Supervisory Safety Engineer, SLD 45/SEAT

United States Space Force

Florida

On-site

USD 125,456 - 191,839

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Vision insurance

Paid maternity leave

Paid paternity leave

Disability insurance

Pension plan

Job summary

A government defense agency in the Town of Florida is seeking a Supervisory Safety Engineer to oversee safety assessments and manage personnel in a challenging aerospace environment. Ideal candidates will have an ABET-accredited engineering degree, experience with system safety engineering, and strong supervisory skills. This full-time role involves substantial responsibility for safety management in defense and space manufacturing, with competitive pay and comprehensive benefits including medical and vision insurance.

Qualifications

Ability to negotiate handling of safety issues effectively.
Must safely handle sensitive and classified information.
U.S. Citizenship and maintaining Secret clearance required.

Responsibilities

Supervise personnel management and safety engineering duties.
Conduct safety assessments for space and missile systems.
Serve as primary safety consultant to senior management.

Skills

Knowledge of System Safety Engineering principles

Ability to plan and organize staff functions

Effective oral and written communication

Innovative problem solving

Knowledge of safety and security regulations

Supervisory skills in technical safety engineering

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering from an ABET accredited institution

Job description

Supervisory Safety Engineer, SLD 45/SEAT

United States Space Force pay range

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Base pay range

$125,456.00/yr - $191,839.00/yr

The United States Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC) at Patrick Space Force Base, Florida is searching for a Supervisory Safety Engineer (NH-0803-04, GS 14/15 equivalent).

The Safety Engineer exercises supervisory personnel management responsibilities at least 25% of the time. This includes planning work to be accomplished by subordinates, setting and adjusting short- and long-term priorities, and preparing schedules for work completion. The incumbent assigns work based on priorities, considering the difficulty and requirements of assignments and the capabilities of employees. They also evaluate subordinates' work performance, provide advice, counsel, and instruction on both work-related and administrative matters, interview candidates, and recommend appointments, promotions, or reassignments. The incumbent addresses and resolves employee complaints, escalating group grievances and more serious unresolved complaints to a higher-level supervisor or manager. They administer minor disciplinary measures, such as warnings and reprimands, and recommend further action in more serious cases. Identifying developmental and training needs of employees is also a key responsibility, along with providing or arranging for necessary development and training. Finally, the incumbent seeks ways to improve production, increase work quality, and develops performance standards.

The incumbent performs System Safety Engineering duties on specifically assigned major or sensitive programs or projects. This includes conducting safety assessments of space and missile system designs, procedures, and supporting safety documentation to determine the acceptability or deficiency of assigned programs or projects. The incumbent applies System Safety principles and requirements to developing space-related programs/projects to maximize overall safety for the program or project and its related workforce, ensuring mission success without compromising the protection of life, limb, and resources. For projects extending beyond the current applicability of known safety requirements, the incumbent performs special studies or analyses to ensure the integration of basic tenets of system safety into the evolving technology and methodology of the specific project. They also provide briefings to management to ensure that project evolution maintains the safety principles and expectations of the USAF/USSF Command Safety responsibilities. As required, the incumbent performs professional Safety Investigation Board duties for space and missile system/program mishaps or launch failures, prepares and submits written reports of investigation causes and findings, and provides recommendations to preclude the recurrence of circumstances that led to the event.

The incumbent functions as the primary professional and SLD safety consultant to senior USAF/USSF command management, corporate aerospace industry management, professional and national industry representational organizations, and local contractor safety organizations. During periods of inordinate conflicting situations regarding program risk, the incumbent serves as the primary safety advocate to ensure top management is fully and accurately informed regarding hazards in the decision-making process for refraining from or proceeding with launch processing. Utilizing System Safety principles, published guidance, and persuasion, the incumbent develops new/improved local safety policy, applications, interpretations, and precedent-setting requirements in response to the changing environment and technology of space and missile systems. They coordinate these changes throughout the local and sister Range communities to obtain maximum concurrence and comprehension to support changing space and missile safety complexities. The incumbent uses experience and understanding to develop and shape innovative approaches to space and missile system safety implementation and attends professional seminars and presentations to influence and/or gain understanding for maintaining system safety science and art as a critical element of space and missile operations.

