Safety and Occupational Health Specialist

This position oversees major programs and ensures compliance with safety and occupational health standards.

Responsibilities

• Oversee major programs such as Safety and Occupational Health, security, reserve program coordination, Depot Radiation Program, and Environmental and Hazardous Material Management.
• Conduct routine inspections of physical layouts, personal protective equipment, fire protection, fire prevention, materials handling and storage operations to enforce safety and occupational health laws.
• Coordinate recurring meetings, including Safety Committee Meetings and safety meetings for employees in each functional area, to discuss safe work practices, proper use of PPE, and adherence to policies and procedures.
• Serve as liaison to the host activity and the site regarding safety.
• Compile statistical data to determine mishap trends and identify and apply proper preventive methods.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. citizen.
• Tour of Duty: Set Schedule.
• Security Requirements: Non-Critical Sensitive.
• Appointment is subject to the completion of a favorable suitability or fitness determination; unfavorably adjudicated background checks will be grounds for removal.
• Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Non-Exempt.
• Selective Service Requirement: Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service.
• Selectees are required to have a REAL ID or other acceptable identification documents to access certain federal facilities.
• This position and any future selections from this announcement may be used to fill future vacancies for various shifts located anywhere within DLA Distribution Oklahoma City, OK.

Qualifications

To qualify for a Safety & Occupational Health Specialist, your resume and supporting documentation must support one of the following:

• Education Substitution: Education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to perform the work. Education must be from a college or university accredited by an organization approved by the U.S. Department of Education. If using education to meet basic qualifications, you must submit a transcript. To qualify based on education in lieu of specialized experience, you must possess:
  • Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree, or 3 full years of progressively higher education leading to such a degree in safety or occupational health fields (safety, occupational health, industrial hygiene), or a degree in other related fields that included or was supplemented by at least 24 semester hours of study from disciplines such as safety, occupational health, industrial hygiene, occupational medicine, toxicology, public health, mathematics, physics, chemistry, biological sciences, engineering, and industrial psychology.
• Combination: Combinations of successfully completed post-high school education and experience may be used to meet total qualification requirements for grade level GS-11. The total percentages of qualifying experience and education must equal at least 100 percent.
• Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-09 level or equivalent under other pay systems in the Federal service, military, or private sector. Creditable specialized experience includes:
  • Applying safety and occupational health laws, regulations, principles, theories, practices, and procedures to advise on or resolve technical matters dealing with occupational safety and health requirements.
  • Analyzing and evaluating new and existing jobs, processes, products, or other systems to determine the existence, severity, probability, and outcome of hazards.
  • Assisting with training sessions to educate personnel on Safety and Occupational Health matters.

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).

Education

If you are using your education to qualify, you must provide transcripts or other documentation to support your educational claims. Unless otherwise stated, unofficial transcripts are acceptable at the time of application.

• Graduate Education: One academic year of graduate education is considered to be the number of credit hours your graduate school defines as one academic year of full-time study. If this information is unavailable, 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) should be considered as satisfying the requirement for one year of full-time graduate study.
• Foreign Education: If using education completed in foreign colleges or universities, you must show that the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization specializing in interpretation of foreign education programs and deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program.

Physical Demands

• The performance of work duties requires frequent surveys of warehouses, a printing plant, new construction sites, machine shops, and vehicle maintenance facilities, necessitating prolonged periods of walking, standing, and bending.

Work Environment

• The specialist is frequently exposed to operating machinery, hazardous materials including chemical and flammable liquids, acid fumes, and construction hazards.

Benefits

A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits designed to make your federal career rewarding. Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time, or intermittent.