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Supervisory Highway Safety Specialist (Service Center Director) (Open to both U.S. Citizens and Federal Employees)
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration · Posted 17 days ago
About the Role
This position is in the Western Service Center, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA). You will be located in Lakewood, CO.
What You'll Do
- →As a Supervisory Highway Safety Specialist (Service Center Director), you will: Provide authoritative interpretations of extremely complex data, emerging policy, legislation and regulations, procedures, requirements, advancements and/or approaches.
- →Personally, assists in the most sensitive, controversial and complex issues and/or problems, which have been particularly resistant to resolution.
- →Direct the review, analysis, and evaluation of enforcement actions for consistency and uniformity in appeal decision-making.
- →Direct the conduct of trend analyses of enforcement actions and appeals processing to identify: Educational and/or information needs of FMCSA staff and/or customers; needed process improvements; and/or possible regulatory or program initiatives.
- →As a result of such activities, takes a lead role in developing national policy initiatives in enforcement program areas, in evaluating new techniques, and in developing approaches for agency wide use.
- →Serve as a primary architect in designing new initiatives for nationwide application.
- →Supervise a staff of enforcement, motor carrier safety, legal, and other specialist personnel, responsible for the full range of personnel management and administrative functions.
- →Negotiate extremely sensitive/complex multi-state/agency agreements and intermodal issues.
- →Provide leadership and overall direction for enforcement activities and serves as the team leader.
- →Serve as the authoritative agent regarding all enforcement actions including settlements, NOI's, operational out-of-service orders, etc.
- →The ideal candidate a mission focused highway safety professional.
- →Excellent inter-personal skills are required.
- →Some customer service/customer relations experience or a demonstrated ability to relate to all types of personalities in challenging, sometimes contentious, circumstances is essential for success.
Requirements
- ✓CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT: As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance the organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
- ✓Upon completion of your probationary period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓SELECTIVE SERVICE: Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for the Selective Service.
- ✓GOVERNMENT TRAVEL CARD: This position involves travel.
- ✓A government contractor-issued travel card will be issued and must be retained for official business only.
- ✓SUPERVISORY PROBATIONARY PERIOD: You must complete a one-year supervisory probationary period (unless already completed).
- ✓BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION: A background security investigation is required for all selected individuals.
- ✓Appointment will be subject to the applicant's successful completion of the security investigation and favorable adjudication.
- ✓Failure to meet these requirements will be grounds for termination.
- ✓PROBATIONARY PERIOD: You must complete a one-year probationary period (unless already completed).
- ✓TIME-IN-GRADE: Federal applicants must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade in the competitive or excepted service in the executive branch to satisfy time-in-grade restrictions contained in 5 CFR 300, Subpart F.
- ✓DEU REQUIREMENTS: Applicants selected under delegated examining procedures may be required to successfully complete a one-year probationary period (unless already completed).
- ✓You must be a U.S.Citizen and eligible for consideration.
Personality Fit
This role is commonly a great fit for these MBTI types:
Job ID: 21207571-399d-4eea-928b-0a1b5d8314f5
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