Seasonal Safety and Occupational Health Specialist

Full Job Description

These positions may be filled for a six month seasonal period, but can vary due to weather conditions, project needs, or funding.

Anticipated Entry on Duty: April-July 2026 For more park(s) information, please visit find a park.

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-01/26/2026-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. Credit will be given for all appropriate qualifying experience.

To receive credit for experience, your resume MUST clearly indicate the nature of the duties and responsibilities for each position, starting and ending dates of employment (month/year), and the resume must reflect full and/or part-time or total number of hours worked (i.e., work 40+ hours a week, rather than indicating full-time).

If part-time, the hours must be annotated to be able to pro-rate the amount of qualified specialized experience.

To qualify for this position at the GS-07 grade level, you must possess the following minimum qualifications by close of the announcement: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: At least one full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-05 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors).

This experience includes activities such as: Participate as member of a survey or inspection team led by a higher graded specialist and exposure to the practical application of techniques and measures used to identify hazards; attend and observe closing sessions where violations of appropriate standards and subsequent corrective requirements are discussed with management representatives.

Apply basic guidelines or standards, to safety related tasks to non-complex operations. Assist in managing safety or occupational health program elements.

Recommend safety and occupational health policy to higher levels of management.

Assist in developing safety and occupational health standards, regulations, practices, and procedures to eliminate or control potential hazards.

Assist in developing or implementing programs to reduce the frequency, severity, and cost of accidents and occupational illnesses.

Assist in designing or modifying workplaces, processes, products, or other systems to control or eliminate hazards.

Assist in Inspecting or surveying workplaces, processes, products, or other systems for compliance with established safety and occupational health policies or standards and to identify potential new hazards.

Work in occupational fields such as industrial hygienist, safety engineer, fire prevention engineer, health physicist, and occupational health nurse. You must include hours per week worked.

Please also include the grade level of any federal positions.

-OR- EDUCATION: Successful completion of at least one full year of graduate level education (based on the number of hours that the school attended determined to represent 1 full year of fulltime study; if unavailable, then 18 semester credits will be considered as satisfying the requirement) with a major study in safety or occupational health fields (safety, occupation health, industrial hygiene), or am pursuing a graduate degree in a related field that includes or was supplemented by at least 24 semester hours of study (grad or undergrad) from among the following (or closely related) disciplines: safety, occupation health, industrial hygiene, occupational medicine, toxicology, public health mathematics, physics, chemistry, biological sciences, engineering, and industrial psychology).

You must include transcripts. -OR- COMBINATION EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: Successful completion of a combination of education and experience as described above.

To combine education and experience, first determine percentage of education requirement satisfied (example 1 semester of graduate study completed would be 50% of the one-year requirement)..

Then take the number of months of full time experience and divide by 12 months. Add the percentages together. The total must equal at least 100 percent to qualify. You must include transcripts.

Volunteer Experience: Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (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.

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

ICTAP/CTAP Statement: Current surplus and current or former displaced Federal individuals who have special prior­ity selection rights under the Agency Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) or the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) must be well qualified for the position to receive consideration for special priority selection.

Well qualified means that the applicant meets the following: OPM qualification standards for the position; all selective placement factors, where applicable; special qualifying conditions that OPM has approved for the position, where applicable; is physically qualified with reasonable accommodation, where appropriate to satisfactorily perform the duties of the position upon entry; and is rated by the organization at least at the well qualified level on all competencies.

Major Duties:

Ensure facilities are free from common hazards affecting the safety and health of personnel. Inspect walking/working areas for hazards. Inspect facility emergency egress systems.

Inspect facilities for minor electrical OSHA violations. Inspect personal protective equipment for cleanliness and operational readiness. Complete computer generated inspection reports.

Inspecting maintenance equipment for hazards with machine guarding. Maintain inspection database for tracking hazard abatement actions.