You will serve as a Supervisory Firefighter in the Fire and Emergency Services Division of NAVAL SUBMARINE BASE NEW LONDON.

Duties

You will determine levels of staff, equipment, and other resources needed to provide departmental services and programs. You will analyze the structural condition of a building to determine firefighting equipment and apparatus required to fight fire You will train firefighters on airfield, shipboard, structural, confined space, and hazardous materials firefighting procedures.

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 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.

Qualifications

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-07 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) Direct/deploy firefighting personnel and equipment during emergencies and non-emergency situations; 2) Increasingly responsible positions involving managing fire department programs such as breathing air systems, personal protective equipment, purchasing/credit card holder, health and safety, fire department accreditation, or similar programs; 3) Apply management objectives and goals for employees including performance objectives and appraisals, individual development planning, and command mission, and to effectively communicate those goals and objectives to subordinates; 4) Directing attack for the effective control and extinguishment of fires, managing emergency medical patient care and ground ambulance transport for single- and multi-patient incidents, managing hazardous materials and special operations emergencies, and managing other threats and emergencies in order to save lives and property, and preserve the mission of the Installation and Region. NOTE: This experience must be demonstrated in your resume. 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/ This position requires the incumbent to possess the following certifications for the GS-07: Fire Officer I and II, Fire Inspector I, Fire Instructor I, Apparatus Driver-Operator for Pumper, HAZMAT Incident Command, and possess National Registry Emergency Medical Technician certification. 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 copies of your certifications, you will be rated ineligible. 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 SUBMARINE BASE NEW LONDON Box 44 Groton, CT 06340 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]