You will serve as a SUPERVISORY SAFETY & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SPECIALIST in the OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY, HEALTH, and ENVIRONMENT OFFICE of PORTSMOUTH NAVAL SHIPYARD.

Duties

You will be responsible to the OSHE Director for implementing the provisions of the OSH program in such a manner to be in total conformance with applicable requirements. You will manage, direct, control, monitor, interpret, and seek resolution on all matters pertaining to the effective planning and conduct of such a program. You will be responsible for direction of the work of the OSH division and is held accountable for the effective conduct of the OSH program. You will develop goals and program plans, determine and allocate personnel and fiscal resources, insuring efficient interface of effort among other shipyard departments to accomplish command policy, program, and mission.

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.
• Work is performed in areas where potentially harmful physical and chemical agents are present (e.g. fumes, dust, heat, ionizing and non-ionizing radiation and chemicals). You will be required to participate in medical surveillance programs.
• 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.
• This position is subject to work an uncommon tour, including nights, weekends, and holidays to meet mission requirements. Overtime or night differential pay and/or unusual duty hours may be required.
• 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-13 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: * Experience applying comprehensive occupational safety, health and environmental affairs in a large industrial setting. * Experience executing and maintaining a safety, health, and environmental management program in compliance with federal, state, and local laws and regulations. * Experience utilizing a wide range of accepted and approved occupational safety and health concepts, principles, practices, laws, methods, standard, techniques and regulations/requirements required to identify, evaluate and control a wide variety of both conventional and non-conventional industrial and Shipyard hazardous conditions, especially those of high risk to personnel. * Experience applying OSHA, NAVOSH, and DoD standards, procedures, methods and techniques pertaining to construction and shipyard projects, including equipment used in the construction and Shipyard industries, materials, utility and ships systems. *Experience communicating effectively both orally and in writing to gain the acceptance and cooperation of others. 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 and https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0000/safety-and-occupational-health-management-series-0018/ 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 PORTSMOUTH NAVAL SHIPYARD HRO Building 44/1 Portsmouth, NH 03804-5000 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]