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Summary This position is located in Department of Homeland Security, US Coast Guard, Surface Forces Logistics Center, Engineering Services Division, Technical Information Management Branch, Baltimore, MD Responsibilities The incumbent serves as the Team Lead and senior Subject Matter Expert for the Technical Publications Team, Publications Production & Distribution Section, Technical Information Management Branch. This individual is responsible for setting team goals, tasking daily work assignments, monitoring and measuring team metrics, meeting customer requirements and timelines, and overseeing contractor work efforts for a team of five individuals. The incumbent is also responsible for the evaluation, issuance, maintenance, distribution and preparation of technical publications and amendments to all naval engineering technical and electronics plans; the retirement and storage of technical publications. Being a Coast Guard civilian makes you a valuable member of the Coast Guard team. Typical work assignments include: - Setting team goals, tasking daily work assignments, monitoring and measuring team metrics, meeting customer requirements and timelines. - Conducting team meetings to review workload, quality, and administrative issues. - Providing training, mentorship, and empowerment to assist team to achieve quality objectives, productivity goals, and enhance organizational capabilities. - Responding to a full range of complex or difficult inquiries from customers, related to surface engineering technical publications. - Submitting weekly bullets summarizing noteworthy team accomplishments to the Section Chief. - Submitting constructive input to Section Chief to support team member’s performance reviews, work plans, or awards packages, and providing team members with verbal or written recognition for exceptional work accomplishments. - Developing written and oral reports, abstracts, summaries, etc. related to surface engineering technical publication matters. - Identifying, locating, retrieving, analyzing, and reporting on data requests within the Coast Guard enterprise surface technical information system, CG-LIMS STIP. - Revising applicable sections of the Naval Engineering Manual, Tech Standards, SFLC Specifications, Branch Process/Desk Guides, and the STIP User Guide. - Developing process improvement proposals to identify best methods for induction and management of technical publication documents/data for new asset classes, as well as the modernization/digitization of hard-copy technical publications. - Serve as Data Rights/STINFO Subject Matter Expert. Maintain STINFO proficiency; refresh skills through formal and on the job training opportunities, as necessary. - Conduct acceptance testing and troubleshooting of STIP software releases pertaining to technical publications. - Overseeing SFLC Activity assignments, ensuring the work is completed on time and to customer requirements. Requirements Conditions of Employment U.S. Citizenship is required. All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement. This includes Time-In-Grade requirements for current status employees applying through merit promotion procedures. Status applicants applying for a promotion must have 52 weeks of service at the next lower grade. Qualifications Candidates must show successful completion of a full 4-year course of study that meets all the requirements for a bachelor's degree with major study in engineering or related fields, OR, Four years of experience that provided a knowledge of the basic principles, theories, practices, techniques, and terminology of naval engineering; an understanding of the standard methods, procedures, and techniques of research and analysis in the naval engineering field. Such experience must have been equivalent to that which would have been gained through a 4-year college curriculum, OR, A combination of education and experience described above. Additional Experience Requirements: In addition to meeting the basic requirements listed above, candidates must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 level in the Federal government. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular ability, skill, and knowledge to successfully perform the duties of this position and is typically in or related to this line of work. Examples of specialized experience would include: analyzing and organizing miscellaneous engineering technical information or materials; knowledge of printing, publishing and distribution requirements; gathering information from a wide variety of sources; planning, organizing and assisting team study work and to negotiate effectively with management to accept and implement recommendations of proposals involving substantial resources that require extensive changes in established procedures or may be in conflict with the desires of the activity. National Service Experience (i.e., volunteer experience): 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. The Office of Personnel management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule, C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office. Education This position does have a positive education requirement. If you are including education on your resume, report only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. See Required Documents section for detail. You MUST provide transcripts at the time of application. FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet Federal qualification requirements if you can show that your foreign education is comparable to education received in accredited educational institutions in the United States. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence with your application. See Recognition of Foreign Qualifications click here Additional Information Applicants will be required to complete questions contained on the Declaration for Federal Employment (OF-306) at the time a tentative job offer is made. Certain responses on the form could pose a problem with suitability for employment determinations. If you receive a conditional offer of employment for this position, you will be required to complete/make updates to the OF-306 and to sign and certify the accuracy of all information in your application, prior to entry on duty. False statements on any part of the application may result in withdrawal of offer of employment, dismissal after beginning work, or imprisonment. DHS uses e-Verify, an Internet-based system, to confirm the eligibility of all newly hired employees to work in the United States. Learn more about e-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities at click here Recruitment incentives may be authorized. All Federal employees are required to have Federal salary payments made by direct deposit. For Veterans' preference eligibility, visit Veterans' Employment Resources. Veterans, Peace Corps/VISTA volunteers, and persons with disabilities possess a wealth of unique talents, experiences, and competencies that can be invaluable to the DHS mission. See the required documents section of the announcement. More than 1 selection may be made from this announcement if additional identical vacancies in the same title, series, grade, and unit occur within 45 days from the date the certificate was issued. If you need a reasonable accommodation for the application and hiring process, please contact 410-636-3504. Decisions on granting reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis. Visit Reasonable Accommodation