TRAVEL REQUIRED:

Occasional travel - Occasional travel is required.

RELOCATION AUTHORIZED:
Relocation expenses reimbursed No

KEY REQUIREMENTS:
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U.S. Citizenship is required.

Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for Selective Service.

This position requires a Secret clearance.

A one-year probationary period may be required.

This position requires ISO 9001 and/or ISM Code lead auditor certification.

All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement. This includes Time-In-Grade requirements for current status employees applying through merit promotion procedures. Status applicants applying for a promotion must have 52 weeks of service at the next lower grade.

To qualify for the GS-14 level, applicants must have at least one (1) full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 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 for this position includes the following:

• Experience reviewing and analyzing marine casualty investigation reports;
• Experience conducting commercial vessel inspections, and/or vessel or company audits;
• Developing and/or modifying auditing standards for maritime safety and security;
• Serving as a technical authority in commercial vessel inspection and examination; and
• Delivering lectures and training sessions on compliance and enforcement of commercial vessel standards.

The ideal candidate will possess the following credentials/certifications and/or experience:

• Merchant Mariner Credentials as Deck or Engineering
• Active qualifications or current experience as a marine inspector, examiner, investigator, surveyor or auditor

This position requires ISO 9001 and/or ISM Code lead auditor certification.  Proof of certification is required at the time of application.

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

Applicants will be required to complete questions contained on the Declaration for Federal Employment (OF-306) at the time a tentative job offer is made. Certain responses on the form could pose a problem with suitability for employment determinations. If you receive a conditional offer of employment for this position, you will be required to complete/make updates to the OF-306 and to sign and certify the accuracy of all information in your application, prior to entry on duty. False statements on any part of the application may result in withdrawal of offer of employment, dismissal after beginning work, or imprisonment.

DHS uses e-Verify, an Internet-based system, to confirm the eligibility of all newly hired employees to work in the United States. Learn more about e-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities at click here

Recruitment incentives may be authorized.

All Federal employees are required to have Federal salary payments made by direct deposit.

For Veterans' preference eligibility, visit Veterans' Employment Resources. Veterans, Peace Corps/VISTA volunteers, and persons with disabilities possess a wealth of unique talents, experiences, and competencies that can be invaluable to the DHS mission. See the required documents section of the announcement.

More than one (1) selection may be made from this announcement if additional identical vacancies in the same title, series, grade, and unit occur within 45 days from the date the certificate was issued.

If you need a reasonable accommodation for the application and hiring process, please contact 202-795-6351. Decisions on granting reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis. Visit Reasonable Accommodation

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You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

We will review your résumé and supporting documentation to ensure you meet the basic qualification requirements. If you meet the minimum qualifications, your experience, education and training will be rated using the on-line self assessment questions that are based on the following competencies or knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to perform this job:

1. Knowledge of commercial vessel safety, safety management systems and quality management systems, including auditing standards and processes.

2. Ability to recognize government or industry standards as a marine inspector or marine surveyor.

3. Knowledge of concepts, theories, principles, and practices of safety management systems and third party inspection schemes in order to develop, revise, or maintain international conventions, legislative change proposals, federal regulations, and Coast Guard policy/doctrine.

4. Knowledge of international quality standards, auditing and work process controls related to vessel safety management systems under U.S. and international regulations.  

5. Skills to prepare internal position papers and decision memos, regulatory documents, business letters, and Congressional reports or correspondence.

Your resume and responses to the self-assessment questions are an integral part of the process for determining your qualifications for the position. Therefore, you must support your responses to the self-assessment questions by providing examples of past and present experience in your resume.

If you are best qualified, you may be referred to the hiring manager for consideration and may be called for an interview.

Consideration will be given to performance appraisals and incentive awards as an indicator of quality of prior experience; no points will be assigned.

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Drug test required No