SAFETY AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SPECIALIST

SAFETY AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SPECIALIST

Department of the Army Army Nional Guard Units Summary This Nional Guard position is for a

SAFETY AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

SPECIALIST, Position Description Number D2939000and is part of JFHQ-DAVN&S, Nebraska Army Nional Guard. Learn more about this agency Summary This Nional Guard position is for a

SAFETY AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

SPECIALIST, Position Description Number D2939000and is part of JFHQ-DAVN&S, Nebraska Army Nional Guard. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/19/2026 to 06/09/2026 Salary $74,678

• $97,087 per year Pay scale & grade GS 11 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Lincoln, NE 1 vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Travel Required Occasional travel
• You may be expected to travel for this position.

Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential None Job family (Series) 0018 Safety and Occupional Health Management Supervisory stus No Security clearance Not Required Drug test No Financial disclosure No Bargaining unit stus No Announcement number

NE-12966756-AR-26-079

Control number 869934800 This job is open to Help Internal to an agency Current federal employees of the hiring agency th posted the job announcement. Nional Guard and reserves Current members, those who want to join or transitioning military members. Clarificion from the agency Nebraska Nional Guard Area 1 and 2 applicants Duties Help As a

SAFETY AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

SPECIALIST, GS-0018-11, duties include: 1. Serves as the Ste, Territory, District of Columbia Safety and Occupional Health Specialist in the maintenance of a comprehensive ground and explosives, safety program for the Ste. Coordines with senior safety personnel and provides quality actions and plans for the sustainment of Ste ARNG Safety and Occupional Health Management Systems (ASOHMS) within the broad framework of stutory public law, DOD, Army, and Nional Guard policy, goals, and objectives. Implements plans, methods, and assess risks to improve safety in the workplace and off-duty environments. Reduces preventable mishaps in the preservion of ARNG personnel, equipment, facilities, and resources. The SOH Specialist executes a complex SO&EH program for a broad occupional field involving a wide variety of changing, high risk operions, environmental conditions, and hazardous merials. Reviews and updes the Ste SOH Plan to include all applicable Army SOH functional areas. Reviews and updes Ste safety policy and Standard Opering Procedures for SOH programs. Functional program responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following areas: Monitors and evalues installion SOH functional Safety Programs for effective implemention, to include; Workplace Operions, Workplace safety, Hazard communicion programs, Industrial operions (lockout/tagout, confined space, fall protection), Emergency planning and response, Safety Training and Educion of SOH programs consisting of training needs assessments of subordine organizions mission and operional needs. Community, Off-Duty Recreion, and Seasonal Safety, Public, family, child, and youth safety, Tactical Operions, Tactical safety, Force mobilizion, Transportion Safety, Motor vehicle mishap prevention, Maritime activities, Safe cargo operions, Explosives Safety, Range Safety Operions, Electrical Safety, Fire and Emergency Services Safety, and Contract Safety. Receives direction and guidance from the supervisor or safety and occupional health manager for continuing or individual assignments, limitions, quality, and quantity expected, deadlines, and priority of work conditions involving a substantial number and diversity of hazards; or a wide variety of independent and continuing assignments in a specialized area of safety and occupional health th have exacting technical requirements. Sustains knowledge of a wide range of safety and occupional health concepts, principles, practices, laws, and regulions applicable to the performance of complex administrive safety and occupional health programs. Responsibilities require the skill sufficient to plan, organize, coordine, and evalue a fully developed safety and occupional health program. Assignments cover a wide range of work operions and environmental conditions involving a substantial number and diversity of hazards; or a wide variety of independent and continuing assignments in a specialized area of safety and occupional health th have exacting technical requirements. 2. Performs inspections of daily operions and workplaces. Conducts or participes in. Identifies high risk hazardous operions and procedures and ensures mitigion countermeasures are effective. Performs inspections, assessments, and surveys of daily safety and occupional health operions and workplaces requiring a degree of physical exertion and considerable standing, walking, climbing, bending, crouching, stretching, lifting of moderely heavy objects, reaching or similar movements. Conducts safety and occupional health surveys of offices, storage areas, and industrial areas to determine compliance with applicable occupional safety standards. The use of Personal Protective Equipment and clothing may be needed to conduct surveys involving recurrent exposure to hazards and discomforts, moving machine parts, shielded radiion sources, irritant chemicals, acid fumes, physical stresses, high noise levels, adverse weher conditions, and high temperures. Identifies hazards and evalues initial risk potential for harm to employees, the general public, damage to equipment and resources, and provides technical assistance to managers, supervisors and employees necessary to achieve safe and healthy working conditions. Monitors employee performance, environmental conditions, facilities, and equipment for compliance with OSHA and Army standards. Identifies hazards and unsafe conditions and practices. Reports findings, assigns risk assessment codes, recommends corrective actions, and conducts follow-up inspections. Reviews findings of safety surveys conducted by safety committees and determines approprie action required. Performs other duties as assigned. Requirements Help Conditions of employment Military membership in the Nebraska Nional Guard Membership is required. Males born after 31 December 1959 must be registered for Selective Service. Obtain/maintain the level of security clearance/background check required May be required to successfully complete a probionary period. Direct Deposit is mandory Individuals with military incentive bonuses may be subject to recoupment. Must possess a valid ste driver's license to opere government motor vehicles. Never been convicted by a general, special, or summary courts-martial. Ability to communice effectively in writing. Ground Safety Officer Course completion required within 12 months of accepting the position Qualificions

NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERSHIP IS REQUIRED

This is an excepted service position th requires membership in a compible military assignment in the Nional Guard. Selectee required to wear the military uniform. Acceptance of an excepted service position constitutes concurrence with these requirements as a condition of employment. Applicants who are not currently a member of the Nional Guard must be eligible for immedie membership and employment in the Nional Guard in the military grade listed in this announcement.

