You will serve as an Engineering Technician in the Air Vehicle Aerospace Department of FLTREADCEN EAST.

Duties

You will perform maintenance and design engineering tasks on a variety of aircraft structures and systems. You will provide aircraft engineering services in support of troubleshooting, rework, repair, maintenance, inspection and modification/redesign of aircraft structures, systems, and components. You will investigate and resolve complex technical problems related to the rework/repair of aircraft discrepancies/malfunctions and unprecedented service difficulties. You will assemble, correlate, develop and issue engineering specifications concerning novel and unusual problems in the processing, rework or repair of supported systems and components.

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.
• 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.
• 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.

Qualifications

Your resume must 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. Examples of specialized experience: 1) troubleshooting / solving complex engineering solutions for significantly challenging fleet and depot issues and in-service repairs and/or improvements for aircraft rotors; 2) Understanding work in diverse teams and clearly communicate to all levels of NAVAIR and to internal and external customers (FST, PMA, Production, Fleet, MAO, Industry Partners, etc.),; 3) Applying knowledge of negotiation principals to resolve technical and programmatic related conflicts. 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 https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/engineering-technical-series-0802/ 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

Contacts

• Address FLTREADCEN EAST PSC 8021 Cherry Point, NC 28533-0021 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]