What are the responsibilities and job description for the Safety and Occupational Health Representative position at Prolog Inc.?
ProLog, Inc. is building a team for an anticipated Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Distribution opportunity. The contract will support warehouse and distribution operations in a sustained, audit-ready environment, including receiving, storage, inventory, issue processing, packaging, transportation, equipment support, and related mission functions. This position is contingent upon contract award, final funding, Government acceptance of the candidate, and completion of all required security and access actions.
POSITION SUMMARY
The Safety and Occupational Health (SOH) Representative will administer and enforce ProLog’s safety and occupational health program for Distribution Center operations, helping prevent injuries, illnesses, property damage, and operational disruption through leadership, inspection, training, and hazard control.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Implement, maintain, and enforce the accepted Safety and Occupational Health Plan.
- Perform safety surveillance, workplace inspections, job-hazard analysis, and compliance assessments across warehouse, transportation, equipment-maintenance, and administrative operations.
- Identify unsafe conditions and practices; coordinate immediate controls, corrective actions, follow-up inspections, and closure documentation.
- Ensure new employees receive required SOH training and all employees receive required refresher training in accordance with OSHA and contract requirements.
- Maintain safety-training, inspection, incident, corrective-action, and regulatory records for Government review.
- Support mishap and near-miss reporting in the Enterprise Safety Application Management System and provide timely notifications and reports.
- Participate in safety meetings, councils, working groups, preparedness exercises, campaigns, and Government inspections.
- Promote employee involvement, stop-work responsibility, hazard reporting without reprisal, and continuous safety improvement.
- Coordinate with management on PPE, emergency planning, fire safety, equipment safety, ergonomics, environmental interfaces, and return-to-service controls.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- At least three years of safety and occupational health experience within the past five years.
- Working knowledge of OSHA requirements and safety-management practices applicable to warehouse, industrial, transportation, and material-handling operations.
- Experience conducting inspections, identifying hazards, delivering training, documenting findings, and tracking corrective actions.
- Ability to communicate effectively with employees, supervisors, management, and Government safety personnel.
- Strong documentation, organization, incident-response, and problem-solving skills.
SECURITY, SUITABILITY, AND ACCESS REQUIREMENTS
- Must be eligible for access to a DoD installation and successfully complete the Government-required Moderate Risk Personnel Security Investigation and suitability process for a public trust or sensitive position.
- Must be able to obtain and maintain a DoD Common Access Card (CAC), installation identification badge, PKI token, and controlled-area access, as applicable to assigned duties.
- Because the position is expected to use DLA WMS and other Government systems, must be eligible for minimum IT II access, including submission of required access forms and a favorably adjudicated T3 investigation, unless the Government approves an exception.
- Must safeguard classified information, Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI), proprietary information, Government systems, facilities, property, and mission data in accordance with DoD, DLA, CMMC, and local installation requirements.
- Must complete initial and recurring security training, including CUI, Antiterrorism/Force Protection, OPSEC, Counterintelligence, INFOSEC, and Combating Trafficking in Persons training.
- Must comply with visitor-control, key-and-lock-control, incident-reporting, suspicious-contact-reporting, and local force-protection procedures.
KEY PERSONNEL AVAILABILITY REQUIREMENT
As designated Key Personnel, the employee must be available, upon notification, to meet Government personnel on-site within one hour during normal duty hours and within two hours outside normal duty hours, unless in an approved excused-absence status. The position may also require extended hours, alternate shifts, emergency response, continuity operations, holiday on-call support, and work during heightened force-protection conditions.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience supporting a DoD, DLA, Federal, industrial, or logistics safety program.
- Experience with ESAMS, OSHA recordkeeping, Voluntary Protection Program principles, powered industrial trucks, MHE, HAZMAT, or emergency preparedness.
- Relevant safety certification or formal safety training.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
Work is performed primarily in warehouse, industrial, transportation, and administrative areas on a military installation. The employee must be able to move safely through operational areas, comply with personal protective equipment and local safety requirements, work around material-handling equipment and vehicle traffic, and maintain performance during changing access or force-protection conditions.
EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS
Selection and employment are contingent upon contract award, final labor authorization, Government acceptance where required, verification of experience, successful completion of background and security processes, and the ability to obtain and maintain all credentials, access, training, and clearances required for the position. The final job duties, location, schedule, and qualifications will be governed by the awarded contract and may be updated when the final solicitation and site-specific Attachment 2 are issued.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:
ProLog, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. We are committed to providing a workplace free of discrimination and harassment.