IOWA ARMY NATIONAL GUARD - TITLE 32 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION This position is restricted to current Military members of the Iowa Army National Guard. LOCATION: Safety Office JFHQ, Johnston, Iowa

Duties

As a SAFETY AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH MANAGER, GS-0018-12 your duties are below. (1) Provides program direction and staff leadership in the administration of a comprehensive safety, occupational health, and industrial hygiene program that encompasses a variety of high risk and hazardous operations. Plans, organizes, administers and evaluates various Safety, Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene (SOH & IH) programs involving aircraft maintenance, heavy/light equipment and vehicle maintenance, supply ammunition storage, fire prevention, range certification, combat and tactical training, and administrative activities. (2) Implements public law mandated programs impacting a significant number of civilian and military employees working in structures used for various levels of administration, supply and maintenance functions. Analyzes psychological and physiological factors affecting safety, occupational health and industrial hygiene management to devise control measures that eliminate environmental hazards and reduce human error. (3) Plans and directs special occupational health/industrial hygiene studies based upon validated need or detected variance from established standards. Ensures SOH & IH staff visits are conducted in conformance with applicable policies, standards and criteria, and that professional support is provided to managers and supervisors for the elimination or control of unsafe conditions and environmental factors. (4) Evaluates and analyzes accident frequency, cause data, accident reports, safety survey reports, unit operations, and other activities having a direct impact on accident prevention and directs countermeasure programs to correct unsafe procedures or conditions. Develops procedures to evaluate the effectiveness of countermeasure programs. Coordinates hazard abatement issues with key staff personnel and appropriate agencies. (5) Represents the Adjutant General at various safety related conferences, meetings, seminars, councils, panels, and boards. Reviews overall state training plan to ensure that practices and procedures that minimize accident risk are incorporated into military training operations and tactical exercises. Ensures review of and coordination on state ARNG regulations and major command standing operating procedures to incorporate safety and occupational health related requirements. (6) Maintains extensive contacts with internal and external organizations (design review, state, and county) and higher authorities that have many different and often conflicting requirements. (7) Reviews engineering plans to verify that alteration or construction is in compliance with public law, applicable standards and guidelines. (8) Coordinates with and provides assistance to personnel management officials in the development and execution of a comprehensive abatement program for traumatic injury or occupational illness in accordance with the Federal Employees Compensation Act. (9) Establishes and maintains a program of range certification, explosive safety and safety management in accordance with appropriate regulations. (10) Identifies and justifies safety, occupational health and industrial hygiene budget requirements to include training, travel, employee health testing, safety equipment and material funds. (11) Plans and assigns work to be accomplished by subordinates in grades GS-4 through GS-11. Sets priorities and prepares schedules for completion of work. Makes assignments based on priorities, difficulties, and requirements of the assignment, and the capabilities of individual employees. Conducts employment interviews. Recommends employees for appointment, promotion or reassignment. Establishes performance standards. Monitors and evaluates employee performance. Assists employees in reaching performance goals. Informs subordinates of agency policies and programs. Hears complaints and grievances from employees. Resolves those which can be informally resolved, and/or makes recommendations for resolution to appropriate deciding official. Identifies developmental and training needs of employees and provides or obtains training. Approves and/or disapproves leave requests. Promotes acceptance and adherence of programs such as Equal Employment Opportunity, Federal Women's Program, Physically Handicapped, Labor-Management Relations, and other similar special emphasis programs. Maintains an effective position management program. Assures position descriptions are accurate and positions are operating as intended. (12) Performs other duties as assigned. D0694

Requirements

Qualifications

In describing your experience, please be clear and specific. We will not make assumptions regarding your experience. Applicants who do not fully address the minimum/specialized experience needed for the position in their resume will not be referred for consideration. MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS: Performed, as a team member, specified survey work to identify and evaluate hazardous and nonhazardous work and conditions. Applied conventional survey techniques to complete relatively uncomplicated evaluations. Made recommendations concerning corrective procedures where the potential for injury or property damage exists or current procedures do not achieve the desired results or modify/cancel the corrective procedures are no longer appropriate for situations encountered. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS: GS-0018-12: Must have experience in the following: 1 year equivalent to at least next lower grade level experience, education, or training performing industrial construction standards, methods, practices, techniques, materials, equipment, and utility systems sufficient to determine compliance with building safety standards and devise hazard control measures applicable to airport ground facilities and supporting industrial shops. Knowledge of psychological and physiological factors sufficient to develop a ground aviation safety education activity for supervisors and employees, to motivate maintenance personnel to apply safe working practices and to persuade supervisors to accept changes or modifications where required to achieve a safe working environment. Performed safety and occupational health principles, practices, procedures and standards applicable to a full range of complex safety and occupational health management responsibilities at a military aviation installation and requiring the planning, organizing, directing, operating and evaluation of a safety and occupational health program related to ground aviation, industrial and marine operations. Performed aviation maintenance work processes and support equipment, airport ground operations, facilities and runway maintenance techniques, and industrial work processes. Experience in managing the function of work to be performed. Experience that includes leading, directing and assigning work of personnel.

Education

Substitution of Education for Specialized Experience - Successful completion of a full 4-year course of study in any field leading to a bachelor's degree, in an accredited college or university, meets the GS-5 level requirements.

To receive credit for Education, you must provide college transcripts to support your Educational claims.

Contacts

• Address IA State Army Aviation Office 7105 NW 70th Ave Johnston, IA 50131-1824 US
• Name: Alyssa Smith
• Phone: 515-252-4682
• Email: [email protected]