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Assistant Area Director

Occupational Safety and Health Administration · Posted 67 days ago

Hybrid Naperville, IL $119K – $155K Apply by Jul 16, 2026 Industrial Hygiene ENFJ
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About the Role

This position is with the U. S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Chicago Region. It is in the Naperville Area Office. Selectee will be expected to report to the Naperville Area office; this is not a remote position. This position is outside the bargaining unit.

What You'll Do

  • Serves as Supervisor to a multi-disciplinary group of Industrial Hygienists, Safety and Occupational Health Specialists, and Safety Engineers.
  • Identifies, distributes and balances workload and tasks.
  • Provides and signs written performance appraisals based on daily observation of work.
  • Approves the use of annual, sick, and/or credit leave of short duration.
  • Communicates assignments and applicable time frames to team members.
  • Conducts on-the-job assessments of workload progress, productivity, and quality to ensure compliance with policies and procedures.
  • Makes recommendations on promotions, reassignments, awards, training, and other career development opportunities.
  • Assists in the formulation of new or revised draft performance standards.
  • Reviews case files to ensure proper application of standards and proposed penalties as well as reasonable abatement dates and documentation that is legally sufficient and consistent with OSHA policies and directives.
  • Monitors progress of the group toward accomplishment of the program plan, recommending deviations to the plan as required.
  • Serves as a witness before judicial hearing and trials, including criminal investigations, providing technical expertise in occupational safety.
  • Represents OSHA at meetings of employer or labor organizations, trade associations and other groups interested in safety and health.
  • Ensures that OSHA's Strategic Plan, mission, and vision are communicated and integrated into the goals, objectives, work plan, and customer service.
  • Reviews, comments and makes recommendations on current OSHA standards, development of new standards and operational procedures which affect the compliance program.

Requirements

  • Any applicant falsely claiming an academic degree from an accredited school will be subject to actions ranging from disqualification from federal employment to removal from federal service.
  • If your education was completed at a foreign college or university, you must show comparability to education received in accredited educational institutions in the United States and comparability to applicable minimum coursework requirements for this position.
  • Click Evaluation of Foreign Education for more information.

Personality Fit

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Job ID: 580a3a1f-3f8e-4132-942f-cab914b9a094

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