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SAFETY AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SPECIALIST-April 2024
Portland
Apr 1, 2025
About SAFETY AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SPECIALIST

  Summary About the Position: The Corps provides safe, reliable, efficient, and environmentally sustainable waterborne transportation systems (channels, harbors, and waterways) for movement of commerce, national security needs, and recreation. This position will assist in the planning and managing of a comprehensive safety occupational health program to eliminate or control the risk of injury to personnel assigned to all phases of the safety and occupational health activities in Channels and Harbors. Responsibilities Enforces safety and occupational health principles, methods, and techniques which includes understanding OSHA requirements. Investigate mishaps involving personnel or damage to machinery, tools, materials, or equipment. Address any near misses, injuries, or accidents and brief the Operations Project Manager. Evaluate, procure, and distribute accident prevention material and provide training. Assist with the hearing conservation program, the respiratory protection program, fall protection program, and confined space program. Communicate with the District Diving Coordinator to discuss policy and safe work practices for diving operations. Perform administrative functions for the SOHO in such as timekeeping, travel, correspondence, and electronic records management. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the experience and or education requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Specialized Experience: Specialized experience is defined as applying federal safety standards applicable to industrial work processes. This experience also includes experience with ensuring environmental compliance with applicable state and federal laws and regulations as well as performing site inspections and evaluating work practices to determine compliance with applicable laws and regulations. Specialized experience also includes recommending changes to control or eliminate potential or existing hazards or violations. In addition, specialized experience includes advising supervisors of appropriate safety and occupational health measures to control or eliminate hazards. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service which is the GS-09 or equivalent. -OR- Education: Ph.D or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree with a major study in 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- Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the second year (total graduate semester hours minus 36) by 18. Add the two percentages. You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Accident/Mishap and Hazard Investigation and Reporting Partnering Safety and Health Safety and Health Training and Education Education FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show 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: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/. Additional Information Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration. You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship. Two year trial/probationary period may be required. Direct Deposit of Pay is required. Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees. If you have retired from federal service and you are interested in employment as a reemployed annuitant, see the information in the Reemployed Annuitant information sheet. This is a Career Field (CF) 12 - Safety and Occupational Health position. You may claim military spouse preference (MSP). If a MSP applicant is determined best qualified and selected, placement must be at the full performance level for priority consideration. Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement. Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement. Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP). If you are a Federal employee in the competitive service and your agency has notified you in writing that you are a displaced employee eligible for ICTAP consideration, you may receive selection priority for this position. To receive selection priority, you must: (1) meet ICTAP eligibility criteria (2) be rated well-qualified for the position and; (3) submit the appropriate documentation to support your ICTAP eligibility. To be considered well-qualified and receive selection priority applicants must satisfy all qualification requirements for the position and receive a score of 90 or above. Additional information about the program is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website. If you are unable to apply online or need to fax a document you do not have in electronic form, view the following link for information regarding an Alternate Application. Payment of Permanent Change of Station (PCS) costs is not authorized, based on a determination that a PCS move is not in the Government interest. The following incentives may be authorized to a highly qualified candidate: Recruitment, Relocation, Advanced Leave Accrual, Advanced In-hire, and/or Student Loan Repayment

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