Incumbent serves the Yellowstone National Park and is responsible for developing, directing and coordinating the safety and occupational health program for the park.

Duties

Evaluates individual park operations for conformance with Federal, State, and local safety and occupational health standards. Establishes park-wide standard operating procedures designed to prevent accidents, identify problem areas, and track areas needing greater attention. Assists the park in preparing safety project descriptions, budget requests, etc., and helps administer park's safety programs. Performs periodic onsite surveys for assigned organizations; inspects construction projects and designs to determine compliance with applicable occupational safety standards. Assists supervisors and line management in conducting analyses of work-site safety; advises the site manager where improvements should be made, and where successes are being experienced. Develops, administers, conducts, and monitors safety training programs concerning a diverse array of subjects crucial for the safety and health of NPS employees, as well as the well-being of visitors. Provides technical advice and recommendations for new safety proposals/suggestions. When appropriate, gives presentations concerning current safety projects within the park. Project/bid/market research and cost-benefit analysis on potential environmental and safety projects. Utilized specific safety models used inside the Park Service: GAR (Green, Amber, Red), SPE (Severity, Probability, Exposure), ORMA (Operational Risk Management Analysis). helping mitigate risk to employees on the job site. Update and Move SDS (Safety Data Sheets) management system from hard copies to on-line data base. Project/bid/market research and cost-benefit analysis on potential environmental and safety projects.

Requirements

Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement 10/10/2023, unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. Credit will be given for all appropriate qualifying experience. To receive credit for experience, your resume MUST clearly indicate the nature of the duties and responsibilities for each position, starting and ending dates of employment (month/year), and the resume must reflect full and/or part-time or total number of hours worked (i.e., work 40+ hours a week, rather than indicating full-time). If part-time, the hours must be annotated to be able to pro-rate the amount of qualified specialized experience. To qualify for this position at the GS-9 or GS-11 grade level, you must meet at least one of the following Specialized Experience Requirements by close of the announcement: To qualify for this position at the GS-09 grade level: EXPERIENCE: At least one full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-07 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). This experience includes activities such as: Managing safety or occupational health program elements; 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; 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. OR - EDUCATION: Successful completion of at least a master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree in a field directly related to safety or occupational health such as safety, occupational health, or 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. You must include transcripts. OR - Successful completion of an equivalent combination of specialized experience (as described in above) and graduate education (as described above.) To qualify for this position at the GS-11 grade level: EXPERIENCE: At least one full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-9 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). This experience includes activities such as: 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; 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; Training of workers, supervisors, managers, or other safety and occupational health personnel in safety or occupational health subjects; Developing and recommending safety and occupational health policy to higher levels of management. OR - EDUCATION: Successful completion of a Ph. D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree in a field directly related to safety or occupational health such as safety, occupational health, or 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. You must include transcripts. OR - Successful completion of a combination of education and experience as described above. Note: only education obtained after the first two full years of graduate education is creditable when combining experience and education. Volunteer Experience: Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Education

To qualify based on education, you must submit a legible copy of transcripts from an accredited institution with your name, school name, credit hours, course level, major(s), and grade-point average or class ranking. Transcripts do not need to be official, but if you are selected for this position and you used your education to qualify, you must provide official transcripts before you begin work.

If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet qualification requirements, you must show that your 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.

Contacts

• Address Yellowstone National Park PO Box 168 Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190 US
• Name: Sara Hale
• Email: [email protected]