FOR QUESTIONS REGARDING ELIGIBILITY TO JOIN THE NEBRASKA ARMY NATIONAL GUARD PLEASE CONTACT THE LOCAL RECRUITING OFFICE AT 402-309-7458. OPEN AREAS OF CONSIDERATION

AREA 1 and 2 DEFINITION OF AREA(S)

OF CONSIDERATION

AREA 1: Current permanent and indefinite technicians of the Nebraska Army or Air Nional Guard; and current Title 5 employees of the Nebraska Military Department who are military members of the Nebraska Nional Guard. AREA 2: All Drill Stus/M-Day members and temporary technicians of the Nebraska Air or Army Nional Guard. AREA 3: Current military service members who are willing and eligible to become members of the Nebraska Air or Army Nional Guard. AREA 4: All qualified candides eligible and willing to become a member of the Nebraska Nional Air or Army Nional Guard prior to the effective de of hire.

MILITARY REQUIREMENTS

Compible military grade and assignment required prior to the effective de of placement. This is an excepted service position th requires membership in a compible military assignment in the Nebraska Army Nional Guard. Applicants who are not currently a member of the Nional Guard must be eligible for immedie membership. If you are not sure you are eligible for military membership, please contact a Nional Guard recruiter prior to applying for this position.

Military Grades:

Maximum:

CW4/E9;

Minimum:

WO1/E5; Military Grade inversion within the full time work forces is not permitted. The military grade of the full time supervisor must equal or exceed the military grade of the personnel supervised. Compibility followed in accordance with 32 USC 709(b) and 10 USC 10216 Compibility requirements must be met prior to appointment to the position. Selectee has 24 months to become qualified in a compible military assignment.

Security Clearance/Background Check requirements:

In order to comply with US DOD requirements and ensure the safety and security of the missions, programs, property and personnel of the Nebraska Military Department, employees must obtain the approprie background investigion and maintain the level of security clearance assigned to their respective work. Failure to obtain, within one year of appointment, and maintain the designed type of security clearance/background check required for the respective work may result in a job offer being rescinded, separions of employment, or other actions as may be deemed in the best interest of the agency. Prior to appointment individuals must meet the security clearance requirements for the position or submit the required documents of the Nebraska Nional Guard, Personnel Security Manager for processing the approprie investigion.

Required forms:

SF86, PSIP

Initiion Form, Fingerprints, OF306 and Applicion/Resume. Nebraska Nional Guard Personnel Security Manager

• Please send all inquires to ng.

ne.nearng.mbx.persec@army.mil

GENERAL EXPERIENCE

: Specified survey work to identify and evalue hazardous and nonhazardous work and conditions. Applied conventional survey techniques to complete relively uncompliced evaluions. Made recommendions concerning corrective procedures where the potential for injury or property damage exists or current procedures do not achieve the desired results or modify/cancel the corrective procedures are no longer approprie for situions encountered.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE

: 1 year equivalent to least next lower grade level experience, educion, or training performing periodic/unscheduled inspections of base facilities, warehouses, and equipment maintenance operions and evalued compliance with applicable regulions and hazard system. Recommended measures and methods to correct safety and occupional health deficiencies. Participed in planning for testing of munitions, and assured integrion of explosive safety criteria in testing procedures. Reviewed test implemention directives for inclusion of approprie safety criteria. Prepared supplements to regulions and manuals for aircraft weapons safety and developed local regulions defining applicable mishap prevention procedures. AND Experience in or reled to safety and occupional health th provided the specific knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position. Examples of qualifying specialized experience include: Managing safety or occupional health program elements. Developing and recommending safety and occupional health policy to higher levels of management. Applying safety and occupional health laws, regulions, principles, theories, practices, and procedures to advise on or resolve technical mters dealing with occupional safety and health requirements. Developing safety and occupional health standards, regulions, practices, and procedures to elimine or control potential hazards. Developing or implementing programs to reduce the frequency, severity, and cost of accidents and occupional illnesses. Analyzing or evaluing 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 elimine hazards. Inspecting or surveying workplaces, processes, products, or other systems for compliance with established safety and occupional health policies or standards and to identify potential new hazards. Training of workers, supervisors, managers, or other safety and occupional health personnel in safety or occupional health subjects. Work in occupional fields such as industrial hygienist, safety engineer, fire prevention engineer, health physicist, and occupional health nurse. OR Certificion as a Certified Safety Professional (CSP), Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH), or Certified Health Physicist (CHP), or similar certificion th included successful completion of a written examinion meets the requirements for GS-5. Applicants may also qualify for higher grade levels based on their educion and/or experience. Equivalent combinions of educion and experience are qualifying for all grade levels for which both educion and experience are acceptable.

