Safety and Occupational Health Manager

Safety and Occupational Health Manager

Department: Department of Energy

Location(s): Vancouver, Washington

Salary Range: $113549 - $147615 Per Year

Job Summary: This position is located with Bonneville Power Administration, in the Safety West (NFW) organizations in the Safety Office (NF), Chief Administrative Office (N). A successful candidate in the Safety and Occupational Health Manager position will serve as a senior Safety Manager providing consultative services and technical assistance to District Managers and Project management teams engaged in construction and field safety activities.

Major Duties:

• As a Safety and Occupational Health Manager, you will: Write and submit inspection reports associated with Quality Assurance assessments of construction and field safety activities. Plan, schedule, and conduct inspections at construction and field worksites where there is a strong probability of encountering hazardous work processes and materials and unsafe environmental conditions, involving substantial numbers of employees. Recommend and implement new techniques and methods to resolve critical problems resulting from unique, changing work processes, numerous hazardous human-machine relationships, and multiple work functions consistent with a geographically disbursed electrical utility operation. Analyze accident and illness data, applicable legislation, and job hazards to design appropriate education activities. Work with the training specialist to provide appropriate courses and seminars. Provide agency-wide strategy and oversite of technical safety requirements for a programmatic activity, addressing risk that could result in death, and/or high catastrophic error rates at a national level. Analyze mishap statistics and investigative reports to compare incident rates among command units. Must achieve and maintain their permitted access to BPA energized facilities and possess at least a Substation Entry Permit.

Qualifications: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS A qualified candidate's resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level, GS-12, in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as: 1) identifying and evaluating occupational hazards in utility worksites, including recommending control measures for environments characterized by unsafe work processes, high potential for mishaps, and difficult abatements; and 2) advising senior management of appropriate measures and alternative courses of action to achieve mission goals with a minimum risk of injury to personnel and damage to property; and 3) developing safety and occupational health criteria, standards, and techniques used in the prevention and control of accidents associated with a system. "Experience" refers to paid and unpaid experience. Examples of qualifying unpaid experience may include: volunteer work done through National Service programs (such as Peace Corps and AmeriCorps); as well as work for other community-based philanthropic and social organizations. 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. Time-in-Grade: Current Federal employees must meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement to receive consideration. CTAP candidates: To be considered "well qualified" you must meet all of the requirements as described in this section. To receive selection priority for this position, you must: 1) meet the eligibility criteria; and 2) be rated "well-qualified", which is defined as having a score of 85 or better. You must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

How to Apply: Please read the entire announcement and all the instructions before you begin an application. To apply for this position, you must complete the initial online application, to include submission of the required documentation specified in the Required Documents section. A complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the announcement closing date to receive consideration. The application process is as follows: You must have a login.gov account to sign into USAJOBS: https://help.usajobs.gov/how-to/account. To begin the application process in USAJOBS, click the Apply Online button. Answer the questions presented in the application and attach all required and supporting documentation. You must click the Submit Application button prior to 11:59 pm (ET) on the announcement closing date. After submitting an online application, you will be notified whether or not you are required to take additional online assessments through the USA Hire Competency Based Assessment system. This message will be delivered to you via email notification. The email may be routed to your "Spam" or "Junk" folder. If you are asked to take the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, you will be presented with a unique URL to access the USA Hire system. Access to USA Hire is granted through your USAJOBS login credentials. Be sure to review all instructions prior to beginning your USA Hire Assessments. Click here for Computer System Requirements Note, set aside at least 3 hours to take these assessments; however, most applicants complete the assessments in less time. If you need to stop the assessments and continue at a later time, you can reuse the URL sent to you via email and also found in your USAJOBS account under the "Track my application" link for the corresponding application. You may update your application, including supporting documentation, at any time during the announcement open period by returning to your USAJOBS account, select Update Application: https://login.usajobs.gov/Account/Login. This option will no longer be available once the announcement has closed. To verify the status of your application, during and after the announcement open period, log into your USAJOBS account; applications will appear on the Welcome screen. The Application Status will appear along with the date your application was last updated. For information on what each application status means, visit: https://help.usajobs.gov/how-to/application/status. If you need help with login.gov or USAJOBS (e.g., account access, Resume Builder) visit the USAJOBS Help Center: https://help.usajobs.gov/how-to If you experience difficulty applying on USAJOBS, after clicking the Apply Online button, or you are experiencing a significant hardship hindering your ability to apply online, the Agency Contact listed in the announcement can assist you during normal business hours. If you receive any system error messages, take screenshots if possible, to aid technical support.

Application Deadline: 2026-01-23