Total 117 job vacancies by U.S. Coast Guard

You will serve as a/an Command Center Watchstander and be responsible for maintaining information management, situational awareness and command control over all Coast Guard operations in the Sector area of responsibility.

Being a Coast Guard civilian makes you a valuable member of the Coast Guard team. Typical work assignments include:

• Overseeing and monitoring the Sector's response to Search and Rescue (SAR) cases in order to minimize loss of life and property at sea
• Developing search action plans while investigating and coordinating ongoing activities and operations within the Area of Responsibility (AOR)
• Providing command and control over Coast Guard assets in all maritime law enforcement operations within the Sector AOR
• Maintaining command and control of response operations for oil discharges and hazardous substance releases within Sector AOR
• Analyzing and disseminating a variety of nautical data such as current, tides and weather
• Interacting with federal, state, and local government agencies while coordinating response to SAR, LE, PWCS, MER, and other Coast Guard missions

Mandatory training is required which must be successfully completed and other training may occur as necessary for success in the position.

Starting at $72,553 Per Year (GS 11)

You will serve as a/an CFVS Examiner and be responsible for serving as both the Commercial Fishing Industry Vessel Examiner providing commercial fishing industry vessel examination services and as a senior technical expert regarding the local commercial fishing industry.

Being a Coast Guard civilian makes you a valuable member of the Coast Guard team. Typical work assignments include:

• Conducting technical reviews to determine compliance with regulations and applicable standards.
• Determining that vessels to be examined have the proper documents and certificates on board and in effect.
• Examining all required navigation, communication, alarm, lifesaving, firefighting, and pollution prevention systems to ensure that they are operating properly and in com
• Examining the vessels accessible hull, including hull envelope, internal structural members, protrusions, fittings, appendages, holding areas, special use structures, and structural fire protection to ensure that they are in sound condition.
• Examining the vessels machinery, including propulsion equipment, control machinery, auxiliary machinery, special deck, derrick and vessel pumping equipment, damage and fire control machinery, electrical and power generation systems, piping, transfer and monitoring systems to ensure that they are in safe operating condition and are in compliance with applicable design, installation, and operational standards.

Starting at $88,183 Per Year (GS 12)

The position implements the Coast Guard Sexual Assault Prevention and Response (SAPR) Program in the field, according to guidance provided in Commandant Instruction (COMDTINST) M1754.10 (series), and such other directives as may be issued by competent authorities. The incumbent plans, directs, consults, monitors, coordinates, formulates, organizes, develops, administers, evaluates, trains, networks, publicizes, and budgets all
program components including, training, mandatory reporting requirements and a wide range of services involving the SAPR Program in their geographic area of responsibility (AOR).

Being a Coast Guard civilian makes you a valuable member of the Coast Guard team. Typical work assignments include:
Administering, planning, directing, managing, monitoring, educating, developing, implementing, marketing, evaluating, training and consulting, on all aspects of the CG SAPR Program.

• Coordinating and conducting standardized training as required for the SAPR Program in their AOR and in other geographic areas as assigned.
• Providing and coordinating interventions and follow-up on coordination of care as requires in all referrals of sexual assault.
• Providing related reports as required by Commandant Instruction and HSWL SC SOPs.
• Preparing and submitting budget requirements for program operations.
• Providing VA, SARC, leadership, recruit and other related training events throughout the Coast Guard and completed relevant SAPR report as requested by and in collaboration with HSWL SC Work Life Division Chief,
• SAPR PM, and as required by Commandant Instructions and HSWL SC SOPs.
• Coordinating the Victim Witness Assistance Program with legal officers, Coast Guard investigators, DOD officials, victims, and witnesses, consulting with Coast Guard commands to ensure the rights of the individuals are protected.

Starting at $97,376 Per Year (GS 12)

This position serves as a General Engineer in the U.S. Coast Guard Surface Forces Logistics Center (SFLC), Engineering Services Division, Survivability and Sustainment Branch, Maintenance Programs Section. The Section includes responsibility for the SFLC Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) programs for Hull, Mechanical and Electrical (HM&E) equipment installed on all cutters and boats. The work involves a wide range of engineering including, but not limited to, diesel, gas turbine and electric propulsion systems, heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems, piping systems, hydraulics, ordnance, electrical distribution and control systems and other shipboard mechanical and electrical systems. No one field of engineering expertise predominates. Being a Coast Guard civilian makes you a valuable member of the Coast Guard team. Typical work assignments include:

Coordinates Coast Guard and fleet involvement in RCMA initiatives, as well as reviews program products. Conducts RCM analysis, feasibility studies, reviews designs and specifications for equipment, materials and methods of retrofit or installation, and develops life cycle cost estimates and life cycle information for engineering projects. These technical instructions, guides and descriptive literature are used by SFLC units in operating, maintaining and repairing shipboard HM&E, ordnance and electronic systems.

