Supervisory Safety and Occupational Health Manager - Manhattan, United States - Department Of Agriculture

Description

Summary

As the Safety, Health and Environmental Management Chief for the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF) you will have lead responsibility for developing and overseeing a comprehensive safety and occupational health program, hazardous waste and a robust environmental protection program, and providing technical guidance and oversight in these areas.

Duties

• The duties may include, but are not limited to:
• Provide leadership, technical direction, and oversight on safety, occupational health, and environmental protection issues to employees.
• Review, analyze and interpret applicable federal, state and municipal laws, regulations, standards, policies, guidelines and Executive Orders to identify potential impacts.
• Formulates and develops safety and occupational health policy consistent with prevailing Federal, Departmental, and APHIS and ARS Agency requirements.
• Develop guidance materials and written procedures for implementation of technical safety standards, codes, and safety requirements for a wide variety of operations or activities.
• Performs comprehensive evaluations and compliance surveys of various worksites.
• Investigate reports of unsafe or unhealthy conditions in the workplace with the goal of providing a safer, healthier workplace, and reducing work comp claims.
• Develop and/or coordinate the delivery of training with the Training Manager and other staff on a variety of safety and occupational health topics.
• Apply current advances in the safety and health field along with experienced judgment in solving novel or obscure problems.