Safety and Occupational Health Manager

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; Wichita (KS); Presencial; USD 80 000 - 120 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is seeking a Safety & Occupational Health Manager to lead safety, health, and environmental programs across the medical center and affiliated facilities.

The role focuses on hazard control, policy development, and emergency management, with extensive collaboration across departments. The incumbent will plan, implement, and evaluate safety and health initiatives, conduct inspections, provide technical guidance, and ensure compliance with federal safety

Qualificações

• Undergraduate or graduate education in safety or occupational health fields (24 credit hours in related disciplines).
• Specialized experience in safety and occupational health program elements.

Responsabilidades

• Develop local safety policies and programs for facility safety, GEMS, and emergency management.
• Inspect and survey facilities to ensure compliance with safety standards.
• Prepare reports on safety compliance and violations.
• Oversee environmental, safety, and fire protection mandates across the medical center and affiliates.
• Lead drills and training for emergency preparedness and decontamination procedures.
• Develop budgets and manage workload for safety programs.

Conhecimentos

Safety program management

Hazard analysis

Emergency management

Regulatory compliance

Training & education

Formação académica

Safety/occupational health degree

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Summary

The Safety & Occupational Health Manager performs a variety of functions related to the identification - evaluation - and control of safety and health hazards and to the promotion of healthful and safe working conditions. The work includes surveys; coordination with other health and safety specialists; administration of occupational - life - and fire safety programs; review of design plans for hazard control - investigation of causative agents for occupational hazards; and education/training.

Summary

The Safety & Occupational Health Manager performs a variety of functions related to the identification - evaluation - and control of safety and health hazards and to the promotion of healthful and safe working conditions. The work includes surveys; coordination with other health and safety specialists; administration of occupational - life - and fire safety programs; review of design plans for hazard control - investigation of causative agents for occupational hazards; and education/training.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position - applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement - 10/16/2026. Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-12 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-11. The grade may have been in any occupation - but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year - it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade - as required by the announcement. In this instance - you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. This occupational series has an Individual Occupational Requirement (IOR). An IOR is a basic requirement that must be met in order to qualify for entry into this job series - and it is something that can't be waived. The IOR for this position is: Undergraduate and Graduate Education: Major study -- 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 Specialized Experience: Experience in or related to safety and occupational health that provided the specific knowledge - skills - and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position. Examples of qualifying specialized experience include: - Managing safety or occupational health program elements. - Developing and recommending safety and occupational health policy to higher levels of management. - Applying safety and occupational health laws - regulations - principles - theories - practices - and procedures to advise on or resolve technical matters dealing with occupational safety and health requirements. - Developing safety and occupational health standards - regulations - practices - and procedures to eliminate or control potential hazards. - Developing or implementing programs to reduce the frequency - severity - and cost of accidents and occupational illnesses. - Analyzing or evaluating new and existing jobs - processes - products - or other systems to determine the existence - severity - probability - and outcome of hazards. - Designing or modifying workplaces - processes - products - or other systems to control or eliminate hazards. - Inspecting or surveying workplaces - processes - products - or other systems for compliance with established safety and occupational health policies or standard and to identify potential new hazards. - Training of workers - supervisors - managers - or other safety and occupational health personnel in safety or occupational health subjects. - Work in occupational fields such as industrial hygienist - safety engineer - fire prevention engineer - health physicist - and occupational health nurse. In addition to the individual occupational requirement described above - you may qualify based on your experience as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade (GS-11) in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include - but are not limited to: developing local policies and regulations pertaining to facility safety - green environmental management systems (GEMS) - and emergency management; overseeing the facility safety and fire prevention programs; overseeing and providing technical assistance for projects to resolve emergency management problems to include emergency preparedness drills - decontamination procedures and training - and facilitating interaction between the facility and community by participating in local Emergency Preparedness Committee; oversee and provide technical expertise for the design - modification - operation - and maintenance of the facility and infrastructure to ensure compliance with safety - environmental - and emergency management requirements; developing workload and cost data for and prepare a budget; ensuring compliance with federal - state - and local regulations concerning the management of hazardous materials and wastes - and universal waste from the point of entry to it's final disposal; plan - organize - coordinate - analyze - and administrate comprehensive inspections in patient care areas - the laboratory - engineering offices as well as nursing homes and report on compliance and violations of safety - industrial hygiene - environmental - and fire protection mandates. For more information on these qualification standards - please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.

