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Safety Engineer
Occupational Safety and Health Administration · Posted 2 days ago
About the Role
This position will serve as a Safety Engineer for the New York Regional Office within the Dept. of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration. This position is inside the bargaining unit. The full performance level of this position is at the GS-12 grade level. A writing sample may be included as part of the interview process.
What You'll Do
- →Prepares final report or assigned portion of report, showing apparent violations, and recommends penalties and abatement dates.
- →Recommends strategies and techniques for resolving unsafe or hazardous conditions.
- →Conducts research assignments using internet technology to prepare for onsite inspections or in response to requests for information.
- →Assists in conducting interviews with management and employees.
- →Responds to complaints and employer reports of injuries and illnesses.
- →GS-09: Inspects worksites, machine and equipment operations, environmental conditions, work practices, protective devices and equipment, and safety procedures.
- →Documents apparent violations of standards for use as evidence of existing hazards and unsafe working conditions.
- →Assists agency attorneys in the preparation of evidence supporting the agency's findings of safety and occupational health violations where the employer contests the inspection results.
- →Examines and assesses records and files covering near misses, injuries, illnesses and equipment maintenance data.
- →Reviews safety activities for evidence of compliance with prescribed safety requirements.
- →Interviews management and employees for information on specific working conditions to evaluate the total worksite environment.
- →Documents ongoing case files with relevant documentation to support a legally sufficient case.
- →Communicates with various parties at inspected worksites.
- →Assists in investigating incidents resulting in fatalities or injuries and serious incidents.
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
Job ID: a0925a8c-94ac-4c11-8f2a-f5bae8e7108d
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