Directly support the Section Chief via providing oversight of all RCM initiatives.

Provides technical expertise on RCM programs by providing professional engineering advice to Coast Guard new cutter and boat acquisitions as well as sustainment projects.

As an RCM expert, develops and refines procedures or influences policies to resolve highly complex and unusual problems.

Analyzes and reviews designs, specifications and independent cost estimates for a variety of complex mechanical or electrical systems and components on vessels involving different types of mechanical, structural and electrical equipment.

Reviews system designs and documents prepared by consulting engineers for compliance with requirements and recommends revisions.

Develops and reviews classical RCM analyses for new and existing systems.

Ensures analysis methodology is in accordance with established standards and procedures and that results provide accurate data and information required to establish effective Maintenance Requirements Lists.

Executes Coast Guard Maintenance Effectiveness Review (CG MER) programs adhering to RCM principles in all activities.

Oversees selection of appropriate candidate systems for the CG MER process, manages efforts to plan, execute, analyze results and use resulting data to effect improvements in system maintenance and ensure publishing of Maintenance Requirements Lists consistent with Reliability Centered Maintenance principles.

Coordinate and conduct technical investigations, such as Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) or statistical analysis of deficiencies for systems or components and maintenance practices.

Evaluate alternative corrective measures using business-case analysis by considering technology, system requirements, and economics. These types of projects often require the incumbent to review, evaluate and advise on the effectiveness, technical adequacy and suitability of work and proposals of others. Implement and manage remedial actions that are the outcome of failure analyses.

Act as technical advisor to other SFLC divisions, branches and sections, other Coast Guard organizations, and consults in all areas of responsibility.

Coordinates reviews with Program Depot Maintenance Sections of each Product Line and its associated depot maintenance agents for maintenance engineering and improvement issues, and program changes.

Works closely with the Product Lines' Engineering Branches, Projects Sections and field activities to analyze and define RCM actions and support Condition Based Maintenance efforts required to achieve established management objectives and milestones.

Provides quality assurance and policy oversight and confirms that SFLC Divisions/Product Lines and other organizational entities are in compliance with RCM policies.

Performs ship checks on Coast Guard cutters as needed to obtain data for RCM study, design and review and to ensure compliance with specifications.

Mandatory training is required which must be successfully completed and other training may occur as necessary for success in the position.

Starting at $99,200 Per Year (GS 12)

You will serve as a Human Resources Assistant and be responsible for providing administrative and technical support for processing a full range of staffing and personnel actions. Such support is rendered to Human Resources Specialists in the immediate office, but assistance may also be rendered to employees, management officials or the general public.

Being a Coast Guard civilian makes you a valuable member of the Coast Guard team. Typical work assignments include:

• Processing a variety of personnel actions.
• Providing information to customers on general human resources topics such as benefits, pay, leave, personnel records, and application for federal employment.
• Researching and applying applicable laws and regulations in order to provide advice and guidance to customers.
• Conducting new employee orientation and ensuring all associated paperwork and actions are forwarded and processed in accordance with applicable laws, rules and regulations.
• Using office automation systems to input, update, or retrieve information (i.e., National Finance Center, EmpowHR, Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), USA Staffing, e-OPF and E-verify.

Starting at $44,590 Per Year (GS 5-7)

You will serve as a Supervisory Contract Specialist and be responsible for supervising and developing the procurement and administration of contracts for services, goods, transportation, lodging, messing/alley services & general contracting needs of the CG Academy.

Being a Coast Guard civilian makes you a valuable member of the Coast Guard team. Typical work assignments include:

• Serving as the senior contract specialist for the assigned area of responsibility for all aspects of the contracting transactions from initiation to recommendation of award to procure items or services where standard contracting procedures must be modified.
• Providing guidance in the development of the statement of work and data requirements.
• Determining the type of contract best suited to the requirement, develops special clauses, terms, and conditions applicable to the solicitation.
• Negotiating modifications to contracts with nonstandard terms and conditions.
• Utilizes a variety of price analysis techniques involving a wide range of related and possibly complex factors affecting contractors' costs.
• Addressing difficult contracting issues and identifies alternative courses of action.
• Conducting contract reviews to evaluate performance.
• Directly supervising a workforce consisting of a mix of civilian and active-duty personnel.

