Supervisory Safety and Occupational Health Specialist
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The incumbent serves as the Supervisory Safety and Occupational Health S.....
The incumbent serves as the Supervisory Safety and Occupational Health Specialist, and is responsible for planning, organizing, administering, and evaluating a comprehensive environmental and safety management program at the VA Providence Health Care System (VAPHS) includes the Providence medical center and three community-based outpatient clinics (CBOC) serving Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts. The duties of the position include but are not limited to:
- Assists in determining the need for written policies and procedures, overseeing the development of policies and procedures, and reviewing and recommending approval upon completion.
- Coordinates and integrates the planning, programming, development, oversight, scheduling, and overall management of resources for multi-phase environmental engineering projects, both within the organization and with external regulatory agencies.
- Works with top management of the medical center to develop long-range management plans for the efficient and effective operation of the organization.
- Prepares formal requests for cyclic and out-of-cycle environmental engineering planning submissions.
- Communicates specific program objectives, specifications for compliance with technical and agency standards, environmental regulations, special instructions.
- Identifies action items and solicits technical input from all activities concerned.
- Supervises and leads the Providence VA Medical Center Environmental, Safety, and Industrial Hygiene programs.
- Participates in establishing short and long-range goals of the organization, developing detailed plans for implementing them, and overseeing implementation of the goals, Recommends changes in objectives or emphasis in functions under the organization's purview.
- Makes the best use of present resources, assisting in planning for future resource needs, estimating short- and long-range personnel, budgetary, space, and equipment needs, and implementing new resources.
- Conducts periodic and comprehensive evaluations of ongoing functions to ensure that the organization meets its suited goals and identifies areas where operational efficiency can be enhanced.
- Recommends actions necessary to maintain or improve the quality and quantity of operational services, introducing or refining automation, reorganizing operating units, reassigning personnel, and proposing the increase of organization resources.
- Responsible to maintain compliance with various laws including OSHA, EPA compliance and NRC regulations.
- Develops and plans program budgets and manages information for identifying program needs.
- Directs the capture, reporting, and analysis of statistical data relating to the organization's operations and directs or personally performs special studies regarding this data.
- Allocates project resources and reviews resource estimates to ensure proper distribution.
Work Schedule: Monday-Friday; 7:30am-4:00pm
Telework: VA supports the use of telework as a way to help attract and retain talented individuals in public service, increase worker productivity, and better prepare the agency to operate during emergencies. This position may be authorized for telework. Telework eligibility will be discussed during the interview process.
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Position Description/PD#: Supervisory Safety and Occupational Health Specialist
/PD038710
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
Notifications: - Veterans' preference does not apply for internal or other current permanent Federal agency employees.
- Interchange Agreements with Other Merit System: Employees who occupy medical or medical-related positions and were appointed under 38 U.S.C. 4701(1) or (3) [formerly 38 U.S.C. 4104 (1) and (3)] must be serving in a full-time position without time limit and have served continuously for at least one year in this other merit system to be eligible to convert to the Title 5 System. Some exceptions to this rule may apply if you have previously acquired tenure under a Title 5 appointment.
- Employees must submit copies of their most recent SF-50, (Notice of Personnel Action). The SF-50 must identify the position title, series, grade, step, tenure and type of service (Competitive or Excepted). In some cases, more than one SF-50 may be required to show a higher grade previously held.
- This position is not a Bargaining Unit position.
- This position is covered by locality-based comparability pay.
- Selectee may be required to serve one year supervisory/managerial probationary period.
Starting at $98,240 Per Year (GS 12)
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