This position is located in the DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (DHS), UNITED STATES COAST GUARD (USCG), DEPUTY COMMANDANT FOR MISSION SUPPORT, ASSISTANT COMMANDANT FOR ACQUISITION (CG-9), DIRECTOR OF ACQUISITION PROGRAM EXECUTIVE OFFICER (CG-93), COAST GUARD BOAT ACQUISITION PROGRAM (CG-9325), WASHINGTON, DC. 

Duties

You will serve as a Technical Manager (TM), overseeing the development, production, and testing of boats and systems that address U.S. Coast Guard and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) requirements.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Unofficial transcripts are required at the time of application.
• A one year probationary period may be required.
• Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for Selective Service.
• A National Agency Check with Inquiries (NACI) is required.

Qualifications

BASIC REQUIREMENTS: Degree: Engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) leading 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. ORCombination 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 professional 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) 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.  Specified academic courses -- Successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences and that included the courses specified in the basic requirements. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program as described above.3.  Related curriculum -- Successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree in an appropriate scientific field, e.g., engineering technology, physics, chemistry, architecture, computer science, mathematics, hydrology, or geology, may be accepted in lieu of a bachelor’s degree in engineering, provided the applicant has had at least 1 year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance. Ordinarily there should be either an established plan of intensive training to develop professional engineering competence, or several years of prior professional engineering-type experience, e.g., in interdisciplinary positions. (The above examples of related curricula are not all-inclusive.)ANDADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:  AT THE GS-11 LEVEL: Applicants must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to a GS-09 in the federal service. Specialized experience includes: Assisting other Technical Managers with drafting specifications, reviewing test procedures, executing quality and test checklists, and developing recommended corrective actions. Assessing the adequacy of boat design by conducting independent inspections and test of a contractors’ Hull Mechanical and Electrical (HM&E) and electronic systems.  AT THE GS-12 LEVEL: Applicants must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to a GS-11 in the federal service. Specialized experience includes: Playing a key role in the development of boat specifications, defining and allocating requirements, evaluating design tradeoffs, balancing technical risk, defining and assessing interfaces, monitoring verification and validation activities; creating project reports or proposals to identify and resolve issues of project scope, cost, and resources, considering all program risk areas, including cost, schedule and technical performance; and managing cost, schedule and technical performance of active task orders. AT THE GS-13 LEVEL: Applicants must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to a GS-12 in the federal service. Specialized experience includes: Conducting acquisition program reviews, engineering analyses, and evaluations; conducting engineering research and studies to determine and recommend appropriate solutions to issues, interpret designs, and evaluate adequacy; interpreting and evaluating engineering drawings, specifications, and technical data packages; developing and using data collection techniques to assess project and program effectiveness.    Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular ability, skill, and knowledge to successfully perform the duties of this position and is typically in or related to this line of work. National Service Experience (i.e., volunteer experience): Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (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. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.The Office of Personnel management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees.  If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule, C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office.

Education

This position does have a positive education requirement. If you are including education on your resume, report only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. See Required Documents section for detail.

FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet Federal qualification requirements if you can show that your foreign education is comparable to education received in accredited educational institutions in the United States. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence with your application. See Recognition of Foreign Qualifications click here

Contacts

• Address United States Coast Guard 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave SE STOP 7120 Washington, District of Columbia 20593 United States
• Name: USCG Applicant Support
• Phone: 866-656-6830
• Email: [email protected]