This position is located in the Department of Homeland Security, United States Coast Guard, Eighth Coast Guard District, Sector Houston Galveston, Marine Safety Unit (MSU) Port Arthur in Port Arthur, TX.

Duties

The position is responsible the duties of a primary unit Training Officer (TO) and as a Senior Marine Inspector.  The selectee will be providing technical expertise and training leadership in compliance duties of  marine safety, vessel inspection, pollution prevention and vessel manning laws, regulations, treaties, and international conventions.

Requirements

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

Qualifications

Applicants must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 grade 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: Conducting vessel safety regulation training; developing a personnel training programs for a marine investigation program; developing vessel safety training and qualification programs; conducting marine inspections on a variety of vessels (e.g., passenger, tank, commercial, tankship, tank barge, chemical ships including foreign vessels, towing and fishing); determining compliance with laws, regulations, and applicable standards, verifying the existence of proper vessel documentation and the certification and safe and proper operating order of systems and machinery and the soundness and acceptable parameters of vessel structures and hulls; identifying hazardous conditions and violations and prescribing corrective measures; and writing analytical reports.  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]