Highway Safety Specialist (Ste Programs Specialist) (Open to both U.S. Citizens and Federal Employees) Department of Transportion Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administrion Summary The incumbent serves as the Ste Program Specialist within a Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administrion's Field Division Office, with responsibility for oversight, promotion, and review of highly technical projects and programs of the agency. Learn more about this agency Summary The incumbent serves as the Ste Program Specialist within a Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administrion's Field Division Office, with responsibility for oversight, promotion, and review of highly technical projects and programs of the agency. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Locion Many vacancies in the following locions: Little Rock, AR Lakewood, CO Tallahassee, FL Boise, ID Cambridge, MA Baltimore, MD Augusta, ME Lansing, MI Saint Paul, MN Concord, NH Albany, NY Oklahoma City, OK Pierre, SD Nashville, TN Salt Lake City, UT Montpelier, VT Charleston, WV No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—This position may be eligible for situional telework. Telework approval determined by your immedie supervisor or manager following the agency's telework policy and guidance. If participing in the telework program, you required to sign a telework agreement detailing agency telework policy requirements, working conditions, and expections for the position. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $106,437

• $158,322 per year Salaries for all areas are available on the OPM website : https://www.opm.gov/policy-da-oversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/2026/general-schedule/ Pay scale & grade GS 13 Promotion potential 13 Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time
• Full Time Travel Required 50% or less
• Some travel may be required. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series 2125 Highway Safety Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union Yes
• This is a Bargaining unit position with represention varying by locion; Union numbers 3675, 5562, 3824, 3818, 3816.

Drug test Yes Security clearance Other Position sensitivity and risk Noncritical-Sensitive (NCS)/Modere Risk Jobs require a background check and some require a security clearance . The type depends on the job. Background check type Suitability/Fitness Financial disclosure required Yes

• The Ethics in Government Act of 1978 requires the applicant selected for this position to submit a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report (OGE Form 450) within 30 days of appointment and annually thereafter.

Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number

FMCSA.FO-2026-0016

Control number 882514000 This job is open to Help The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Federal employees

• Competitive service Current federal employees whose agencies follow the U.

S. Office of Personnel Management's hiring rules and pay scales. Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL) Federal employees whose job, agency or department was elimined and are eligible for priority over other applicants. Land and base management Current or former employees of a base management agency. Veterans Veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces or a spouse, widow, widower or parent of a veteran, who may be eligible for derived preference Military spouses Military spouses of active duty service members or whose spouse is 100 percent disabled or died on active duty. Individuals with disabilities Individuals who are eligible under Schedule A. Family of overseas employees Family members of a federal employee or uniformed service member who is or was, working overseas. Peace Corps & AmeriCorps Vista Individuals who have served least 2 years with the Peace Corps or 1 year with AmeriCorps VISTA. Special authorities Individuals eligible under a special authority not listed in another hiring ph. Clarificion from the agency Open to current and former Federal employees with competitive stus, VEOA Applicants, AND All U.S. Citizens. Duties Help As a Highway Safety Specialist (Ste Programs Specialist), you will : Plan, coordine, and conduct Commercial Driver's License (CDL), (Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program (MCSAP), Performance and Registrion Informion System Management (PRISM), and Intelligent Transportion System/Commercial Vehicle Operions (ITS/CVO) program reviews; monitor corrective actions to closure. Oversee MCSAP grants, Commercial Vehicle Safety Plans (CVSPs), and program evaluions; ensure compliance with program objectives and Federal requirements. Manage PRISM implemention, grant monitoring, and program reviews; coordine with Ste agencies to advance enforcement and compliance initiives. Represent FMCSA with Ste DOT leadership, Highway Prol, industry, and community stakeholders. The ideal candide for this position is a senior-level professional, who takes pride in managing and overseeing the enhancement of program success and operions efficiency. Requirements Help Conditions of employment You must be a U.S.Citizen and eligible for considerion. You must meet specialized experience to qualify. Required documents must be submitted by the closing de. Submit applicion and resume online by 11:59 PM EST on the closing de.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you may be required to serve a 1-year probionary period during which we will evalue 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 organizional goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service. Upon completion of your probionary period, your employment termined unless you receive certificion, in writing, th 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 issued and must be retained for official business only.

BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION

A background security investigion is required for all selected individuals. Appointment subject to the applicant's successful completion of the security investigion and favorable adjudicion. Failure to meet these requirements grounds for terminion.

FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE

The Ethics in Government Act of 1978 requires the applicant selected for this position to submit a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report (OGE Form 450) within 30 days of appointment and annually thereafter.

DRUG TEST

This position has been determined to be a critical safety/security position as defined in the Department of Transportion (DOT) Order, DOT 3910.1D entitled "Drug and Alcohol-Free Departmental Workplace." Therefore, if selected for the position you required to submit to a pre-employment/pre-appointment drug test, you will also be subject to Random Drug Testing.

PROBATIONARY PERIOD

You must complete a one-year probionary period (unless already completed).

TIME-IN-GRADE

Federal applicants must have served 52 weeks the next lower grade in the competitive or excepted service in the executive branch to sisfy time-in-grade restrictions contained in 5 CFR 300, Subpart

F. DEU REQUIREMENTS

Applicants selected under deleged examining procedures may be required to successfully complete a one-year probionary period (unless already completed). Qualificions To meet the minimum qualificions for this position, you must meet the specialized experience qualificions for the grade which you are requesting considerion. To qualify for the Grade 13 , you must have least one year of experience equal or equivalent to the GS-12, it must include: Experience planning, coordining and conducting program reviews to include the preparion program reviews reled to all activities of the program. Experience planning initiives th resolve safety regulions, standards and enforcement programs. Experience in executing motor carrier safety manded and legislive requirements on a stewide basis.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

(KSAs): Your qualificions evalued on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies in the following areas: Grants Management

• Knowledge of requirements, practices, and procedures for soliciting, receiving, reviewing, and processing proposals, and awarding and administering grants and agreements. Planning and Evaluing
• Organizes work, sets priorities, and determines resource requirements; determines short
• or long-term goals and stregies to achieve them; coordines with other organizions or parts of the organizion to accomplish goals; monitors progress and evalues outcomes. Grants Management Laws, Regulions, and Guidelines
• Knowledge of principles, laws, regulions, policies, practices, and guidelines (for example, Executive Orders, Code of Federal Regulions, OMB circulars) of grant or agreement programs, including their order of precedence. Oral/Written Communicion
• Makes clear and convincing oral presentions.

Listens effectively; clarifies informion as needed. Writes in a clear, concise, organized, and convincing manner for the intended audience. For all types of considerion, experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (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 th transles directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. For additional informion about applying to Federal positions, please click on the following link: https://www.opm.gov/policy-da-oversight/classificion-qualificions/general-schedule-qualificion-policies/#url=e4 All applicants must meet all qualificion requirements by the closing de of this announcement.

Educion Undergradue and Gradue Educion:

Major study

• accounting, business administrion, business or commercial law, commerce, economics, engineering, finance, industrial management, stistics, traffic management, transportion, motor mechanics, public administrion, hazardous merials management, or other fields reled to the position.

Additional informion The Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act prohibits the Department of Transportion and its Opering Administrions from requesting an applicant's criminal history record before th individual receives a conditional offer of employment. In accordance with 5 U.S. Code § 9202(c) and 5 C.F.R § 920.201 certain positions are exempt from the provisions of the Fair Chance to Compete Act. Applicants who believe they have been subjected to a violion of the Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act, may submit a written complaint to the Department of Transportion by email , FairChanceAct@dot.gov . To learn more, please our page : The Fair Chance to Compete Act | US Department of Transportion This announcement may be used to fill additional positions if similar vacancies occur within 90 days of the issue de of the referral certifice. Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above.

DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE

PLEASE

BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE.

If your resume/ applicion does not support your questionnaire answers, we will not allow credit for your response(s). Your resume must contain sufficiently detailed informion upon which to make a qualificion determinion. Please ensure th your resume contains specific informion such as position titles, beginning and ending des of employment for each position, average number of hours worked per week, and if the position is/was in the Federal government, you should provide the position series and grade level.

