You will serve as a Supervisory Firefighter in the Navy Fire and Emergency Services Department of NAS KEY WEST.

Duties

You will establish initial on-scene control during hazardous materials incidents. You will assign work to junior firefighters or employees based on priorities, requirements, and capabilities. You will perform be the Battalion Fire Chief of Operations, Battalion Chief of Training and Battalion Chief of Health and Safety. You will inform senior leaders on performance, progress, training needs, or disciplinary actions of crew members.

Requirements

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Generally, current federal employees applying for GS jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower grade level. This requirement is called time-in-grade. Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
• Applicants must meet the Department of Defense (DoD) certification requirements: www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/dodm/605506m.pdf
• Candidates for firefighter positions must not have reached their 37th birthday by date of appointment. Information on exceptions and waivers: http://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/140025/140025_vol336.pdf?ver=2017-12-01-105458-707
• You will be required to successfully complete a pre-appointment physical examination.
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• You will be required to wear personal protective equipment such as helmets, gloves, coveralls, glasses, goggles, respirators and safety shoes continuously for the duration of the work shift.
• Per DoD 6055.6-M personnel selected for this position are required to complete Driver Operator-Aerial, deriver Operator ARFF, Driver Operator-Mobile Water Supply, and Airport Firefighter within 12 months of appointment.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain a current valid United States driver’s license.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• Successful completion of a pre-employment drug test (including marijuana) is required. A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if you fail to report to the drug test appointment or fail the test. You will be subject to random testing.
• This is a Mission Essential position. You will be required to ensure organization or facility continuity of operations and/or completion of tasks that are considered essential to the mission designated by a local or command decision.
• Supervisors in the executive branch have a heightened personal responsibility for advancing government ethics. You will be required to review the 14 General Principles of Ethical Conduct at 5 CFR 2635.101.

Qualifications

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-08 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) performing command and control of emergency incidents; 2) Leading day to day operations for assigned shift providing guidance on firefighter related procedures; 3) Fighting structural, shipboard, and/or airfield fires using pre-fire planning methods and knowledge of layouts and design; 4) Operating firefighting emergency vehicles and equipment; 5) Providing hazardous material incident response; and, 6) Providing basic life support procedures as needed for each emergency call. NOTE: This information must be fully supported in your resume to be considered for the position. This position requires the incumbent to possess the following certifications: Airport Firefighter, Firefighter I/II, Fire Officer II, Fire Instructor I, Fire Inspector I, Apparatus Driver-Operator for Pumper, Driver-Operator for Airport Rescue Firefighting (ARFF), Apparatus Driver/Operator - Aerial, Hazardous Materials Technician, Hazardous Materials Operations, Hazardous Materials- Incident Command and National Registry Emergency Medical Technician (NREMT-B). These certifications must have been awarded by DoD, IFSAC or ProBoard to meet the requirement. ***If you do not possess all of the above certifications and do not attach proof to your application, you will be rated ineligible .*** Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0000/fire-protection-and-prevention-series-0081/ Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address NAS KEY WEST Bldg A-711 Suite 105 PO Box 9028 Key West, FL 33040 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]