This position is located in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Coast Guard, Seventh Coast Guard District, Bridge Branch, Prevention Department, Miami, Florida.  

Duties

This position is located in the Seventh Coast Guard District, Bridge Branch, Prevention Department. The Bridge Branch permits and regulates bridges over navigable waters of the Seventh Coast Guard District.Being a Coast Guard civilian makes you a valuable member of the Coast Guard team. Typical work assignments include:

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for Selective Service.
• The position requires a valid state driver's license.
• May be required to wear protective gear in performance of duties.
• This position requires a National Agency Check with Inquiries (NACI).
• This position may require a one year probationary period.
• Educational Requirement Position: Unofficial Transcripts required.

Qualifications

To qualify at the GS-11 level, applicants must have one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to at least a GS-09 in the federal service. 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. Specialized experience includes: Conducting navigational or environmental reviews of bridge permits applications, or other applications of a similar type; Managing transportation-related projects; Developing decision documents, administrative records, records of decision, or legal permit documents; providing advice, policy guidance or training on related issues; Developing navigation, environmental, or similar policy for a program or office; Examining case file documentation concerning bridge or other transportation-related projects (e.g., location, design type, project plans, navigational orientation, environmental consequences); Performing environmental reviews in accordance with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA); Providing guidance and interpretation of technical requirements for a program or office, or to federal, state and local agencies, engineers, bridge owners, consultants and contractors for bridge or transportation-related projects; OR Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degreeOR 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degreeOR LL.M., if related. To qualify at the GS-12 grade level: Applicants must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 level in the federal service. 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. Examples of specialized experience include: Reviewing and make recommendations on the documentation of permit applications submitted by bridge owners for the construction of new bridges Reviewing construction plans, activities, and scheduling to eliminate or minimize interruption to navigation during construction. Conducting investigations and obtains data on reported issues that may unreasonably obstruct navigation, transits through bridge areas, and past accident records. Conducting site visits to ensure that the authorized construction approach followed and no hazards to navigation or the environment exist. 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. IOR: Undergraduate and Graduate Education: Major study -- accounting, business administration, business or commercial law, commerce, economics, engineering, finance, industrial management, statistics, traffic management, transportation, motor mechanics, or other fields related to the position. Education cannot be substituted for experience at the GS-12 grade level. 

Education

This position does 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]