• Ground Safety Officer Course completion required within 12 months of accepting the position

Educion Undergradue and Gradue Educion:

Major study

• safety or occupional health fields (safety, occupional health, industrial hygiene), or degree in other reled fields th included or was supplemented by least 24 semester hours of study from among the following (or closely reled) disciplines: safety, occupional health, industrial hygiene, occupional medicine, toxicology, public health, mhemics, physics, chemistry, biological sciences, engineering, and industrial psychology.

The total percentages must equal least 100 percent to qualify an applicant for th grade level. Only gradue educion in excess of the amount required for the next lower grade level may be used to qualify applicants Additional informion If you are a male applicant who was born after 12/31/1959 and are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Authorizion Act of 1986 requires th you be registered or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency ( https://www.sss.gov/RegVer/wfRegistrion.aspx ). As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you required to serve a 2-year trial period during which we will evalue your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider:

• your performance and conduct;
• the needs and interests of the agency;
• whether your continued employment would advance organizional goals of the agency or the Government; and
• whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.

Upon completion of your trial period your employment termined unless you receive certificion, in writing, th your continued employment advances the public interest. Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help 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 th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. Once the announcement has closed, your resume and supporting documention used to determine if you meet the qualificions listed on this announcement. Your answers to the assessment questionnaire verified against informion provided in your resume and other supporting documention. Be sure th your resume clearly supports your responses to all the questions addressing experience and educion relevant to this position. In describing your experience, please be clear and specific, we will not make assumptions regarding your experience. If, after reviewing your resume and supporting documention, a determinion is made th you have infled your qualificions or experiences, your ring adjusted or you may be excluded from considerion for this position. Your qualificions evalued against general and specialized experience under the "Qualificions" section and against the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities and other characteristics): To preview the assessment questionnaire, please use the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12966756 Benefits Help 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 th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required documents Required Documents Help To apply for this position, you must submit a complete Applicion Package which includes: 1. Your resume showing work schedule, hours worked per week, des (form should include Month and Year) of employment and duties performed. Use this link for Resume Tips . 2. Certifice of Completion or transcript for either Ground Safety Course or Aviion Safety Course. (REQUIRED

FOR GS-09

) 2. Other supporting documents (optional) Cover Letter DD-214 Other SF-50 Transcript If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. A complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (Eastern) on the closing de of the announcement to receive considerion. To begin, click Apply to access the online applicion. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to cree one before beginning the applicion. Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your applicion package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your applicion before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. After acknowledging you have reviewed your applicion package, complete the Include Personal Informion section as you deem approprie and click to continue with the applicion process . You taken to the online applicion which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention is included with your applicion package, and submit the applicion. To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account ( https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login ), all of your applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/applicion/stus/ . Agency contact informion Jon Sronce Phone 402-309-8173 jon.c.sronce.civ@army.mil Address

NE DAVN 2601 NW

25th Street Lincoln, NE 68524 US Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. Your applicion evalued by the Human Resources Office to determine your eligibility for the position. After the evaluion is complete, you will receive another notificion regarding the stus of your applicion. Qualified candides referred to the selecting official in the following order: 1. Fully qualified Area 1 applicants 2. Fully qualified Area 2 applicants Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents Help To apply for this position, you must submit a complete Applicion Package which includes: 1. Your resume showing work schedule, hours worked per week, des (form should include Month and Year) of employment and duties performed. Use this link for Resume Tips . 2. Certifice of Completion or transcript for either Ground Safety Course or Aviion Safety Course. (REQUIRED

FOR GS-09

) 2. Other supporting documents (optional) Cover Letter DD-214 Other SF-50 Transcript If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. A complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (Eastern) on the closing de of the announcement to receive considerion. To begin, click Apply to access the online applicion. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to cree one before beginning the applicion. Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your applicion package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your applicion before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. After acknowledging you have reviewed your applicion package, complete the Include Personal Informion section as you deem approprie and click to continue with the applicion process . You taken to the online applicion which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention is included with your applicion package, and submit the applicion. To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account ( https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login ), all of your applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/applicion/stus/ . Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Jon Sronce Phone 402-309-8173 jon.c.sronce.civ@army.mil Address

NE DAVN 2601 NW

25th Street Lincoln, NE 68524 US Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. Your applicion evalued by the Human Resources Office to determine your eligibility for the position. After the evaluion is complete, you will receive another notificion regarding the stus of your applicion. Qualified candides referred to the selecting official in the following order: 1. Fully qualified Area 1 applicants 2. Fully qualified Area 2 applicants Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/19/2026 to 06/09/2026 Salary $74,678

• $97,087 per year Pay scale & grade GS 11 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Lincoln, NE 1 vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Travel Required Occasional travel
• You may be expected to travel for this position.

Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential None Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test No Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number

NE-12966756-AR-26-079

Control number 869934800