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    Highway Safety Specialist - Montgomery, AL, United States - US Department of Transportation

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    Transportation / Logistics
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    This position is perfect for a mission focused highway safety professional with knowledge of highway safety programs including road safety.

    Demonstrated ability to relate to all types of personalities in challenging and, at times, contentious circumstances are essential to success.

    This is a good position for a person who wants to be challenged, who possesses leadership skills, and who wants to advance within the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

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    Overview


    • Accepting applications
    • Open & closing dates
    04/29/2024 to 05/08/2024

    This job will close when we have received 75 applications which may be sooner than the closing date. Learn more


    • Salary
    $103,409 - $134,435 per year


    • Pay scale & grade
    GS 13


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    Location

    1 vacancy in the following location:

    • Montgomery, AL 1 vacancy
    • Remote job
    No


    • Telework eligible
    Yes-as determined by the agency policy.


    • Travel Required
    Occasional travel - Some travel required.


    • Relocation expenses reimbursed
    No


    • Appointment type
    Permanent


    • Work schedule
    Full-time - Full Time


    • Service
    Competitive


    • Promotion potential
    13


    • Job family (Series)
    2125 Highway Safety


    • Supervisory status
    No


    • Security clearance
    Other


    • Drug test
    Yes


    • Position sensitivity and risk
    Non-sensitive (NS)/Low Risk


    • Trust determination process
    Suitability/Fitness


    • Announcement number
    FMCSA.FO


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    • Internal to an agency
    Current federal employees of this agency.

    Clarification from the agency

    FMCSA-wide employees with competitive status only. This is not a Bargaining unit position.

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    Duties

    As a Highway Safety Specialist (Federal Programs Specialist), you will:


    • Serve as the Federal Programs Specialist, with responsibility for enforcement, compliance, and hazardous materials activities.
    • Responsible for the investigations conducted by Safety Investigators throughout the state and also responsible for oversight, promotion, and the review of highly technical enforcement activities for the Division.
    • Provide advice as an expert on investigations, compliance reviews, hazardous materials and related activities throughout the State, including exceptionally complex enforcement cases.
    The ideal candidate is a mission focused highway safety professional with knowledge of highway safety programs including road safety.

    Demonstrated ability to relate to all types of personalities in challenging and, at times, contentious circumstances are essential to success.

    This is a good position for a person who wants to be challenged, who possesses leadership skills, and who wants to advance within the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

    The safety professional should be able to provide training to State Partners and division staff and provide extensive monitoring to the State and Federal Investigators.

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    Requirements

    Conditions of Employment


    • Must meet specialized experience stated in Qualifications section
    • Submit application and resume online by 11:59 PM EST on the closing date
    • Required documents must be submitted by the closing date.

    CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT:
    *SELECTIVE SERVICE: Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for the Selective Service.
    *GOVERNMENT TRAVEL CARD: This position involves travel. A government contractor-issued travel card will be issued and must be retained for official business only.
    *PROBATIONARY PERIOD: You must complete a one-year probationary period (unless already completed).

    • TIME-IN-GRADE: Federal applicants must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade in the competitive or excepted service in the executive branch to satisfy time-in-grade restrictions contained in 5 CFR 300, Subpart F.
    *FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE: The Ethics in Government Act of 1978 requires the applicant selected for this position to submit a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report (OGE Form 450) within 30 days of appointment and annually thereafter.

    *DRUG TESTING: Tentatively selected candidates are required to undergo urinalysis in accordance with DOT 3910.1D entitled "Drug and Alcohol-Free Departmental Workplace", which includes testing for marijuana. Marijuana is legal in some states, however it's still illegal at the federal level. Therefore, if selected for the position you will be required to submit to a pre-employment/pre-appointment drug test, you will also be subject to Random Drug Testing.

    Qualifications


    To meet the minimum qualifications for this position, you must meet the specialized experience qualifications for the grade at which you are requesting consideration.

    To qualify for the Grade 13, you must have at least one year of experience equal or equivalent to the GS-12, it must include:


    • Experience in reviewing and evaluating Federal Motor Carrier Safety Programs for compliance with regulations, policies, and /or guidelines, including those concerned with the transportation and handling of hazardous materials.
    KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (KSAs): Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies in the following areas:


    • Administrative Law - Knowledge of state and Federal administrative laws, including procedures, regulations, guidelines, and precedents related to case preparation and settlements.
    • Compliance - Knowledge of procedures for assessing, evaluating, and monitoring programs or projects for compliance with Federal laws, regulations, and guidance.
    • Education and Training - Knowledge of teaching, training, research, making presentations, lecturing, testing, and other instructional methods.
    • Team Building - Inspires and fosters team commitment, spirit, pride, and trust. Facilitates cooperation and motivates team members to accomplish group goals.
    • Interpersonal Skills - Shows understanding, friendliness, courtesy, tact, empathy, concern, and politeness to others; develops and maintains effective relationships with others; may include effectively dealing with individuals who are difficult, hostile, or distressed; relates well to people from varied backgrounds and different situations; is sensitive to cultural diversity, race, gender, disabilities, and other individual differences.


    For all types of consideration, 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.

    For additional information about applying to Federal positions, please click on the following link:

    All applicants must meet all qualification requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

    Additional information


    This announcement may be used to fill additional positions if similar vacancies occur within 90 days of the issue date of the referral certificate.

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    • Benefits
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    A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package.

    As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding.

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    Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent.

    Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.

    How You Will Be Evaluated

    You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.


    DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE:
    PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. If your resume/ application does not support your questionnaire answers, we will not allow credit for your response(s). Your resume must contain sufficiently detailed information upon which to make a qualification determination.

    Please ensure that your resume contains specific information such as position titles, beginning and ending dates of employment for each position, average number of hours worked per week, and if the position is/was in the Federal government, you should provide the position series and grade level.

    If you meet the qualification requirements, your application will be scored based upon your responses to the vacancy questions.

    The top rated applications will be reviewed for the quality of your experience, education and training relevant to the position.

    Eligible Federal employees also seeking consideration for noncompetitive reassignment for this position, must indicate interest in the assessment.

    Noncompetitive federal candidates must have competitive status on a SF-50, meet minimum qualifications, have served at the same grade or higher, and held or exceeded the promotion potential of this position.


    Your application will be rated on the extent and quality of your experience, education and training relevant to the position.

    The answers you select in the on-line process must be substantiated in your application package.

    If upon review, it is determined that your described work history, competencies, and/or supporting documents do not support your answer choices, your application may be updated on your behalf or you may not be referred to the selecting official.

    Please ensure that your work history provides enough details to support your answers.

    If referred, all relevant documents including performance appraisals and awards submitted with your application package will be forwarded to the hiring official for review.

    The Automated Staffing Office is ultimately responsible for determining your final rating.

    You may preview questions for this vacancy.


    • Benefits
    Help

    A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package.

    As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding.

    Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.

    Review our benefits


    Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent.

    Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.


    • Required Documents
    As a new or existing federal employee, you and your family may have access to a range of benefits.

    Your benefits depend on the type of position you have - whether you're a permanent, part-time, temporary or an intermittent employee.

    You may be eligible for the following benefits, however, check with your agency to make sure you're eligible under their policies.


    RESUME - All applicants must provide a resume created within USA Jobs Resume Builder, that shows relevant experience, education and support the required specialized experience.

    Formatted resumes can by uploaded later in the application process.

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