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SAFETY AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SPECIALIST
U.S. Pacific Fleet
Department of the Navy
Location
Salary
$93,445 - $121,482
per year
Type
Full-Time
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GS-11 Pay Grade
Base salary range: $62,107 - $80,737
Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-10. Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree, or 3 years graduate study.
Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).
Job Description
Summary
This job involves overseeing safety programs in a naval shipyard in Hawaii, where you'll inspect work sites, investigate accidents, and ensure everyone follows health and safety rules to prevent injuries.
It's a great fit for someone with experience in workplace safety who enjoys hands-on fieldwork and problem-solving in a high-stakes environment like a shipyard.
You'll help keep workers safe during industrial tasks, from routine checks to emergency responses.
Key Requirements
- At least one year of specialized experience at GS-11 level or equivalent, including mishap investigations and risk assessments
- Ability to conduct safety surveys and evaluate hazards in industrial or shipyard environments
- Experience developing and recommending safety policies to management
- Knowledge of Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) standards and regulations
- Skills in performing inspections, audits, and surveillances of work performed by employees and contractors
- Proficiency in directing emergency corrective actions to control hazards
- Familiarity with Navy mishap investigation and reporting procedures
Full Job Description
You will serve as a SAFETY AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SPECIALIST in the OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY & HEALTH DIVISION of PEARL HARBOR NSY AND IMF.
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: conducting investigations of mishaps and/or performing risk assessments in order to develop specific methods for hazard mitigation and injury prevention; issuing safety and occupational health surveys to identify/evaluate risk potential involving hazardous work environments and occupations; developing and recommending safety and occupational health policy to higher levels of management.
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 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. Major Duties:
- You will perform Occupational Safety and Health Program oversight functions to ensure effective and efficient implementation of Occupational Safety and Health standards and regulations.
- You will conduct surveillances of any industrial work performed in the shipyard by employees, contractors, or other support agencies.
- You will perform required inspections, checkpoints, or audits to meet regulatory requirements and ensure that work can be safely executed in accordance with Occupational Safety .and Health (OSH) standards and regulations.
- You will conduct mishap investigations in accordance with Navy mishap investigation and reporting procedures.
- You will direct immediate corrective action in an emergency situation to control personnel exposure to a hazard, until relieved by senior personnel.
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