Mandatory training is required which must be successfully completed and other training may occur as necessary for success in the position.

A. Federal Acquisition Certification for Program and Project Managers Level I (FAC P/PM-I) or management determined equivalent within two years of entry into the position.

Starting at $97,979 Per Year (GS 12)

You will serve as a Supervisory Contract Specialist and be responsible for supervising and developing the procurement and administration of contracts for services, goods, transportation, lodging, messing/alley services & general contracting needs of the CG Academy.

Being a Coast Guard civilian makes you a valuable member of the Coast Guard team. Typical work assignments include:

• Serving as the senior contract specialist for the assigned area of responsibility for all aspects of the contracting transactions from initiation to recommendation of award to procure items or services where standard contracting procedures must be modified.
• Providing guidance in the development of the statement of work and data requirements.
• Determining the type of contract best suited to the requirement, develops special clauses, terms, and conditions applicable to the solicitation.
• Negotiating modifications to contracts with nonstandard terms and conditions.
• Utilizes a variety of price analysis techniques involving a wide range of related and possibly complex factors affecting contractors' costs.
• Addressing difficult contracting issues and identifies alternative courses of action.
• Conducting contract reviews to evaluate performance.
• Directly supervising a workforce consisting of a mix of civilian and active-duty personnel.

Mandatory training is required which must be successfully completed and other training may occur as necessary for success in the position.

A. Federal Acquisition Certification for Program and Project Managers Level I (FAC P/PM-I) or management determined equivalent within two years of entry into the position.

Starting at $97,979 Per Year (GS 12)

You will serve as a/an Vessel Traffic Management Specialist and be responsible for providing vessel traffic management services in a Coast Guard Vessel Traffic Center on a rotating shift. The Vessel Traffic Center is a twenty-four hour per day, seven days a week operation.

Being a Coast Guard civilian makes you a valuable member of the Coast Guard team. Typical work assignments include:

• Operates a variety of surveillance sensors, communications, data processing, keyboard and other electronic equipment.
• Coordinates advisory information between participating and non-participating vessels and small craft.
• Assists other Federal agencies in executing operational activities in support of drug interdiction or immigration control, by providing tracking or other vessel movement information.
• Provides tracking or other sensor information in support Coast Guard missions, including maritime traffic management, homeland security, port security, search and rescue, law enforcement, and military missions.
• Participating in training exercises to prepare for maritime accidents or natural disasters.

Starting at $86,962 Per Year (GS 12)

You will serve as a Supervisory Business Unit Manager and will be responsible for providing supervisory, administrative and technical management of the U.S. Coast Guard's automated active duty and reserve pay and personnel system. You will also provide personnel support to USCG customer and for the timely processing and payment of semi-monthly payroll.

Being a Coast Guard civilian makes you a valuable member of the Coast Guard team. Typical work assignments include:

• Evaluating legislative and regulatory changes and Comptroller General decisions and establishing policies and directions for implementing them.
• Providing responsive and timely service to Pay and Personnel Center (PPC) customers.
• Making continuous improvements to the services and products provided by Military Account Support Branch.
• Processing pay entitlements and ensuring that the semi-monthly payroll is accurate and timely.
• Furthering the goals of equal employment opportunity (EEO) by ensuring the accomplishment of affirmative action objectives and adhering to non-discriminatory employment practices.

This position has been designated as Mission Essential. In the event of severe weather conditions or other such emergency type situations (natural or man-made disaster) the incumbent is required to report to work or remain at work as scheduled to support mission operations.

Starting at $105,029 Per Year (GS 13)

You will serve as a/an Supervisory Business Unit Manager and will be responsible for providing supervisory, administrative and technical management of the U.S. Coast Guard's automated active duty and reserve pay and personnel system. You will also provide personnel support to USCG customer and for the timely processing and payment of semi-monthly payroll.

Being a Coast Guard civilian makes you a valuable member of the Coast Guard team. Typical work assignments include:

• Evaluating legislative and regulatory changes and Comptroller General decisions and establishing policies and directions for implementing them.
• Providing responsive and timely service to Pay and Personnel Center (PPC) customers.
• Making continuous improvements to the services and products provided by Military Account Support Branch.
• Processing pay entitlements and ensuring that the semi-monthly payroll is accurate and timely.
• Furthering the goals of equal employment opportunity (EEO) by ensuring the accomplishment of affirmative action objectives and adhering to non-discriminatory employment practices.

