Safety & Occupational Health Manager

ABOUT THE POSITION: The U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), a subordinate research laboratory under the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, is the lead medical biological defense research laboratory for the DOD Chemical Biological Defense Program. For additional information about USAMRIID and Fort Detrick, please visit http://usamriid.health.mil and http://detrick.health.mil.Qualifications:

THIS POSITION IS WITHIN THE FUNCTIONAL COMMUNITY (FC) 12 - FIRE, OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH & SAFETY CAREER FIELD AND THE INCUMBENT MUST ALREADY HAVE OR BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE A FC-12 LEVEL ONE CERTIFICATE WITHIN 12 MONTHS OF ENTRY ON DUTY. EXTENSIONS MAY BE REQUESTED THROUGH AFC FC-12 CAREER PROGRAM MANAGER AND FORWARDED TO THE DASA-ESOH FOR APPROVAL.
Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.

• Current Department of Army Civilian Employees
• Current Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army)
• Current Term United States Army Medical Research and Development Command Employee
• Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan
• Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act
• Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473
• Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer
• Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible
• Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible
• Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement
• Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible
• Reinstatement
• Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998

In order to qualify, you must meet the experience 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.
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: One year of specialized experience which includes: (1) Experience developing and implementing Safety and Occupational Health (S&OH) Program in accordance with all statutory and regulatory requirements; (2) Experience formulating policies and review of standard operating procedures for a S&OH program; AND (3) Experience developing process improvement plans to improve the safety of personnel, working environment, and facilities. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (DJ-03/GS-12).
Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.
You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:

• Compliance Inspection
• Managing Human Resources
• Oral Communication
• Public Safety and Security
• Safety and Health Training and Education

Employment Type: FULL_TIME