You will serve as a Safety and Occupational Health Specialist of NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY HAMPTON ROADS.

Duties

You will conduct formal on-site inspections and evaluations of facilities, industrial shops, and construction sites for compliance. You will serve as safety consultant to all levels of management of the serviced organization. You will advise management and workers on safety requirements and potential accident-causing situations and methods/techniques for preventing accidents. You will assist with the implementation and maintenance of the installation’s Explosive Safety Program.  This includes performing inspections, assessments, and investigations as well as providing training and information.

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.
• 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.
• MSP/PPP applicants must currently hold the required security clearance.
• 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-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: Interpreting safety and occupational health principles, practices, procedures, and regulations applicable to the performance of a full range of safety management responsibilities on a military installation and the planning, organizing, directing, operating, and evaluation of a safety program; Developing local standards, guidelines, standard operating procedures and instructions to eliminate or control safety hazards relative to the assigned organizations; Interpreting a wide variety of hazards and complex work operations and conditions found in maintenance shops, maritime work, military training and other activities typical of naval bases which enable the incumbent to analyze mishap data, discover factors and to develop techniques to prevent or reduce the possibility of mishaps; Interpreting construction standards, practices and techniques, materials, equipment and utilities systems sufficient to determine compliance with building safety standards and/or to develop effective controls of work and equipment hazards resulting from new construction or modification of current facilities. 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 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 general/specialized experience, you may qualify with the following education or combination of both education and experience:

Have successfully completed a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree 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 form among the following (or closely related) disciplines: safety, occupational health, industrial hygiene, occupational medicine, toxicology, public health, mathematics, physics, chemistry, biological sciences, engineering, and industrial psychology. OR

Have successfully completed three full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. or equivalent degree 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 form among the following (or closely related) disciplines: safety, occupational health, industrial hygiene, occupational medicine, toxicology, public health, mathematics, physics, chemistry, biological sciences, engineering, and industrial psychology. OR

Have successfully completed an LL.M. degree that is related to the position being filled. OR

Have 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 SUPPORT ACTIVITY HAMPTON ROADS Little Creek Norfolk, VA 23511 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]