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Job Description

NASA Headquarters is seeking a Safety & Occupational Health Manager to cater to as an Institutional Safety Advisor within the Institutional Safety Management Office.

Set in Huntsville, Alabama, this GS-15 role provides agency-wide safety expertise, grows policy and plan elements to guarantee compliance with federal safety needs, and promotes continuous improvement in occupational safety and safety management systems.

This role focuses on worker exposure protection and backs safety across NASA centers, enterprise organizations, and commercial partners.

Posted On Tuesday 14th July 2026
Organization NASA Headquarters
Location Huntsville
Job Type Full-time
Address 300 E St SW, Huntsville, AL 20546
Last Date Monday 20th July 2026
Salary $147,945 per year
Pay Grade GS 15
Qualification

To qualify for the GS-15 Safety & Occupational Health Manager post, you must have one year of straight related specialized know-how equivalent to the GS-14 level. Your resume must involve a evident narrative description of how you gather the needed experience; copied statements will result in disqualification.

  • One year of specialized expertise equivalent to GS-14 in the federal offering.
  • Background managing occupational health and safety compliance programs for large-scale corporate or industrial environments.
  • Spotting and mitigating operational hazards and employee exposures associated with industrial, maintenance, and construction activities.
  • Carrying out finish program, facility, and assignment analyzes to refine safety, ensure regulatory compliance, and cut operational hazard.
  • Evaluating present safety programs, procedures, and procedures in a multi-employer workplace to spot occupational hazards, evaluate regulatory compliance, and suggest corrective actions.
  • Your resume must contain a detailed narrative description, in your own words, of how you encounter the specialized experience. Know-how statements copied from a role description or vacancy announcement constitute plagiarism and may outcome in disqualification.
  • This role doesn’t have an education qualification condition.
Role Responsibilities

Provide institutional safety scheme guidance and oversight to Centers, Enterprise Bodies, and Programs across the Agency, such as commercial partners and Federal tenants.

  • Create and benchmark policy for Agency and partner operations related to safety and occupational health.
  • Form observations and recommendations to experienced managers to drive changes in safety and health policy, procedures, threat mitigation strategies, and collaborative work initiatives.
  • Prioritize operate and integrate overlapping jobs performed by Institutional Safety Management Office workforce, contract team, Center pros, and Agency operating groups to meet strategic aims.
  • Build elements of an Agency strategy to grow awareness and understanding of the multi-employer worksite doctrine within NASA’s internal corporate environment and with commercial partners.
  • Grow an integrated strategy to advance coordinated duties and initiatives of the Occupational Safety, Industrial/Infrastructure Safety, and Workflow Safety plan domains.
  • Oversee development of new instruments, procedures, metrics, assessments, training, and communications designed to enhance the Institutional Safety Scheme.
  • Design and execute an audit and assessment plan for the Occupational Safety scheme field, focused on Center Plan Reviews and rollout of Institutional Safety Authority and a Center-level Safety Management System.
Conditions & Requirements

You must gather qualifications, time-in-grade, and 90 days after competitive appointment requirements by the closing date.

  • Financial Disclosure, Drug Testing, and/or Travel Conditions may differ located on responsibility location/NASA Center needs.
  • Post subject to pre-employment background investigation or higher-level clearance.
  • Investigation/Clearance may differ set on task location/NASA Center conditions.
  • You must encounter applicable time-in-grade needs: 52 weeks in a role no more than 1 grade lower than the advertised post.
  • If you’ve distinct priority shortlisting rights under CTAP or ICTAP, you must indicate eligibility and be well qualified.
  • This role isn’t section of a bargaining unit.
  • You should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government and upholding the guideline of law and the U.S. Constitution.
Benefits

A profession with the U.S. Public sector gives employees with a wrap up upsides package.

  • As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a variety of gains designed to create your federal career rewarding.
  • Eligibility for advantages depends on the category of role you hold and whether your post is full-time, part-time, or intermittent.
  • Contact the hiring agency for more details on the particular upsides offered.
Additional Information

Additional selections may be created for comparable positions across NASA within the nearby commuting domain(s) of the location(s) identified in this announcement.

  • By putting in, you go along to have your submission shared with interested selecting formal(s) within NASA.
  • CTAP/ICTAP will be cleared for any additional picking from this announcement.
  • Qualified NASA term employees with term conversion eligibility under the NASA Flexibility Act of 2004 will be referred and considered evenly with other NASA permanent employees.
  • NASA won’t inquire you to disclose criminal history record data during the submission routine or before a conditional/tentative give of employment.
  • If you demand a sensible accommodation for any part of the submission and hiring procedure, contact the agency contact center listed on the vacancy announcement.
  • Agency contact: NASA Shared Solutions Center, Phone: 1-877-677-2123, Fax: 1-866-779-6772, Email: [email protected].
  • After sending in your submission, you’ll obtain an acknowledgment email and regular status updates through the authorized submission portal.
About Company

NASA, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, is the United States government agency responsible for the nation's civilian space scheme and aeronautics research. NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC, provides strategic leadership and policy direction for the agency's centers and programs. This Safety & Occupational Health Manager role is piece of the Institutional Safety Management Office at NASA Headquarters, which builds agency-wide safety policy and confirms compliance with federal safety conditions across all NASA centers and partner operations. NASA provides a collaborative, public solution function environment focused on exploration, discovery, and innovation. Federal employees enjoy finalize benefits, post stability, and the opportunity to contribute to groundbreaking space and aeronautics programs.

FAQs
What does a Safety & Occupational Health Manager at NASA do day-to-day?

You’ll develop agency-wide safety policy, offer guidance to NASA centers and commercial partners, conduct audits and assessments of occupational safety programs, and propose corrective actions to cut threat and shield worker safety.

Can I apply if I don’t have a degree in safety or occupational health?

Yes, this role doesn’t have an education qualification need. Qualification is set on specialized know-how managing occupational health and safety compliance programs in large-scale corporate or industrial environments.

Is this role eligible for telework?

Yes, telework is eligible as determined by agency policy. The role isn’t remote; you’ll be expected to operate at the assigned task location.

What is the picking routine timeline?

After the closing date, your submission will be reviewed and you’ll be placed into a standard set based on your responses to the assessment questionnaire. Qualified you may be referred to the hiring manager for meeting consideration. You’ll receive status updates through the formal submission portal.

What documents must put in?

You require a resume (2 pages or fewer) and an SF-50 showing time-in-grade eligibility. If claiming veterans' preference or CTAP/ICTAP eligibility, additional documents such as DD214 or agency observe are required.

Can I use AI tools to support pen my submission?

Your resume must be written in your own words.