All applicants:

Your applicion reviewed in two phases determine how you move forward in the hiring process.

Phase I:

Your resume reviewed to determine your technical qualificions for this position based on the required specialized experience. ONLY two (2) pages of your resume reviewed. Additional informion beyond your resume (e.g., cover letter, links embedded in your resume) will not be reviewed. Applicants passing "Phase I" will move on to the "Phase II" of the assessment process where your applicion reviewed and red based on the KSAs/Competencies listed in the vacancy announcement by a Subject Mter Expert (SME).

RESUME:

In accordance with the OPM memorandum titled Merit Hiring Plan, ded May 29, 2025, resumes with a maximum of two (2) pages in length accepted as part of your applicion. These should be legible and in a readable font size. A determinion of your eligibility and/or qualificions based only on those two (2) pages. Your resume MUST contain specific informion th can be used to make a qualificion determinion , including employment beginning and ending des for each position, whether employment is Full-time or Part-time, or average number of hours worked per week, and position titles. If the position is/was in the Federal government, you will need to provide the position series and grade level. The resume should show relevant experience and educion, as well as support the required specialized experience. You may preview questions for this vacancy. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required documents Required Documents Help

PERFORMANCE APPRAISALS/INCENTIVE AWARDS

If applicable, performance appraisals and/or Incentive award documention may be submitted and forwarded to the selecting official in considerion of your applicion. To receive credit, submit a recent performance appraisal (ded within 18 months) showing the official ring of record, signed by a supervisor, or stement why the performance appraisal is unavailable (do not submit a performance plan) and/or incentive award documention ded within the last 18 months (i.e. performance awards, special act or achievement awards, quality step increases, etc.).

VETERANS

Your last DD214 (member 4 copy), Certifice of Release or Discharge From Active Duty, th shows the type of discharge and all des of active duty is required to verify your eligibility. If applying to a vacancy opened to all US Citizens under cegory ring and wish to be considered as a preference eligible, you need to submit a copy of your DD214 (member-4 copy). If claiming preference eligibility as a disabled veteran, you must submit proof of entitlement of this preference which is normally a valid letter from the Department of Veterans Affairs certifying to the present existence of the service-connected disability and indicing the percentage of your disability. An SF-15 is desired, but not required. If applying to a vacancy opened Stus and you are requesting considerion under Veteran's Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) ( https://www.fedshirevets.gov/job/shav/#veoa ), you need to provide a copy of your last DD214 (member-4 copy), which verifies your military service des, reason for separion, OR certificion of separion th shows a discharge de within 120 days of the closing of this announcement, and eligibility for considerion under the Veterans Employment Opportunity Act.

FEDERAL APPLICANTS

You must submit SF-50(s) th verify your highest competitive grade, full performance level, and eligibility as a federal applicant. DO NOT submit an award SF-50 as these often do not verify grade or eligibility. For considerion for a promotion, Box 4 of the SF-50 must show a de th is least 52 weeks prior to the job announcement closing. We recommend submitting your last promotion SF-50 or within-grade increase SF-50. Pay adjustment raise SF-50s for the current year will not support the 52 weeks' time-in-grade requirements.

https:

//help.usajobs.gov/working-in-government/service/sf-50 NON

COMPETITIVE APPLICANTS

If requesting concurrent considerion for Non-competitive (NC) appointment eligibility, you must provide the approprie

SPECIAL APPOINTING AUTHORITY

DOCUMENTS, such as PCS orders (military spouse) describing move & marriage certifice; letter from VA or DD214 describing 100% disability of spouse; letter from Ste Vocional Office certifying disability (schedule A), etc. For more informion, military spouse NC appointments or Persons with Disabilities NC appointments.

DISPLACED EMPLOYEES

If requesting considerion under the Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) or Interagency CTAP program (ICTAP), you must meet the well qualified standards for this vacancy (meeting minimum requirements for position and scoring least an 80) and provide all of the following documents: your most recent performance appraisal, the proof of eligibility letter from the Agency, and your most current SF-50, displaying current series and grade. Displaced employees may be eligible for ICTAP or CTAP priority considerion. For more informion, please review the OPM Employee's Guide to Career Transition . Failure to submit any of the required documents by the closing de of the vacancy will result in your removal from considerion for this position. Please review your applicion prior to final submission and ensure you have submitted all approprie documents. Uploading documents to USAJobs does NOT ensure inclusion with your applicion to our system. You must verify th the documents are in the system with your applicion prior to final submission. How to Apply Help You must submit a complete applicion package (including resume, vacancy questions and supporting documents) no ler than 11:59 (EST) on the closing de of the announcement. To begin, click the "Apply Online" button on the job announcement posting. Follow the directions to register, submit all required documents and complete the assessment questionnaire. You may review your saved applicion(s) https://help.usajobs.gov/ If you are having difficulty applying online, please contact the DOT Automed Staffing Office via email : Transjobs@dot.gov Agency contact informion Automed Staffing Office Phone 000-000-0000 Fax 000-000-0000 TRANSJOBS@dot.gov Address

DOT, FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

Submit Applicion and Documents Online 1200 New Jersey Ave

SE / HAHR

• 50 Washington, District of Columbia 20590 United Stes Next steps You may check your applicion stus by logging into USAJobs.

com. (Select "My USAJOBS" and click "Applicions"). Within two weeks of the closing de, a Human Resources Specialist will evalue your applicion. Rings determined based on the documents and informion received by the closing de. Qualified candides assigned a cegory, not including points th may be assigned for veterans' preference. If the vacancy is advertised under stus, your applicion scored on a scale between 70

• 100.

The most highly qualified candides are then referred to the hiring manager for further considerion. If the vacancy was advertised under cegory ring, then the approprie veteran's preference applied. If you are selected for an interview, the hiring agency will contact you directly. Once the position is filled, we will notify all applicants of their final stus. Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents Help

PERFORMANCE APPRAISALS/INCENTIVE AWARDS

If applicable, performance appraisals and/or Incentive award documention may be submitted and forwarded to the selecting official in considerion of your applicion. To receive credit, submit a recent performance appraisal (ded within 18 months) showing the official ring of record, signed by a supervisor, or stement why the performance appraisal is unavailable (do not submit a performance plan) and/or incentive award documention ded within the last 18 months (i.e. performance awards, special act or achievement awards, quality step increases, etc.).

VETERANS

Your last DD214 (member 4 copy), Certifice of Release or Discharge From Active Duty, th shows the type of discharge and all des of active duty is required to verify your eligibility. If applying to a vacancy opened to all US Citizens under cegory ring and wish to be considered as a preference eligible, you need to submit a copy of your DD214 (member-4 copy). If claiming preference eligibility as a disabled veteran, you must submit proof of entitlement of this preference which is normally a valid letter from the Department of Veterans Affairs certifying to the present existence of the service-connected disability and indicing the percentage of your disability. An SF-15 is desired, but not required. If applying to a vacancy opened Stus and you are requesting considerion under Veteran's Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) ( https://www.fedshirevets.gov/job/shav/#veoa ), you need to provide a copy of your last DD214 (member-4 copy), which verifies your military service des, reason for separion, OR certificion of separion th shows a discharge de within 120 days of the closing of this announcement, and eligibility for considerion under the Veterans Employment Opportunity Act.

FEDERAL APPLICANTS

You must submit SF-50(s) th verify your highest competitive grade, full performance level, and eligibility as a federal applicant. DO NOT submit an award SF-50 as these often do not verify grade or eligibility. For considerion for a promotion, Box 4 of the SF-50 must show a de th is least 52 weeks prior to the job announcement closing. We recommend submitting your last promotion SF-50 or within-grade increase SF-50. Pay adjustment raise SF-50s for the current year will not support the 52 weeks' time-in-grade requirements.

https:

//help.usajobs.gov/working-in-government/service/sf-50 NON

COMPETITIVE APPLICANTS

If requesting concurrent considerion for Non-competitive (NC) appointment eligibility, you must provide the approprie

SPECIAL APPOINTING AUTHORITY

DOCUMENTS, such as PCS orders (military spouse) describing move & marriage certifice; letter from VA or DD214 describing 100% disability of spouse; letter from Ste Vocional Office certifying disability (schedule A), etc. For more informion, military spouse NC appointments or Persons with Disabilities NC appointments.

