Supervisory Safety and Occupational Health Manager

You will serve as a Safety and Occupational Health Manager with National Park Service. This position is located in the Intermountain Regional Office serving Interior Regions 6, 7, & 8 Facilities and Lands Directorate. You may be required to travel overnight away from home up to 1-2 nights per month. You must obtain a government charge card for travel purposes. GS-14 Salary: $140,239 (Step 01) to $182,316 (Step 10).

Major duties

Some of the major duties you will perform include but are not limited to the following: Provides leadership and support to safety staff throughout the Region to assist them in planning and executing their programs in a manner consistent with national and regional Safety, Health, and Wellness (SHW) objectives and requirements. Develops and oversees efforts to ensure SHW management systems are in place and functioning, that managers understand their responsibilities of safety and well-being of their personnel, and that all program areas incorporate SHW practices at all levels of program planning, direction, administration, and execution within the Region. Responsible for overall allocation of staff time and effort of the regional office safety team. aligns staff work to ensure the best use of regional office Safety Division resources. Provides oversight to the determination of priorities for each regional office staff member, and heavily influences the workplans of the ~20 full time safety managers and ~30+ collateral duty safety managers throughout the Region. Provides guidance to the management staff of 80+ parks within the Region. The regional program includes more than 50 safety contacts identified for parks, ranging from approximately 20 fulltime safety managers to 30+ employees with collateral safety responsibilities, to Superintendents filling a safety leadership role, as well as regional safety contacts and specialists in a variety of other disciplines. Plans, directs, coordinates, and provides strategic leadership for all SHW activities including finding and establishing new and innovative approaches. Plans, requests, monitors, and is accountable for the Regional Division Safety Budget. Supports and oversees system implementation including the SHW Electronic Tool, the Safety Management Information System (SMIS) and the Incident Notification Tool which all collectively provide management information on SHW at all levels of the organization. Participates in formulating NPS policy recommendations related to SHW programs, including the development of service-wide procedures, guidelines, and processes.

Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement - 10/01/2026-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. Competitive candidates must also meet Time-in-Grade requirements as defined in 5 CFR 300, Subpart F. For current Federal employees, if hours worked per week are not included on your resume, you must submit a non-award SF-50 as part of your application to be used to validate your work schedule and determine the amount of specialized experience that you will be granted. An award SF-50 will not be acceptable documentation for which to consider your amount of qualifying experience. For periods of time that reflect military service, the DD-214 or Statement of Service is sufficient to meet the work schedule requirement as the service dates will be reflected. For all other applicants who are not current federal employees, your resume must state either "full-time" (or "40 hours a week") or "part-time" with the number of hours worked per week to ensure proper crediting of specialized experience. Minimum Qualification Requirements: To qualify for this position, you must meet the following minimum qualifications: To qualify for this position at the GS-14 grade level: Experience: To qualify, you must possess at least one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent in level of difficulty and responsibility to at least the GS-13 grade level in the Federal service as described in the qualifications section of the vacancy announcement. This experience is in the field of safety and occupational health and has provided me with the specific knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to perform the duties of this position successfully. Examples of qualifying specialized experience include planning, directing, coordinating, and providing strategic leadership for all safety activities for a multi-discipline workforce operating over a broad geographic area. Responsible for internal safety coordination, safety policy setting, and safety policy implementation across an organization, program, or workgroup. Supervises GS-12 or above safety or risk managers/professionals. (You must include hours worked per week on resume). Volunteer Experience: Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Education

This position does not allow substituting education for experience.

Requirements

Must be a U.S. Citizen or National. Appointment subject to background investigation and favorable adjudication. Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service. Direct Deposit participation required. Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more, visit https://www.e-verify.gov/. Must possess and maintain a valid driver's license throughout employment. You are required to complete training, obtain and maintain a government credit card with travel and purchase authority. You may be required to work on-call, evenings, weekends, holidays, overtime and shift work. Probationary Period: As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you may be required to serve a 1-year probationary period to evaluate your fitness and whether your continuation of employment advances the public interest. This probationary period is an extension of the appointment process and therefore requires the agency to determine if continued employment would advance the public interest, meet the organization goals and mission of the agency, and/or otherwise promote the efficiency of the service. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, the agency will consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service. Under applicable law, the employment of an individual serving a probationary or trial period automatically terminates when that period ends unless the agency affirmatively certifies, in writing, that the individual's employment should continue and that their appointment should be finalized. In the absence of agency action to affirmatively certify continued employment beyond the probationary or trial period, such appointments are terminated. Upon completion of your probationary period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest. This is a supervisory position that may require completion of a supervisory probationary period.