Wildland Firefighter (Assistant Airtanker Base Manager)

U.S. Department of the Interior; Roswell (NM); Vor Ort; USD 45.000 - 75.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

U.S. Department of the Interior in Roswell, New Mexico, seeks a Wildland Firefighter (Assistant Airtanker Base Manager) to support base operations and aviation activities during fire season.

You will work with air resources, coordinate aircraft movement, monitor safety, and prepare reports. This role requires readiness for travel up to 75% and a probationary period.

Direct Hire Authority applies; veterans preference is not applicable.

Qualifikationen

• Must be a U.S. Citizen or National.
• Direct Deposit Required; you will be required to submit to a drug test and may be subject to random testing for illegal drug use.
• Incumbent may be required to operate a government vehicle and must hold a valid state driver’s license.
• Male applicants born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• May be required to work on-call, evenings, weekends, holidays, overtime and shift work.

Aufgaben

• Serves as a crewmember at an airtanker base and manages ramp operations safely.
• Oversees aviation and ground support activities, including radio/hand signals, aircraft movement, fueling, and loading.
• Compiles data for daily summaries and yearly reports and ensures compliance with policies.
• Leads aviation firefighting personnel and may act as a situational leader on the airbase.
• Coordinates with airport management, contractors, public affairs, and various entities regarding aviation operations.

Jobbeschreibung

Summary

This is a Direct-Hire advertisement. Veterans preference is not applicable. Learn more about this authority at: Direct Hire Authority This Wildland Firefighter position is with the US Wildland Fire Service, GW-0456-6/7/8 working in the following location(s): Roswell, New Mexico

Major Duties

As a Wildland Firefighter (Assistant Airtanker Base Manager) your duties will include but are not limited to the following: Serves as a crewmember at an airtanker base. Ensures ramp operations are conducted in a safe manner, including parking, loading, and movement around the aircraft. Ensures safe operations of aviation and ground support activities including radio and hand signal communication, aircraft movement, fueling, retardant mixing and loading, and vehicle movement on the ramp. Works with wildland support aircraft performing duties such as aircraft start-up, loading, taxiing and parking. Compiles data for daily summaries and yearly reports. Monitors and assesses aviation operations and base activities for compliance with established policy, guidelines, and regulations to ensure safe, efficient, and cost-effective aviation operations. Participates in daily informational briefings to aviation resources assigned to the base and providing daily risk assessments for planned and anticipated operations. Performs day-to-day administration of aircraft contracts and signs for receipt of services. Contributes to direction and oversight of airtanker/SEAT Base Operations. Leads aviation firefighting personnel by directing their activities when supporting suppression actions or by serving as a situational leader on an airbase by directing the work of a small crew of aviation firefighters or vendors. In the absence of the air base manager, serves as a point of contact with airport management, contractor's representatives, public affairs, and various federal, state, and local entities, pertaining to aviation operations at the base. Oversees the mixing and loading of fire chemicals to ensure that individual aircraft weight limitations are not exceeded, and effective product is delivered. Coordinates with other air bases to identify needs, and to administer contract requirements.

Education

IMPORTANT - PLEASE NOTE: There is not an option to qualify for the 0456 series utilizing education at the advertised grade levels.

Requirements

Must be a U.S. Citizen or National. Suitability for Federal employment, as determined by background investigation. Direct Deposit Required. You will be required to submit to a drug test and receive a negative drug test result prior to appointment. In addition, this position is subject to random testing for illegal drug use. This position requires the incumbent to operate a government (or private) motor vehicle as part of their official duties. Selectee must hold and maintain a valid state's driver's license throughout their employment in this position. A condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period during which your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest will be evaluated. Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service. To verify registration visit SSS.gov. You may be required to work on-call, evenings, weekends, holidays, overtime and shift work. Subject to frequent extended travel up to 75% of the time particularly during fire season, and you must obtain a government charge card for travel. You may be required to complete training and obtain/maintain a government charge card with travel and/or purchase authority.

