This position is located in Department of Homeland Security, United States Coast Guard, LANTAREA, Fifth District, Prevention, Bridge Administration (dpb) in Portsmouth, VA.

Duties

As a Bridge Management Specialist, this position is responsible for enforcement of bridge laws, regulations and orders.  Your assignments will include all bridge administration functions where the majority of the work involves very large and very complex bridge construction, modification, alteration, and drawbridge regulations projects. 

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Applicant is required to meet the physical requirements of the position.
• Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for Selective Service.
• A one-year probationary period may be required.
• This position requires a Minimum Background Investigation (MBI).
• The position requires a valid state driver's license.

Qualifications

Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular ability, skill, and knowledge to successfully perform the duties of this position and is typically in or related to this line of work. GS-09: Applicants must have one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to at least a GS-07 in the federal service. Examples of specialized experience include:  performing a variety of assigned bridge administrative functions requiring the selection, adaption, and application of statutory, regulatory, and precedent material related to bridges over navigable waters; interpreting and applying environmental laws, regulations, and policies to resolve environmental control problems; providing advice and guidance to program personnel; conducting comprehensive navigational and environmental reviews of recommendations for issuance/denial of bridge permits or related activities. OR  Applicant must have a Master's or equivalent graduate degree OR Applicant must have 2 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree OR Applicant must have an LL. B or J.D., if related to this position  OR  Applicant must have a combination of specialized experience and graduate level education that meets 100% of the qualification requirements for this position. GS-11: Applicants must have one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to at least a GS-09 in the federal service. Examples of specialized experience include: conducting comprehensive navigational and environmental reviews of recommendations for issuance/denial of bridge permits or related activities; Developing decision analyses, records of decision, and legal permit documents, providing substantive written/oral advice, policy guidance and training on related issues; Examining case file documentation concerning bridge permits or related activities (e.g., location, design type, project plans, navigational orientation, environmental consequences); Examining and corroborating the formal documentation included in the application for bridge permits. OR Applicants must have Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree OR Applicants must have 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree OR Applicants must have an LL.M., if related to this position OR Applicant must have a combination of graduate level education beyond the first 2 years of progressive graduate study and specialized experience that together meets 100% of the qualification requirements for this position. GS-12: Applicants must have one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to at least a GS-11 in the federal service. Examples of specialized experience include: conducting comprehensive navigational and environmental reviews of recommendations for issuance/denial of bridge permits or related activities; Developing decision analyses, records of decision, and legal permit documents, providing substantive written/oral advice, policy guidance and training on related issues; Examining case file documentation concerning bridge permits or related activities (e.g., location, design type, project plans, navigational orientation, environmental consequences); Interpreting and applying extensive reference materials (e.g., tide tables, hydraulic data, and waterway guide clearances); Examining and corroborating the formal documentation included in the application for bridge permits; Examining and verifying the applicant’s environmental assessment to ensure compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). 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

Contacts

• Address United States Coast Guard 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave SE STOP 7912 Washington, District of Columbia 20593-7120 United States
• Name: USCG Applicant Support
• Phone: 866-656-6830
• Email: [email protected]