DISPLACED EMPLOYEES

If requesting considerion under the Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) or Interagency CTAP program (ICTAP), you must meet the well qualified standards for this vacancy (meeting minimum requirements for position and scoring least an 80) and provide all of the following documents: your most recent performance appraisal, the proof of eligibility letter from the Agency, and your most current SF-50, displaying current series and grade. Displaced employees may be eligible for ICTAP or CTAP priority considerion. For more informion, please review the OPM Employee's Guide to Career Transition . Failure to submit any of the required documents by the closing de of the vacancy will result in your removal from considerion for this position. Please review your applicion prior to final submission and ensure you have submitted all approprie documents. Uploading documents to USAJobs does NOT ensure inclusion with your applicion to our system. You must verify th the documents are in the system with your applicion prior to final submission. How to Apply Help You must submit a complete applicion package (including resume, vacancy questions and supporting documents) no ler than 11:59 (EST) on the closing de of the announcement. To begin, click the "Apply Online" button on the job announcement posting. Follow the directions to register, submit all required documents and complete the assessment questionnaire. You may review your saved applicion(s) https://help.usajobs.gov/ If you are having difficulty applying online, please contact the DOT Automed Staffing Office via email : Transjobs@dot.gov Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Automed Staffing Office Phone 000-000-0000 Fax 000-000-0000 TRANSJOBS@dot.gov Address

DOT, FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

Submit Applicion and Documents Online 1200 New Jersey Ave

SE / HAHR

• 50 Washington, District of Columbia 20590 United Stes Next steps You may check your applicion stus by logging into USAJobs.

com. (Select "My USAJOBS" and click "Applicions"). Within two weeks of the closing de, a Human Resources Specialist will evalue your applicion. Rings determined based on the documents and informion received by the closing de. Qualified candides assigned a cegory, not including points th may be assigned for veterans' preference. If the vacancy is advertised under stus, your applicion scored on a scale between 70

• 100.

The most highly qualified candides are then referred to the hiring manager for further considerion. If the vacancy was advertised under cegory ring, then the approprie veteran's preference applied. If you are selected for an interview, the hiring agency will contact you directly. Once the position is filled, we will notify all applicants of their final stus. Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Additional locions Cambridge, MA Baltimore, MD Augusta, ME Lansing, MI Saint Paul, MN Concord, NH Albany, NY Oklahoma City, OK Pierre, SD Nashville, TN Salt Lake City, UT Montpelier, VT Charleston, WV Overview Help Accepting applicions Locion Many vacancies in the following locions: Little Rock, AR Lakewood, CO Tallahassee, FL Boise, ID Cambridge, MA Baltimore, MD Augusta, ME Lansing, MI Saint Paul, MN Concord, NH Albany, NY Oklahoma City, OK Pierre, SD Nashville, TN Salt Lake City, UT Montpelier, VT Charleston, WV No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—This position may be eligible for situional telework. Telework approval determined by your immedie supervisor or manager following the agency's telework policy and guidance. If participing in the telework program, you required to sign a telework agreement detailing agency telework policy requirements, working conditions, and expections for the position. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $106,437

• $158,322 per year Salaries for all areas are available on the OPM website : https://www.opm.gov/policy-da-oversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/2026/general-schedule/ Pay scale & grade GS 13 Promotion potential 13 Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time
• Full Time Travel Required 50% or less
• Some travel may be required. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union Yes
• This is a Bargaining unit position with represention varying by locion; Union numbers 3675, 5562, 3824, 3818, 3816. Drug test Yes Security clearance Other Position sensitivity and risk Jobs require a and some require a . The type depends on the job. Background check type Financial disclosure required Yes
• The Ethics in Government Act of 1978 requires the applicant selected for this position to submit a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report (OGE Form 450) within 30 days of appointment and annually thereafter.

Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number

FMCSA.FO-2026-0016

Control number 882514000