
SAFETY AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST
Cherry Point, NCFull-time$90–116K/yrPosted 6 days ago
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Job overview
The Safety and Occupational Health Specialist serves in the Compliance and Quality Department of FLTREADCEN EAST. The role advises leadership on hazards, environmental issues, system safety regulations, occupational health, and administrative safety; reviews regulations and recommends changes; and allocates resources to reduce operating costs while maintaining operations. Applicants must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-11, including specified safety program, investigation, training, and hazardous-material experience.
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Summary
You will serve as a Safety and Occupational Health Specialist in the Compliance and Quality Department of FLTREADCEN EAST.
Duties
- You will advise leadership on work hazard analysis, environmental issues, system safety regulations, occupational health, and administrative safety matters to improve operations.
- You will examine safety and occupational health management regulations to recommend changes and maintain worksite safety in an industrial environment.
- You will determine the allocation of resources (e.g., personnel and fiscal) to reduce operating costs without impacting overall operations.
Qualifications
Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS-11) or pay band in the federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector 1) Independently assess the status of each program assigned through audits, metrics and other evaluation methods. 2) Schedule OSH training, surveys of shops and offices to identify and evaluate risk potential in heavy Industrial shops. 3) Direct investigations of accidents, analyzing precipitating factors and accident cause data in order to develop specific method for prevention. 4) Develop and prepare command occupational safety and health instructions and regulations based on higher echelon command instructions and policies. 5) Experience with the storage, handling and disposal of toxic chemicals, compressed gases and flammable aviation fluid. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: 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.
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. 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: ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT COMPLIANCE INSPECTION MISHAP/ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION RISK MANAGEMENT SAFETY AND HEALTH SAFETY AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH (SOH) HAZARD IDENTIFICATION This recruitment will utilize the following technical assessment tools: Structured Resume Review, Structured Interview. 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. Other Information
This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program. 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. 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 ICTAP Applicants: To be considered well-qualified and exercise selection priority as an ICTAP candidate, displaced Federal employees must satisfy all qualification requirements for the position and receive a rating in the highly qualified category (score 85) or higher. ICTAP candidates must provide copies of all of the following documentation at the time of application: 1) agency notice; 2) most recent performance appraisal; and 3) most recent SF-50 or notification of personnel action that includes position, grade level, and duty location. Applicants who do not provide this documentation will not receive consideration as an ICTAP candidate. For more information about ICTAP eligibility please review the following link: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/federal-employees/career-transition/ Military Spouse Preference applicants will be placed at the highest grade for which they have applied and are determined Best Qualified (BQ). A BQ military spouse possesses knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies comparable to others who meet the competitive referral criteria for the specific position. PPP applicants will be placed at the FPL, if determined Well Qualified (WQ). To receive priority consideration, the FPL must be the same grade level or equivalent of the retained grade or the grade held immediately prior to separation.
How this job compares
Set against the 816 open Safety Specialist jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 12, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$90–116K/yr
- US median$78–100K/yr315 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $103K, is 18% above the US median midpoint ($88K) — in the middle half of Safety Specialist salary ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 18 open Safety Specialist jobs in North Carolina and 816 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most across the US
- Kiewit141 open
- J.E. Dunn Construction Company138 open
- Amazon33 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 (573 postings).
- Education
- 98 of the 816 open Safety Specialist jobs (12%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 12, 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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