[Hiring] Supervisory Highway Accident Investigator @National Transportation Safety Board

Role Description

This position will serve as a Branch Chief in the Special Investigations Branch. The Special Investigations Branch focuses on investigations performed with only a few, strategically chosen, subject matter experts. The Branch also provides technical reconstruction support for all highway investigations.

As a Supvy Highway Accident Investigator, GS-1801-15, you will perform the following major duties:

• Assist with the oversight of investigative projects including but not limited to reviewing reports and other work products of the staff; responsible for overall timeliness and quality of products, including technical accuracy and adequacy, investigative approach, issue identification based upon facts, thoroughness of analysis, and general presentation of such products.
• Manage personnel, providing authoritative advice and guidance; assign tasks to investigative staff; identify and assess the significant aspects of each investigation; participate in the identification and selection of safety issues; and plan, develop and initiate the investigative procedures, and the evidence to be preserved and its public dissemination.
• Assign work to subordinates based on priorities, selective consideration of the difficulty and requirements of assignments, and the capabilities of employees. Evaluate work performance of subordinates and appraise staff performance.
• Assure that major emphasis of highway investigations are timeliness and quality and that investigation results achieve tangible safety improvements.
• Participate in all planning meetings related to the investigation and the final report product and review drafts of the final report for technical accuracy, ensuring necessary changes are made and that all applicable safety issues are identified and addressed.
• Initiate, maintain, and exchange information with other federal agencies and international organizations, industry, labor, trade, and other interested officials through meetings, conferences, seminars, letters, reports, studies, briefings, and other similar methods.

Qualifications

• Applicants must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-14 in the Federal Service.
• Specialized Experience is experience in NTSB highway crash investigation protocols, procedures, and methodology as they relate to highway design, human performance factors, motor carrier factors, survival factors, and vehicle factors; and experience in successfully developing safety issues and safety recommendations as well as experience with the review of NTSB reports.
• Your resume must clearly show the specialized experience and competencies related to this position. Failure to demonstrate how you possess the education, specialized experience and/or competencies will result in an "Ineligible" rating.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship
• Males born after 12/31/59 must be registered for Selective Service
• Resume and supporting documents (see "How to Apply" section.)
• Suitability for Federal employment
• Financial Interest in transportation enterprises will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
• Bargaining Unit Position: NO
• Direct Deposit is required.
• Status candidates must meet time-in-grade requirements (52 weeks at the next lower grade level) by the closing date of this announcement. Only experience and education obtained by the closing date of this announcement will be considered.
• You may be required to complete a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report, OGE-450, upon entering the position and annually.
• Applicants must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of the announcement.
• Two-Page Resume Limit: Resumes must not be more than two standard single-sided pages (or one page if submitting a front and back, hard-copy).
• The selectee is required to serve a probationary period upon initial appointment to a supervisory and/or managerial position.

Benefits

• The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes, in part, paid vacation, sick leave, holidays and various benefits as well as work-life amenities such as alternate work schedules, telework, flextime, fitness and transit benefits.
• Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent.