[Hiring] Motor Carrier Safety Specialist @DOT, FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

Role Description

The Motor Carrier Safety Specialist (SI) provides outreach and guidance to motor carriers and drivers for their safety management programs to maintain compliance and supports the Agency’s mission priorities for interventions with high-risk carriers, industry outreach, required passenger carrier safety rating investigations, Household Goods carrier interventions, Hazardous Materials carrier interventions, complaints, and high-profile crash investigations.

The incumbent serves as a Senior Safety Investigator (SI) and is responsible for administering the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Program in a specific territory. This territory encompasses motor carriers and shippers of all types and sizes. In promoting and enforcing compliance with the applicable laws and regulations, the specialist acts independently within general program objectives frequently and a largely self-developed and self-adjusted area work plan. The incumbent provides technical expertise and advice to the FMCSA field and Division Offices within the Service Center, over a multi-State geographical area.

Qualifications

• Expert knowledge and skill in one of the specialized areas including:
  • Field On-boarding/National Training Center Liaison
  • Commercial Programs (HHG/Brokers)
  • Passenger Carriers
  • Cargo Tank Facilities/Hazardous Materials
  • Drug and Alcohol
  • Intermodal Equipment Providers
  • Electronic Logging Devices
• Advising on policy development and training curriculum.

Requirements

• To meet the minimum qualifications for this position, you must meet the specialized experience qualifications for the grade at which you are requesting consideration.
• To qualify for the Grade 13, you must have at least one year of experience equal or equivalent to the GS-12, which must include:
  • Experience applying laws, regulations, and addressing critical issues related to motor carrier safety and Federal compliance.
  • Experience planning, managing, and evaluating investigations for Federal Motor Carrier Safety Programs.
  • Experience interpreting and analyzing motor carrier laws and regulations.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs)

• Compliance Inspection:
  • Knowledge of the guidelines, regulations, and procedures associated with compliance inquiries, including application of compliance rules and criteria and ability to make appropriate decisions and issue citations, fines, or orders.
• Problem Solving:
  • Identifies problems; determines accuracy and relevance of information; uses sound judgment to generate and evaluate alternatives, and to make recommendations.
• Creative Thinking:
  • Uses imagination to develop new insights into situations and applies new solutions to problems; designs new methods where established methods and procedures are not suitable or are unavailable.
• Written communication:
  • Writes in a clear, concise, organized, and convincing manner for the intended audience.

Education Requirements

• Undergraduate and Graduate Education:
  • Major study -- accounting, business administration, business or commercial law, commerce, economics, engineering, finance, industrial management, statistics, traffic management, transportation, motor mechanics, or other fields related to the position.

Benefits

• For all types of consideration, 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.