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Summary This position is located in Department of Homeland Security, US Coast Guard, First District, Operations Division, Bridge Administration, New York, NY. Responsibilities This role of this position directs, supervises, and coordinates the bridge program which includes permits, drawbridge, regulations and casualties, navigability determinations, construction oversight, Truman-Hobbs applicability, civil penalty processing, and fender and navigational lighting inspection and approval. Being a Coast Guard civilian makes you a valuable member of the Coast Guard team. Typical work assignments include: - Providing administrative and technical supervision necessary for accomplishing all work of the Bridge Branch. - Supporting and communicating Equal Employment Opportunity policies and programs. - Planning, assigning, coordinating and reviewing of work; providing training; approving leave; recommending selection, promotion and necessary disciplinary actions. - Providing expert technical advice in reviewing and processing recommendations for the issuance or denial of permits. - Serving as the Environmental Protection Specialist for the district bridge program. - Conducting public meetings as official for permit actions, drawbridge regulation actions and Truman-Hobbs actions. - Developing and maintaining close liaison with operating units, Captains of the Port and Commanders to identify bridge problems and to coordinate major construction projects. - Provides expert interpretations of highly complex data, requirements, procedures, regulations, etc in addition to detailed technical advice and assistance such as program and policy guidance to individuals who are inside and outside of the agency. Requirements Conditions of Employment U.S. Citizenship is required. The position requires a valid state driver's license. Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for Selective Service. 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. Qualifications At the GS-13 Level: Applicants should have at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-12 level in the Federal service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular ability, skill, and knowledge to successfully perform the duties of this position and is typically in or related to this line of work. Examples of specialized experience include: Applying pertinent reference materials such as tide tables, hydraulic data, waterway guide clearances, Coast Pilots, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers navigational project data, and applicable environmental control laws and implementing regulations, as well as direct coordination with navigation and environmental interests; preparing environmental documentation; approving construction methodology and contractor's plans and schedule of operation; providing expertise and guidance on consideration of promulgation of new and changes to federal drawbridge operating regulation and deviations; Developing programs to accomplish bridge inspections, data collection and analysis including drawbridge log review; developing and maintaining professional networks. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular ability, skill, and knowledge to successfully perform the duties of this position and is typically in or related to this line of work. 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 Additional Information 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. This is a supervisory position, under provisions of the Civil Service Reform Act, first time supervisors and/or managers will be required to serve a one-year probationary period. All Federal employees are required to have Federal salary payments made by direct deposit. The Department of Homeland Security encourages persons with disabilities to apply, to include persons with intellectual, severe physical or psychiatric disabilities, as defined by 5 CFR § 213.3102(u), and/or Disabled Veterans with a compensable service-connected disability of 30 percent or more as defined by 5 CFR § 315.707. 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. If you are a member of one of these groups, you may not have to compete with the public for federal jobs. To determine your eligibility for non-competitive appointment and to understand the required documentation, click on the links above or contact the Servicing Human Resources Office listed at the bottom of this announcement. More than 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 571-607-2499. Decisions on granting reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis. Visit Reasonable Accommodation