Lead Security Guard

Full Job Description

Reclamation is seeking a career professional looking for an opportunity to capitalize on their expertise as a Lead Security Guard.

You can make a difference in the West by assisting in meeting increasing water demands while protecting the environment.

Duty Location: Grand Coulee, Washington https://www.usbr.gov/pn/about/hr/area-information.html In order to be rated as qualified for this position, the HR Office must be able to determine that you meet the specialized experience requirement - this information must be clearly supported in the resume.

To qualify at the GS-08, you must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to at least the GS-07 level in federal service having demonstrated experience with a Federal , state, municipal, local, or private protective organization that involved protection of property against such hazards as fire, theft, damage, accident, or trespass; or maintaining order and protecting life.

Experience must also have included security related experience serving in an armed capacity and experience leading others in a security related field.

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.

Time-In-Grade: Current career or career-conditional employees of the Federal government, or former career or career-conditional employees, who have a break in service of less than one year, are required to meet the time-in-grade restriction of one year of Federal experience at the next lower-grade, with few exceptions outlined in 5 CFR 300.603(b).

All security guard personnel hired for the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) must meet all the following mandatory Conditions of Employment for the position.

If an employee cannot meet the requirements imposed by the agency, the employee will be removed from Federal service.

The Conditions of Employment are as follows: BOR Security Guard Academy: Employee must successfully complete an intensive 8-10 week basic training conducted at Grand Coulee.

The training provides the employee with defensive tactic skills and knowledge in order to protect government property, employees and visitors on project lands, and fellow security team members; handgun and rifle training and qualification; hand-to-hand combat training; and planning and preparing appropriate reactions to a variety of situations in a fighting environment.

These sessions and subjects require mental and physical proficiency. Each session builds on the previous instruction, and periodic tests are administered throughout the sessions.

Each test must be passed to continue to the next phase of training, and failure to satisfactorily complete a training session will lead to removal from federal service.

The above-mentioned tests include both classroom instruction and a personal demonstration of his/her proficiency in the material taught, which includes at a minimum, demonstration of various falls, maneuvers and techniques of defensive tactics, including manual manipulation of various tools; i.e., expandable batons, loading, unloading and clearing malfunctions in rifles and pistols.

Firearms proficiency is demonstrated by attaining a certain score in a live fire qualification environment, and by performance in individual and team tactics as demonstrated in live fire and movement drills.

If referred to the hiring manager for this position, you may be required to complete a physical ability test. Physical Fitness Standards.

As a condition of employment and throughout service as a BOR Security Guard, the Employment Physical Training (PT) test must be passed by performing the SRF Physical Fitness Procedures included in the link above.

Employment Physical Training (PT) Requirements-The same criteria and range of scores will be used for all ages and genders.

To successfully pass the PT requirement, all 4 categories must be completed and a combined score of 100 points or higher must be achieved.

Please note that the linked video should only be used as a demonstration of the proper form to complete the PT requirements.

The most current PT requirements are listed below and the scoring information for each category is available here.

Run 1.5 miles in 15:00 minutes or less 40-yard dash (from prone position) in 9:00 seconds or less 25-75+ Sit-ups in 2 minutes 25-75+ Push-ups in 2 minutes At the end of the first year of employment and every year thereafter, the employee will be required to successfully pass all segments of the Employment PT test, the requirements are listed above.

If the employee does not initially pass any part of the annual test, they will be given 60 additional days to successfully pass all segments of the test.

If the employee cannot pass any part of the test during the annual test, they will be removed from federal service. This position requires carrying and using firearms.

In order to be able to meet this requirement, the Lautenberg Amendment requires that incumbents may not have any convictions of domestic violence and therefore the applicant will be required to certify that they have no convictions.

This information will be verified through the Public Trust Background Investigation. Firearm Proficiency. Upon completion of the intensive basic training, the employee must meet marksmanship standards.

In addition, the employee must successfully pass the annual firearms proficiency test.

If the employee fails to demonstrate firearm proficiency initially or upon re-certification, they will be removed from the position.

You must meet all Eligibility and Qualification requirements, including time-in-grade restrictions and any selective placement factors if applicable, by 04/16/2026. Major Duties:

- Serves as the on-scene tactical commander in the absence of the Supervisory Security Guard.

- Lead an assigned team of security guards and assigned emergency/tactical equipment/vehicles under normal circumstances. - Ensure compliance with shift rotation schedules.

Revises schedule to meet unexpected changes and reviews duty assignments and personnel rotation to ensure the equal distribution of workloads and the availability to the team members for proper rest and meal breaks.

- Ensure compliance with training schedules. - Conduct routine checks of static positions.