This position is located with the Department of Homeland Security, United States Coast Guard, Atlantic Area (Lantarea), LANT-5, LANT-54, LANT-542 in Portsmouth, VA.

Duties

As a Marine Transportation Specialist, the incumbent serves as a Marine Transportation Specialist and supports access to navigable waterways for mariners, facilitates effective and efficient movement of commerce, and promotes a safe, secure, and environmentally sound marine transportation system (MTS) as a component of the national transportation network within the Atlantic Area’s Area of Responsibility (AOR).

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for Selective Service.
• A one-year probationary period may be required.
• The position requires a valid state driver's license.
• This position requires a Secret clearance.
• Must obtain and hold an environmental planning warrant.
• Duties may include working outside of normal business hours.
• Subject to relocation to alternate Continuity of Operations site.

Qualifications

To qualify for the GS-13 level, applicants must have at least one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level in Federal service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular ability, skill, and knowledge to perform successfully the duties of this position and is typically in or related to this line of work. Specialized experience includes experience that involved marine planning and permitting processes; applying new information and theories to problem solving and to modify methods to resolve a variety of technical problems or challenges; Federal Aids to Navigation system and Federal regulations pertaining to Private Aids to Navigation; planning and budgeting processes; planning, organizing and directing team study work and negotiating with management to accept and implement recommendations. 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]