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Summary This position is located in Office of the Managing Director, Occupational Safety and Health Management. The incumbent will serve as the Occupational Safety Officer responsible for supervision, development and direction of the agency occupational safety and health program to ensure safe working conditions for National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) employees in the office and at the scene of accident investigations. Responsibilities As a Supervisory Safety and Occupational Health Manager, GS-0018-15, you will perform the following major duties: Oversees and manages a comprehensive safety and occupational health program within the broad framework of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) goals and objectives. Reviews, develops, and modifies policies affecting safety and occupational health programs while ensuring the safety programs are in compliance with program laws, regulations, guidelines and agency policy. Serves as Chair/representative for the NTSB Safety Committees or Councils to monitor performance of safety and health programs and provide program operation advice to the Managing Director and make improvement recommendations. Establishes safety program goals, ensures that plans, schedules, activities, and deliverables for major safety projects are aligned with the stated objectives and requirements. Routinely conducts both agency-wide and accident scene hazard risk assessments to identify uncontrolled hazards and establish appropriate control methods to mitigate the hazards and to prevent or reduce the occurrence of accidents. Serve as the subject matter expert to develop, coordinate and maintain the agency's safety and occupational health training program, including identifying and incorporating educational materials for the agency's new employee orientation program. Physical Demands: During site visits while inspecting major accident investigations scene (s) the incumbent may be required to walk, stand, stoop, bend, carry, and similar movements, as well as agility, stamina, and dexterity. The above physical demands may be greatly increased and require extended walking. Work Environment: Work is primarily sedentary and performed in an office environment. However, transportation accidents inspections may require the incumbent to be exposed to a variety of weather conditions and other environmental discomforts, unforgiving topography, and debris hazards. Also, while risk assessments are made, appropriate mitigation measures taken, and personal protective equipment used, there remains the possibility of exposure to poisonous, explosive, or other hazardous materials associated with the accident sites to which the agency deploys. Therefore, the work may require irregular work hours, work at locations other than the official duty station, flexibility, and may include duties other than those specified in the employee's official position description. Travel: This position may require the incumbent to travel at unscheduled times outside of normal business hours to major accident investigation scenes and/or participate in launch conference calls at unscheduled times outside of normal business hours to support staff launching to the scene of an accident to provide onsite or remote safety guidance and assistance, conduct inspections and/or needs assessments and serve as a liaison with Employee Assistance Program (EAP) clinicians. Travel may last up to a week, night work, weekends, holidays and/or irregular duty hours. The incumbent may also be required to travel to transportation accident sites that require functioning under intense physical and mental stress due to the nature of the accident scene. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications BASIC RQUIREMENTS: You MUST meet the basic requirement (s) for this position. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Individual Occupational Requirements (IORs) for the Safety and Occupational Health Management, 0018 series are as follows: EDUCATION: A. 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. (Transcripts MUST be submitted - See the "Education" section of this vacancy announcement) -OR- EXPERIENCE: B. 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 TO MEETING THE ABOVE BASIC EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS, APPLICANTS MUST ALSO MEET THE FOLLOWING MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE GS-15 LEVEL: You must have one year of specialized experience (equivalent to the GS-14 level) that may have been obtained in the private, or public (local, county, state, Federal) sectors. Specialized experience is defined as: Experience managing a safety and occupational health program to include reviewing, developing, and modifying policies affecting safety and occupational health programs while ensuring the safety programs are following laws, regulations, guidelines, and agency policy. Establishing safety program goals to ensure major safety projects are aligned with the stated objectives and requirements. Conducting hazard risk assessments to identify uncontrolled hazards and establish appropriate control methods at an agency and accident scences. Experience as a Contracting Officer Representative (COR), justify program budget, track allocations, and manage expenditures in an automated system. Training workers, supervisors, managers, or other safety and occupational health personnel in safety or occupational health subject and making suggestions regarding improvement recommendations. For more information see link: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0000/safety-and-occupational-health-management-series-0018/ NOTE: IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. Your resume must clearly show the specialized experience and competencies related to this position. Failure to demonstrate how you possess the education, specialized experience and/or competencies will result in an "Ineligible" rating. Education Please see Basic Requirements under the "Qualifications" section of this vacancy announcement. Education cannot be substituted for experience at this grade level. This position does have a positive education requirement. If you are including education on your resume, report only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. GENERAL EDUCATION: All academic degrees and coursework must be completed at an institution that has obtained accreditation or pre-accreditation status from an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education for it to be credited towards qualifications. For a list of schools that meet these criteria, see https://www.ed.gov/accreditation?src=rn. Applications submitted without the required supporting documents will not be accepted. An unofficial transcript; statement from the institution's registrar, dean, or other appropriate official; or equivalent documentation is acceptable at the time of application. Education submitted must be appropriately accredited by an accredited body recognized by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education. For additional information, refer to the U.S. Department of Education web site at: http://www.ed.gov COLLEGE TRANSCRIPT: If you are qualifying based on education, submit a copy of your college transcript that lists college courses detailing each course by the number and department (i.e., bio 101, math 210, etc.), course title, number of credit hours and grade earned. You must submit evidence that any education completed in a foreign institution is equivalent to U.S. education standards with your resume. You may submit an unofficial copy of the transcript at the initial phase of the application process. If course content cannot be easily identified from the title of the course as listed on your transcript, you must submit an official course description from the college/university that reflects the content at the time the course was taken. FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html Additional Information The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes, in part, paid vacation, sick leave, holidays and various benefits as well as work life amenities such as alternate work schedules, telework, flextime, fitness and transit benefits. Moving expenses associated with permanent change of station (PCS) ARE NOT authorized for this position. NTSB may authorize Recruitment Incentives currently offered by the Federal Government for highly qualified candidates who possess unique skills and abilities. If you left Federal Employment and received a buy out and you are selected for this position, you may be required to repay the full amount of the payment. Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA): To be eligible for a VEOA appointment under Merit Promotion procedures, you must be a preference eligible or a Veteran separated after 3 years or more of continuous active service performed under honorable conditions. For more information on VEOA please visit https://www.fedshirevets.gov/job-seekers/special-hiring-authorities/#veoa Noncompetitive Appointment Authorities: For more information on noncompetitive appointment authority eligibility requirements identified below please visit https://www.fedshirevets.gov/job-seekers/special-hiring-authorities/ - Persons with Disabilities-Schedule A - Special Hiring Authorities for Veterans - Special Hiring Authority for Certain Military Spouses - Other Special Appointment Authorities Career Transition Assistance Programs: These programs apply to employees who have been involuntarily separated from a Federal service position within the competitive service or Federal service employees whose positions have been deemed surplus or no longer needed. To receive selection priority for this position, you must: (1) meet CTAP or ICTAP eligibility criteria; (2) meet the basic qualification standards (including minimum educational and experience requirements; (3) be rated well-qualified for the position with a score of 90 and above on the rating criteria for this position; and, (4) submit the appropriate documentation ( to support your CTAP or ICTAP eligibility. For more information visit: http://www.opm.gov/rif/employee_guides/career_transition.asp Note: ICTAP eligibles must submit one of the following as proof of eligibility for the special selection priority: a separation notice; a "Notice of Personnel Action" (SF-50) documenting separation; an agency certification that you cannot be placed after injury compensation has been terminated; an OPM notification that your disability annuity has been terminated; OR a Military Department or National Guard Bureau notification that you are retired under 5 U.S.C. 8337(h) or 8456. All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement. Additional information on the qualification requirements is outlined in the OPM Qualifications Standards Handbook of General Schedule Positions. It is available for your review on OPM's web site at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/ Ad-hoc/situational telework as determined by the agency policy. Multiple and subsequent vacancies may be filled from this announcement. NTSB uses E-Verify to confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, please visit http://www.uscis.gov/e-verify.