SAFETY AND Occupational HEALTH Specialist Security Clearance

Position: SAFETY AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SPECIALIST with Security Clearance
Duties as a safety and occupational health specialist, gs-0018-11, duties include:
1. Serves as the state, territory, district of columbia safety and occupational health specialist in the maintenance of a comprehensive ground and explosives, safety program for the state. Coordinates with senior safety personnel and provides quality actions and plans for the sustainment of state arng safety and occupational health management systems (asohms) within the broad framework of statutory public law, dod, army, and national guard policy, goals, and objectives.

Implements plans, methods, and assess risks to improve safety in the workplace and off-duty environments. Reduces preventable mishaps in the preservation of arng personnel, equipment, facilities, and resources. The soh specialist executes a complex so&eh program for a broad occupational field involving a wide variety of changing, high risk operations, environmental conditions, and hazardous materials. Reviews and updates the state soh plan to include all applicable army soh functional areas.

Reviews and updates state safety policy and standard operating procedures for soh programs. Functional program responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following areas: monitors and evaluates installation soh functional safety programs for effective implementation, to include; workplace operations, workplace safety, hazard communication programs, industrial operations (lockout/tagout, confined space, fall protection), emergency planning and response, safety training and education of soh programs consisting of training needs assessments of subordinate organizations mission and operational needs.

Community, off-duty recreation, and seasonal safety, public, family, child, and youth safety, tactical operations, tactical safety, force mobilization, transportation safety, motor vehicle mishap prevention, maritime activities, safe cargo operations, explosives safety, range safety operations, electrical safety, fire and emergency services safety, and contract safety. Receives direction and guidance from the supervisor or safety and occupational health manager for continuing or individual assignments, limitations, quality, and quantity expected, deadlines, and priority of work conditions involving a substantial number and diversity of hazards;

or a wide variety of independent and continuing assignments in a specialized area of safety and occupational health that have exacting technical requirements. Sustains knowledge of a wide range of safety and occupational health concepts, principles, practices, laws, and regulations applicable to the performance of complex administrative safety and occupational health programs. Responsibilities require the skill sufficient to plan, organize, coordinate, and evaluate a fully developed safety and occupational health program.

Assignments cover a wide range of work operations and environmental conditions involving a substantial number and diversity of hazards; or a wide variety of independent and continuing assignments in a specialized area of safety and occupational health that have exacting technical requirements.
2. Performs inspections of daily operations and workplaces. Conducts or participates in. Identifies high risk hazardous operations and procedures and ensures mitigation countermeasures are effective. Performs inspections, assessments, and surveys of daily safety and occupational health operations and workplaces requiring a degree of physical exertion and considerable standing, walking, climbing, bending, crouching, stretching, lifting of moderately heavy objects, reaching or similar movements.

Conducts safety and occupational health surveys of offices, storage areas, and industrial areas to determine compliance with applicable occupational safety standards. The use of personal protective equipment and clothing may be needed to conduct surveys involving recurrent exposure to hazards and discomforts, moving machine parts, shielded radiation sources, irritant chemicals, acid fumes, physical stresses, high noise levels, adverse weather conditions, and high temperatures.

Identifies hazards and evaluates initial risk potential for harm to employees, the general public, damage to equipment and resources, and provides technical assistance to managers, supervisors and employees necessary to achieve safe and healthy working conditions. Monitors employee performance, environmental conditions, facilities, and equipment for compliance with osha and army standards. Identifies hazards and unsafe conditions and practices. Reports findings, assigns risk assessment codes, recommends corrective actions, and conducts follow-up inspections.

Reviews findings of safety surveys conducted by safety committees and determines appropriate action required. Performs other duties as assigned. Requirements conditions of employment
* military membership in the nebraska national guard membership is required.
* males born after 31 december 1959 must be…