Evaluations

Resumes must not exceed two single-sided pages and resumes longer than two pages will not be accepted. The minimum font size is 10-point for all body text. Headers may be slightly larger but must remain legible. All resumes must maintain a minimum 0.5-inch margins on all sides to ensure readability and prevent excessive content compression. Including supplemental pages or attachments disguised as resume extensions are prohibited and will not be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualifications. To receive credit for experience, your resume MUST state either "full-time" (or "40 hours a week") or "part-time" with the number of hours worked per week to ensure proper crediting of specialized experience. Failure to adequately provide information needed to determine number of hours worked in each position may result in that time not being credited when evaluating qualifying experience. For periods of time that reflect military service, the DD-214 or Statement of Service is sufficient to meet the full and/or part-time hours requirement as the service dates will be reflected. You will be evaluated based on how your application materials reflect the minimum qualification requirements of this position. Once the job opportunity announcement closes, your resume and all supporting documents will be reviewed by HR to determine if you are minimally qualified for the position. If an applicant's resume is incomplete or does not support the requirements for minimum qualifications or specialized experience a rating of "ineligible" or "not qualified" will be applied and no consideration for employment will be granted. Due to this vacancy being filled through OPM's Direct Hire Authority, Veterans Preference and traditional rating and ranking of applicants does not apply to positions filled under this announcement. Applications received as a result of job fairs, recruitment events, and emergency hiring mechanisms in support of this hiring initiative will also be accepted during the duration of the announcement. All minimally qualified candidates will be referred for consideration. Please note that the hiring office may conduct interviews at their discretion. Interviews may be conducted on a pass/fail basis.

Other Information

Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) or Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP): Department of Interior (DOI) CTAP procedures apply in filling this vacancy. These programs apply to employees who have been involuntarily separated from a federal service position within the competitive service or Federal service employees whose positions have been deemed surplus or no longer needed. To receive selection priority for this position, you must: (1) meet CTAP or ICTAP eligibility criteria; (2) be rated well-qualified (i.e., meet the minimum qualification requirements, including any selective placement factors; education, and experience requirements) for the position with a score of 85 or above on the assessment questionnaire, and be able to perform the duties of the position upon entry. Applicants claiming CTAP/ICTAP eligibility must submit a copy of their most recent performance appraisal, proof of eligibility, and most current SF-50 noting position, grade level, and duty location with their application. For more information visit: http://www.opm.gov/rif/employee_guides/career_transition.asp. Additional Vacancies: One or more positions may be filled from applications received under this announcement in the advertised office or other U.S. Wildland Fire Service offices in the local commuting area. This position is considered a career ladder opportunity, with a full performance level of GW-08. If selected at a lower grade level, you may be non-competitively promoted to the next grade level at the discretion of your supervisor and is contingent upon meeting regulatory and legal requirements for promotion, satisfactory performance, and the availability of higher-level work. Promotion is not guaranteed, and no promise of promotion is implied. Reemployment Priority List (RPL): The RPL is the mechanism agencies use to give reemployment consideration to their former competitive service employees separated by a RIF or who have fully recovered from a compensable injury after more than one year. If you are currently on an RPL, you may be given priority consideration.

Telework: This position is suitable for telework only in an emergency or natural disaster. The probationary period is an extension of the appointment process and therefore requires the agency to determine if continued employment would advance the public interest, meet the organization goals and mission of the agency, and/or otherwise promote the efficiency of the service. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, the agency will consider:

• your performance and conduct;
• the needs and interests of the agency;
• whether your continued employment would advance the public interest;
• whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.

Under applicable law, the employment of an individual serving a probationary or trial period automatically terminates when that period ends unless the agency affirmatively certifies, in writing, that the individual's employment should continue and that their appointment should be finalized. In the absence of agency action to affirmatively certify continued employment beyond the probationary or trial period, such appointments are terminated. Upon completion of your [probationary period -OR- trial period] your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.