TSA – Safety and Occupational Health Specialist

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

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