You will serve as a SECURITY GUARD in the FORCE PROTECTION (N3) DEPARTMENT of NAS WHITING FIELD SEC DET.

Duties

You will activate and deactivate security systems to allow access to authorized personnel. You will analyze situations to arrive at the appropriate action or solution to support security efforts. You will explain security policies to employees and the general public to enforce safety procedures. You will patrol the interior and exterior of buildings to maintain general building security. You will inspect containers, personal property, and documents on persons or vehicles for protection of people, property, and facilities. You will operate, monitor, and assess sensor systems for a restricted area to only allow access to authorized personnel.

Requirements

• Required to wear a uniform and comply with grooming standards in accordance with Commander, Navy Installations Command (CNIC) directives.
• This position is restricted to applicants with veterans preference. However, applications will be accepted from non-preference eligibles that may be referred for employment consideration only in the absence of applicants with veterans preference.
• 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
• The DON does not employ individuals for Security Guard positions who have been convicted of a crime of domestic violence on or after 27 November 2002. You must submit DD Form 2760, Qualification to Possess Firearms before appointment.
• You will be required to successfully complete a pre-appointment and annual physical examination. Must pass annual physical agility test.
• 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 A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if you fail to report to the drug test appointment or pass the test. You will be subject to random testing.
• This position is considered Key/Emergency-Essential. You will be required to provide immediate and continuing support to ensure the success of combat operations or the availability of combat-essential systems.
• This position is covered by the Domestic Violence Misdemeanor Amendment (30 Sep 96) of the Gun Control Act (Lautenberg Amendment) of 1968. You will be required to sign a DD-Form-2760, Qualification to possess firearms or ammunition.
• 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.
• This is a bargaining unit position.
• 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.
• You must meet the qualifications and be certified to carry a firearm. You will need to maintain firearm proficiency.
• This position is restricted to applicants with veterans preference. However, applications will be accepted from non-preference eligibles that may be referred for employment consideration only in the absence of applicants with veterans preference.
• Incumbent is subject to 24-hour recall notification and is required to respond per command policy. Maybe subject to being interrupted from meals or other work breaks while on duty.
• Successfully complete/pass required CNIC directed Navy Security Forces Training Course, as well as, reoccurring training requirements.

Qualifications

In order to qualify for this position, your resume must provide sufficient experience and/or education, knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the duties of the specific position for which you are being considered. Your resume is the key means we have for evaluating your skills, knowledge, and abilities as they relate to this position. Therefore, we encourage you to be clear and specific when describing your experience. For the GS-06: Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of Specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-05 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) Authenticating identification for access to restricted areas; 2) Regulating pedestrian and vehicular traffic to maintain traffic flow and security operations; 3) Granting or denying personnel access into restricted areas; and 4) Preforming private and commercial vehicle inspections and package inspections following prescribed procedures to ensure only authorized property is brought into or removed from facilities. For the GS-05: Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of Specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-04 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. 1) Physically examining identification for access to restricted areas; 2) Assisting with regulating pedestrian and vehicular traffic to maintain traffic flow and security operations; 3) Monitoring personnel access into restricted areas; and 4) Preforming private and commercial vehicle inspections. 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/security-guard-series-0085/ 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. Additional Conditions of Employment: Must be able to certify and/or re-certify in the use of all security guard equipment. Required to receive training on the use of oleoresin capsicum (OC) spray (pepper spray) in a controlled training environment, to include the experience of receiving the spray to the facial area. Required to wear a uniform and comply with grooming standards in accordance with Commander, Navy Installations Command (CNIC) directives. Pass annual physical agility test. Physical Demands The work requires regular and recurring physical exertion such as long periods of standing, walking, driving, bending, stooping, reaching, crawling, and similar activities. Employees engage in such exertions when pursuing and detaining suspects, or participating in weapons or other kinds of training activities, climbing stairs in office buildings, or walking foot patrols in and around large buildings. Some security guard positions may require common physical characteristics and abilities in agility and dexterity and the strength to pursue and detain uncooperative suspects. The incumbent will required to perform a physical agility test as well as a weapons qualification test commensurate with the duties assigned. Work Environment: The work environment regularly involves high risks with exposure to potentially dangerous situations or unusual environmental stress which require a range of safety and other precautions (e.g., subject to possible physical attack or mob conditions, or similar situations where conditions cannot be controlled.) This level includes work in a high risk area where the public has easy access and guards perform their duties in locations where persons may be armed while attempting criminal activity, espionage, subversion, sabotage, and terrorism directed against the Navy installations, which can lead to assault with or without a weapon in order to avoid arrest.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address NAS WHITING FIELD SEC DET Naval Air Station Milton, FL 32570 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]