Supervisory Safety & Occupational Health Manager

US-Department-of-Veterans-Affair; Miami (FL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Miami VA Healthcare System is seeking a Supervisory Occupational Safety and Health Manager to lead comprehensive safety, industrial hygiene, and life safety programs in a healthcare environment.

The role focuses on regulatory compliance, emergency preparedness, hazardous materials management, and environmental risk management, with supervisory responsibilities for safety staff.

Qualifications

• Requires GS-13; at least one year specialized experience at GS-12 level or equivalent.
• Experience in safety/occupational health programs and policy development.
• Experience applying safety laws, regulations, and practices to advise on hazards.
• Experience designing/modifying workplaces to control hazards.
• Experience supervising safety/occupational health staff.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage comprehensive safety, industrial hygiene, and life safety programs.
• Ensure regulatory compliance and environmental risk management.
• Lead hazardous materials and waste management initiatives.
• Oversee emergency preparedness and fire prevention efforts.
• Supervise and develop safety and occupational health staff.

Skills

Managing safety program elements

Developing safety policy

Applying safety laws and regulations

Hazard analysis and control

Training safety personnel

Leadership/supervision

Job description

The Supervisory Occupational Safety and Health Manager is responsible for development and management of comprehensive programs to include general occupational safety, industrial hygiene, fire prevention/life safety, hazardous materials and waste management, emergency preparedness, environmental risk management, and regulatory compliance. This position is located within the Environmental Health and Safety Service at the Miami VA Healthcare System in Miami, FL. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS GS-13: Requires at least one year of specialized experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level (GS-12) in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. 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 standards 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, at this GS-13 grade: experience supervising and/or leading safety and occupational health staff/teams.

This experience must be detailed in your resume to receive credit.

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/.