You will serve as a SAFETY AND HEALTH SPECIALIST in the SAFETY DEPARTMENT of MARINE CORPS BASE.

Duties

You will assist the Base Safety Manager in planning, developing, organizing, coordinating, administering, and evaluating a comprehensive 24-hour safety program. You will assist in scheduling comprehensive ground safety inspections to ensure conformance to safe practices, rules, and regulations. You will plan and schedule surveys of installation facilities. You will make recommendations to installation management measures and methods to correct safety and occupational health and deficiencies. You will coordinate safety and occupational health activities with representative of the medical, security and other organizational components. You will plan and coordinate the investigation of federal employee complaints and safety and occupational health catastrophes, fatalities and serious accidents. You will prepare written procedures for implementation of safety prevention and unsafe work practices. You will compile and analyze statistical data from safety management system of record to determine mishap trends and develop methods for mishap prevention. You will provide technical guidance to subordinate safety and occupational health specialist and technicians. You will create written reports or guidance based on inspection results, industrial hygiene surveys and programs findings.

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 a current valid United States driver’s license.
• 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.
• You will be required to complete training, obtain, and maintain a government credit card for travel and travel-related purchases.
• This is a Mission Essential position. You will be required to ensure organization or facility continuity of operations and/or completion of tasks that are considered essential to the mission designated by a local or command decision.
• Position is subject to recall and may require the incumbent to work other than normal duty hours inclusive of nights and weekends.
• Protective clothing and equipment may be required for fieldwork.
• Will be exposed to industrial and construction hazards, machine, and equipment operations, high noise levels, chemical agents, hazardous materials, extreme temperatures, and adverse weather conditions.

Qualifications

GS-09: Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-07 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: assisting in developing, and organizing a ground safety inspection program to ensure conformance of safe practices, rules and regulations to identify hazards and compliance to eliminate safety and occupational health deficiencies, works under closer supervision. GS-11: Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-09 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: assisting in developing, and organizing a ground safety inspection program to ensure conformance of safe practices, rules and regulations to identify hazards and compliance to eliminate safety and occupational health deficiencies. 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

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

GS-09:

Master's or equivalent graduate degree

or

2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree

or

LL.B. or J.D., if related

GS-11:

Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree

or

3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree

or

LL.M., if related

Contacts

• Address MARINE CORPS BASE PSC Box 20185 Camp Lejeune, NC 28542 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]