You will serve as a SAFETY AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SPECIALIST in the OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY DEPARTMENT of NAVAL STATION. Salary range: GS-9: $62,517 - $81,272 per annum GS-11: $75,640 - $98,330 per annum

Duties

You will conduct a wide range of safety inspections to assure compliance with Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and agency standards. You will conduct root cause analysis of personal injury and industrial mishaps to identify contributing factors and recommend preventive measures. You will resolve technical issues using Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) regulations, principles, or practices. You will perform risk assessments of hazardous processes and working conditions to determine hazard control techniques that minimize or eliminate unsafe and unhealthful operations. You will recognize adverse conditions or trends to provide management with recommendations for improvement. You will analyze work tasks to determine existing or potentially hazardous situations. You will conduct safety and occupational health inspections, evaluations, and surveys of industrial facilities to identify, control, mitigate, and eliminate safety hazards.

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.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance while employed in the subject position. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• Selectee must 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 wear personal protective equipment such as helmets, gloves, coveralls, glasses, goggles, respirators and safety shoes continuously for the duration of the work shift.
• Incumbent will be on the emergency recall roster and may be required to respond to emergencies such as hazardous material spill responses during evenings, weekends or holidays.

Qualifications

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: 1) Developing local standards and guidelines to eliminate and/or control safety hazards in assigned areas; 2) Preparing and revising safety instructions and guides; 3) Analyzing mishap data to discover contributing factors and mitigation methods; 4) Evaluating technical safety training to determine effectiveness and make adjustments. (NOTE: Experience must be fully supported in your resume to be considered for this position.) 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: 1) Providing technical training to tenant supervisors and employees; 2) Performing periodic and unscheduled inspections; and 3) Investigating mishaps and unsafe conditions to resolve safety and health issues. NOTE: Experience must be fully supported in your resume to be considered for this position.) 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 PHYSICAL DEMANDS: Office work is generally sedentary. The incumbent will conduct frequent site visits at workplaces in shop environments, construction job sites or aboard vessels in the harbor to gather information or to determine the effectiveness of various hazard mitigating measures during which time there may be some walking, standing, climbing, stooping, bending and carrying small and light objects. WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work is performed in a combination of field and office settings. During regular inspections and investigations in the field, the incumbent may be exposed to a variety of industrial hazards such as toxic chemicals, irritating dusts, fumes, mists and vapors, moving machine parts, high noise levels, uncomfortable heat or humidity or shielded radiation sources. Incumbent may have to occasionally enter into, and work inside, confined spaces such as manholes, trenches/excavations, tanks, etc. The incumbent may be required to don personal protective equipment, such as hard hats, air purifying respirators, chemical protective clothing, hard hats, safety glasses or ear plugs/muffs. 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

Substitution of education for experience

GS-11:
Successful completion of a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree.
OR
Successful completion of three full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. or equivalent degree.
OR
Possession of an LL.B. or J.D. that is related to this position being filled. https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/students/federal-occupations-by-college-major/
OR
Have successfully completed an LL.M. degree that is related to the position being filled.
OR
Have a combination of experience and graduate education as described above that equates to one year of experience.


GS-09:
Successful completion of a master's or equivalent graduate degree
OR
Successful completion of two full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a master's degree
OR
Possession of an LL.B. or J.D. that is related to this position being filled. https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/students/federal-occupations-by-college-major/
OR
A combination of experience and graduate education as described above that equates to one year of experience

Transcript must be provided with application package.

Contacts

• Address NAVAL STATION 850 Ticonderoga Street Suite 110 Pearl Harbor, HI 96860 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]