Summary This position is located in the Department of Homeland Security, United States Coast Guard, Surface Forces Logistics Center, Engineering Services Division, Technical information Branch, Baltimore, MD. Responsibilities You will serve as a Technical Information Specialist and be responsible for serving as an engineering drawings in the Technical Information Specialist for publications in the Publication Production & Distribution Section, Technical Information Management Branch. This individual is responsible for the evaluation, revision, promulgation, and distribution of surface naval engineering technical publications in the Coast Guard's enterprise surface technical information repository, CG-LIMS-STIP. Being a Coast Guard civilian makes you a valuable member of the Coast Guard team. Typical work assignments include: Evaluating, revising, publishing, and distributing surface naval engineering technical publications in accordance with established organizational directives. - Serving as Project Lead for various projects designated by the Team Lead or Section Chief. These projects typically include the duties described above, along with publishing project schedules, and capturing and reporting on metrics to accurately measure project trends. - Identifying, locating, retrieving, analyzing, and reporting on data requests within CG-LIMS STIP, including responding to a full range of complex surface engineering technical publications inquiries from customers. - Serve as Adobe Acrobat Subject Matter Expert, maintaining software proficiency by refreshing skills through formal and on the job training. - Remaining current and proficient with applicable CG-LIMS STIP functionality, providing support and functional training to the user community as required, assisting with acceptance testing and troubleshooting of STIP software releases pertaining to engineering technical publications functional areas, and assisting with drafting enhancement requests and justifications or trouble tickets as required. - Monitoring and capturing daily work assignments within established team metric tools, meeting assigned requirements and timelines, and keeping Team Lead informed of project progress, performance, and production accomplishments. - As a Technical Information Specialist, assist with updating applicable sections of organizational directives. Support efforts to draft new documents based on new or updated Technical Publications Team work processes. - Submitting weekly bullets summarizing noteworthy accomplishments to the Team Lead, and providing constructive input during team meetings. - Other tasking related to surface engineering technical publications as identified by the Team Lead and Section Chief. Requirements Conditions of Employment All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement. Key Requirements: Must be a U.S. Citizen or National. Must be registered or exempt from the Selective Service. See www.sss.gov A one-year probationary period may be required. Suitable for Federal employment determined by background investigation. This is a Bargaining Unit position. Time in Grade requirement must be met by the closing date of the vacancy. Qualifications Basic Requirements: This position has a positive Education Requirement in addition to at least one year of Specialized Experience or substitution of education for experience or combination (if applicable) in order to be found minimally qualified. Transcripts must be submitted with your application package. You MUST meet the following requirements: BASIC 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 a discipline or subject matter field; an understanding of the standard methods, procedures, and techniques of research and analysis in the subject-matter 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 and Education Requirements: GS-9: In addition to meeting the basic requirements listed above, candidates must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-7 level in federal service. OR 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education or master's or equivalent graduate degree. Examples of specialized experience would include: analyzing and organizing miscellaneous engineering technical information or materials; gathering information from a wide variety of sources; analyzing information and responding to inquiries from customers requesting technical information; applying subject matter knowledge in the field of engineering to respond to customer inquiries; and locating highly technical and specialized engineering information presenting findings in reports, summaries, charts, or other formats. Specialized experience is experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities required to successfully perform the duties of the position and which is typically in or related to the position to be filled. Equivalent combinations of education and experience are qualifying for all grade levels for which both education and experience are acceptable. 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. Only experience and education obtained by the closing date of this announcement will be considered. 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 Any Offers of employment made pursuant to this announcement will be consistent with all applicable authorities, including Presidential Memoranda, Executive Orders, interpretive U.S. Office of Personnel Management guidance and U.S. Office of Management and Budget plans and policies concerning hiring. These authorities are subject to change. Due Weight Due weight will be given to performance appraisals and incentive awards in merit promotion selection decisions in accordance with 5 CFR 335.103(b)(3). 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