and National Office policies, the Field Operations Manual, and new directives and instructions dealing with enforcement of OSHA programs.
• Discusses apparent problem areas and provides guidance and interpretation of enforcement standards, regulatory and procedural requirements.
• Plans and evaluates compliance methodology to develop internal compliance procedures and determines priorities, provides liaison with employer and employee organizations as well as with the Regional Solicitor's Office and with publicly organized safety and health groups.

Salary : $106,437