
SAFETY AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SPECIALIST
Camp Pendleton, CAFull-time$71–111K/yrPosted today
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Job overview
The U.S. Marine Corps is issuing a public notice for anticipated Safety and Occupational Health Specialist vacancies; applications are not accepted through the flyer, and vacancies may or may not be filled. The role involves workplace inspections, safety advice, mishap investigations, technical training, and safety committees. Candidates may qualify through specialized experience or specified graduate education, depending on the GS-09 or GS-11 level.
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Summary
This is a public notice flyer to notify interested applicants of anticipated vacancies. Applications will not be accepted through this flyer. Interested applicants must follow the directions in the "How to Apply" section of this flyer to be considered. There may or may not be actual vacancies filled from this flyer. Notice of Result letters will not be sent to applicants who respond to this flyer.
Duties
- You will perform periodic and random inspections to determine compliance with applicable occupational safety and health laws and regulations.
- You will advise supervisors and safety representatives of appropriate safety and occupational health measures to control or eliminate hazardous practices, processes and environmental conditions.
- You will plan, organize, coordinate, direct, evaluate and conduct mishap investigation in accordance with current mishap prevention orders and directives.
- You will provide technical safety training to installation and unit safety representatives, inspectors and their employees using a wide variety of methods and media.
- You will establish, guide and encourage supervisor-employee safety committees to identify and eliminate hazardous equipment operations and unsafe working conditions.
Qualifications
GS-09: Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-07 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Providing technical safety advice to commanders, directors, special staff officers, and managers on matters pertaining to specialized military activities and assisting in planning, scheduling, and conducting; a variety of inspections and surveys of a full range of workplaces and operations involving low, medium, and high level risk hazards. GS-11: Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-09 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Providing technical safety advice to commanders, directors, special staff officers, and managers on matters pertaining to specialized military activities, conducting periodic and random inspections to determine compliance with applicable occupational safety and health laws and regulations, providing technical safety training to safety representatives and base personnel, to include safety presentations and posting and publishing of safety information to increase awareness, creating status briefs and reports with statistical data and charts to convey program performance and status to leadership. 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 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
In lieu of specialized experience, you may qualify with the following education or combination of both education and experience:GS-09Master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.B. or J.D., if relatedGS-11Ph.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 A transcript must be submitted with your application if qualifying using education. See Required Documents for additional information. How You Will Be Evaluated
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. Resumes are restricted to no more than 2 pages. Illegible/unreadable resumes will not be 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. As vacancies occur, the Human Resources Office will review your resume to ensure you meet the hiring eligibility and qualification requirements listed in this flyer. You will be rated based on the information provided in your resume, along with your supporting documentation. If selected, you may be required to provide additional supporting documentation. If after reviewing your resume and supporting documentation, a determination is made that you inflated your qualifications and/or experience, you may be found ineligible/not qualified. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating or consideration for employment. All qualification requirements must be met before being considered for any vacancies. Other Information
This announcement uses the Certain Personnel of the DoD direct hire authority to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service. This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program. Several vacancies may be filled. 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. 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: http://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Documents/CivilianJobs/FedCivAnnuitants.pdf. Veteran's preference does not apply when selecting individuals under this specific hiring authority. However, if you claim veteran's preference, you will be required to submit supporting documentation with your application as described in the Required Documents section below.
How this job compares
Set against the 764 open Safety Specialist jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 5, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$71–111K/yr
- California median$78–111K/yr28 salary ranges
- US median$78–99K/yr300 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $91K, is close to the California median midpoint ($92K) — in the middle half of Safety Specialist salary ranges in California.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 45 open Safety Specialist jobs in California and 764 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
- Kiewit6 open
- Amazon4 open
- Cupertino Electric3 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience; Safety Specialist postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years at the median (498 postings).
- Education
- 97 of the 764 open Safety Specialist jobs (13%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 5, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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