Safety & Occupational Health Manager

Safety & Occupational Health Manager

Department: Department of Veterans Affairs

Location(s): Butler, Pennsylvania

Salary Range: $76446 - $99375 Per Year

Job Summary: The Safety & Occupational Health Manager of the Butler VA Health Care System has full delegated authority and responsibility for the planning, coordination, operation, and internal evaluation of all the BVAHCS Safety and Occupational Health Programs. Acts as consultant for fire, construction, property, safety codes and regulations, and investigations; an administrator in formulation of policies and procedures; and educate by coordinating and critiquing training, drills, and facility performance.

Major Duties:

• Duties include, but may not be limited to the following: Identifies opportunities for improvement through an ongoing effort of hazard identification, evaluation, solution implementation, and monitoring Maintains accountability for developing, implementing, managing, and monitoring a comprehensive Safety and Occupational Health Program as defined by policy, which meets safety, hazardous material, and life safety requirements of the Department of Veterans Affairs, The Joint Commission (TJC), National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and other applicable accrediting entities Oversees Environment of Care and Life Safety Standards to ensure compliance Develops, monitors, and evaluates required management plans Assists in the development and evaluates required management plans: Life Safety (LS) Management, Hazardous Material Management, and Emergency Preparedness Management, as well as Utility Management, Equipment Management, and Security Management. Manages the facility's Statement of Conditions (SOC) and ensures life safety and fire protection features for the facility are maintained as required by NFPA and TJC Responsible for the Safety Management System (SMS) and its Program Effectiveness (Safety Policy, Job Hazard Analysis (JHA), Industrial Hygiene Exposure Assessment (IHEA) Oversight of compressed gases program, confined space program, construction safety program, electrical safety program, emergency eyewash and shower program, fall protection program, fire protection/life safety programs, lock-out/tagout program, machine guarding , motor vehicle safety and personal protective equipment Responsible for EOC Inspections, Construction Safety Inspections, Periodic shop inspections and AWE inspections Managing the Employee Compensation Operation & Management Portal (ECOMP) Investigates and reviews of employee injuries, making recommendations to the committee and the department heads for corrective actions Develops and presents to upper management budgetary information related to safety and occupational health programs Manages computer programs and databases to enhance management of safety and occupational health programs Develops promotional and educational activities to promote stakeholder awareness of the facility safety and occupational health programs Identifies and appraises accidents and/or loss producing conditions Identifies practices and evaluates the severity of accident problems Develops accident prevention and loss control methods, procedures, and programs Communicates accident and loss control information to those directly involved Measures and evaluates the effectiveness of the accident and loss control systems and the modifications required to achieve optimal results Back-up coverage for Environmental Protection Specialist Assists in oversight of a comprehensive and effective GEMS/IH program which recognizes, evaluates, and monitors environmental impacts from aspects of facility operations Secures required air emission, wastewater, and underground fuel storage tank permits and hazardous waste disposal Assists in oversight of comprehensive industrial hygiene program which recognizes, evaluates and monitors chemical, physical, biological and ergonomic stresses in the workplace to provide patients, visitors and staff of the VA the highest possible level of safety attainable Analyzes, and makes recommendations on all levels of medical center construction projects, including Major, Minor, Non-Recurring Maintenance (NRM) and Station Level Projects (SLP) to verify compliance with VA, federal, NFPA, OSHA, EPA, ADA, state, local and any other applicable safety codes Makes recommendations for changes to achieve full compliance when deficiencies are detected Ensures that internal safety codes are practiced uniformly and consistently with every construction project in the health system. Reviews findings with appropriate facility management and employee groups; prepares formal findings and recommendations for alleviation or elimination of hazards; involved in negotiating settlement or implementation of corrective action with facility managers at various organizational levels, as well as labor unions representing federal employee interests Conducts Life Safety assessments of affiliated community nursing homes, residential board and care homes and makes recommendations about referral of Veterans to these facilities Provides expert and consultative technical assistance to various facility committees, work groups, and task forces as well as to senior leadership and as a member of the Incident Command Team during activation of the hospital Incident Command System. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 7:30am - 4:00pm Compressed/Flexible: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Safety & Occupational Health Manager/PD04950NR Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized

Qualifications: To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 11/18/2025. Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-11 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-9. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-9 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: 1) Managing safety or occupational health program elements. 2) Developing and recommending safety and occupational health policy to higher levels of management. 3) 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. 4) 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. 5) Designing or modifying workplaces, processes, products, or other systems to control or eliminate hazards. 6) Training of workers, supervisors, managers, or other safety and occupational health personnel in safety or occupational health subjects. OR, Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have a: Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree OR, 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree OR, LL.M., if related For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.

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 the initial online questionnaire and submission of the required documentation specified in the How to Apply and Required Documents section. The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on the closing date of the announcement to receive consideration. To preview the application questionnaire, click https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12825890. The application process is as follows: To begin, click Apply Online to create a USA JOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your USA JOBS resume and/or other supporting documents. Answer the questions presented in the application and attach all necessary supporting documentation. Click the Submit Application button prior to 11:59 PM (ET) on the announcement closing date, 11/18/2025. If you are required to complete any USA Hire Assessments, you will be notified after submitting your application. The notification will be provided in your application submission screen and via email. The notification will include your unique assessment access link to the USA Hire system and the completion deadline. Additionally, in USAJOBS you can click "Track this application" to return to your assessment completion notice. Access USA Hire using your unique assessment link. Access is granted through your USAJOBS login credentials. Review all instructions prior to beginning your assessments. You will have the opportunity to request a testing accommodation before beginning the assessments should you have a disability covered under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended. Set aside at least 3 hours to take the USA Hire Assessments; however, most applicants complete the assessments in less time. If you need to stop the assessments and continue later, you can re-use your unique assessment link. NOTE: Your responses to the USA Hire Assessments will be reused for one year (in most cases) from the date you complete an assessment. If future applications you submit require completion of the same assessments, your responses will be automatically reused. Visit the USA Hire Applicant Resource Center for practice assessments and assessment preparation resources at https://support-usahire.opm.gov/hc/en-us. To update your application, including supporting documentation: During the announcement open period, return to your USAJOBS account, find your application record, and click Edit my application. This option will no longer be available once the announcement has closed. To view the announcement status or your application status: https://help.usajobs.gov/how-to. Your application status page is where you can view your application status, USA Hire assessment completion status, and review your notifications sent by the hiring agency regarding your application. Beginning September 27, 2025, Federal agencies will only accept resumes up to two pages in length to comply with the Merit Hiring Plan. Resumes longer than two pages will result in ineligibility for further consideration for the position. USAJOBS will not allow you to upload or build resumes longer than two pages, and you will need to update the resumes in your profile before applying for a job. Resumes should include information relevant to the knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies of the position to which you are applying. VA is unable to make assumptions about qualifications if not clearly listed. Resumes must be legible so they can be reviewed for eligibility, minimum qualifications and other position requirements listed in the job announcement. Your resume must be 5MB or less. We recommend saving and uploading your resume as a PDF to maintain formatting and number of pages. We also accept GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, RTF, TXT, PDF, ODT or Word (DOC or DOCX). We do not accept PDF portfolio files. We recommend using a sans-serif font size like Lato, if available. Other widely available options are Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, Open San Source Sans Pro, Roboto or Noro Sans. Make your page margins 0.5 inches. Consider using 14-point size font for titles and 10-point for the main text in your resume. The resume builder can help you create a resume using these recommendations and uses the information in your USAJOBS profile to help you get started. Helpful Hints for Creating a Two-Page Resume: Prioritize most relevant and recent experience Use concise, results focused language Align language from the job announcement Focus on demonstrating skills and competencies Remove outdated or unrelated experience Use the USAJOBS resume builder Additional guidance on this new requirement and resume building tools can be found at: https://help.usajobs.gov/faq/application/documents/resume/page-limit.

Application Deadline: 2025-11-18