Safety and Occupational Health Manager

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Open: March 10, 2026 —
Closes: March 16, 2026

What General Information Do I Need To Know About This Position? Salary: $121,785 (Step 01) to $158,322 (Step 10);

NOTE:

First time hires to the Federal Government are typically hired at the Step 01.

As a Safety and Occupational Health Manager within the Office of Management Services, some of your specific duties will include:
Serving as a Section Chief directing Safety and Occupation Health operations with responsibility for advising and recommending policies, plans, standards, and procedures for accident and occupational illness prevention and public safety. Preparing reports of bureau-wide accident trend analysis to address negative trends and program gaps. Developing USGS management recommendations aimed toward program improvement, cost reductions, safer utilization of manpower, equipment, and facilities to include developing initiatives based on report's findings.

Preparing, reviewing, and ensuring national policies, guidance, and procedures related to safety and health that includes following correspondence review processes. Assisting the Chief in Administration of the USGS Occupational and Safety Health Awards Program, annual OSHA reports, informational correspondence, and safety awareness materials. Consulting and coordinating with other internal and external Occupational and Safety Health experts to solve complex Bureau Occupational and Safety Health issues and problems.

Representing the USGS in meetings and conferences with public and private agencies concerning Occupational and Safety Health matters serving as the Occupational Safety and Health Management Branch representative. Operate a government owned or leased vehicle as an incidental driver.

Physical Demands The work is primarily sedentary. The incumbent also performs site visits, evaluations, and inspections of facilities, construction projects, field sites and high hazard operations requiring physical exertion, occasional climbing and extended periods of walking or standing on uneven or unstable surfaces.

Work Environment Work is primarily performed in an office setting. Regular and recurring onsite evaluation and inspection work may expose the incumbent to hazardous environmental conditions and hazardous materials encountered at field locations. Protective equipment is sometimes required.

• As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you may be required to serve a 1-year probationary or trial period during which your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest will be evaluated.
• The selectee for this position will be required to serve a supervisory probationary period, unless they have already completed one.
• This probationary period is an extension of the appointment process and therefore requires the agency to determine if continued employment would advance the public interest, meet the organization goals and mission of the agency, and/or otherwise promote the efficiency of the service.
• In determining if your employment advances the public interest, the agency will consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
• Under applicable law, the employment of an individual serving a probationary or trial period automatically terminates when that period ends unless the agency affirmatively certifies, in writing, that the individual's employment should continue and that their appointment should be finalized.
• In the absence of agency action to affirmatively certify continued employment beyond the probationary or trial period, such appointments are terminated.
• Upon completion of your probationary your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.