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Supervisory Safety and Occupational Health Specialist (Area Director)
Occupational Safety and Health Administration · Posted today
HybridCharleston, WV$126K – $164KApply by Jun 2, 2026Safety and Occupational Health ManagementENFJOperations
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This position serves as Area Director for the OSHA Philadelphia Region, Charleston Area Office. Safety and Occupational Health Programs cover a range of industries including a variety of high-hazard and high-risk operations with exposure to chemicals and physical agents. The selectee will be expected to report to the office listed above; this is not a remote position. This position is outside the bargaining unit.
What You'll Do
- →The Supervisory Safety and Occupational Health Specialist (Area Director) assumes responsibility for ensuring safe and healthful working conditions for workers within an assigned geographical area.
- →Industries include a variety of high-hazard and high risk operations (i.e., heavy construction, maritime operations, foundries, textile operations) and exposure to chemicals and physical agents for which standards, regulations, and precedents are not directly applicable, lacking, controversial or contested (i.e., asbestos, cotton dust, lead, silica, noise, fiberglass).
- →Duties include but are not limited to the following: Oversee safety and occupational health programs for industries that include a variety of high-hazard and high-risk operations and exposure to chemicals and physical agents for which standards, regulations, and precedents are not directly applicable, lacking, controversial, or contested.
- →Provide leadership, guidance, and advice to a variety of safety and occupational health representatives in the interpretation of pertinent legislation, regulations, and standards to conform with Federal requirements and to ensure achievement of sound program objectives and improved service to workers within the area office jurisdiction.
- →Assign work to subordinates based on priorities, selective consideration, and the difficulty of the work and the capability of the employees.
- →Evaluate work performance of subordinates.
- →Give advice, counsel, or instruct employees on both work and administrative matters.
- →Hear and resolve complaints of employees, referring group grievances and more serious unresolved complaints to higher level supervisor.
- →Identify developmental and training needs of employees, providing or arranging for needed development and training.
- →Find ways to improve production and increase the quality of work directed.
- →Hear and resolve group grievances or serious employee complaints.
- →Review and approve serious disciplinary actions involving nonsupervisory subordinates.
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-14.
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