This position is located in the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard, Thirteenth Coast Guard District, Sector Columbia River located in Portland, OR.

Duties

This position serves as the Commercial Fishing Vessel Examiner (CFVE) for Sector Columbia River, Portland Oregon, providing commercial fishing industry vessel examination services as a senior technical expert regarding the local commercial fishing industry. The CFVE is responsible for overall training, and project leadership in the enforcement of marine safety, pollution prevention, vessel manning laws and regulations to all CFV examiners (Auxiliary, Reserve and Active Duty) within the Sector/Unit. Additionally, the CFVE will act as the resident expert for continuity of fishing vessel examination policies. The position also includes the responsibility for promoting commercial fishing industry safety within the Sector’s area of responsibility.

Requirements

• Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for Selective Service.
• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• The position requires a valid state driver's license.
• A one-year probationary period may be required.
• Financial Disclosure required

Qualifications

You qualify for the GS-12 grade level if you possess one year of specialized experience at the GS-11 grade level. Examples of specialized experience include the following: Providing technical guidance on commercial fishing vessel issues. Working with Federal, state, local agencies and the fishing industry to promote commercial fishing industry safety. Planning, scheduling, and conducting on site examinations of commercial fishing industry vessels for compliance with all applicable federal regulations. Managing the processing of all marine violation cases for the fishing vessels. Evaluating the compliance of foreign vessel safety management systems with international Safety Management Codes. Evaluating the compliance of Coast Guard inspected vessels with domestic and foreign vessel inspection standards for vessel navigation, vessel safety, vessel manning and pollution prevention. 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.  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 7120 Washington, District of Columbia 20593-7120 United States
• Name: USCG Applicant Support
• Phone: 866-656-6830
• Email: [email protected]