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Assistant Area Director
Occupational Safety and Health Administration · Posted 10 days ago
Hybrid Bismarck, ND $127K – $165K Apply by Jun 23, 2026 Safety and Occupational Health Management ENFJ
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This position is with the U. S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Denver Region. It is in the Bismarck Area Office located in North Dakota. The selectee will be expected to report to the assigned office listed above; this is not a remote position. This position is outside the bargaining unit. Official Title is Supervisory Safety & Occupational Health Specialist (Assistant Area Director).
What You'll Do
- →The major duties for this position include but are not limited to the following: 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.
- →Conducts on-the-job assessments of workload progress, productivity, and quality to ensure compliance with policies and procedures.
- →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.
- →Oversees and monitors the Regional Federal Enforcement Program by providing expert guidance and assistance to staff members and area directors concerning Regional and National Office policies, the Field Operations Manual, and new directives and instructions dealing with enforcement of OSHA programs.
- →Discusses apparent problem areas and provides guidance and interpretation of enforcement standards, regulatory and procedural requirements.
- →Plans and evaluates compliance methodology to develop internal compliance procedures and determines priorities, provides liaison with employer and employee organizations as well as with the Regional Solicitor's Office and with publicly organized safety and health groups.
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.
- ✓There is no substitution of education for specialized experience at the GS-13 grade level.
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