The incumbent supports the overall management and operation of SLD 45/SE, including safety, security, and quality. When senior management is unavailable or cannot support, they attend unit or Wing staff meetings, briefings, and/or technical interchange meetings to ensure the Safety or Safety Analysis office has representation and a means of getting notification when important issues arise. When senior management is unavailable, the incumbent may serve as the SEA manager to receive visitors and/or tasking, with subsequent coordination with the Chief of SEA upon return. The incumbent upholds all required security principles, regulations, and functions for the unit, ensures a safe work environment for employees, and maintains high principles regarding professionalism, accuracy, and mission support performance.

The incumbent maintains a constant awareness of changing booster, spacecraft, and upper stage configurations, as well as the booster vehicle interface configurations, ground systems and designs, and basic and applied research. They apply engineering knowledge and judgment in solving exceptionally difficult technical problems in various engineering disciplines by applying basic research data to them. Additionally, they produce solutions that apply relevant maturing consensus standards. These solutions often form the basis for National standards; much of the basic criteria and solutions developed for use at the Range serve as advances in aerospace safety engineering and are applied nationally by industry and other government agencies in flight vehicle design, Range operations, flight test programs, and the commercialization of launch vehicles and associated spacecraft.

The ideal candidate will possess a professional engineering degree at the bachelor’s level from an ABET accredited institution, or in a closely related technical field as desired by the hiring organization. Furthermore, the candidate must exhibit a high degree of judgment, resourcefulness, originality, and the ability to foresee and adapt to the impact of changing technology. They must also be able to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance. In addition, the candidate may be required to travel by military or commercial aircraft in the performance of TDY assignments and may be required to work overtime on an unscheduled or emergency basis. The candidate will be required to handle and safeguard sensitive and/or classified information in accordance with regulations to reduce potential compromise and must maintain the appropriate security clearance.

Key Skills and Abilities

Knowledge of System Safety Engineering principals, purposes, functions and values including regulations, standards, techniques, and processes for highly complex missile systems, safety programs, and program management.
Ability to plan, organize and direct the functions of a small staff of engineers, and a support contractor with focus on launch safety and mission support.
Ability to communicate effectively through oral and written means; including the ability to approach, present, and persuade higher management to support a given recommendation/resolution. Able to negotiate extremely controversial issue to assure an acceptable and optimized conclusion that balances program cost and objectives while meeting public safety requirements to include ability to produce technical documents and prepare and present briefings to internal and external organizational audiences.
Ability to apply conventional knowledge, experience and expertise to development of new ways to do business while maintaining focus on safety and mission support.
Knowledge of safety and security regulations, practices and procedures. Ability to facilitate effective coordination of launch safety issues with user agencies/contractors and to provide advice/guidance to ensure that health and safety features/precautions are considered in recommendations regarding testing/operations of launch vehicles.
Ability to supervise highly complex and technical professional safety engineering work.

Requirements

Must be a U.S. Citizen.
Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance.
Required to handle and safeguard sensitive and/or classified information in accordance with regulations to reduce potential compromise.
A professional engineering degree at the bachelor’s level from an ABET accredited institution, or in a closely related technical field as desired by the hiring organization, is required.
This is a Key position. Incumbents must be removed from their military recall status if alternatives for filling the position during an emergency are not available.
Employee must within 30‑days of assuming this position and by 31 October annually thereafter, file an OGE‑450, “Confidential Financial Disclosure Report.” Employee is required to attend annual ethics and procurement integrity training.
Eligible for situational telework only, including Emergency and OPM prescribed “Unscheduled Telework”.
Subject to Temporary Duty Assignment (TDY): Approximately 15 days per year.
May be required to travel by military or commercial aircraft in the performance of TDY assignments.
May be required to work overtime on an unscheduled or emergency basis.
PCS is authorized. Incentive is not authorized.
This position will close after 5 business days or 75 applications, whichever comes first.