Description

Leidos has an exciting opportunity for a Safety Specialist at the NASA Headquarters (HQ) in Washington DC.

As a Safety Specialist you would perform safety activities under general supervision of the Team Lead. In this position the Safety Specialist is expected to apply basic safety fundamental concepts, practices, and procedures. Successful candidate will exercise independent judgment within defined procedures and practices.

US Citizenship or US Permanent Residency and the ability to successfully obtain a Public Trust Clearance are required.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Perform facility safety inspections to determine compliance with regulations and standards; verify that corrective actions are implemented.
• Review site-specific Health and Safety Plans (HASPs) for construction and maintenance activities to ensure that safety and health concerns have been identified and adequately controlled.
• Respond to urgent customer concerns which typically consists of the ability to immediately respond to phone and email notifications of areas of concern from the buildings' populace to discover and characterize uncontrolled hazards, and to recommend to the government the next course of action.
• Review job hazard analyses and advise personnel on need for and proper use of personal protective equipment.
• Apply occupational health and industrial hygiene principles as needed and work closely with occupational health professionals.
• Perform compliance assessments of safety and health programs against OSHA regulations and Safety, Occupational Health and Environmental Program manuals.
• Perform safety surveys which consist of safety, ergonomic, general safety inspections, and fire life safety assessments of general office space and building operations and maintenance functions; and specialized post-renovation, pre-occupancy evaluation for the purpose of assuring that the space is safe for occupancy.
• Be a general resource in one or more safety subject areas such as facility life safety, fall protection, PPE / JHA, LO / TO, confined space, construction, hot work, etc.
• Perform a review and evaluation of documents provided by NASA for the purpose of hazard assessment. Typically, this involves special events, permits, blue print reviews in association with demolition, renovation and new construction, including audits of health and safety plans, and reviews of policy or procedures.
• Provide Safety & Health Training per the safety training plan. Develop highest priority training classes, implement a training schedule, and provide instructor led classes.
• Develop/update or modify written safety and health programs to meet specific requirement of NASA and OSHA required hazard control programs.

• Bachelors degree in Safety or related field with 2+ years of experience in Safety involving the ability to apply and interpret Federal OSHA Regulation and other standards (Building Code, National Electric Code, National Fire Protection Association).
• Strong knowledge of data metrics and must be experienced in the use of Microsoft Office Suite, in particular Microsoft PowerPoint, Word, and Excel, for presentations, reports, and other uses.
• Familiarity with construction site activities, safety procedures and requirements.
• General knowledge of facility systems such as life safety, ventilation, electrical, and material handling.
• A technical background in various process, utility, industrial and or mechanical systems and an understanding of associated hazards and risk assessment methodology.
• The candidate must have strong interpersonal skills as the position involves interfacing with client and on-site contractor personnel.