Duties

• Major duties include - but are not limited to: Developing local policies - regulations - and policies pertaining to facility safety - GEMS - and emergency management - as well as mission statements - performance standards and functional and organizational charts as they apply to the service
• Evaluating new policies and directives to determine the impact on Safety - GEMS - and Emergency Management Services
• Planning - organizing - coordinating - analyzing - and administrating a series of comprehensive inspections of the Medical Center's facilities in patient care areas - laboratory areas - engineering shops - offices - as well as community nursing homes - Adult Day Care Centers - Grant and Per Diem facilities and residential board and care homes
• S/he provides management with reports on compliance and violations of safety - industrial hygiene - environmental and fire protection mandates - in compliance with the guidelines and regulations developed by VA Central Office (VACO) - Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) - National Institute for Safety and Occupational Health (NIOSH) - The Joint Commission (T JC) - Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) - Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) - Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) - National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) - and other agencies
• S/he issues notices of unsafe working conditions to management when inspection findings warrant and recommends methods for hazard abatement and the correction of unsafe conditions or practices
• Managing - planning - developing and implementing various Safety - GEMS - and Emergency Management Service related projects and programs affecting the medical center - and its CBOCs and satellite operations
• The incumbent is required to give technical interpretations of complex regulations to his/her staff as well as various services within the RJDVAMC system
• Accurate interpretations of these regulations and directives are essential
• Ensuring compliance with federal - state - and local regulations concerning the management of hazardous materials and wastes - and universal waste from the point of entry into the facility to its final disposal
• This includes overseeing industrial hygiene evaluations - asbestos monitoring - lead abatement - hazardous waste disposal - medical surveillance - permitting - (Material) Safety Data Sheets - and training
• Analyzing new or proposed legislation - directives or measures to determine the impact on medical center operations - funding - workload - and resources
• Identifying and developing data required for use in the management and direction of these and related programs
• Overseeing and providing technical assistance for projects to resolve emergency management problems - including but not limited to emergency preparedness drills - decontamination procedures and training of personnel in all aspects of decontamination of personnel
• recalling personnel using the cascade system
• facilitating Interaction between the facility and the community by means of the Local Emergency Preparedness Committee Overseeing and providing technical expertise for the design - modification - operation and maintenance of the facility and infrastructure to ensure compliance with safety - environmental and emergency management requirements
• Overseeing the execution of the facility safety and fire prevention program - including preparation of all policies - reports - safety - occupational health and fire prevention-related correspondence
• Overseeing the environmental management programs throughout the health care facility
• The incumbent ensures compliance with all provisions and regulations of this program and initiates or completes corrective actions as needed
• Planning - conducting or directing special studies concerned with emergency response compliance problems which require the development or modification of protective devices or the evaluation of control measures for a specific operation - such as decontamination team response to hazmat or WMD incidents
• Often serves as team leader during drills
• Formulates annual budget and exercises financial management responsibilities for all fund control points of the Service and develops workload and cost data for the preparation of the medical center budget in relationship to the fund control points
• Develops both long and short-range plans for the Safety - GEMS - and Emergency Management by coordinating the administration needs of the Service
• Incumbent is responsible for making and implementing decisions directly affecting patient care
• Work Schedule: Monday-Friday - 7:30a-4:00p or 8:00a-4:30p Telework: This position may be authorized for ad-hoc telework
• Telework eligibility will be discussed during the interview process
• Virtual: This is not a virtual position
• Position Description/PD#: Safety and Occupational Health Manager/PD105430 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized