Supervisory Safety And Occupational Health Specialist

Job summary

You will serve as a Supervisory Safety and Occupational Health Specialist in the Compliance and Quality Department of FLEET READINESS CENTER WESTERN PACIFIC. ***ACCESS TO MEDICAL AND DENTAL CARE IN JAPAN IS EXTREMELY LIMITED. Please see Additional Information section below.***

Major duties

You will plan, organize, and administer a comprehensive safety, occupational health, industrial hygiene, and environmental management program. You will eliminate or minimize losses incurred by the command and individual employees as a result of incidents involving injuries, illnesses, property, and environmental damage in the workplace. You will serve as the command's technical advisor in the interpretation of pertinent legislation, regulations, and standards related to safety, occupational health, industrial hygiene, and environmental management programs. You will assume the lead role in the development of annual Safety, Health, and Environmental Management Program goals and objectives. You will coordinate and provide technical oversight to the implementation of the commands Safety, Health, and Environmental Management program for all assigned employees. You will ensure that safety, occupational health, industrial hygiene, and environmental concerns are taken into consideration regarding industrial activities, aviation repair and maintenance, modernization, and hazardous material compliance. You will lead the Safety, Occupational Health and Environmental (OSHE) Department by motivating assigned staff employees to complete departmental workload and tasks. You will review work products of direct employees, resolve administrative problems, and provide, find, and/or research answers to employees and other cross-organizational departmental questions. You will plan work and develop performance plans covering work to be accomplished by subordinates, set and adjust short-term priorities, and prepare schedules for completion of work. You will conduct/oversee the performance of periodic inspections, including environmental audits of all workplaces and follows-up to ensure that abatement programs (coordinated with the host installation management) are put in place. You will conduct periodic reviews and makes written assessments to supervisors, Site Leads, and Department Heads of efforts to implement and sustain the Safety, Health, and Environmental Management Program. You will participate with managers and host installation management in reporting to the appropriate Federal, or territory regulatory officials and headquarters officials any and all environmental releases of a listed hazardous substance. You will initiate and carry out safety education activities, promoting safety awareness through safety councils, providing training courses such as traffic safety/seasonal safety, providing newsletter articles, and safety notes.

Qualification

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: Planning, organizing, directing, operating and evaluating a safety, occupational health, industrial hygiene, and environmental program that may involve a wide variety of hazards encountered in a diverse industrial and aviation military organization. AND Identifying existing or potentially hazardous working conditions and unsafe and unhealthful work practices associated with command activities. AND Interpreting legislation, regulations, and standards related to safety, occupational health, industrial hygiene, and environmental management programs. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series Safety and Occupational Health Management Series 0018 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. 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.

Education

There is no education requirement for this position.

Evaluations

In order to qualify for this position, your resume must provide sufficient experience and/or education, knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the duties of the specific position for which you are being considered. Your resume is the key means we have for evaluating your skills, knowledge, and abilities as they relate to this position. Therefore, we encourage you to be clear and specific when describing your experience. When the application process is complete, we will review your resume to ensure you meet the hiring eligibility and qualification requirements listed in this announcement. You will be rated based on the information provided in your resume and application package, along with your supporting documentation to determine your ability to demonstrate the following competencies: This recruitment will utilize the following technical assessment tools: USA Hire, Structured Resume Review. You should list any relevant performance appraisals and incentive awards in your resume as that information may be taken into consideration during the selection process. If selected, you may be required to provide supporting documentation. If after reviewing your resume and supporting documentation, a determination is made that you inflated your qualifications and/or experience, your score may be adjusted to more accurately reflect your abilities or you may be found ineligible/not qualified. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating or consideration for employment. All eligibility, qualifications, and time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.