Safety & Occupational Health Specialist

Reviews private contractor operations for new construction and building alterations to determine compliance with standards and regulatory criteria; recommends procedures to control or eliminate hazardous operations or conditions.

Responsibilities

• Inspects warehouses, administrative areas, production areas, storage and material handling operations, shop machinery, vehicles, protective clothing, and fire suppression equipment.
• Compiles statistical data to determine mishap trends and identify and apply proper preventive methods.
• Reviews all facility-related projects, MILCON, new construction, and renovations for safety considerations.
• Ensures projects comply with all applicable safety regulations and will be safe to operate and maintain.
• Develops and prepares safety and occupational health directives and regulations through adaptation of higher command instructions.
• Prepares written procedures for implementation of safety prevention activities, including motor vehicle mishap prevention, safe materials handling practices, and safe storage handling of toxic chemicals.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. citizen.
• 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.
• Pre-Employment Physical: Required.
• Multiple Location/Shift: This position may be used to fill various shifts located anywhere within DLA Distribution Ogden, Hill AFB, UT.

Qualifications

To qualify for a Safety and 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 and 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:

• A Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related in one of the following fields: 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 among the following (or closely related) disciplines: safety, occupational health, industrial hygiene, occupational medicine, toxicology, public health, mathematics, physics, chemistry, biological sciences, engineering, and industrial psychology.

Specialized Experience

One year of specialized experience that equipped you with the particular competencies to successfully perform the duties of the position. To qualify at the GS-11 level, applicants must possess 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:

• Managing safety or occupational health program elements.
• Developing and recommending safety and occupational health policy to higher levels of management.
• 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.
• Developing safety and occupational health standards, regulations, practices, and procedures to eliminate or control potential hazards.
• Developing or implementing programs to reduce the frequency, severity, and cost of accidents and occupational illnesses.
• Analyzing or evaluating new and existing jobs, processes, products, or other systems to determine the existence, severity, probability, and outcome of hazards.
• Designing or modifying workplaces, processes, products, or other systems to control or eliminate hazards.
• Inspecting or surveying workplaces, processes, products, or other systems for compliance with established safety and occupational health policies or standards and to identify potential new hazards.
• Training workers, supervisors, managers, or other safety and occupational health personnel in safety or occupational health subjects.
• Work in occupational fields such as industrial hygienist, safety engineer, fire prevention engineer, health physicist, and occupational health nurse.

Combination

Combinations of successfully completed post-high school education and experience may be used to meet total qualification requirements for grade levels GS-11. Only graduate education in excess of the amount required for the next lower grade level may be used to qualify applicants for positions at grade GS-11.

Physical Demands

• The performance of work duties requires frequent surveys of warehouses, printing plants, 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.

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 has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study. If you cannot obtain your graduate school's definition, 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 you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show that the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization specializing in the interpretation of foreign education programs and deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program.

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 very rewarding.