Starting at $105,029 Per Year (GS 13)

This selectee will perform services as a Child Development Services (CDS) Training and Curriculum (TAC) Specialist. This position is to provide and deliver a comprehensive training program to Child Development Center (CDC) employees and CDS Family Child Care (FCC) providers, assist with the implementation of a developmentally appropriate curriculum program that fosters the physical, social, emotional, cognitive and language development of children and youth, ages 6 weeks to 12 years and promote school readiness and support ongoing school success.

Being a Coast Guard civilian makes you a valuable member of the Coast Guard team.

Typical work assignments include:

• Providing training to CDC employees and FCC providers.
• Utilizing child and youth development and training expertise to role model, mentor, coordinate and provide training, observe for successful implementation of training, assess development of children and youth by direct observation, and provide services that lead to obtaining and/or maintaining accreditation by a nationally recognized early childhood accrediting agency, where applicable.
• Developing a working relationship with local and on-line colleges, universities and professional organizations and advises employees/providers about continuing avenues of professional development.
• Maintaining training records and establishes a standardized Individual Development Plan (IDP) for each CDS employee and FCC provider, as directed by CDC Director.
• Ensuring that the required Coast Guard curriculum is implemented within each CDS program (i.e. supports implementation and execution of the Coast Guard standardized curriculum within the Child Development Center (CDC), including assisting CDC direct care staff by documenting observations and assessments, evaluating classroom environments, reviewing weekly activity plans, and providing additional training when needed).
• Providing daily assistance with plans and assists in and supports development and implementation of parent education and parent participation program, as required.
• Ensuring all childcare personnel meet training requirements as set by local, State, and Federal agencies, along with standards set by the accrediting agency, when applicable.

Starting at $55,378 Per Year (GS 07-09)

This selectee will perform services as a Child Development Services (CDS) Training and Curriculum (TAC) Specialist.  This position is to provide and deliver a comprehensive training program to Child Development Center (CDC) employees and CDS Family Child Care (FCC) providers, assist with the implementation of a developmentally appropriate curriculum program that fosters the physical, social, emotional, cognitive and language development of children and youth, ages 6 weeks to 12 years and promote school readiness and support ongoing school success.

Being a Coast Guard civilian makes you a valuable member of the Coast Guard team.

Typical work assignments include:

• Providing training to CDC employees and FCC providers.
• Utilizing child and youth development and training expertise to role model, mentor, coordinate and provide training, observe for successful implementation of training, assess development of children and youth by direct observation, and provide services that lead to obtaining and/or maintaining accreditation by a nationally recognized early childhood accrediting agency, where applicable.
• Developing a working relationship with local and on-line colleges, universities and professional organizations and advises employees/providers about continuing avenues of professional development.
• Maintaining training records and establishes a standardized Individual Development Plan (IDP) for each CDS employee and FCC provider, as directed by CDC Director.
• Ensuring that the required Coast Guard curriculum is implemented within each CDS program (i.e. supports implementation and execution of the Coast Guard standardized curriculum within the Child Development Center (CDC), including assisting CDC direct care staff by documenting observations and assessments, evaluating classroom environments, reviewing weekly activity plans, and providing additional training when needed).
• Providing daily assistance with plans and assists in and supports development and implementation of parent education and parent participation program, as required.
• Ensuring all childcare personnel meet training requirements as set by local, State, and Federal agencies, along with standards set by the accrediting agency, when applicable.

Starting at $55,378 Per Year (GS 07-09)

The position implements the Coast Guard Sexual Assault Prevention and Response (SAPR) Program in the field, according to guidance provided in Commandant Instruction (COMDTINST) M1754.10 (series), and such other directives as may be issued by competent authorities. The incumbent plans, directs, consults, monitors, coordinates, formulates, organizes, develops, administers, evaluates, trains, networks, publicizes, and budgets all program components including, training, mandatory reporting requirements and a wide range of services involving the SAPR Program in their geographic area of responsibility (AOR).

Being a Coast Guard civilian makes you a valuable member of the Coast Guard team. Typical work assignments include:

• Administering, planning, directing, managing, monitoring, educating, developing, implementing, marketing, evaluating, training and consulting, on all aspects of the CG SAPR Program.
• Coordinating and conducting standardized training as required for the SAPR Program in their AOR and in other geographic areas as assigned.
• Providing and coordinating interventions and follow-up on coordination of care as requires in all referrals of sexual assault.
• Providing related reports as required by Commandant Instruction and HSWL SC SOPs.
• Preparing and submitting budget requirements for program operations.
• Providing VA, SARC, leadership, recruit and other related training events throughout the Coast Guard and completed relevant SAPR report as requested by and in collaboration with HSWL SC Work Life Division Chief,
• SAPR PM, and as required by Commandant Instructions and HSWL SC SOPs.
• Coordinating the Victim Witness Assistance Program with legal officers, Coast Guard investigators, DOD officials, victims, and witnesses, consulting with Coast Guard commands to ensure the rights of the individuals are protected.

