Summary This position is located in the Department of Homeland Security, United States Coast Guard, YARD, Industrial Department in Baltimore, Maryland. Responsibilities The employee will serve as the Docking Officer, who acts as a specialist and consultant in performing highly technical stability and loading functions. These functions are associated with the drydocking or land placement and transfer of vessels weighing up to 3500 tons for the purpose of construction, modernization, overhaul, conversion, and repair. Being a CG civilian makes you a valuable member of the CG team. Typical work assignments include: Directing and supervising employees performing all kinds of tasks involved in lifting, drydocking or land transfer of a wide variety of types and sizes of marine craft and ships. Performing the administrative and human resource management functions relative to the staff supervised. Establishing guidelines and performance expectations for staff members Observing workers' performance; demonstrating and conducting work performance critiques. Providing informal feedback and periodically evaluating employee performance. Resolving informal complaints and grievances. Developing work improvement plans; recommending personnel actions; providing advice and counsel to workers related to work and administrative matters. 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. Submit a copy of most recent SF-50, Notice of Personnel Action, This position is subject to pre-appointment and random drug testing 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 GS-13: one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-12 level in the Federal sector related to the position to be filled. 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: knowledge and experience with the principles, practices and techniques of docking and transferring of ships and of the operational requirements and characteristics of a wide variety of vessels in order to apply this knowledge to difficult problems relating to land based ship platform and drydock functions. 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 Moving expenses will not be paid. 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 571-608-0337. Decisions on granting reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis. Visit Reasonable Accommodation