You will serve as a Production Safety Manager in the Production Resources Department (Code 900) of PORTSMOUTH NAVAL SHIPYARD.

Duties

You will manage the Code's Occupational Safety, Health and Environmental (OSHE) program compliance. You will conduct a variety of activities directed at identifying hazardous conditions, operations, procedures, and work practices, where the potential for injury, health impairment, and property or material damage exists in production work. You will perform, or assist in, timely mishap and accident investigations that are thoroughly documented to identify hazardous conditions and practices that produced the accident. You will review plans, drawings, and other technical documents to identify and evaluate OSHE requirements and ensure provisions are adequate to control or eliminate hazardous conditions. You will instruct, advise and make recommendations to all levels of workers and management in program requirements. You will perform other duties as assigned.

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 wear personal protective equipment such as helmets, gloves, coveralls, glasses, goggles, respirators and safety shoes continuously for the duration of the work shift.
• 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.
• 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-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: Experience conducting inspections, investigating mishaps, and evaluating Safety Program implementation in a wide variety of complex Shipyard work operations and work centers, to identify and evaluate Occupational Safety, Health and Environmental (OSHE) hazards, and ensure action is taken to eliminate the hazards. Experience with the interrelationship between nuclear and nonnuclear requirements, to assess potential impact when conducting surveillances and trend studies. Experience using office automation systems and processes, computer applications, principles, and techniques, including developing and implementing new automated systems for control and support of interrelated program operations. Experience applying complex analytical and problem solving methods to identify interrelated program problems, draw conclusions, and recommend appropriate action. Experience applying oral and written communication skills to present evaluations and recommendations regarding complex issues pertaining to the Safety Program. 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 https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=GS-ADMIN 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]