Safety and Occupational Health Specialist - US Department of Homeland Security

LOCATION: Blaine, WA

CLOSING DATE: June 18, 2020

OPPORTUNITY TYPE: Job

JOB #: 15857

POSTED: May 18, 2020

Description:

Summary

As our nation navigates the COVID-19 pandemic, CBP is committed to delivering our mission to safeguard America’s borders and enable legitimate trade and travel. Staffing mission critical positions remains a high priority. Be reassured that CBP is still hiring, despite potential hiring process step delays due to restrictions to in-person activities.

Responsibilities

Organizational Location: This position is with the Department of Homeland Security, within U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Enterprise Services, Office of Human Resources Management, Occupational Safety and Health Division (OSH), located in Blaine, WA, and Seattle, WA.

Joining the Customs and Border Protection, Office of Human Resources Management, will allow you to serve as the field program specialist by providing technical assistance in the areas of industrial safety, fire protection, safety engineering, industrial hygiene, ergonomics, radiological safety, communicable diseases, hearing conservation, and emergency planning. This position starts at a salary of $84,045.00 (GS-12, Step 1) to $109,264.00 (GS-12, Step 10) with promotion potential to $109,264.00 (GS-12 Step 10).

In this Safety and Occupational Health Specialist position, you will become a key team member of Homeland Security professionals involved in making quick decisions, and assisting in the development and implementation of regional safety related programs and procedures in their assigned area. Typical work assignments include:

  • Providing OSH support, advice and assistance to the Blaine and Seattle sector management and employees.
  • Conducting annual, pre-occupancy and other inspections of all facilities in area of responsibility (AOR).
  • Conducting investigations of incidents and accidents in AOR.
  • Providing OSH training to supervisors and employees as needed, and/or as requested by sector management.
  • Responding to emergencies in AOR, as well as assisting other SOHS in their AORs with emergencies or other contingencies as needed and/or requested.
Skills/Eligibility:

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

 

  • You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this position
  • Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered with Selective Service
  • Primary U.S. residency for at least three of the last five years (additional details below)
  • You may be required to pass a background investigation
  • CBP follows the DHS Drug-Free Workplace Plan for drug testing procedures
  • As an employee of CBP, you will be joining a workforce that is dedicated to accomplishing our mission while maintaining the trust of our Nation by strictly adhering to all government ethics standards. Your conduct will be subject to the ethics rules applicable to all Executive Branch employees, and to CBP employees specifically, as well as the criminal conflict of interest statutes. Once you enter on duty, these rules include obtaining approval for outside employment or business activity, to ensure such employment or business activity is not prohibited and does not interfere or conflict with performance of your official duties. Please review further details via the following link.

 

Qualifications

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.

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:

OR
  • 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
You qualify for this position if you meet the basic requirement listed above, and possess one year of specialized experience, as described below.

Experience: You qualify for the GS-12 grade level if you possess 1 year of specialized ex

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