Duties

Summary

This position is part of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency. The incumbent will be responsible for serving as a Safety and Occupational Safety Manager (SOH) for DTRA functions and operations.
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Responsibilities

As a SAFETY AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH MANAGER at the GS-0018-13 some of your typical work assignments may include:

• Uses program management skills and operational knowledge to ensure installation coordination, operations safety, Agency representation, facility operations and command level operations safety implementation. Plans, administers, coordinates, and evaluates a comprehensive operations safety program for DTRA and subordinate commands, installations, and activities.
• Serves as an expert consultant on operations safety, representing DTRA to other DoD and Federal elements.
• Formulates and establishes operational policy, guidance, plans, and direction for carrying out the DTRA ESOH Program in accordance with DTRA and DoD directives. Develops and coordinates on operational safety policies and standards for research, design, development, testing, movement, storage, maintenance, and renovation, of equipment, agents, munitions, and related materiel.
• Policies and standards reflect technical knowledge of equipment, munitions, and related materiel. Coordinates safety policy and standards with operational safety community. Reviews and comments on new or revised Federal and DoD safety standards proposed for adoption.
• Supports the construction safety program for all DTRA activities. Participates in construction planning meetings and reviews/approves designs and statement of work (SOW) to ensure all federal, state and local OSH regulations are considered and met prior to beginning construction operations.
• Establishes safety procedures pertinent to each construction site. Reviews construction contractor and subcontractor safety plans. Ensures each construction operation has adequate safety oversight either personally or through coordination with other qualified SOH personnel.
• Manages Agency-wide ESOH programs supporting over 2000 personnel for DTRA activities (that are geographically dispersed throughout the National Capital Region, other CONUS locations, Hawaii, Europe, Africa, and Asia); conducts permit required confined space entries (PRCS), emergency medical response exercises, training, evaluations, surveys of facilities, equipment, and operations for multiple organizational detachments engaged in widely dispersed and diversified activities.
• Ensures that state-of-the-art operational safety management concepts, principles, and techniques are incorporated in to all aspects of the DTRA ESOH Program. Stays current in proposed technical and managerial developments in the operational safety field, and institutes actions to change the DTRA ESOH Program to ensure the program embodies the latest developments.
• Applies managerial techniques in analyzing and evaluating operations safety data, reports, and test data. Participates in operational safety projects designed to enhance the program. Reviews safety program documents to ensure consistency with DTRA and DoD safety policy.
• Provides management oversight of the performance of DTRA elements in fulfilling operational safety program objectives. Assesses the operating effectiveness of subordinate operational safety programs through the most resource effective means e.g., on-site evaluations or review of self-assessments.

Travel Required

Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position up to 20% of the time.

Supervisory status
No

Promotion Potential
13

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

• Must be a U.S. citizen
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service
• Resume and supporting documents (See How To Apply)
• Suitable for Federal employment, determined by a background investigation
• May be required to successfully complete a probationary period
• Work Schedule: Full Time
• Overtime/Compensatory Time: Occasionally, may be required to accommodate operational needs of the organization
• Tour of Duty: Flexible
• Recruitment Incentives: Authorized, based on budgetary availability of funding
• Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Exempt
• Financial Disclosure: Not Required
• Telework Eligibility: This position is telework eligible
• Must be capable of obtaining and maintaining a TOP SECRET/SCI security clearance
• Must consent to and pass pre-employment drug testing and be subject to periodic drug testing thereafter
• Travel in the performance of temporary assignments may be required up to 10% of duty time

Qualifications

You may qualify at the GS-13, if you fulfill the following qualifications:

A. One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service:

• Adapting the operational safety program of an evolving workplace using operational safety philosophy, health principles and regulations.
• Plan, administer, coordinate, and evaluate operational safety programs and elements utilizing management concepts, principles, and techniques, as well as regulations from a variety of agencies

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.

In addition to meeting qualifications, your application package must reflect the applicable experience to meet the Individual Occupational Requirements for the 0018 series.

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

Specialized Experience: 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.

*NOTE: Failure to provide transcripts may result in you being rated ineligible for this position.

Education

Substitution of education may not be used in lieu of specialized experience for this grade level.

ARE YOU USING YOUR EDUCATION TO QUALIFY? You MUST provide transcripts or other documentation to support your educational claims.

All materials must be submitted by the closing date of the announcement.

GRADUATE EDUCATION: One academic year of graduate education is considered to be the number of credits hours that your graduate school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study. Such study may have been performed on a full-time or part-time basis. If you cannot obtain your graduate school's definition of one year of graduate study, 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) should be considered as satisfying the requirement for one year of full-time graduate study.

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show that the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: Foreign Education

Additional information

Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA): To be eligible for a VEOA appointment under Merit Promotion procedures, the veteran must be a preference eligible or a veteran separated after 3 years or more of continuous active service performed under honorable conditions.

