Serves as the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Program Manager. Incumbent reports to the Technical Operations, Technical Services Organization, Environmental Occupational Safety and Health (EOSH) Support Operations Group (EOSG), EOSH Program Support Center.
To view the complete OPM qualification standard for the Group Coverage Qualification Standard for Safety and Occupational Health Management Series 0018, please refer to: Safety and Occupational Health Management Series 0018 (opm.gov) To qualify for this position you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to FV-H, FG/GS 12. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position. Specialized experience is: Experience conducting environmental/safety inspections of workplace hazards to include evaluating, planning, and implementation of electrical, asbestos, and fall protection occupational safety programs and abatement plans, developing corrective measures, controlling identified hazards, monitoring implementation of corrective measures for compliance, and identifying safety training and protective personal equipment needs. Qualifications must be met by the closing date of this vacancy announcement. Some, all or none of the applicants may be interviewed.
Incumbent oversees safety or occupational health program elements including fall protection, electrical safety, confined space and hazardous materials. Analyzes jobs, processes, products, or other systems to determine the risks to employees. Performs complex technical hazard assessment assignments involving the evaluation and analysis of laboratory data to develop hazard control options for asbestos exposures, mold growth, drinking water exceedances, confined spaces, or other similar health hazards. Conducts workplace environmental/safety inspections and develops abatement plans to control the identified hazards. Serves as subject matter expert in identifying and evaluating personal protective equipment needs (fall-protection, electrical, and hazardous materials). Identifies and evaluates safety training needs in the areas identified above. Reviews project designs and identifies safety concerns regarding asbestos, fall protection, electrical safety, and other work hazards. Develops scopes of work for contract resources required to implement specific aspects of EOSH program operations with overall authority and responsibility for compliance with federal, state and local Environmental and Occupational Safety and Health regulations. Develops new occupational safety and health programs, policies, procedures, technical reports, briefing papers, and approaches to address broad, new compliance and certification problems, taking into consideration FAA policies, Federal laws, regulations, and industry standards. Assignments frequently require knowledge and experience working across functional and/or organizational lines. May act as a point of contact to provide advice and guidance on the applications of policies and procedures. May be called upon to communicate FAA positions on policies and procedures internally and externally.