SAFETY & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SPECIALIST

Full Job Description

You will serve as a SAFETY & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SPECIALIST in the PUBLIC SAFETY DIVISION, RISK MANAGEMENT DIVISION of MCLB ALBANY GA.

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-07 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.

Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Assisting in administering and coordinating a safety and occupational health inspection program to include safety sub-programs (e.g.

Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety, Explosive Safety, Hazard Communication), safety training, AND accident/mishaps investigations.

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/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. Major Duties:

• You will begin all responsibility statements with 'You will'; each field should have no more than one sentence; list the responsibilities in a logical order; and avoid using federal or military jargon. 250 Characters.
• You will plan, develop, organize, administer, evaluate, and coordinate a comprehensive safety and occupational health inspection program.
• You will perform safety compliance inspections of all workplaces, training areas, and facilities.
• You will Independently coordinate with points of contact to conduct the workplace inspections.
• You will assign risk assessment codes to each item, and provide corrective actions and recommendations.
• You will recommend corrective action to increase the effectiveness of safety features, such as mechanical safeguards, work procedures and processes, and personal protective equipment.
• You will administer and manage a variety of safety sub-programs, as assigned.
• You will ensure program is in compliance with applicable standards by authoring a comprehensive and detailed written program, creating a program audit checklist, and documenting an annual program review to foster continuous improvement.
• You will prepare and deliver specialized safety training to employees and supervisors as assigned by the Safety Manager and perform general or specific safety and health training.
• You will assist supervisors in identifying required safety training for employees; and perform contractor safety orientations for those groups performing work on the installation
• You will assist supervisors and unit safety officers in investigations of serious accidents/mishaps, which include those with significant severity of loss.
• You will prepare reports and taskers, statistical analysis on accident trends, illnesses, near misses, and any safety related topics using all available resources of Microsoft Office and other computer software.
• You will assist the Installation Safety Manager with budget development, preparation of command briefings, program performance metrics, and trend analysis.