Interagency Career Transition Assistance Programs: This program applies to employees who have been involuntarily separated from a Federal service position within the competitive service or Federal service employees whose positions have been deemed surplus or no longer needed. To receive selection priority for this position, you must: 1) meet ICTAP eligibility criteria; 2) be rated well-qualified for the position; Well qualified is defined as possessing the type and quality of experience that exceeds the positions minimum qualifications. and 3) submit the appropriate documentation to support your ICTAP eligibility. For more information: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/ .

Noncompetitive Appointment Authorities: For more information on noncompetitive appointment authority eligibility requirements:
Persons with Disabilities - Schedule A
Special Hiring Authority for Veterans
Special Hiring Authority for Certain Military Spouses
Other Special Appointment Authorities
Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service (see https://www.sss.gov/RegVer/wfRegistration.aspx

The selecting official may choose to conduct interviews, and once the selection is made, you will receive a notification of the decision.
NOTE: Declining to be interviewed or failure to report for a scheduled interview will be considered as a declination for further consideration for employment against this vacancy.

Selective Service Requirement: Please visit http://www.sss.gov for more information.

For more information, please visit
https://www.dla.mil/Portals/104/Documents/Careers/downloads/DoDGenAppInfo.pdf

Other Notes:

Re-employed Annuitant: This position does not meet criteria for re-employed annuitant. The DoD criteria for hiring Re-employed Annuitants can be found at:
http://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/140025/1400.25-V300.pdf

Status candidates must meet time-in-grade requirements (52 weeks at the next lower grade level).

How You Will Be Evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

Once the application process is complete, your resume and supporting documentation will be used to determine whether you meet the job qualifications listed on this announcement. If you are minimally qualified for this job, your resume and supporting documentation will be compared to your responses on the Occupational Questionnaire. If you rate yourself higher than is supported by your application materials, your responses may be adjusted and/or you may be excluded from consideration for this job. If you are found to be among the top candidates, you will be referred to the selecting official for employment consideration. Your qualifications will be evaluated on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities and other characteristics):

Competencies:

• Communication
• Extensive knowledge of safety and occupational health principles, practices, procedures, regulations, standards, operational directives and methodologies sufficient to determine compliance with occupational safety regulations, modifying or adapting to eliminate or minimize hazards
• Management of an ESOH Program
• Work processes for ESOH Program regulatory compliance

Military Spouse Preference: If you are entitled to military spouse preference, in order to receive this preference you must choose the spousal eligibility in your application package referencing MSP Military Spouse Preference. Your preference entitlement will be verified by the employing agency. To claim Military Spouse Preference (MSP) please complete the Military Spouse PPP Self-Certification Checklist , save the document and attach it to your application package.

Background checks and security clearance

Security clearance
Sensitive Compartmented Information

Drug test required
Yes

Position sensitivity and risk
Special-Sensitive (SS)/High Risk

Trust determination process
Suitability/Fitness

Required Documents

The documents you are required to submit vary based on the authority you are using to apply (i.e., applying as a veteran, applying as a current permanent Federal employee, applying as a reinstatement, etc...). Your complete application includes your COMPLETE resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and documents which prove your eligibility to apply. If you fail to provide these documents, you will be marked as having an incomplete application package and you will not be considered any further.

The following documents are REQUIRED
1. Your resume:

• Your resume may be submitted in any format. It must include your name and contact information and support the specialized experience described in this announcement.
• For qualifications determinations your resume must contain the number of hours worked per week and the dates of employment (i.e.," HRS per week and month/year" or "HRS per week and month/year to present").
• For additional information see: What to include in your resume.

2. Transcripts

• This position has a degree or education requirement so you are required to submit a copy of your transcript
• College transcript(s), required if qualifying based on education. We accept unofficial transcripts, as long as they contain your name, the name of the school, the date and degree that was awarded, and the lists of classes and credits earned.

3. Veteran's Documents

• If applying using veteran's preference or under a Veteran's hiring authority you must submit the following documents:
• DD214 showing character of service, SF-15 Form and VA letter showing final percentage, or certification of expected discharge or release from active duty.

PLEASE REVIEW THE BELOW LINK FOR OTHER SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS needed for proof of eligibility:
https://www.dla.mil/Portals/104/Documents/Careers/downloads/FourthEstateRequiredSupportingDocumentation%2011-16-2020.pdf?ver=Lgkkn1HW9a8is7V2lyCS2Q%3d%3d
If you are claiming Military Spouse Preference, you must submit supporting documents with your application package. These documents must provide acceptable information to verify: you reside within the commuting area of your sponsor's permanent duty station (PDS); proof of marriage to the active duty sponsor, proof of military member's active duty status, and other documentation required by the vacancy announcement to which you are applying; and must meet all pre-employment criteria and be eligible for immediate noncompetitive appointment to a position in the competitive service. Documentation required: Marriage Certificate or License, Signed Self-Certification Checklist, Veterans' Preference documentation (e.g., DD-214, VA Letter, Statement of Service, if applicable), Transcripts (if applicable). Additional documentation required if previously held a federal position: SF-50s (e.g., LWOP, highest grade held, overseas appointments, etc.), SF-75 Information, and documentation of performance rating of record (dated within the last 12 months)

If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:

Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education .

Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.