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U.S. Pacific Fleet
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SHIP SAFETY SPECIALIST
U.S. Pacific Fleet
Department of the Navy
Location
Salary
$100,602 - $130,786
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 working as a safety expert on naval ships at a refit facility in Washington, where you'll spot and fix potential hazards, manage fire and damage control programs, and ensure all safety rules are followed during ship maintenance.
It's ideal for someone with hands-on experience in safety planning and investigations, especially in military or industrial settings, who enjoys problem-solving to keep crews and equipment safe.
A good fit would be a detail-oriented professional passionate about preventing accidents in high-stakes environments.
Key Requirements
- At least one year of specialized experience at GS-11 level or equivalent, including assisting with planning, scheduling, and coordinating fire safety, firefighting, or damage control equipment programs
- Ability to identify hazardous conditions from proposed actions, resolve conflicts, and disapprove unsafe actions to maintain ship safety
- Skills in resolving environmental and hazardous effects on ship equipment, incorporating past complaints or violations into improved processes
- Experience conducting special studies and investigations of controversial safety problems and evaluating program effectiveness
- Commitment to following and enforcing all established safety rules and requirements
- Relevant paid, unpaid, or volunteer experience building competencies in safety management
Full Job Description
You will serve as a SHIP SAFETY SPECIALIST in the WORK CONTROL GROUP DIVISION, of TRIDENT REFIT FACILITY, BANGOR. This is a RE-ADVERTISEMENT of Announcement Number: ST-12899551-26-FAA.
Applicants that have previously applied NEED to re-apply to this announcement.
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: assisting with planning, scheduling and coordinating a fire safety, firefighting and/or damage control equipment program.
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 Identify hazardous conditions created by proposed actions, resolving conflicts, and disapproving actions as necessary to maintain ship conditions.
- You will Resolve environmental/hazardous effects on ships equipment and incorporating a past history of complaints or violations into improved processes for future availabilities.
- You will Conduct special studies and investigations of controversial problems and issues associated with the Ship Safety Program, and continually evaluating the effectiveness of all components of the program.
- You will Follow and enforce all established safety rules and requirements
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