Safety & Occupational Health Specialist
You will serve as the Safety and Occupational Health Specialist at NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center, Institutional Safety Branch. The Branch enhances mission success by providing independent analysis through audits, surveillance, and inspections of AFRC facilities, equipment, and operations. Ensures Federal OSHA compliance is understood and accomplished for the Center, and the safety of personnel, facilities, equipment, and unique fleet of aircraft.
Responsibilities
- Monitors and evaluates the implementation and effectiveness of Institutional Safety and Health programs.
- Reviews program documentation, records, and performance data; conducts tabletop exercises, field assessments, and on-site inspections to verify compliance and identify potential hazards or deficiencies.
- Investigates and analyzes adverse safety and health trends, recurring deficiencies, incidents, and unsafe conditions.
- Recommends and initiates corrective and preventive actions, tracks resolution, and verifies the effectiveness of corrective measures.
- Provides guidance to personnel and management on safety requirements, risk mitigation, regulatory compliance, and continuous improvement.
- Provides safety oversight for facility construction, general industry hazardous operations, equipment, aircraft maintenance, and flight test activities.
- Establishes, implements, and oversees the Center’s occupational safety and health programs, applying sound management principles to develop, enforce, and sustain safety and health standards.
- Monitors, reviews, and inspects documents and facilities for safety compliance and regulations.
- Inspects the work area to identify and eliminate unsafe and unhealthful environmental conditions and to determine compliance with Federal and State safety and occupational health standards.
Requirements
- This position is open to U.S. citizens, nationals, or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.
- This position may require a one-year probationary/trial period.
- Position subject to pre-employment background investigation or higher-level clearance.
- Financial Disclosure, Drug Testing, and/or Travel Requirements may differ and be required based on duty location/NASA Center requirements.
Qualifications
Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular ability, skill, and knowledge to successfully perform the duties of this position and is typically in or related to this line of work.
- GS-12: One year of directly related specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 level:
- Administering and evaluating safety and occupational health programs;
- Providing employee training and safety education;
- Conducting workplace inspections to identify hazards and ensure compliance with Federal and State standards;
- Evaluating work processes and equipment for potential accidents; and
- Recommending effective risk-control measures.
- GS-13: One year of directly related specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level:
- Managing and evaluating safety and occupational health programs;
- Providing employee training and safety education;
- Conducting construction safety oversight and workplace inspections to ensure compliance with State or Federal regulations;
- Reviewing work plans, Safety and Health Plans, and Activity Hazard Analyses (AHAs) for high-hazard activities, including confined space, lifting, fall protection, hot work, electrical outages, and Lockout/Tagout (LOTO);
- Assessing work processes and equipment for hazards and accident potential; and
- Recommending effective risk-control measures.
Preferred candidate will have two or more of the following current license and/or certifications (or equivalent):
- OSHA 30 Hour Occupational Safety and Health
- OSHA 501 Occupational Safety and Health Standards for General Industry
- OSHA 510 Occupational Safety and Health Standards for the Construction Industry
- OSHA 2455 Safety and Health Management Program
- Fall Protection Competent Person
- Mishap/Close call Investigations
- Confined Space Competent Person
- Lockout/Tagout Training
- NFPA Compliant Permit Authorizing Individual (PAI) training (Hot work)
- OSHA 30 Hour Construction Safety
- FEMA Incident Command Systems 100, 200, 700, 800
Your resume must include a clear and detailed narrative description, in your own words, of how you meet the required specialized experience. Experience statements copied from a position description, vacancy announcement, or other reference material constitutes plagiarism and may result in disqualification and losing consideration for the job.
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 that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding.