Reclamation is seeking a career professional looking for an opportunity to capitalize on their expertise as a Safety and Occupational Health Manager. You can make a difference in the West by assisting in meeting increasing water demands while protecting the environment.
Duty Location: Grand Coulee, Washington
Summary
Reclamation is seeking a career professional looking for an opportunity to capitalize on their expertise as a Safety and Occupational Health Manager. You can make a difference in the West by assisting in meeting increasing water demands while protecting the environment.
Plans, directs, and evaluates a comprehensive Safety, Occupational Health, and Environmental (SOH&E) program supporting high-risk hydropower, construction, and maintenance operations.
Serves as the primary technical advisor to leadership on safety, occupational health, and environmental compliance, policy, and risk management.
Supervises and leads a multidisciplinary team of safety, industrial hygiene, and environmental professionals, ensuring effective program execution and staff development.
Oversees industrial hygiene, environmental compliance, and behavioral-based safety programs to identify hazards, reduce risk, and ensure regulatory compliance.
Reviews and evaluates work plans, contracts, and engineering designs to ensure integration of safety and environmental requirements.
Leads accident investigations, analyzes risk, and implements corrective actions to improve safety performance and prevent recurrence.
Performs other related duties as assigned within this job classification.
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 HIGH RISK Public Trust position. It requires a fully completed and favorably adjudicated Public Trust Suitability Background Investigation (Tier 4 or equivalent). 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.
Continue to the 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 ยง 300.604, by the closing date of this job opportunity announcement.
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/
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.
Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.
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. Candidates that are determined as qualified will be referred to the selecting official for further consideration.
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.
Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.
The following documentation is required to support your claimed eligibility status for the position and grade to which you are applying. Failing to submit the required documentation outline below 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:
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.
Applications (resume, assessment questionnaire, and supporting documentation) for this vacancy MUST be received online BEFORE midnight Eastern Time (Washington, DC time) on 08/17/2026. To apply, click the blue APPLY ONLINE button at the top of the page.
Do not submit photographs with the application package. Documents with photographs may not be seen by hiring officials - applicant must remove any images from badges, licenses, etc.
Applicants who apply under this job opportunity announcement agree to have their application, associated documents and applicable personal information shared with other Bureaus/Offices within the Department of the Interior (DOI) who have vacancies with the same occupational series, grade, full performance level and in the same geographic location(s). Applying to this announcement does not replace the need to apply to other job opportunity announcements for which you wish to receive consideration. You may choose to opt in of having your information shared with other agencies when applying for this position. If an agency requests a copy of the certificate you are placed on, you will be notified.
Grand Coulee Power Office
Bureau of Reclamation
Grand Coulee Power Office
Hwy 155 P.O. Box 620
Grand Coulee, WA 99133
US
Next steps
Upon successful submission of the application packet, you will receive a confirmation email from USAJOBS. If you do not receive this email confirmation, the application has not yet been accepted by the system.
After all application packages have been received, resumes and supporting document(s) will be reviewed to ensure applicants meet the basic qualification requirements. Each applicant who meets the basic qualifications will be further evaluated on the information provided in the resume, application questionnaire, and other assessment criteria identified in the "How You Will Be Evaluated" section above. Best-qualified applicants will be referred to the selecting official. After making a tentative job offer, a suitability and/or security background investigation will be conducted. A final job offer is typically made within 40 days after the deadline for applications. Applicants should monitor their status for positions with the Bureau of Reclamation by regularly checking their public status notifications in the USAJOBS profile.
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
The following documentation is required to support your claimed eligibility status for the position and grade to which you are applying. Failing to submit the required documentation outline below 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:
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.
Applications (resume, assessment questionnaire, and supporting documentation) for this vacancy MUST be received online BEFORE midnight Eastern Time (Washington, DC time) on 08/17/2026. To apply, click the blue APPLY ONLINE button at the top of the page.
Do not submit photographs with the application package. Documents with photographs may not be seen by hiring officials - applicant must remove any images from badges, licenses, etc.
Applicants who apply under this job opportunity announcement agree to have their application, associated documents and applicable personal information shared with other Bureaus/Offices within the Department of the Interior (DOI) who have vacancies with the same occupational series, grade, full performance level and in the same geographic location(s). Applying to this announcement does not replace the need to apply to other job opportunity announcements for which you wish to receive consideration. You may choose to opt in of having your information shared with other agencies when applying for this position. If an agency requests a copy of the certificate you are placed on, you will be notified.
Grand Coulee Power Office
Bureau of Reclamation
Grand Coulee Power Office
Hwy 155 P.O. Box 620
Grand Coulee, WA 99133
US
Next steps
Upon successful submission of the application packet, you will receive a confirmation email from USAJOBS. If you do not receive this email confirmation, the application has not yet been accepted by the system.
After all application packages have been received, resumes and supporting document(s) will be reviewed to ensure applicants meet the basic qualification requirements. Each applicant who meets the basic qualifications will be further evaluated on the information provided in the resume, application questionnaire, and other assessment criteria identified in the "How You Will Be Evaluated" section above. Best-qualified applicants will be referred to the selecting official. After making a tentative job offer, a suitability and/or security background investigation will be conducted. A final job offer is typically made within 40 days after the deadline for applications. Applicants should monitor their status for positions with the Bureau of Reclamation by regularly checking their public status notifications in the USAJOBS profile.
Fair and transparent
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
