Supervisory Marine Accident Investigator - Deputy Director (Direct Hire)
National Transportation Safety Board
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MARINE TRANSPORTATION SPECIALIST
Military Sealift Command
Department of the Navy
GS-11 Pay Grade
Base salary range: $62,107 - $80,737
Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-10. Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree, or 3 years graduate study.
Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).
Job Description
Summary
This job involves coordinating the chartering and management of ships to transport dry cargo for military needs, including researching options, handling contracts, and tracking funding from start to finish.
It's ideal for someone with experience in shipping logistics or procurement who enjoys working on high-stakes operations in a government setting.
A good fit would be a detail-oriented professional comfortable with contracts and budgets in the maritime field.
Key Requirements
- At least one year of specialized experience at GS-11 level or equivalent, including initiating procurement for ships and special cargo lifts
- Proficiency in conducting market research to identify and secure dry cargo sealift vessels
- Experience managing contractual requirements and monitoring performance during dry cargo movements
- Knowledge of federal funding mechanisms and processes for paying chartered vessels
- Ability to handle the full lifecycle of missions, from receiving cargo requirements to contract closeout
- Familiarity with U.S. government funding requests, invoice payments, and returning unused funds
Full Job Description
You will serve as a MARINE TRANSPORTATION SPECIALIST in the Military Sealift Command Headquarters (MSCHQ), Director of Maritime Operations (DMO), Operations and Plans (N3), Future Operations (N32), Dry Cargo Office (N321A), Norfolk, VA of MILITARY SEALIFT COMMAND.
Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.
Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Experience initiating procurement actions to obtain ships to meet special cargo lifts.
Experience conducting market research and performing necessary contract actions to obtain appropriate dry cargo sealift vessels.
Experience managing contractual requirements in the performance of dry cargo movements. Experience utilizing federal funding mechanisms and processes to appropriately pay for chartered vessels.
Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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. Major Duties:
- You will provide dry cargo sealift mission expertise to meet peacetime, exercise, and contingency requirements.
- You will receive cargo requirements from higher authority, conduct market research, complete all contracting actions to obtain the required number of chartered vessels, and monitor performance throughout a mission's entire life cycle.
- You will request U.S. government funds from mission sponsors, place received funds on contract, monitor mission funding levels throughout the period of performance, pay valid invoices/return unused funds to mission sponsors upon contract closeout.
- You will assist the Dry Cargo Project Officer in managing the full range of dry cargo missions.
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