You will serve as a Safety & Occupational Health Specialist in the Mission Support Division of NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY CONUS.

Duties

You will conduct formal inspections of NRL facilities to identify and evaluate workplace hazards, and make recommendations for their abatement. You will follow up on deficiencies and track corrective actions to completion. You will conduct substantial field work involving walking, standing, bending, etc. as well as work using a desktop workstation. You will identify and administer training needs at NRL from inspection data and from requirements in directives from higher authority. You will update current NRL programs as needed.

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
• 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 successfully complete a pre-appointment physical examination.
• You will be required to be able to lift between 15-45 pounds.
• This position is considered Key/Non-Combat Essential. You will be required to provide immediate and continuing support of the expeditionary requirements in other than combat or combat support situations.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain a current valid United States driver’s license.

Qualifications

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the NO-02 (GS-05/10) grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: (1) assisting in the formal inspection of laboratory facilities to identify and evaluate workplace hazards; (2) identifying and assisting in the development of training on safety and occupational health standards; (3) applying and analyzing safety and occupational health policies and regulations; and (4) assisting in the evaluation of high safety risk areas within the workplace. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series

Education

In lieu of specialized experience, you may qualify with the following education or combination of both education and experience:

Successful completion of a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree, or completion of three full years of graduate level education leading to such a degree or LL.M with major study in safety or occupational health fields (safety, occupational health, industrial hygiene), or a degree in other related fields that included or was supplemented by at least 24 semester hours of study from among the following (or closely related) disciplines: safety, occupational health, industrial hygiene, occupational medicine, toxicology, public health, mathematics, physics, chemistry, biological science, engineering, and industrial psychology;

OR

A combination of experience and education as described above that equates to one year of experience.

A transcript must be submitted with your application if qualifying using education. See Required Documents for additional information.

Contacts

• Address NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY CONUS Stennis Space Center Stennis Space Center, MS 39529 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]