Safety Engineer
Listed on 2026-07-21
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Engineering
Environmental Engineer, Environmental Compliance, Systems Engineer, Engineering Design & Technologists
This position will serve as a Safety Engineer for the San Francisco Region within the Dept. of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
- This position is inside the bargaining unit.
- The full performance level of this position is at the GS-12 grade level.
- A writing sample may be included as part of the interview process.
- Selectee will be expected to report to the office. This is NOT a remote position.
THIS POSITION HAS A BASIC EDUCATION REQUIREMENT. ALL APPLICANTS MUST MEET THIS REQUIREMENT IN ORDER TO BE CONSIDERED.
Basic Requirements:
A. Degree:
Engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by ABET; or (2) include differential and integral calculus and courses (more advanced than first‑year physics and chemistry) in five of the following seven areas of engineering science or physics: (a) statics, dynamics; (b) strength of materials (stress‑strain relationships);
(c) fluid mechanics, hydraulics; (d) thermodynamics; (e) electrical fields and circuits; (f) nature and properties of materials (relating particle and aggregate structure to properties); and (g) any other comparable area of fundamental engineering science or physics, such as optics, heat transfer, soil mechanics, or electronics.
B. Combination of education and experience – college‑level education, training, and/or technical experience that furnished (1) a thorough knowledge of the physical and mathematical sciences underlying engineering, and (2) a good understanding, both theoretical and practical, of the engineering sciences and techniques and their applications to one of the branches of engineering. The adequacy of such background must be demonstrated by one of the following:
For example, an applicant who attains registration through a State Board's eminence provision as a manufacturing engineer typically would be rated eligible only for manufacturing engineering positions.
A. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program as described in paragraph
A.
Ordinarily there should be either an established plan of intensive training to develop professional engineering competence, or several years of prior professional engineering‑type experience, e.g., in interdisciplinary positions. (The above examples of related curricula are not all inclusive.)
You must meet the "Individual Occupational Requirements" listed above and the "Specialized Experience" to qualify for SAFETY ENGINEER, as described below.
At the GS-07 level: In addition to meeting the individual occupational requirement, applicants must have at least 52 weeks specialized…
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