MARINE CARGO SPECIALIST

RECRUITMENT/RELOCATION/RETENTION INCENTIVE

may be requested through management and may be authorized up to 25% of base salary per year to be paid bi-weekly for a period of service up to 2 years.
Who May Apply:


Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job.
You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected.
See

Proof of Eligibility

for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.
30 Percent or More Disabled Veterans
Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Applying to OCONUS Positions
Current Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army)
Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel Workforce
Excepted Service Overseas Family Member Appointment
Family Member Preference (FMP) for Overseas Employment
Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan
Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act
Military Spouse Preference (MSP) for Overseas Employment
Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer
Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible
Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement
Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible
Reinstatement
Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998
Veterans Recruitment Appointment (VRA)
In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below.
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).
You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.
Specialized Experience :
One year of specialized experience which includes planning ship loading and/or discharging operations and managing, planning, and advising on marine cargo handling operations at ports and terminals.
Experience must have been gained in (1) preparing preliminary cargo stowage plans, and/or (2) overseeing loading, stowage, and discharge operations to make certain that they conform to preliminary plans, or authorizing necessary changes and preparing final plans.
This experience must have involved vessels of at least 5,000 dead-weight tons.
It must also clearly show a comprehensive knowledge of marine rules and regulations and the ability to plan, direct, organize, and coordinate cargo handling activities; to interpret and apply policies; to investigate operations and practices and resolve problems; and to establish and maintain effective work relationships.
Experience in layout planning, ship-loading, and cargo handling may have been gained during such seagoing and marine terminal assignments as service in the U.S.
Navy as a cargo officer, similar service in the Merchant Marines, or employment by commercial steamship lines.
This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-09).
OR
Education :
Ph.D or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M.
with a major study in accounting, business administration, business or commercial law, commerce, economics, engineering, finance, industrial management, statistics, traffic management, transportation, motor mechanics, or other fields related to the position.
Combination of Education and Experience :
A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%.
To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12.
Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the second year (total graduate semester hours minus 36) by 18.
Add the two percentages.
You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:

Quality Assurance
Technical Credibility
Transportation
Written Communication
Time in Grade Requirement :
Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-09).
In order to optimize the hiring process , AMC G1 has decided to launch a pilot to limit the length of resumes to 5 pages for all job applications submitted via USAJOBS beginning 1 Dec 2023 through 1 Dec 2024.
Please limit your resume to 5 pages.
If more than 5 pages are submitted, only the first 5 pages will be considered and reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualifications.
Candidates must ensure all information to be considered is in the first five pages of the resume, for example, relevant experience, education, licenses, etc.
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