You will serve as a Diving Safety Program Specialist in the Expeditionary Warfare Safety Division of NAVSAFECOM.

Duties

You will serve the Diving Division Head and Diving Safety Specialist. You will review all aspects of the systems design, fabrication, testing, operation and maintenance, as well as, the contractual and program documentation for compliance with Navy's Diving and Manned Hyperbaric System Safety Certification Program You will oversee manned, certification demonstration dives to ensure that systems and operating and emergency procedures are safe for manned use and provide diving related safety evaluations and input. You will conduct on-site assurance visits, mishap investigations, and safety surveys and assist visits to Naval activities to determine compliance and severity of hazards. You will serve as a Diving Subject Matter Expert (SME) for diving related Class A mishap investigation. You will coordinate and conduct quality control reviews of mishaps to ensure consistent data and conduct trend analysis to develop, control, reduce or eliminate hazards involving diving safety procedures or training.

Requirements

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Generally, current federal employees applying for GS jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower grade level. This requirement is called time-in-grade. Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.

Qualifications

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate performing duties such as the following: 1) Applying expert knowledge in military diving to include but not limited to Navy Diving Manual, Safety Techniques, Scuba, MK-25, MK-16 and HEO2, and underwater cutting and welding; 2) Understanding safety regulations, methods, standards, and techniques applicable to Navy and Marine Corps Diving Programs sufficient to identify, control, reduce or eliminate hazardous conditions identified during mishap investigations, assurance assessments or assist visits; 3) Possessing technical expertise in safety certification for surface supplied diving systems, diver worn equipment and hyperbaric facilities; and 4) Applying expert knowledge in Class A mishap investigations involving diving operations, Dive/Jump Reporting Systems (DJRS), HAZREPS involving diving, Diving Safety Assessments (DSA), Diving Operational Readiness Inspections (DORI), and/or Trend Analysis methods. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address NAVSAFECOM Norfolk Naval Base Norfolk, VA 22111 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]