Supervisory Safety & Occupational Health Specialist

Job summary

You will serve as a Supervisory Safety and Occupational Health Specialist in the Safety & Occupational Health Division; Environmental Safety & Health Department of SOUTHWEST REGIONAL MAINTENANCE CENTER.

Major duties

You will serve as the Safety and Occupational Health (SOH) Branch Supervisor at SWRMC, responsible for administering a safety and occupational health program for oversight of assigned SWRMC workplaces. You will ensure strict compliance with Federal Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) on contractors working for SWRMC to ensure a safe and healthy environment. You will organize, administer, coordinate, evaluate, and implement a comprehensive Navy's Safety and Occupational Health Program at SWRMC. You will plan, organize, and administer a scheduled series of comprehensive inspections of numerous shipboard or shop locations of structural repairs, welding, painting, electrical repairs and metal shop fabrication. You will negotiate with regulatory agencies, contractors, and Navy commands in the establishment of achievable and timely SOH compliance dates. You will review SWRMC advance planning work specifications to ensure that necessary provisions to meet applicable or potential OSHA and Environmental standards are included. You will identify, analyze, and evaluate a variety of hazards for military, civilian and contractor occupations, many involving complex operations, diverse environmental conditions and human-machine relations. You will apply methods, techniques, and abatements to control and eliminate unsafe acts or conditions that arise from the introduction of new equipment and the construction or modification of ships’ structures. You will plan and conduct safety education activities, including the hazards of electrical work, promotes safety campaign materials, and ensure the area of responsibility safety committees are maintained in accordance with respective instructions.

Qualification

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 inspecting ships or shipyard work operations to identify or eliminate unsafe acts or conditions in accordance with safety and occupational health standards. 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-SeriesSafety and Occupational Health Management Series 0018 (opm.gov) 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.

Evaluations

In order to qualify for this position, your resume must provide sufficient experience and/or education, knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the duties of the specific position for which you are being considered. Your resume is the key means we have for evaluating your skills, knowledge, and abilities as they relate to this position. Therefore, we encourage you to be clear and specific when describing your experience. When the application process is complete, we will review your resume to ensure you meet the hiring eligibility and qualification requirements listed in this announcement. You will be rated based on the information provided in your resume and application package, along with your supporting documentation. This recruitment will utilize the following technical assessment tools: Structured Resume Review, Structured Interview. You should list any relevant performance appraisals and incentive awards in your resume as that information may be taken into consideration during the selection process. If selected, you may be required to provide supporting documentation. If after reviewing your resume and supporting documentation, a determination is made that you inflated your qualifications and/or experience, your score may be adjusted to more accurately reflect your abilities or you may be found ineligible/not qualified. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating or consideration for employment. All eligibility, qualifications, and time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement. Documents submitted as part of the application package, to include supplemental documents, may be shared beyond the Human Resources Office. Some supplemental documents contain personal information such as SSN and DOB and some documents such as military orders and marriage certificates may contain personal information for someone other than you. You may sanitize these documents to remove said personal information before you submit your application. You must provide an un-sanitized version of the documents if you are selected.