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Safety and Occupational Health Manager
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · Posted 13 days ago
Hybrid Silver Spring, MD $106K – $189K Apply by Sep 8, 2026 Safety and Occupational Health Management ENTJESFJESTJISTJ Operations
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This position is located in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (OMAO), NOAA Diving Center (NDC), with 1 vacancy in Silver Spring, MD; Alpena, MI; Newport, RI; Galveston, TX; Seattle, WA; or Sheboygan, WI. This position is also announced under vacancy number OMAO-26-13050188-ST, which is open to Status Candidates. You must apply to both announcements if you want to be considered for both.
What You'll Do
- →As a Safety and Occupational Health Manager, you will perform the following duties: Administer safety and occupational health activities and program for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) scientific and commercial diving operations.
- →Oversee the safety and regulatory compliance of facilities, equipment and materials management and maintenance, personnel training and records retention.
- →Conduct studies on the effectiveness of health programs, make recommendations and implement changes to ensure a safe and helpful workplace for NOAA divers.
- →Develop dive safety inspection program goals, objectives and methods to ensure NOAA's dive units comply and align with established regulation.
- →Plan and execute dive unit inspections to measure and minimize hazards and unsafe conditions.
- →Inspects each unit's emergency equipment for compliance and suspend diving activities until deficiencies are corrected.
- →Review safety incidents, conduct investigations and identify causal factors through interviews, record reviews and analysis of sequence of events.
- →Draft reports of investigations based on objective evidence and brief to senior management.
- →Communicate safety concerns and provide independent and objective safety recommendations to both NOAA diving units and the NOAA Diving Control and Safety Board.
- →POSITION REQUIREMENTS: This position has physical requirements.
- →Certified Diving Instructor with broad technical expertise and background in a variety of diving systems.
- →The incumbent must pass the entrance requirements and obtain a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) diving certification, including being able to pass NOAA Dive Physical requirements within two months of employment.
- →The incumbent may have to be on ships to perform inspections of dive lockers and equipment.
- →Works outside of an office in settings that include ships, small boats, marine environments, diving facilities, and remote locations and may be subjected to extreme temperatures.
Requirements
- ✓This position will be filled under the DOC Alternative Personnel System (CAPS).
- ✓Under CAPS, positions are classified by career, pay plan, and pay band.
- ✓The ZA-4 is equivalent to the GS-13/14.
- ✓Key Requirements: Applicants must be U.S.
- ✓Suitable for Federal employment, as determined by background investigation.
- ✓More requirements are listed under Qualifications and Additional Information.
- ✓Must be registered for Selective Service, if applicable (www.sss.gov) Qualification requirements must be met by closing date of the announcement.
- ✓Additional Considerations: One year probationary period may be required.
- ✓Payment of relocation expenses (PCS) is not authorized.
- ✓Payment of relocation incentives OR recruitment incentives may be authorized.
- ✓Note: Relocation incentives are for current federal employees only.
- ✓This position requires Moderate Risk Security Clearance.
- ✓Background investigation will be required.
- ✓Continued employment is subject to applicant's successful completion of security investigation and favorable adjudication.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 59c2a0c1-7eac-4619-8622-10bcccec376b
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