You will serve as a TECHNICAL EDITOR/WRITER in the WATERFRONT SUPPORT BRANCH of PORTSMOUTH NAVAL SHIPYARD.

Duties

You will serve as Technical Editor/Writer and assist the Uniform Industrial Process Instruction (UIPI) Program manager and Technical Directives Quality Assurance Administrator. You will ensure that the technical, administrative, and management objectives and requirements are being met. You will assist in directing, coordinating, and monitoring the efforts of all departments, divisions, and offices of the Shipyard in Technical Directives matters. You will edit, review, and issue local technical directives (UIPIs, UIPI Local Releases (URELs), Process Instructions (PIs), and Technical Specifications (Tech Specs) using general knowledge of submarine systems and work procedures. You will perform peer review and training/mentoring for Junior Technical Editors/Writers.

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 www.dhs.gov/E-Verify/.
• 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.
• Must be able to obtain an interim and/or final secret security clearance prior to entrance on duty AND must be able to maintain the required level of clearance while employed in the subject position.

Qualifications

GS-11 Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-9 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 technical writing, editing, reviewing, and issuance of technical directives. - Experience ensuring the accuracy and timeliness of assigned work to meet technical directive issue schedules. - Experience editing/reviewing technical directives prepared by other deparments. - Experience using all Microsoft Office based programs and database including Access, Excel, Power Point, Word, etc, and their applications. - Experience applying all aspects of English grammar. GS-09 Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-9 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 technical writing, editing, and reviewing of technical directives. - Experience editing/reviewing technical directives prepared by other deparments. - Experience using all Microsoft Office based programs and database including Access, Excel, Power Point, Word, etc, and their applications. - Experience applying all aspects of English grammar.

Education

GS-11

Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree

or

3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree

or

LL.M., if related

GS-09

master's or equivalent graduate degree

or

2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree

or

LL.B. or J.D., if related

Contacts

• Address PORTSMOUTH NAVAL SHIPYARD HRO Building 44/1 Portsmouth, NH 03804-5000 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]