Marine Facility and Equipment Specialist

Who May Apply: US Citizens

In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENT FOR GS 11: one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-09 grade level in the Federal service which includes any FOUR of the following: (1) Manage daily activities for the maintenance and repairs on vessels, marine equipment and facilities infrastructure; (2) Manage all matters pertaining to maintenance and repair of vessels, infrastructure and equipment; procurement of equipment and supplies. (3) Take readings of temperature (pyrometer), water and oil pressures, to ensure proper regulation and operation of engines, and foresees need of maintenance and repair of equipment to alleviate breakdowns. (4) Perform, set up, repair, and maintain marine propulsion units, vessel equipment, diesel marine engines and outboard engines and all boats. (5) Operate machine shop machinery such as a drill press, lathe, milling machine and threading machine. (6) Perform welding to include stick, tig, mig, oxy acetylene and brazing. (7) Perform fabrication to include ship fitting, pipe threading, and metal fabrication. (8) Mange a facility equipment tracking and management system such as Facility Equipment Management System (FEMS) or equivalent.
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EDUCATION: Ph.D or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to perform the work of the position, such as marine engineering, facilities engineering, facilities management, marine business management or a similar field of study. (Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts.)
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COMBINATION OF EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage, divide your total months of qualifying experience by 12. Then, divide your semester hours of graduate education beyond the second year (total graduate semester hours minus 36) by 18. Add the two percentages. The total percentage must equal at least 100 percent to qualify.). (Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts.)

FIRST SELECTIVE PLACEMENT FACTOR: This position requires a Department of Public Safety (minimum of 2B) Hoisting Engineer License at the GS-11 grade level within 6 months of employment.