Requirements
Conditions of employment
- You must be a U.S. Citizen or U.S. National.
- You must be suitable for federal employment, as determined by a background investigation.
- You must submit a resume and supporting documentation (see Required Documents).
- You must meet the specialized experience requirements (see Qualifications).
- You must obtain and maintain a valid state-issued driver's license.
- Required to safety operate motor vehicles in the performance of duties. Occasional overnight business travel required.
- This position is designated as a MODERATE RISK Public Trust position. It requires a fully completed and favorably adjudicated Public Trust Suitability Background Investigation (T2S or T2RS or equivalent) that is current (within the last 5 years). This is a condition of employment.
- May be required to complete a one-year supervisory probationary period.
- Reclamation has determined that the duties of this position are suitable for telework and you may be allowed to telework with supervisory approval.
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Additional Information section for the
Condition of Employment for Probationary Period.
Who May Apply: - Bureau of Reclamation Employees (Competitive)
- Bureau of Reclamation Employees (Non-Competitive)
- Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP)
- Department of the Interior Employees (Competitive)
- Department of the Interior Employees (Non-Competitive)
Qualifications
To qualify for this position, you must meet the Specialized Experience and Time-in-Grade requirements, as outlined below.
Specialized Experience
To qualify for the position, applicants must possess one full year of specialized experience that is comparable in scope and complexity to the GS-12 grade level in the federal civil service. Qualifying experience for the Safety and Occupational Health Manager position is defined as: Planning, implementing, and/or evaluating a comprehensive Safety and Occupational Health (SOH) program in a high-risk industrial work environment; ensuring compliance with OSHA industry standards and corresponding laws and regulations; providing technical advisory services to management officials on a variety of SOH matters or concerns; conducting hazard analyses, inspections, and accident investigations in an industrial work environment; developing and/or implementing SOH policies, procedures, and risk mitigation strategies; supervising or leading personnel specializing in SOH and/or industrial hygiene. This definition of qualifying experience represents the type of work performed at the next lower grade level in the federal civil service(GS-12).
Time-in-Grade Requirement
Eligible candidates must meet the Time-in-Grade requirement, in accordance with 5 CFR § 300.604, by the closing date of this job opportunity announcement.
You must meet all Eligibility and Qualification requirements, including time-in-grade restrictions, by 08/17/2026.
Education
This position does not allow substituting education for experience.
Additional information
Condition of Employment for Probationary Period: As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a one-year probationary period, during which your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest will be evaluated. 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.
You may be required to serve an initial supervisory probation period.
Reclamation has determined that the duties of this position are suitable for telework and you may be allowed to telework with supervisory approval.
DOI uses E-Verify to confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees. To learn more about E-Verify, including applicant rights and responsibilities, please visit
https://www.e-verify.gov/
This position is designated as a MODERATE RISK Public Trust position. It requires a fully completed and favorably adjudicated Public Trust Suitability Background Investigation (T2S or T2RS or equivalent) that is current (within the last 5 years). This is a condition of employment.
Male applicants born after
12/31/1959: must certify registration with the Selective Service System or that the applicant is exempt from having to do so under the Selective Service Law. Go to:
https://www.sss.gov
This is a non-bargaining unit position.
Additional vacancies may be filled using this job announcement.
Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.
A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.
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How you will be evaluated
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Resumes must not exceed two single-sided pages and resumes longer than two pages will not be accepted. The minimum font size is 10-point for all body text. Headers may be slightly larger but must remain legible. All resumes must maintain a minimum 0.5-inch margins on all sides to ensure readability and prevent excessive content compression. Including supplemental pages or attachments disguised as resume extensions are prohibited and will not be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualifications.
Your qualifications will be evaluated based on your application materials (e.g., resume, supporting documents), your responses to the technical assessment questions, and the results of additional assessments required for the position. You will be assessed on the following Competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics):
- Accident Investigation
- Leadership
- Program Management
- Risk Management
- Safety and Occupational Health
To be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process. In addition to the application and application questionnaire, this position requires successful completion of additional assessment(s), including a technical assessment questionnaire and SME resume review. These hurdled assessments measure the critical competencies listed above that are required to successfully perform the job.
Your answers will be verified against information provided in your resume. Your resume must clearly support the responses you select on all questionnaires by addressing specialized experience that is relevant to this position. You must make a fair and accurate assessment of your qualifications. If a determination is made that you have rated yourself higher than what is apparent in the description of your experience, competencies, skills, and/or education/training (or that your resume/application is incomplete), you could be rated as ineligible, or your score could be reduced.
For evaluating the quality of candidates for referral to the selecting official, a three-phased process will be used.
Phase 1: Applicant resumes will be reviewed and evaluated by the HR office to determine if minimum qualification requirements are met (see definition of specialized experience). If you meet the minimum qualification requirements, you will continue to the second phase and will be given an interim score based on the technical assessment questionnaire responses. With information received from the applicant assessment questionnaire in the first phase, applicants will be evaluated on the relevant
Competencies outlined above.
Phase 2: Candidate resumes that pass the first phase will be evaluated by a subject matter expert (SME) panel, in correlation with the required
Competencies outlined above.
Phase 3: Candidate applications will be administered a final cumulative score based on the scores acquired from the first and second phases. Qualified candidates qualified will be referred to the selecting official for further consideration.
Required Documents
Please submit the supporting documents outlined below applicable to your claimed eligibility status and the position and grade to which you are applying. Failing to submit required documents will result in non-consideration due to an incomplete application package.
RESUME: You must submit a resume that demonstrates how skills and experiences through job duties meet the qualifications and requirements listed in the job announcement to be considered for the job. Each job experience must include dates of employment including start and end dates (month and year), work schedule (full-time or part-time), and hours worked per week. Resumes must not exceed two single-sided pages and resumes longer than two pages will not be accepted. The minimum font size is 10-point for all body text. Headers may be slightly larger but must remain legible. All resumes must maintain a minimum 0.5-inch margins on all sides to ensure readability and prevent excessive content compression. Including supplemental pages or attachments disguised as resume extensions are prohibited and will not be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualifications.For more information, click here.
PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL: You are required to submit (1) a copy of your most recent performance appraisal/evaluation, and (2) a list of any awards (e.g. superior performance awards, special act/achievement awards, quality step increase, etc.) received in the last 5 years. Any performance appraisal/evaluation and award documentation you provide will be forwarded to the selecting official. The selecting official will review this documentation and give it due weight consideration during the overall selection process. If you do not have your most recent performance appraisal/evaluation, submit a statement as to why it is not available and indicate your prior performance appraisals/evaluations that were at an acceptable level. This documentation is required to be considered as a current or former federal employee.
CURRENT DOI EMPLOYEES: Current Competitive Service Department of Interior (DOI) employees that are eligible for Promotion and/or Reassignment must submit a copy of Promotion or Within-Grade Increase (WGI) SF-50 document that clearly indicates the highest rate of pay in a permanent position appointment, and Career or Career-conditional status in the Competitive Service (Tenure 1 or 2), for which you are claiming eligibility. Do not submit Award SF-50s. If you are applying for a higher grade and your SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you meet the one year time-in-grade requirement so you will need to provide an SF-50 clearly demonstrating that you meet the time-in-grade requirement (examples of appropriate SF-50s include Promotions, Within-grade Grade/Range Increases, and SF-50s with an effective date over a year old). For more information, click here. See above section for Performance Appraisal documentation requirement.
If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from
schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.