Safety & Occupational Health Manager (Safety Administrator)
About The Position
The Safety & Occupational Health Manager manages a program requiring a dynamic administrative approach to changing regulations, executive orders, and new mandates. The role develops and implements programs covering occupational safety and fire protection, hazardous waste and emergency response operations, recycling, pollution prevention, ozone reduction, storm water management, lead and asbestos abatement, storage tank management, air pollution emissions, and toxic chemical inventories. The manager develops safety and environmental programs to meet regulatory requirements, including confined space entry, hazardous-energy control, machine guarding, fall protection, hazardous waste, chemical spill response, fire emergency response and evacuation, workers’ compensation, and hazard communication. The incumbent serves as the facility’s principal technical advisor and subject matter expert to management on the development, implementation, and enforcement of safety, fire prevention and suppression, occupational health and safety, environmental, and workers’ compensation programs. The role also provides ongoing specialized training to staff and inmates as required by the Bureau of Prisons and other federal and private agencies. Like all correctional institution employees, the incumbent is responsible for maintaining institutional security. Correctional responsibilities take precedence over other duties and are performed on a regular and recurring basis.
Requirements
- U.S. citizenship is required.
- At least one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to the next lower grade level; there is no education substitution for specialized experience at this grade level.
- Qualifying experience may include recommending techniques and procedures to control unsafe acts or conditions; planning, organizing, coordinating, directing, evaluating, and financially managing a comprehensive safety and occupational health program; developing local safety and occupational health directives and regulations; or training workers, supervisors, managers, or safety and occupational health personnel.
- Applicants must document actual time spent in relevant activities, such as hours worked per week, for paid or unpaid experience to receive proper credit.
- Initial appointment to a supervisory or managerial position requires a one-year probationary period.
- The incumbent is subject to geographic relocation to meet agency needs.
- Appointment is subject to satisfactory completion of a urinalysis, physical, and background investigation; applicants are also subject to NCIC and credit checks.
- Applicants not currently working in an institution may be required to complete a qualification inquiry regarding misdemeanor domestic violence convictions to be authorized to carry a firearm.
- Successful completion of the three-week Introduction to Correctional Techniques course at Glynco, Georgia is required.
- A maximum entry age of 36 applies to original appointment to a Bureau of Prisons institution position.
- CTAP applicants seeking selection priority must meet CTAP eligibility criteria, be rated well-qualified, and submit the required eligibility documentation.
Responsibilities
- Manage safety and occupational health programs in response to changing and newly mandated regulations and executive orders.
- Develop and implement programs for occupational safety, fire protection, hazardous waste, emergency response, recycling, pollution prevention, ozone reduction, storm water management, lead and asbestos abatement, storage tanks, air pollution emissions, and toxic chemical inventories.
- Develop safety and environmental programs to comply with applicable regulatory requirements.
- Advise facility management as the principal technical advisor and subject matter expert on safety, fire prevention and suppression, occupational health and safety, environmental, and workers’ compensation programs.
- Develop, implement, and enforce safety, fire prevention and suppression, occupational health and safety, environmental, and workers’ compensation programs.
- Conduct ongoing specialized training for staff and inmates as required by the Bureau of Prisons and other federal and private agencies.
- Help maintain institutional security; correctional responsibilities take precedence and are performed regularly.
Benefits
- Federal employees and their families have access to a comprehensive benefits package; specific benefit eligibility depends on position type.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
No Education Listed
