SUPERVISORY FIREFIGHTER

You will serve as a SUPERVISORY FIREFIGHTER in the FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES DEPARTMENT of NAVBASE KITSAP SILVERDALE WA.

Duties

You will responsible for directing the immediate tactical response to complex, multi-agency emergencies as the Battalion Chief who is the senior officer on shift. You will provide direct leadership, administrative oversight, and professional development to the shift's personnel and station officers. You will be responsible for managing, evaluating, and auditing a key departmental program division as the Battalion Chief. You will represent the fire department's interests across the installation and/or community, proactively mitigating hazards and building key operational relationships as the Battalion Chief.

Qualifications

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of Specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-09 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1.Directing company fire suppression, rescue operations, and hazardous materials emergency responses; 2. Directly supervising firefighting crews or subordinate company officers, including assigning shift work, evaluating employee performance, identifying training needs, and administering safety/operational standard operating procedures (SOPs); 3. Managing or directing a major fire department program area (e.g., Training, Health and Safety, HAZMAT, Logistics, Fire Prevention, or Wildland/ARFF operations), including updating pre-incident plans and conducting post-incident operational analyses; and 4. Coordinating emergency services or operational exercises with mutual aid partners, tenant commands, or external civilian/federal emergency response organizations. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0000/fire-protection-and-prevention-series-0081/ Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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. This position requires the incumbent to possess the following certifications for this position: Firefighter I and II, Fire Officer I, II, and III, Fire Inspector I and II, Fire Instructor I and II, Airport Firefighter, HazMat Incident Commander, BLS (EMT - B Certification), and possess National Registry Emergency Medical Technician (NREMT) certification. These certifications must have been awarded by DoD, IFSAC or ProBoard to meet the requirement. If you do not possess all of the above certifications and you have not attached a copy of your transcript or certifications, you will be rated ineligible. This position is subject to an initial drug screening, and random testing thereafter. A negative drug test result must be received by HR within 30 calendar days after the EOD (i.e., start date). The selectee's inability to successfully pass; or refusal to conduct the test may result in: 1) the tentative or final job offer being withdrawn during the recruitment process; or 2) subsequently being removed from Federal service for failure to meet a condition of employment. You may be required to sign a "Drug Test Statement of Understanding" if you are selected for this position.