Job Title: Safety and Occupational Health Specialist
Department: Department Of Homeland Security
Agency: Transportation Security Administration
SALARY RANGE:$.00 to $.00 / Per Year
Close Date: 6/3/13
Location: This position is located at Luis Munoz Marin International Airport (SJU) in San Juan, PR
WHO MAY BE CONSIDERED:
Open to all U.S. Citizens.
JOB SUMMARY:Do
you desire to protect American interests and secure our Nation while
building a meaningful and rewarding career? If so, the Department of
Homeland Security (DHS) is calling. DHS components work collectively to
prevent terrorism, secure borders, enforce and administer immigration
laws, safeguard cyberspace and ensure resilience to disasters. The
vitality and magnitude of this mission is achieved by a diverse
workforce spanning hundreds of occupations. Make an impact; join
DHS.
Securing Travel, Protecting People
- At the Transportation Security Administration, you will serve in a
high-stakes environment to safeguard the American way of life. In
cities across the country, you would secure airports, seaports,
railroads, highways, and/or public transit systems, thus protecting
America's transportation infrastructure and ensuring freedom of movement
for people and commerce. For additional information about our agency
please visit
http://www.tsa.gov/join/index
KEY REQUIREMENTS:•You must possess U.S. Citizenship or be a U.S. National.
•You must complete a favorable Background Investigation (BI).
•You may have to travel up to 25% of the time to other sites.
DUTIES:This
Safety and Occupational Health Specialist position is located at Luis
Munoz Marin International Airport (SJU), in the Transportation Security
Administration (TSA), Department of Homeland Security (DHS). If selected
for this position you will be responsible for coordinating, monitoring,
and developing the programs and processes concerned with safety and
occupational functions and supporting the safety function at an airport
at the hub level including the coordination of safety functions
performed at the associated spoke airports. Work performed minimizes
human injury and property losses due to harmful incidents incurred by
designing of management policies, programs and practices. You will apply
experience and advanced knowledge of safety and occupational health
program principles, concepts, regulations, practices, analytical methods
and techniques to perform multiple and varying assignments. Typical
duties include:
•Providing coordination of the safety program with
airport management, spoke airports, the Office of Security Operations,
and other program areas by coordinating/facilitating delivery of
services as required.
•Providing ongoing services to managers,
assigned organizations, and employees in their assigned program areas to
include initiating, tracking and following up on cases and studies to
ensure timely completion and regulatory compliance.
•Providing advice
and guidance to professionals, managers, and employees sufficient to
resolve recurring problems or those requiring adaptation of past
precedents through the sharing of information or recommending
alternative and appropriate approaches, including the review of policies
and precedents with limited guidance.
•Undertaking extensive
research and analysis and coordinating with more senior specialists
and/or supervisors as necessary to ensure that the most recent guidance
is applied when making technical decisions or advising managers, staff,
and employees. Recommending unprecedented interpretations of guidance
consistent with mission requirements and compliance with underlying
statutes, and applying considerable discretion in advocating specific
courses of action.
•Identifying and proposing technically sound and
administratively compliant solutions to a range of complex but recurring
safety hazards and risks requiring considerable judgment to ensure that
recommendations and approaches best meet TSA operational needs.
•Designing
and conducting studies where the issues under review are complex and
require recommending program changes or improvements to systems and
processes.
•Developing and providing instruction and training content
for airport employees and supervisors to reduce or eliminate potential
accident related losses.
•Providing training and guidance on the handling, transportation, and maintenance of hazardous materials.
•Serving
as a troubleshooter regarding causes for accidents or losses and
implementing adjustments in processes to prevent future incidents.
•Conducting routine safety inspections.
•Reporting on safety, accidents, implementation of preventative measures, and status.
•Providing guidance to more junior analysts as appropriate to accomplish ongoing work.
QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:To
qualify for the SV-H Pay Band, (equivalent to GS-12), you must have one
year of specialized experience equivalent to the SV-G or GS-11 in the
Federal service or equivalent experience in the private sector.
Specialized experience is defined as experience that has equipped the
applicant with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to
successfully perform the duties of the position. Such experience will
include coordinating, monitoring, and developing safety and occupational
health functions, programs, and processes and reporting on safety,
accidents, implementation of preventative measures and program status to
program management.
Note: Credit for experience is given based on
a 40-hour workweek. Part-time experience is credited on a part-time
ratio, i.e., working 20 hours per week for two months equals one month
of experience. No additional credit is given for overtime.
You must meet the qualification requirements for this position no later than the closing date of the vacancy announcement
TSA will only accept applications submitted via USAJobs. To view the full job description and apply online, please visit https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetail/344023300
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