SAFETY & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SPECIALIST

Summary

You will serve as a SAFETY & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SPECIALIST in the PRODUCTION PROCESS IMPROVEMENT DIVISION of PORTSMOUTH NAVAL SHIPYARD.

Duties

• You will serve as the local/functional Safety Manager responsible for supporting assigned division/department’s production/resource organization safety and occupational health program requirements.
• You will articulately communicate assignments, projects, problems, actionable events, milestones, and program issues with their associated deadlines and/or timeframes for completion.
• You will be responsible for evaluating workplace conditions, identifying hazardous operations and work practices, recommending hazard controls, tracking corrective actions, and supporting safe execution of ongoing and emergent shipyard production.
• You will support assigned safety and occupational health program requirements.
• You will assist with corrective actions, and providing safety guidance for shipyard production and support work.

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 applying a wide range of accepted and approved occupational safety and health concepts, principles, practices, laws, methods, standards, techniques and regulations required to identify, evaluate and control conventional and non-conventional industrial and shipyard hazardous conditions. Experience communicating ergonomic principles to motivate individuals to act and work in a safe manner. Experience applying occupational safety and health practices applicable to equipment used in the construction and shipyard industries, materials, utility and ship systems. Experience recommending corrective measures when hazardous conditions and practices are encountered. 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/ AND 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.