Department of the Navy

SUPERVISORY FIREFIGHTER

Bangor, Washington Full time

SUPERVISORY FIREFIGHTER

Department: Department of the Navy

Location(s): Bangor, Washington

Salary Range: $83935 - $109122 Per Year

Job Summary: You will serve as a Supervisory Firefighter (Assistant Fire Chief) in the Fire & Emergency Services of NAVBASE KITSAP SILVERDALE WA.

Major Duties:

  • You will advise the command and senior leadership on fire protection and related emergency response activities.
  • You will train firefighters on shipboard, structural, confined space, and hazardous materials firefighting procedures.
  • You will collaborate with fire fighter personnel to ensure emergency responses (e.g., fire suppression, injured victims, hazardous spill cleanup) are assigned.
  • You will act as a liaison with other agencies to establish, modify, and oversee all mutual aid agreements dealing with emergency response capabilities.
  • You will maintain awareness of changes in federal, state, or local fire service ordinances and laws to convey information to junior employees.
  • You will oversee the Battalion Chiefs development of junior firefighters, employees' annual goals, and objectives performance review.

Qualifications: Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-10 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) Shipboard fire suppression; 2) Support emergency operations as incident safety officer; 3) Evaluate shipboard fire prevention program to identify gaps in risk assessments; 4) Conduct training and advise ship leadership for shipboard response and support while in port; and 5) Perform supervisory duties such as managing, organizing, directing, providing technical leadership and guidance, assigning and prioritizing work, position management, evaluating work performance of subordinates and resolving disciplinary issues. This experience must be supported in your resume to be considered for this position. This position requires the incumbent to possess the following certifications: Fire Officer III, Fire Instructor II, Fire Inspector II and Hazmat Incident Commander. 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. Employee shall complete Marine Firefighter certification within one year. 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.

How to Apply: Click the Apply Online button to create an account or log in to your existing USAJOBS account. To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Application Package which includes: 1. Complete resume with relevant experience, job title, duties and accomplishments. Resumes are restricted to no more than 2 pages. Illegible/unreadable resumes will not be considered. Your resume must show complete information for each job entry to support minimum qualifications. The following information should be provided in your resume, but it is acceptable to provide elsewhere in your application package: employer's name, starting and end dates (Mo/Yr), hours per week if experience was less than full time (35-40 hours per week), pay plan, series and grade level (e.g. GS-0201-09) for relevant federal experience. TIP: A good way to ensure you include all essential information is to use the Resume Builder in USAJOBS to create your resume. 2. Supporting documentation Failure to submit a complete application package will result in an ineligible rating and loss of consideration. Your complete application must be received by 11:59 pm Eastern Standard Time (EST) on 03/11/2026. Applications received after 03/11/2026 will generally result in an ineligible rating and loss of consideration. If more than one resume is received, only the last resume received and processed will be reviewed. Note: To check the status of your application or return to a previous or incomplete application, log into your USAJOBS account: https://mydon.usajobs.gov/Account/Login select Application Status, and click on the more information link under the application status for this position. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process so please plan appropriately. You are encouraged to apply online. Applying online will allow you to review and track the status of your application. Do not email or send hard copy resumes/applications to the Contact Information or Agency Information listed in this vacancy announcement. All resumes/applications received at the addresses listed in the Contact Information or Agency Information will be destroyed and will not be considered for this vacancy announcement. It is the applicant's responsibility to verify that all information in their resume and documents are legible and accurate. HR will not modify answers/documents submitted by an applicant.

Application Deadline: 2026-03-11