Supervisory Marine Inspector, GS-1801-13

Summary This position is located in DHS/U.S. Coast Guard, Atlantic Area, Fifth Coast Guard District, Sector Virginia, Prevention, Norfolk, VA Responsibilities This position serves as the Assistant Chief, Inspections Division (ACID) and has supervisory responsibilities for administrative and operational objectives of all marine inspectors (MI), commercial fishing vessel (CFV) examiners, and port safety and security (PSS) examiners. Provides technical expertise, administrative guidance, and supervisory leadership to MIs and PSS examiners regarding issues related to foreign and domestic vessels, marine safety, inspection of facilities and containers, pollution prevention, security, manning laws, regulations, treaties, and international conventions. Being a CG civilian makes you a valuable member of the CG team. Typical work assignments include: Planning, directing, supervising, and coordinating, through subordinate supervisors, all efforts related to domestic and foreign vessel inspections, including examinations of uninspected vessels such as passenger vessels. Providing leadership and technical guidance to a staff of active-duty personnel, and civilian staff, including leadership and direction of auxiliary personnel through a subordinate Inspections Division Auxiliary Liaison. Being responsible for reviewing and adjusting the completion of spend plan requests for progress-year budgets, monitoring of budget-year spend plans and ensuring equipment ordered is received in a timely manner. Providing program direction on the manner of implementing vessel compliance activities based on applicable statutes, regulations, conventions, CG Headquarters policies, and guidance for inspections of U.S. and foreign flagged freight, tank, passenger, oceanographic research, and other vessels throughout Sector VA’s Area of Responsibility (AOR). Completing vessel inspections of domestic vessels of all types in accordance with U.S. laws and regulations, Coast Guard policy, and International Maritime Organization instruments. Overseeing the consideration and issuance of civil penalties and notices of violation involving port safety, security, dangerous cargo, navigation safety, pollution prevention, and domestic vessel inspection laws. Requirements Conditions of Employment U.S. Citizenship is required. The position requires a valid state drivers license. Applicant is required to meet the physical requirements of the position. This position requires a Secret clearance. This position requires Drug/Alcohol testing. This position may require a one year probationary period. All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement. Qualifications To Qualify at the GS-13 Grade Level: Applicants must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level in the federal service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, or abilities to successfully perform the duties of this position and is typically in or related to this line of work. Examples of specialized experience include: Independently conducting, and/or serving as a lead inspector on, marine inspections on a variety of vessels (i.e., passenger, commercial, freight, towing vessels determining compliance with US and International laws, regulations, and applicable standards, existence of proper vessel documentation and certification, safe and proper operating order of systems (navigation, communication, alarm, lifesaving, firefighting, safety management, security and pollution prevention systems) and machinery, and soundness and acceptable parameters of vessel structures; identifying hazardous conditions and violations; evaluating proposals for compliance or repair; prescribing corrective measures; and writing analytical reports. Applicants must also show experience providing technical expertise and training to new inspectors, providing input to program planning, and assisting on special, more complex projects (ex.- inspections of foreign flagged vessels under the Port State Control program). National Service Experience (i.e., volunteer experience): Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. The Office of Personnel management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule, C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office. Education This position does not have a positive education requirement. If you are including education on your resume, report only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. See Required Documents section for detail. FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet Federal qualification requirements if you can show that your foreign education is comparable to education received in accredited educational institutions in the United States. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence with your application. See Recognition of Foreign Qualifications click here Additional Information Applicants will be required to complete questions contained on the Declaration for Federal Employment (OF-306) at the time a tentative job offer is made. Certain responses on the form could pose a problem with suitability for employment determinations. If you receive a conditional offer of employment for this position, you will be required to complete/make updates to the OF-306 and to sign and certify the accuracy of all information in your application, prior to entry on duty. False statements on any part of the application may result in withdrawal of offer of employment, dismissal after beginning work, or imprisonment. DHS uses e-Verify, an Internet-based system, to confirm the eligibility of all newly hired employees to work in the United States. Learn more about e-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities at click here Recruitment incentives may be authorized. This is a supervisory position, under provisions of the Civil Service Reform Act, first time supervisors and/or managers will be required to serve a one-year probationary period. All Federal employees are required to have Federal salary payments made by direct deposit. The Department of Homeland Security encourages persons with disabilities to apply, to include persons with intellectual, severe physical or psychiatric disabilities, as defined by 5 CFR § 213.3102(u), and/or Disabled Veterans with a compensable service-connected disability of 30 percent or more as defined by 5 CFR § 315.707. Veterans, Peace Corps/VISTA volunteers, and persons with disabilities possess a wealth of unique talents, experiences, and competencies that can be invaluable to the DHS mission. If you are a member of one of these groups, you may not have to compete with the public for federal jobs. To determine your eligibility for non-competitive appointment and to understand the required documentation, click on the links above or contact the Servicing Human Resources Office listed at the bottom of this announcement. For Veterans preference eligibility, visit Veterans Employment Resources. Veterans, Peace Corps/VISTA volunteers, and persons with disabilities possess a wealth of unique talents, experiences, and competencies that can be invaluable to the DHS mission. See the required documents section of the announcement. More than 1 selection may be made from this announcement if additional identical vacancies in the same title, series, grade, and unit occur within 45 days from the date the certificate was issued. If you need a reasonable accommodation for the application and hiring process, please contact 240-376-7093. Decisions on granting reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis. Visit Reasonable Accommodation.