This position is located in the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard, First Coast Guard District, Sector New York, Prevention Division Staten Island, NY.

Duties

The Senior Marine Inspector Training Coordinator serves as the primary unit Training Officer (TO) and as a Senior Marine Inspector (SMI) providing technical expertise and training leadership in the compliance duties of marine safety, vessel inspection, pollution prevention, vessel manning laws, regulations, treaties, and international conventions.  This position also provides the unit’s continuity of training and qualification for all marine inspectors attached to the unit.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• The position requires a valid state driver's license.
• This position requires a pre-appointment physical.
• Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for Selective Service.

Qualifications

You qualify for the GS-13 grade level if you possess one year of specialized experience at the GS-12 grade level in the federal sector performing duties such as: ~ Conducting vessel safety regulation training; ~ Developing a personnel training program for a marine investigations 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); ~ Identifying hazardous conditions and violations and prescribing corrective measures; and writing analytical report;. ~ Determining compliance with laws, regulations and applicable standards, verifying the certification and existence of proper vessel documentation and safe and proper operating order of systems (navigation, communication, alarm, lifesaving, firefighting, and pollution prevention systems) and machinery and the soundness and acceptable parameters of vessel structures and hulls. 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

Selectee(s) for this position who are newly appointed to a permanent or term position may be eligible for student loan repayment up to $10,000 (pre-tax) for one calendar year. More than one loan may be repaid if the combined repayments do not exceed $10,000. Receipt of this incentive will require a three year service agreement.

Contacts

• Address United States Coast Guard 2401 Hawkins Point Road Building 1, Mailstop 4 Baltimore, Maryland 21226 United States
• Name: USCG Applicant Support
• Phone: 866-656-6830
• Email: [email protected]