Job opening: Safety And Occupational Health Specialist
Salary: $86 962 - 113 047 per year
Published at: May 09 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
Please limit your resume to 5 pages. If more than 5 pages are submitted, only the first 5 pages will be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualifications.
About the Position: Serves as the Safety and Occupational Health Manager for the 596th Transportation Surface Brigade (BDE).
Duties
Utilize safety and occupational health principles, practices, procedures and regulations to perform a full range of safety and occupational health functions on a military installation.
Manage the installation ammunition and explosives safety program through the application of technical knowledge of ammunition and explosives contained within Department of Army (DA) and Department of Defense (DoD) regulations.
Conduct Safety and Occupational Health Program surveys and inspections of material handling, storage, maintenance, transportation operations and support facilities and activities.
Investigate or assists investigation of serious accidents involving fatalities and significant damage to equipment and property.
Determine training needs through analysis of accident experience data, during surveys and inspection, and/or review of regulatory material.
Requirements
- Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
- Incumbent must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance.
- Incumbent may be required to travel up to 15% to perform duties/attend training.
- This position is designated as Key who is an Incumbent of a CONUS position that cannot be vacated during war or national emergency without seriously impairing the mission; such employees have unique or scarce managerial or technical skills.
- Must obtain CP12 Certification within 24 months of employment.
Qualifications
Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.
If you are not a current Army employee and would like to be considered for a TERM Appointment NTE 13 months position, please apply under Announcement MCGT249785765181
Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Applying on Time-Limited Assignments
In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document.
Specialized Experience:
One year of specialized experience which includes 1.) Developing, interpreting and implementing safety and occupational health laws, standards, policies and regulations to ensure organizational compliance and promote a safe working environment. 2.) Providing guidance to management on developing explosive safety policy and pertaining to ammunition/explosives handling, storage, and/or transportation of hazardous material and 3.) Performing risk assessments, on-site field surveys and accident investigations to determine causes and recommending corrective actions. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11).
Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.
You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:
Hazardous MaterialsMishap/Accident InvestigationRisk ManagementSafety and Health
Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-11).
Education
This job does not have an education qualification requirement.
Contacts
- Address GT-W6TCAA MIL SURFACE DEPLOYMENT AND DIST CMD
DO NOT MAIL
Southport, NC 28461
US
- Name: Army Applicant Help Desk
- Email: [email protected]
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