Job opening: SUPERVISORY SAFETY AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SPECIALIST
Salary: $98 240 - 127 707 per year
Relocation: YES
Published at: Oct 24 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
You will serve as a Safety Manager in the Installation Safety and Occupational Health (SOH) programs of NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY PORTSMOUTH NSY.
Duties
You will develop, prepare and/or personally conduct training modules, courses, presentations or sessions for agency management, supervisory personnel and employees.
You will prepare command regulations, instructions, notices, publications and letters, regarding accident injury, radiation safety, personal protective equipment and hazardous exposure control, and hazardous material handling control.
You will conduct Safety and Occupational Health surveys to evaluate the safety programs for risks or hazards in workplaces, facilities and operations (e.g., industrial, warehouse, maintenance, range, tactical safety).
You will advise higher level management on any Safety and Occupational Health matters to support operations.
You will analyze data on work operations, mishaps, and safety practices to prepare reports of findings that propose corrective measures for unsafe conditions and hazardous work practices.
You will be assigned as Explosive Safety Officer (ESO) for the USS Constitution.
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.
- 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 complete training, obtain, and maintain a government credit card for travel and travel-related purchases.
- 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.
- Supervisors in the executive branch have a heightened personal responsibility for advancing government ethics. You will be required to review the 14 General Principles of Ethical Conduct at 5 CFR 2635.101.
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: 1) Developing and revising safety and occupational health instructions, rules and regulations applicable to operations, industrial and marine fleet activities with the cooperation of supervisors to eliminate unsafe working conditions and mechanical risks; 2) Developing and conducting a comprehensive safety education program through formal training sessions, guest lectures, and supervisor-employee discussions; publicizes safety articles and disseminates safety educational materials to organizational units; 3) Participating in command meetings to assess Safety and Occupational Health (SOH) hazards related to activities such as repair and maintenance of ground facilities. NOTE: This information must be supported in your resume to be considered for the 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
Individual Occupational Requirements:
Experience in or related to safety and occupational health that provided the specific knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position. Examples of qualifying specialized experience include:
- Managing safety or occupational health program elements.
- Developing and recommending safety and occupational health policy to higher levels of management.
- Applying safety and occupational health laws, regulations, principles, theories, practices, and procedures to advise on or resolve technical matters dealing with occupational safety and health requirements.
- Developing safety and occupational health standards, regulations, practices, and procedures to eliminate or control potential hazards.
- Developing or implementing programs to reduce the frequency, severity, and cost of accidents and occupational illnesses.
- Analyzing or evaluating new and existing jobs, processes, products, or other systems to determine the existence, severity, probability, and outcome of hazards.
- Designing or modifying workplaces, processes, products, or other systems to control or eliminate hazards.
- Inspecting or surveying workplaces, processes, products, or other systems for compliance with established safety and occupational health policies or standards and to identify potential new hazards.
- Training of workers, supervisors, managers, or other safety and occupational health personnel in safety or occupational health subjects.
- Work in occupational fields such as industrial hygienist, safety engineer, fire prevention engineer, health physicist, and occupational health nurse.
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 NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY PORTSMOUTH NSY
HRO Building 44/1
Portsmouth, ME 03804-5000
US
- Name: Department of Navy EIC
- Email: [email protected]
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