Safety and Occupational Health Specialist (Instructor)
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SAFETY & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SPECIALIST
United States Fleet Forces Command
Department of the Navy
Location
Salary
$74,678 - $97,087
per year
Type
Full Time
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January 20, 2026
GS-9 Pay Grade
Base salary range: $51,332 - $66,732
Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-8. Master's degree or 2 years graduate study.
Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).
Job Description
Summary
This job involves overseeing safety protocols, emergency planning, and fire safety compliance for naval facilities, including analyzing incidents, conducting inspections, and helping manage disaster preparedness.
It's ideal for someone with experience in occupational health and emergency response who enjoys investigative work and ensuring workplace safety in a military or government setting.
A good fit would be a detail-oriented professional passionate about preventing accidents and coordinating team drills.
Key Requirements
- At least one year of specialized experience at GS-09 level or equivalent in federal, private, or public sector
- Knowledge of planning, administration, evaluation, and oversight of Emergency Management processes and procedures
- Experience maintaining ship conditions and system status for fire safety and compliance
- Skills in conducting drill plans and strategies to evaluate fire safety and disaster preparedness
- Ability to analyze mishap statistics, investigations, and corrective actions to compare incident rates
- Proficiency in conducting surveillance, inspections, investigations, and mitigation assessments
- Experience assisting with emergency management plans and analyzing complex incidents
Full Job Description
You will serve as a SAFETY & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SPECIALIST in the EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT (R100), OCC SAFETY, HEALTH, & ENVIR PROT (R108), EMERGENCY MGT DIV (R1085) of TRIREFFAC KINGS BAY.
Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-09 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 with planning, administration, evaluation and oversight in relation to Emergency Management processes and procedures.
Experience with the requirements for maintaining ship conditions and system status relating to fire safety and compliance.
Experience conducting drill plans and strategies to evaluate all facets of fire safety and disaster preparedness.
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 analyze mishap statistics, investigation results, Trouble Reports from other shipyards, and corrective actions from critiques/evaluations to compare incident rates.
- You will conduct surveillance and enter findings in to the Secure Quality Performance Database.
- You will conduct inspections, investigations and mitigation assessments, prepares/issues reports and memos.
- You will assist the Emergency Manager with the overall management and implementation of the TRIREFAC Emergency Management Plan.
- You will conduct analyses of complex Emergency Management incidents and work processes.
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