SUPERVISORY FIRE PROTECTION SPECIALIST
Commander, Navy Installations Command
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SUPERVISORY SAFETY AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SPECIALIST
Commander, Navy Installations Command
Department of the Navy
Location
El Centro, California
Salary
$104,349 - $135,657
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 leading safety efforts at a naval air facility in California, where you'll advise on workplace health risks, inspect sites for hazards, analyze accidents to prevent future ones, and develop safety programs.
It's a supervisory role focused on ensuring safe operations in a high-risk environment like aviation.
A good fit would be someone with experience in occupational health, strong problem-solving skills, and a passion for protecting workers in government or military settings.
Key Requirements
- At least one year of specialized experience at GS-11 level or equivalent, including providing technical safety advice to managers
- Knowledge of implementing Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) provisions
- Ability to initiate new approaches to address existing safety problems
- Skills in determining safety needs for diverse and hazardous operations
- Experience conducting root cause analysis of injuries and mishaps with preventive recommendations
- Proficiency in developing and managing safety and health programs using established principles
- Capability to perform announced and unannounced facility inspections to detect hazards
Full Job Description
You will serve as a Supervisory Safety and Occupational Health Specialist in the Safety Division of NAVAL AIR FACILITY EL CENTRO.
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: 1) Providing technical safety and occupational health advice and guidance to managers and supervisors; 2) Implementing the provisions of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA); 3) Initiating new approaches to deal with existing safety problems; and 4) Determining safety needs and requirements in performing diverse and hazardous operations.
(NOTE: Information must be supported in your resume) 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 conduct root cause analysis of personal injury and industrial mishaps to identify contributing factors and recommend preventive measures.
- You will use Safety and Occupational Health principles, practice and procedures to develop and recommend the implementation and management of safety and health programs.
- You will perform required announced and unannounced inspections of facilities to detect hazardous and undesirable operating conditions.
- You will compose reports to provide recommendations on safety issues to individuals inside or outside of the organization based on data analysis results.
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