You will serve as a Explosive Safety Specialist in the Infrastructure Division of the Corporate Operations Department within Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division, Keyport, Washington (NAVUNSEAWARCENDIV KEYPORT WA).

Duties

You will be designed and act as the Program Manager for the administration and compliance oversight of the Navy personnel Ammunition and Explosives (AE) Handling Qualification and Certification (QUAL/CERT) Programs. You will serve as the evaluator and technical advisor to military and civilian QUAL/CERT Boards on matters that could affect program compliance and principle advisor to the Safety Director and Explosives Safety Officer. You will develop, maintain, and administer policy for Command QUAL/CERT Program. You will plan, schedule, and conduct scheduled and unscheduled inspections and surveys of the QUAL/CERT Program. You will document deficiencies in the Corrective Action Preventative Action (CAPA) database and assign applicable QUAL/CERT Program Board/Members. You will track the progress of assigned CAPA and conduct verification when closed out. You will plan, schedule, and conduct individual training sessions for each of the QUAL/CERT Boards at Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Division Keyport. You will maintain current knowledge relative to technical areas of explosive safety through evaluation of technical reports, professional journals, conferences, meetings, symposiums, and consultation of responsible officials. You will investigate explosive safety mishaps and gather facts relevant to the incident, generate reports and lessons learned, which identify causal factors and corrective action to ensure no reoccurrences in the future. You will prepare the final corporate report of investigations when required. You will manage one or more ancillary safety programs and have responsibility for establishing, managing, overseeing, auditing, and evaluating the safety program(s) to ensure compliance with Federal Regulations and Navy policy. You will analyze work practices and techniques, production processes, tooling, and equipment, and work environments for risk factors and coordinates with production Departments to comply with program requirements.

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.
• This is a bargaining unit position.
• 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.
• You will be required to wear personal protective equipment such as helmets, gloves, coveralls, glasses, goggles, respirators and safety shoes continuously for the duration of the work shift.
• 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 the following: Administering and evaluating an explosives safety program involving protection of personnel and property from the inherent dangers of munitions, explosives, and energetic materials. Examples of qualifying experience: identifying, eliminating, or reducing hazards to mitigate risk; and manage receipt, storage, handling, transportation and use of ammunition and explosives. 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 NAVUNSEAWARCENDIV KEYPORT WA 610 Dowell Street Keyport, WA 98345 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]