Starting at $97,376 Per Year (GS 12)

You will serve as a Mgmt & Program Analyst and be responsible for planning, administering, evaluating complex and critical administrative operations programs and programs of the agency to ensure overall effectiveness and efficiency of programs, operations, organizations, and agency functions.
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Being a Coast Guard civilian makes you a valuable member of the Coast Guard team. Typical work assignments include:

• Working with staff organizations to ensure effective action planning in support of strategic goals.
• Leading study groups and/or steering committees to identify and implement recommendations to improve overall functions, operations, and performance.
• Serving as the Lead Organization consultant/advisor to management, in areas to include but not limited to acquisition workforce management, organizational effectiveness and strategic center initiatives, with independent responsibility for resolving controversial and complex issues.
• Developing feedback processes for periodic updates of action plans.

Starting at $139,395 Per Year (GS 14)

This position serves as a General Engineer in the U.S. Coast Guard Surface Forces Logistics Center (SFLC), Engineering Services Division, Survivability and Sustainment Branch, Maintenance Programs Section. The Section includes responsibility for the SFLC Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) programs for Hull, Mechanical and Electrical (HM&E) equipment installed on all cutters and boats. The work involves a wide range of engineering including, but not limited to, diesel, gas turbine and electric propulsion systems, heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems, piping systems, hydraulics, ordnance, electrical distribution and control systems and other shipboard mechanical and electrical systems. No one field of engineering expertise predominates.

Being a Coast Guard civilian makes you a valuable member of the Coast Guard team. Typical work assignments include:

Coordinates Coast Guard and fleet involvement in RCMA initiatives, as well as reviews program products. Conducts RCM analysis, feasibility studies, reviews designs and specifications for equipment, materials and methods of retrofit or installation, and develops life cycle cost estimates and life cycle information for engineering projects. These technical instructions, guides and descriptive literature are used by SFLC units in operating, maintaining and repairing shipboard HM&E, ordnance and electronic systems.

Directly support the Section Chief via providing oversight of all RCM initiatives.

Provides technical expertise on RCM programs by providing professional engineering advice to Coast Guard new cutter and boat acquisitions as well as sustainment projects.

As an RCM expert, develops and refines procedures or influences policies to resolve highly complex and unusual problems.

Analyzes and reviews designs, specifications and independent cost estimates for a variety of complex mechanical or electrical systems and components on vessels involving different types of mechanical, structural and electrical equipment.

Reviews system designs and documents prepared by consulting engineers for compliance with requirements and recommends revisions.

Develops and reviews classical RCM analyses for new and existing systems.

Ensures analysis methodology is in accordance with established standards and procedures and that results provide accurate data and information required to establish effective Maintenance Requirements Lists. Executes Coast Guard Maintenance Effectiveness Review (CG MER) programs adhering to RCM principles in all activities.

Oversees selection of appropriate candidate systems for the CG MER process, manages efforts to plan, execute, analyze results and use resulting data to effect improvements in system maintenance and ensure publishing of Maintenance Requirements Lists consistent with Reliability Centered Maintenance principles.
Coordinate and conduct technical investigations, such as Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) or statistical analysis of deficiencies for systems or components and maintenance practices. Evaluate alternative corrective measures using business-case analysis by considering technology, system requirements, and economics. These types of projects often require the incumbent to review, evaluate and advise on the effectiveness, technical adequacy and suitability of work and proposals of others. Implement and manage remedial actions that are the outcome of failure analyses.

Act as technical advisor to other SFLC divisions, branches and sections, other Coast Guard organizations, and consults in all areas of responsibility.

Coordinates reviews with Program Depot Maintenance Sections of each Product Line and its associated depot maintenance agents for maintenance engineering and improvement issues, and program changes.

Works closely with the Product Lines' Engineering Branches, Projects Sections and field activities to analyze and define RCM actions and support Condition Based Maintenance efforts required to achieve established management objectives and milestones.

Provides quality assurance and policy oversight and confirms that SFLC Divisions/Product Lines and other organizational entities are in compliance with RCM policies.

Performs ship checks on Coast Guard cutters as needed to obtain data for RCM study, design and review and to ensure compliance with specifications.

Mandatory training is required which must be successfully completed and other training may occur as necessary for success in the position.

Starting at $99,200 Per Year (GS 12)