SAFETY AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SPECIALIST

Duties

• You will serve as the Deputy to the Force Safety Officer who provides safety and occupational health oversight, inspection, and support for all Commander, Naval Air Force Atlantic afloat and aviation commands.
• You will utilize RMI on a daily basis in order to monitor aviation mishap reporting, to include assisting in drafting CNAL mishap endorsements, managing system access of all Force commands and managing CNAL mishap and hazard recommendation closeout.
• You will be responsible for the management, operation and oversight of Naval Air Forces Atlantic Safety Directorate, consisting of Aviation Safety and Industrial Hygiene branches.
• You will assist with safety and occupational health activities that include aviation, maritime, industrial, traffic, off-duty, fall and environmental protection.
• You will evaluate, from a safety and occupational health perspective, highly hazardous occupations and complex operations found aboard afloat units and aviation commands.
• You will manage AIRLANT naval aviation activities (Force) compliance with the Naval Aviation Safety Management System (SMS), OPNAVINSTY 3750.6 Series, and other applicable safety directives.
• You will ensure all Force commands establish and maintain an aggressive naval aviation Safety Management System, which includes the detection, investigation, and elimination of hazards in naval aviation.
• You will advise the Force Safety Officer, Safety Manager and Staff in developing Command policies, procedures, and programs relative to safety and occupational health within the general framework of applicable laws, regulations and standards.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Generally, current federal employees applying for GS jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower grade level. This requirement is called time-in-grade. Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• Assignments may require long periods of standing, walking, bending, stooping, climbing vertical ladders, and entering confined spaces.
• Incumbent will be required to be onboard ships.
• Duties may bring exposure to high temperatures and high noise level areas. The incumbent may be exposed to strong odors or fumes from painting, fuels, or chemicals used in the work processes.
• You will be required to wear personal protective equipment such as helmets, gloves, coveralls, glasses, goggles, respirators and safety shoes continuously for the duration of the work shift.
• Production and/or shipboard areas require safety precautions such as working near operating machinery, moving vehicles, and cranes; down in dry docks; on and around scaffolding or in areas of high noise levels.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain a current valid United States driver's license.
• Incumbent's responsibility to self-transport in an expeditious manner between job sites in the local area of the incumbent's permanent duty station with reimbursement of costs in accordance with the Joint Travel Regulations.
• This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.
• May be required to ride navy ships at sea. Travel may be by commercial (air, rail, POV, etc.) or government-operator (military aircraft, vessels, or vehicle government-chartered carriers).

Qualifications

GS-13:
Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-12 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 applying comprehensive knowledge of Navy SOH, and Environmental and Fall Protection and SMS policies, regulations, standards, principles, practices, procedures, laws, and objectives applicable to performing a full range of complex safety and occupational health management and administrative responsibilities across the afloat and aviation force.
• Experience administering guidance, direction and technical expertise, training and assistance to CNAL subordinate commands.
• Experience evaluating and advising on subordinate commands' SOH safety, environmental and fall protection, and SMS, identify actual and potential hazards and explain the need for applying specific safety measures where unsafe conditions are encountered.
• Experience conducting techniques and procedures applied by practitioners in the general SOH specialty areas sufficient to review, evaluate, and advise on a range of projects as they relate to respiratory protection, heat stress, industrial hygiene, medical surveillance, safety training, and hazardous communication programs.
• Experience performing skills in written and oral communication sufficient to develop reports and persuasive presentations, briefings, and position papers.
• Experience utilizing knowledge and working capability of the ESAMS and RMI programs in order to accomplish related daily SOH, and SMS operations.

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: or

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.

Education

Graduate of the Aviation Safety Officer Course through the School of Aviation Safety in Pensacola, FL

Additional information

This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program.

• Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement.
• A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments.

During the application process you will have the ability to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions in the local commuting area. Depending on the hiring organization and the position being filled, job requirements (e.g., security clearance, travel, drug testing, financial disclosure filing, bargaining unit status, etc.) may vary. Other hiring managers filling similar positions may offer relocation expense reimbursement and/or may offer recruitment incentives for new employees, depending on funding availability and in accordance with policy. If you opt-in and are referred on a certificate, your resume will be available to other hiring managers for 180-days from the date the job announcement closes. Opting in does not impact your application for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further consideration for additional positions.

Federal annuitant information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy information may be found at:

PPP Applicants: Will be placed at the FPL, if determined Well Qualified (WQ). To receive priority consideration, the FPL must be the same grade level or equivalent of the retained grade or the grade held immediately prior to separation.

ICTAP Applicants: To be considered well-qualified and exercise selection priority as an ICTAP candidate, displaced Federal employees must satisfy all qualification requirements for the position and receive a rating in the highly qualified category (score 85) or higher. ICTAP candidates must provide copies of all of the following documentation at the time of application: 1) agency notice; 2) most recent performance appraisal; and 3) most recent SF-50 or notification of personnel action that includes position, grade level, and duty location. Applicants who do not provide this documentation will not receive consideration as an ICTAP candidate. For more information about ICTAP eligibility please review the following link:

Military Spouse Preference Applicants: Will be placed at the highest grade for which they have applied and are determined Best Qualified (BQ). A BQ military spouse possesses knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies comparable to others who meet the competitive referral criteria for the specific position.