SAFETY AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SPECIALIST

About the role

This National Guard position is for a SAFETY AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SPECIALIST, Position Description Number D2939000 and is part of the OH SAFETY OFFICE, Ohio Army National Guard. This position is located in the Army National Guard (ARNG) Joint Force Headquarters (JFHQ)/State, Territory, and District of Columbia Safety and Occupational Health Office.

What you will do

• As a SAFETY AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SPECIALIST, GS-0018-11, you will perform the following duties: 1.
• Serves as the State, Territory, District of Columbia Safety and Occupational Health Specialist in the maintenance of a comprehensive ground and explosives, safety program for the State.
• Coordinates with senior safety personnel and provides quality actions and plans for the sustainment of State ARNG Safety and Occupational Health Management Systems (ASOHMS) within the broad framework of statutory public law, DOD, Army, and National Guard policy, goals, and objectives.
• Implements plans, methods, and assess risks to improve safety in the workplace and off-duty environments.
• Reduces preventable mishaps in the preservation of ARNG personnel, equipment, facilities, and resources.
• The SOH Specialist executes a complex SO&EH program for a broad occupational field involving a wide variety of changing, high risk operations, environmental conditions, and hazardous materials.
• Reviews and updates the State SOH Plan to include all applicable Army SOH functional areas.
• Reviews and updates State safety policy and Standard Operating Procedures for SOH programs.
• Functional program responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following areas: Monitors and evaluates installation SOH functional Safety Programs for effective implementation, to include; Workplace Operations, Workplace safety, Hazard communication programs, Industrial operations (lockout/tagout, confined space, fall protection), Emergency planning and response, Safety Training and Education of SOH programs consisting of training needs assessments of subordinate organizations mission and operational needs.
• Community, Off-Duty Recreation, and Seasonal Safety, Public, family, child, and youth safety, Tactical Operations, Tactical safety, Force mobilization, Transportation Safety, Motor vehicle mishap prevention, Maritime activities, Safe cargo operations, Explosives Safety, Range Safety Operations, Electrical Safety, Fire and Emergency Services Safety, and Contract Safety.
• Performs inspections of daily operations and workplaces.
• Conducts or participates in.
• Identifies high risk hazardous operations and procedures and ensures mitigation countermeasures are effective.
• Performs inspections, assessments, and surveys of daily safety and occupational health operations and workplaces requiring a degree of physical exertion and considerable standing, walking, climbing, bending, crouching, stretching, lifting of moderately heavy objects, reaching or similar movements.
• Conducts safety and occupational health surveys of offices, storage areas, and industrial areas to determine compliance with applicable occupational safety standards.
• The use of Personal Protective Equipment and clothing may be needed to conduct surveys involving recurrent exposure to hazards and discomforts, moving machine parts, shielded radiation sources, irritant chemicals, acid fumes, physical stresses, high noise levels, adverse weather conditions, and high temperatures.
• Identifies hazards and evaluates initial risk potential for harm to employees, the general public, damage to equipment and resources, and provides technical assistance to managers, supervisors and employees necessary to achieve safe and healthy working conditions.
• Monitors employee performance, environmental conditions, facilities, and equipment for compliance with OSHA and Army standards.
• Identifies hazards and unsafe conditions and practices.
• Conducts safety education.
• Prepares and distributes safety promotional and informative materials to maintain safety awareness.
• Prepares and conducts briefings, meetings, training classes, and associated functions.
• Determines safety education requirements for individuals or groups.
• Develops training plans to ensure worker qualification and competency.
• Prepares and conducts general and specialized training courses for supervisors, collateral duty representatives, labor union representatives, safety committees, and employees on safety related matters.
• Participates in safety committee meetings to answer questions and provide recommendations.
• Provides safety consultation to directors, supervisors, managers, workers, and unions on safety requirements and procedures; investigations of mishaps; survey actions, and mishap prevention.?
• Investigates employee complaints of alleged unsafe/unhealthful working conditions; recommends corrective action; assures implementation of corrective actions and prepares responses to employees.
• Performs other duties as assigned. *The above duty description does not contain all details of the official position description.
• A copy of the entire position description can be found on FASCLASS by searching the position description (PD#:D2939000). ***

Requirements

• Ohio Army National Guard Membership is required.
• Males born after 31 December 1959 must be registered for Selective Service.
• Federal employment suitability as determined by a background investigation.
• May be required to successfully complete a trial period.
• Participation in direct deposit is mandatory.
• MILITARY REQUIREMENTS: Compatible military grade and assignment required within one year of the effective date of placement.
• This is an excepted service position that requires membership in a compatible military assignment in the employing state's National Guard.
• Applicants who are not currently a member of the Ohio Army National Guard must be eligible for immediate membership.
• If you are not sure you are eligible for military membership, please contact an Ohio Army National Guard recruiter prior to applying for this position.
• Military Grades: E-7 through CW4.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a minimum of Secret, or appropriate security clearance of the position.
• May be required to travel by car, in military and/or commercial aircraft, and by other means of transportation as appropriate to perform temporary duty assignments.
• Irregular and/or overtime (compensatory) hours may be required to support operational requirements or contingencies or may be required to work hours outside of the normal duty day.
• Required to handle and safeguard sensitive, personal, and/or classified or information covered under privacy act laws in accordance with regulations to reduce potential compromise.
• This position requires training and experience to meet Army PCSOH, PCES credentials (or equivalent) within two (2) years of appointment.
• Training and experience provide competency of the given occupational series and functions to ensure compliance with the provisions of standard practices for a certificate program as cited in the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) E2659-18 Standard Practice For Certificate Programs and AR 385-10 training requirements.
• Incumbent is required to obtain and maintain (a) The Army Professional Certificate in Safety and Occupational Health (PCSOH), (b) The Army Professional Certificate in Explosives Safety Level 1 (PCES1), and if responsible for the management of a State Explosives Safety Management Plan IAW AR 385-10, acquisition of (c) The Army Professional Certificate in Explosives Safety Level 2 (PCES2).

Education

Substitution of Education for Specialized Experience - Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related If you are using education to qualify for this position, you must provide official transcripts or other official documentation to support your educational claims.

To receive credit for education, you must provide official documentation of proof that you meet the education requirements for this position.

How you will be evaluated

Once the announcement has closed, your resume and supporting documentation will be used to determine if you meet the qualifications listed on this announcement. If you are minimally qualified, your resume and supporting documentation will be compared to your responses on the assessment questionnaire to determine your level of experience.

If you rate yourself higher than is supported by your application package, your responses may be adjusted and/or you may be excluded from consideration for this position. If you are found to be among the top qualified 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): Ability to Plan and Organize Work Attention to Detail

Documents you must provide

• To apply for this position, you must submit a complete Application Package which includes: 1.
• Resume showing current Military grade, current MOS, current unit of assignment, work schedule, hours worked per week, dates (including Month and Year, e.g., 02/2017, Feb 2017, etc.) of employment, and all duties performed.
• Official Transcripts (if substituting college education for work experience).

What to expect next

Once your online application is submitted you will receive a confirmation notification by email. Your application will be evaluated by the Human Resources Office to determine your eligibility for the position. After the evaluation is complete, you will receive another notification regarding the status of your application.

Additional information

***If serving under an incentive contract, termination of that incentive(s) will occur effective one day prior to your AGR, Permanent Military Technician, or Indefinite Military Technician start date.

Temporary Military Technicians will have their incentive terminated if their tour exceeds 179 days in a continuous 12-month period.*** If you are a male applicant who was born after 12/31/1959 and are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Authorization Act of 1986 requires that you be registered or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency (***).