Coast Guard Recruiting 14 Experienced Marine Professionals

Initiative is part of an ambitious multi-year resource plan that will improve the service’s ability to meet the growing workload demands from the marine industry. The coast guard is specifically hoping that retired, actively sailing mariners, or industry connected shoreside individuals are hired at one of five new National Centers of Expertise (NCOEs). The hiring initiative to recruit 14 experienced maritime industry professionals over the next 3 months targets those mariners that have worked in seagoing shipboard or shore-side positions. This initiative is a critical component of the Coast Guard’s five-year plan, the Marine Safety Performance Plan, to field highly trained professionals, who provide the best and most efficient service to stakeholders, and who constantly work to strengthen and improve our partnerships. This overall plan is designed to improve upon the service's marine safety program with the ultimate goal of a program that will be considerate and responsive to mariners and the maritime community. The plan has six areas of focus that include adding more than 14 marine inspectors and investigators, creating five additional "Centers of Expertise" for a total of seven centers, to train marine safety officers and effect programmatic improvements designed to enhance competency, consistency, and capacity within the Marine Safety program. The Coast Guard’s Marine Safety Performance Plan can be viewed at www.uscg.mil/hq/cg5/cg54/mspp.asp. "As a maritime nation, we rely upon our maritime transportation system and its professional mariners for the safety, security, and prosperity of all Americans," said Admiral Thad Allen, Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard. "The Coast Guard provides centuries of marine safety experience and expertise to the maritime community to help ensure our citizens remain safe, our ports are secure and our waters are protected." Applicants must have U.S. citizenship; good physical competence, hearing and sight; understanding of the laws and regulations relating to vessel, port, and pollution prevention; knowledge of classification society rules, standards of industry and professional engineering societies; and expertise in marine engineering, welding, testing, and safety. The latest set of civilian Vacancy Announcements for the five new National Centers of Expertise (NCOEs) are for GS-12 and GS-13 level slots. These marine inspectors and investigators will have duties that include training student inspectors, coordinating/ conducting relevant courses and seminars, and advising policy-makers, regulation developers or operational program managers on trends, best practices, leading indicators, problematic issues or other functional area concerns. • NCOE Marine Inspector Vacancies http://wwwdev.uscg.mil/nmc/images/bottom_bar.jpg • JOB ANNOUNCEMENTS http://wwwdev.uscg.mil/nmc/images/marine_inspector_small.jpg http://cgmarinesafety.blogspot.com/2009/06/national-centers-of-expertise-civilian.html The five centers hiring are: Towing Vessel Center, Paducah, KY, Liquefied Gas Carrier Center, Port Arthur, TX, Outer Continental Shelf Center, Morgan City, LA, Vintage Vessel Center, Duluth, MN, and the Investigations Center, New Orleans, LA. The employees are expected to have significant experience in the functional areas and significant understanding of the maritime industry by virtue of memberships in commercial occupational and technical arenas and possess either licenses, advanced degrees/certificates or experience either through work in the commercial sector, the broad experience in CG marine inspections/ investigations, or a combination of both. Those interested in finding out more and how to apply for these positions should go to the following Internet site: http://www.usajobs.gov/, Key words: Maritime, Coast Guard, Marine Inspector. Photo: U.S.C.G. Commandant ADM Thad Allen