SAFETY AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH MANAGER

Safety And Occupational Health Manager

As a SAFETY AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH MANAGER, GS-0018-12, duties include :

1. Serves as the State, Territory, District of Columbia Safety and Occupational Health (SOHM) Manager in the maintenance of a comprehensive ground and explosives, safety program for the State. Manages and provides oversight for the 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. Manages resource requirements for personnel, safety programs, contracting, and funding resources necessary to support program goals, objectives, and directives. Determines SOH requirements and 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 SOHM manages and 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. Develops and annually reviews the State SOH Plan to include all applicable Army SOH functional areas. Develops State safety policy and Standard Operating Procedures for SOH programs. Functional program responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following areas : Manages, executes, monitors and evaluates installation SOH functional Safety and Occupational Health 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, Radiation and Laser Safety, Aviation Safety Management, System safety management, Facilities system safety (FASS) program management, Ammunition and Explosives (AE) Safety, Range Safety Operations, Electrical Safety, Fire and Emergency Services (F&ES) Safety, and Contract Safety. Plans, assigns, and evaluates the work of safety and explosives safety staff subordinates. Using subordinate supervisors, group / committee chairs, and the like, oversees and directs SOH work activities. Provides decisions on work issues presented by subordinate supervisors or leaders. Evaluates subordinate supervisors / leaders and serves as the reviewing official on evaluations of non-supervisory employees rated by subordinate supervisors. Approves selection for subordinate non-supervisory positions. Conducts hiring interviews and selections for subordinate supervisory / work leader positions. Receives and resolves group grievances or serious employee complaints and conducts disciplinary actions involving subordinates. Schedules and ensures timely completion of qualification training for subordinate safety employees. Plans and evaluates upgrade safety training for subordinate employees. Reviews and recommends expenses comparable to within-grade increases, overtime, and employee travel. Recommends awards, bonuses, step, and target grade increases for personnel. Promotes team building to improve business practices. Exercises significant responsibility for collaborating with officials in other units and organizations and providing advice to management officials of higher rank. Promotes acceptance and adherence of programs such as Equal Employment Opportunity, Federal Women's Program, Physically Handicapped, Labor-Management Relations, and other similar special emphasis programs.

2. Develops, implements, plans, directs, and controls a comprehensive SOH program involving a wide variety of industrial processes, shops, equipment, material, and machinery, some of which are unconventional and unique to the organization, highly hazardous and involve dangerous material. Develops the State SOH Plan to include applicability of fourteen Army SOH functional areas. Development of applicable local policy and procedures for State SOH programs. Manages, executes, monitors, and evaluates State functional Safety Programs for effective implementation.

3. Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements :

Conditions of employment :

• Military membership in the Nebraska National Guard Membership is required.
• Males born after 31 December 1959 must be registered for Selective Service.
• Obtain / maintain the level of security clearance / background check required
• May be required to successfully complete a probationary period.
• Direct Deposit is mandatory
• Individuals with military incentive bonuses may be subject to recoupment.
• Must possess a valid state driver's license to operate government motor vehicles.
• Never been convicted by a general, special, or summary courts-martial.
• Ability to communicate effectively in writing.

Qualifications :

National Guard Membership is required : This is an excepted service position that requires membership in a compatible military assignment in the National Guard. Selectee will be required to wear the military uniform. Acceptance of an excepted service position constitutes concurrence with these requirements as a condition of employment. Applicants who are not currently a member of the National Guard must be eligible for immediate membership and employment in the National Guard in the military grade listed in this announcement.

For questions regarding eligibility to join the Nebraska Army National Guard please contact the local recruiting office at 402-309-7458.