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Average Annual Salary: $116,379 + $58,190 BONUS
This is the average annual salary not the base pay featured in the job opportunity announcement. All calculations include CIVMAR total take-home pay (including overtime, penalty, etc.).
DUTIES
A $58,190 recruitment incentive is authorized for eligible selectees. Actual amount is calculated as 25% of base pay. Incentive is paid as a lump sum at the beginning of employment with the Command, and requires a 2-year service agreement. CIVMAR (VEOA) candidates and Annuitants selected for employment as Damage Control Leader are not eligible for recruitment incentives.
The Damage Control Leader is a Civil Service Mariner (CIVMAR) employed by the Navy to serve the Military Sealift Command (MSC) onboard naval auxiliaries and hybrid-maned warships worldwide, in peace and war. MSC exists to support the joint warfighter across the full spectrum of military operations. MSC provides on time logistics, strategic sealift, as well as specialized missions anywhere in the world, in contested or uncontested environments.
Damage Control Leaders (DCL’s) hold the top leadership positions at the MSC Training Centers, and on the Afloat Training Teams; reporting to either the CIVMAR Workforce Development Division (N16), or the Operations Department (N3). They supervise all subordinate damage control personnel in their respective areas; and may be required to provide oversight for other local government employees.
Duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to: fleet readiness and training oversight; program or schoolhouse management; planning and execution of exercises and inspections; scheduling and distribution of resources; curriculum and doctrine development; monitoring contractor performance; leading inspections, tests, and drills; assisting or leading investigations; supervising field events; teaching; providing technical advice; and safety oversight. Candidates selected required to sail 30-45 days on annual basis during high relief request seasons and mission contingencies. When assigned to a ship, DCL comes under the administrative supervision of the ship’s Master.
Everything in this Position Description is considered to be an essential function of this position. Performs all other duties as assigned.
REQUIREMENTS
Minimum Eligibility Requirements: Must be a United States citizen of at least 18 years of age and possess and maintain:
- U.S. Passport with a minimum of seven months of expiration date.
- Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) and/or Department of Defense (DOD) Common Access Card (CAC) with a minimum of ten (10) months remaining of expiration.
- United States Coast Guard (USCG) Merchant Mariner’s Credential (MMC), with a minimum of ten months remaining of expiration date.
Position Specific Requirements: • Applicants must possess credentials that will allow them to serve in seagoing positions, up to either as either Chief Mate or First Assistant Engineer aboard MSC CIVMAR manned vessels. Therefore, each must have Merchant Mariner Credential (MMC) endorsed as:
• Master or Chief Mate (Any Gross Tons Upon Oceans); or Chief Engineer or First Assistant Engineer (Steam, Motor or Gas Turbine vessels of Any Horse Power).
• Applicants must also possess the respective STCW Certification that accompanies the Merchant Mariner Credential (MMC).
• Able Seafarer – Deck OR
• Able Seafarer - Engine
- Applicants with an Engineer's license must also possess at Universal EPA Ozone Depleting Substances certificate. Applicants with a Deck license must also possess a current Radar Observer endorsement.