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Middletown, RI (On-Site/Office)
General Vessel Assistant
Company Overview:
KMS Solutions, LLC is a technical management / solutions company that specializes in engineering, analysis, and cyber security. Founded in 2005, KMS is a certified small business with nearly two decades of experience supporting the Department of Defense as well as many other departments and programs critical to our Nations security and well-being.
KMS is a two-time winner of the USA Today Top Workplaces award recognizing quality employee workplace cultures across the United States. Additionally, we received the Providence Journal Rhode Island Top Workplaces award and Culture Excellence award for Compensation & Benefits, Innovation, Leadership, Purpose & Values and Work-Life Flexibility
Summary/Objective
KMS Solutions is seeking a full time General Vessel Assistant to join a highly motivated team of mariners and technicians providing operational and technical support to the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) in Newport RI. This select team is responsible for providing at sea testing and mission support to NUWC. Our multi-disciplinary team is heavily involved assisting the U.S. Navy in the testing of new undersea weapons systems. This position is a valuable team member of the Narragansett Bay Testing Facility (NBTF).
Essential Functions
Required Education and Experience:
Preferred Education and Experience:
Competencies:
Additional eligibility requirements
Work authorization/security clearance requirements:
Current secret clearance, or eligibility to obtain a Secret clearance.
Other Duties:
Please note this job posting is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
Supervisory Responsibility:
None
Work Environment:
This job operates in a maritime industrial environment. This role routinely uses heavy equipment such as cranes, forklifts, and shop equipment.
Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. Excellent listening skills are essential. The employee frequently is required to lift at least 50 lbs, stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle or feel, climb on the ground, climb a ladder, and reach with hands and arms.
Position Type/Expected Hours of Work:
This is a part time position.
Telework:
Travel:
Benefits and Additional Compensation:
KMS offers a competitive benefits packaging including medical, dental and vision insurances, flexible spending account, PTO, paid holidays, military leave, bereavement leave, 401k / retirement savings plan, professional development and tuition reimbursement, basic and voluntary life insurance / AD&D, short-term and long-term disability, voluntary AFLAC supplemental insurance products and employee assistance plan (EAP) program. Additionally, KMS offers employee referral bonuses and a discretionary annual bonus.
AAP/EEO Statement:
KMS Solutions provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.
This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
KMS Solutions is a drug free workplace.
Company Overview:
KMS Solutions, LLC is a technical management / solutions company that specializes in engineering, analysis, and cyber security. Founded in 2005, KMS is a certified small business with nearly two decades of experience supporting the Department of Defense as well as many other departments and programs critical to our Nations security and well-being.
KMS is a two-time winner of the USA Today Top Workplaces award recognizing quality employee workplace cultures across the United States. Additionally, we received the Providence Journal Rhode Island Top Workplaces award and Culture Excellence award for Compensation & Benefits, Innovation, Leadership, Purpose & Values and Work-Life Flexibility
Summary/Objective
KMS Solutions is seeking a full time General Vessel Assistant to join a highly motivated team of mariners and technicians providing operational and technical support to the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) in Newport RI. This select team is responsible for providing at sea testing and mission support to NUWC. Our multi-disciplinary team is heavily involved assisting the U.S. Navy in the testing of new undersea weapons systems. This position is a valuable team member of the Narragansett Bay Testing Facility (NBTF).
Essential Functions
- Perform as the Master of a vessel required to engage in towing operations.
- Ability and comfort with operating vessels in tight quarters and making approaches on other vessels.
- Demonstrate strong organizational and time management skills, self-motivation, team player.
- Ability to perform basic vessel maintenance procedures.
- Act as a crewmember aboard an operating research vessel.
- Demonstrate strong organizational and time management skills, self-motivation and a team player.
- Load and unload heavy equipment in a marine environment.
Required Education and Experience:
- At least three years of the following criteria must be satisfied for an applicant to be considered for the position.
- Experience working in the marine field.
- Must carry a USCG Merchant Mariner Credential (MMC), Operator of Uninspected Passenger Vessels (OUPV) or greater.
- Must carry a Transportation Workers Identification Card (TWIC).
- Must carry a USCG Medical Certificate.
- A SECRET clearance is required for this position; candidates must be eligible to obtain a SECRET clearance.
- Ability to perform in all-weather environments.
Preferred Education and Experience:
- Current secret clearance.
- USCG Master of 100Ton vessel MMC.
- USCG Towing endorsement on MMC.
- Experience maintaining marine systems.
- Mechanical experience with outboards and marine diesel engines.
- Experience in operating a vessel with twin jet propulsion.
- Category 3 crane certification.
- Experience operating a forklift.
Competencies:
- Strong communication skills with the ability to communicate, both orally and in writing, to all levels of the customer and company leadership.
- Capable of effectively working and problem solving in both independent and team environments.
- Good operational risk management/assessment capabilities
- Thoroughness and attention to detail
Additional eligibility requirements
Work authorization/security clearance requirements:
Current secret clearance, or eligibility to obtain a Secret clearance.
Other Duties:
Please note this job posting is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
Supervisory Responsibility:
None
Work Environment:
This job operates in a maritime industrial environment. This role routinely uses heavy equipment such as cranes, forklifts, and shop equipment.
Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. Excellent listening skills are essential. The employee frequently is required to lift at least 50 lbs, stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle or feel, climb on the ground, climb a ladder, and reach with hands and arms.
Position Type/Expected Hours of Work:
This is a part time position.
Telework:
- This position allows for situational telework.
Travel:
- Ability to travel CONUS; potential to travel OCONUS
- Travel up to 10% may be required.
Benefits and Additional Compensation:
KMS offers a competitive benefits packaging including medical, dental and vision insurances, flexible spending account, PTO, paid holidays, military leave, bereavement leave, 401k / retirement savings plan, professional development and tuition reimbursement, basic and voluntary life insurance / AD&D, short-term and long-term disability, voluntary AFLAC supplemental insurance products and employee assistance plan (EAP) program. Additionally, KMS offers employee referral bonuses and a discretionary annual bonus.
AAP/EEO Statement:
KMS Solutions provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.
This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
KMS Solutions is a drug free workplace.
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