Position Summary:
The role of this position is to serve as a Marine Inspector providing technical expertise and leadership in the enforcement of marine safety, vessel inspection, pollution prevention, vessel manning, regulations, treaties, and international conventions. The Marine Inspector serves as the civilian resident Prevention Department’s source for continuity of previous inspection policies, technical issues, special program support activity and a primary inspection representative with the maritime industry responsible for commercial vessel safety.
Key Responsibilities:
- Acting as the primary liaison to vessel owners or master, for inspection functions.
- Inspecting vessel hulls to include the hull envelope, internal structural members, protrusions, fittings, appendages, special tanks, holding areas, special use structure, and structural fire protection to ensure that they are in sound condition.
- Inspecting vessel machinery, including propulsion equipment, control machinery, auxiliary machinery, special deck pumping equipment, damage and fire control machinery, electrical and power systems, piping, transfer and monitoring systems to ensure that they are in safe operating condition.
- Ensuring that required inspection documentation is prepared.
- Determining if vessels being inspected have the proper documents and certificates on board and in effect.
- Conducting reviews of vessel’s plans, safety management systems and operating systems to determine compliance with regulations and applicable standards.
- Inspecting of all required navigation, intra-vessel communication, alarms, lifesaving, fire fighting, and pollution prevention systems on a vessel to ensure proper operation and compliance with applicable standards.
Required Education & Experience:
- U.S. Citizenship is required.
- This position requires a Secret clearance.
- Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for Selective 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. Specialized experience includes: Reviewing technical vessel design and construction plans to determine compliance with regulations; resolving maritime vessel inspection controversies; identifying hazardous conditions and prescribed corrective actions; and evaluating the compliance of foreign passenger vessel safety management systems with the International Safety Management Code and/or the International Standards Organization. Overseeing new construction of small passenger vessels, implementing Alternate Compliance Program and Self Streamlined Inspection Program requirements, and evaluating International Safety Management Systems.
- The position requires a valid state driver’s license.
- Applicant must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-9 grade level (in the Federal sector) OR Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree.