You will serve as a Naval Architect in the Dry Dock Certification Office (Code 1582), Infrastructure Revitalization and Readiness Division (Code 1580), Naval Shipyard Support Office (Code 1500) of NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD.

Duties

You will conduct maintenance program audits and other special instructions of dry docking facilities and shipbuilding ways. You will conduct material condition surveys, operational testing, examination of maintenance, training, and operating procedures, and evaluation of all conditions which affect ship safety. You will serve as the NAVSEA representative for audits/inspections. You will review the Facility Certification Reports and other documentation, such as design changes affecting baseline certification, to evaluate the technical content of the report and compliance with standards. You will identify technical errors or omissions and ensure compliance with military standards and good engineering practices, and recommend corrective actions or the requirement for additional data from the facilities. You will develop inspection standards and acceptance criteria applicable to the current certification program requirements. You will Identify issues and technical elements that are not specifically addressed by military standards for incorporation into new and existing standards. You will be responsible for the investigation of accidents and incidents that occur at certified facilities for the purpose of determining the cause and recommend actions to prevent recurrence.

Requirements

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Generally, current federal employees applying for GS jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower grade level. This requirement is called time-in-grade. Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• This is a bargaining unit position.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• You will be required to wear personal protective equipment such as helmets, gloves, coveralls, glasses, goggles, respirators and safety shoes continuously for the duration of the work shift.
• This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.
• I am willing and able to work in small and/or confined spaces.

Qualifications

In addition to the Basic Requirements for this position, your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Experience conducting maintenance program audits and other special inspections of dry docking facilities which include material condition surveys, operational testing, and examination of maintenance, training, and operation procedures. Experience evaluating the dry-docking facilities structural, mechanical, and electrical systems for safe operation and ship protection Experience leading team audits and inspections. Experience reviewing Facility Certification Reports and other documentation to evaluate the technical content of the reports and compliance with applicable standards to determine a facility's adequacy to safely dry dock U.S. Navy Ships. Experience implementing principles and practices of naval architecture that enable employees to provide expert advice to headquarters and field personnel in all areas of design and construction. 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/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series Naval Architecture Series 0871 (opm.gov) 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.

Education

Applicants must meet the following positive education qualifications requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual: Applicants must possess:

A. Degree: Engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by ABET; or (2) include differential and integral calculus and courses (more advanced than first-year physics and chemistry) in five of the following seven areas of engineering science or physics: (a) statics, dynamics; (b) strength of materials (stress-strain relationships); (c) fluid mechanics, hydraulics; (d) thermodynamics; (e) electrical fields and circuits; (f) nature and properties of materials (relating particle and aggregate structure to properties); and (g) any other comparable area of fundamental engineering science or physics, such as optics, heat transfer, soil mechanics, or electronics.

OR

B. Combination of education and experience -- college-level education, training, and/or technical experience that furnished (1) a thorough knowledge of the physical and mathematical sciences underlying engineering, and (2) a good understanding, both theoretical and practical, of the engineering sciences and techniques and their applications to one of the branches of engineering. The adequacy of such background must be demonstrated by one of the following: 1. Professional registration or licensure -- Current registration as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT)1 , or licensure as a Professional Engineer (PE) by any State, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico. Absent other means of qualifying under this standard, those applicants who achieved such registration by means other than written test (e.g., State grandfather or eminence provisions) are eligible only for positions that are within or closely related to the specialty field of their registration. For example, an applicant who attains registration through a State Board's eminence provision as a manufacturing engineer typically would be rated eligible only for manufacturing engineering positions. 2. Written Test -- Evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE)2 examination or any other written test required for professional

Contacts

• Address NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD NNSY Portsmouth, VA 23709 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]