Supervisory Safety and Occupational Health Specialist

Duties

• Directs Region Safety and Occupational Health Program: mishap prevention/investigation, pre-contract safety surveys, statistical analysis, education, Industrial Hygiene, Occupational Safety and Health, and system safety evaluation.
• Approves major work plans, reviews and approves recommendations involving matters significant to overall program administration.
• Provides overall SOH program execution by formulating and disseminating regional policy and procedures in the form of Region manuals focused on the effective management of the Commander SOH program.
• Serves as the principal advisor and consultant to the assigned Region Commander and Chief of Staff.
• Develops a regional Safety and Occupational Health Program aligned with DoD missions to conserve DLA resources. Integrates SOH into programming and analysis for industrial safety, workplace operations, and civilian activities.
• Plans, organizes, directs, controls, and evaluates a comprehensive SOH program in accordance with all statutory and regulatory requirements and guidance published by DLA, DoD, OSHA, and other federal and civilian agencies.
• Primary technical consultant to Region Commander and staff on safety program elements such as the OSHA Hazard Communication, Confined Space Entry, respiratory protection, and employee medical surveillance programs.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• Must be a U.S. citizen
• Tour of Duty: Set Schedule
• Security Requirements: Non-Critical Sensitive with Secret Access
• Appointment is subject to the completion of a favorable suitability or fitness determination, where reciprocity cannot be applied; unfavorably adjudicated background checks will be grounds for removal.
• Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Exempt
• Selective Service Requirement: Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service.
• Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
• Supervisory Probation: Required
• Completion of Supervisory Certification Program: Required
• Bargaining Unit Status: No
• Selectees are required to have a REAL ID or other acceptable identification documents to access certain federal facilities. See https://www.tsa.gov/real-id for more information.

Qualifications

To qualify for a Supervisory Safety and Occupational Health Specialist, your resume and supporting documentation must support:

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience that equipped you with the particular competencies to successfully perform the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled. To qualify at the GS-13 level, applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level or equivalent under other pay systems in the Federal service, military or private sector. Applicants must meet eligibility requirements including time-in-grade (General Schedule (GS) positions only), time-after-competitive appointment, minimum qualifications, and any other regulatory requirements by the cut-off/closing date of the announcement. Creditable specialized experience includes:

• Developing and recommending safety and occupational health policy to high levels of management.
• Applying safety and occupational health laws, regulations, principles, theories, practices, and procedures to advise 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 modifying workplaces, processes, products or other systems to control or eliminate hazards.
• Analyzing new and existing jobs, processes, products, or other systems to determine and identify inherit risks in order to mitigate or eliminate the identified hazards.

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.

Drug-Free Workplace Policy

The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) is committed to maintaining a safe, drug-free workplace. All DLA employees are required to refrain from illegal drug use on and off duty. DLA conducts pre-employment, reasonable suspicion, post-accident, and random drug testing.

Applicants tentatively selected for employment in testing designated positions will undergo a urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Refusal to undergo testing or testing positive for illegal drugs will result in withdrawal of the tentative job offer and a six-month denial of employment with DLA from the date of the drug test. Employees in drug testing designated positions are subject to random drug testing. A negative drug test result must be received by HR within 30 calendar days after the EOD (i.e., start date). The selectee's inability successfully pass; or refusal to conduct the test may result in: 1) the tentative or FJO being withdrawn during the recruitment process; or 2) subsequently being removed from Federal service for failure to meet a condition of employment. You may be required to sign a "Drug Test Statement of Understanding" if you are selected for this position.

The DLA drug testing panel tests for the following substances: marijuana, cocaine, opiates, heroin, phencyclidine, amphetamines, methamphetamines, fentanyl, norfentanyl, methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA), and opioids.

ADVISORY: Use of cannabidiol (CBD) products may result in a positive drug test for marijuana. DLA employees are subject to Federal law and under Federal law, Marijuana is illegal.

Education

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

Additional information

As required by 5 C.F.R. § 302.106, DLA will provide Section 508 conformant ICT to employees with disabilities. All ICT interfaces with the public related to vacancy announcements and career transition opportunities must conform to the applicable requirements in the current ICT Standards and Guidelines (36 C.F.R. § 1194).

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Reemployed Annuitants: This position does not meet criteria for appointment of Reemployed Annuitants. The DoD criteria for hiring Reemployed Annuitants can be found at:

Pay Retention will be extended to an eligible employee who applies through a formal recruitment program and is selected for a position at an overseas location.

ALL OTHER NON-FOREIGN OCONUS INFORMATION:
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