You will serve as a SUPERVISORY FIRE PROTECTION SPECIALIST in the FEDERAL FIRE DEPARTMENT of NAVAL AIR WEAPONS STATION CHINA LAKE.

Duties

You will develop and maintain fire or emergency services training records. You will monitor accident and injury reporting and investigation procedures to revise or develop standard of operating procedures (SOPs). You will prepare strategic plans, facilities master plans, risk assessments, or standard of response coverage documents to ensure operational readiness. You will assign work to junior firefighters or employees based on priorities, requirements, and capabilities.

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
• 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 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 A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if you fail to report to the drug test appointment or fail the test.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.
• 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.
• Work is performed in areas where potentially harmful physical and chemical agents are present (e.g. fumes, dust, heat, ionizing and non-ionizing radiation and chemicals). You will be required to participate in medical surveillance programs.
• This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.
• This position requires a 56 hour work week.
• 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.
• 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

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 Outside applicants claiming VEOA and VRA (i.e., those without current or prior Federal competitive or excepted service): Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of Specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-10 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) Developing comprehensive lesson plans for all phases of fire protection and prevention, and emergency medical services; 2) Combatting/extinguishing large POL fires and identifying hazards such as spills and contamination related to POL tank storage areas; 3) Instructing employees on general safety techniques, accident/injury investigations; and 4) Conducting periodic inspections at all fire stations ensure training objectives are being accomplished and properly documented; 5) Performing supervisory duties such as managing, organizing, directing, providing technical leadership and guidance, assigning and prioritizing work, position management, evaluating work performance of subordinates and resolving disciplinary issues. NOTE: This experience must be FULLY supported in your resume to be considered for this position For Applicants who are current or prior Federal competitive or excepted service employees: Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of Specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-09 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) Developing comprehensive lesson plans for all phases of fire protection and prevention, and emergency medical services; 2) Combatting/extinguishing large POL fires and identifying hazards, such as spills and contamination related to POL tank storage areas; 3) Instructing employees on general safety techniques, accident/injury investigations; and 4) Conducting periodic inspections at all fire stations ensure training objectives are being accomplished and properly documented; and 5) Performing supervisory duties such as managing, organizing, directing, providing technical leadership and guidance, assigning and prioritizing work, position management, evaluating work performance of subordinates and resolving disciplinary issues. NOTE: This experience must be FULLY supported in your resume to be considered for this position. This position requires the incumbent to possess the following certifications for this position: Fire Officer III, Fire Instructor III, Fire Inspector II, HAZMAT Incident Commander, Airport Firefighter and National Registry Emergency Medical Technician (NREMT) Basic. 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 you have not attached a copy of your transcript or certifications, 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 NAVAL AIR WEAPONS STATION CHINA LAKE Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake COMNAVREGSW San Diego, CA 92132 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]