You will serve as a MARK 7 ARRESTING GEAR MECHANICAL TECHNICAL TEAM LEAD in the SE & ALRE Group, ALRE Department, Launch, Recovery and EAF Division of NAVAIRWARCENADLKE, BL14100, MK 7 Mechanical Branch.

Duties

You will serves as the recognized authority and expert consultant to the Naval Aviation Systems team for all matters related to the MK 7 Arresting Gear Mechanical System. You will provide subject matter expertise on the MK 7 Arresting Gear Mechanical System design. You will lead complex engineering investigations across the fleet. You will coordinate, review and approve the technical activities of engineers engaged in MK 7 Arresting Gear System design, in-service engineering, test engineering, and production contract duties. You will serve as a consultant and expert advisor on the MK 7 Arresting Gear System to NAVAIR Headquarters, other Naval SYSCOMs, TYCOMs, NAVSUP, SUPSHIP, shipyards, and commercial/ industrial organizations. You will serve as a technical leader and mentor to engineers within the MK 7 Mechanical Branch

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.
• This position is covered under the Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA). Certification in the Acquisition Functional Area and category assigned to the position is required within established category timeframes.

Qualifications

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the DP-04 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1. Sound technical background with demonstrated work experience in the theory, operation, and maintenance of the MK 7 Arresting Gear System equipment. 2. Expertise in the performance, operational compatibility and problems/investigations pertaining to the mechanical performance of Mk 7 arresting gear, specifically a) Arresting Engines including advanced recovery control (ARC) system mechanical components, b) the Arresting Engine Drive System including the purchase cable, cross deck pendant, fairlead sheaves, sheave damper installations, cable anchor damper installation, and wire support arrangement, c) Emergency Recovery Equipment including the barricade, webbing, and stanchions and d) tools including the Compact Swaging Machine (CSM). 3. Expert knowledge and mastery of Arresting Gear Technology, and knowledge in formulating, analyzing, and demonstrating novel and innovative technical solutions for improving platform mission effectiveness. 4. An in-depth knowledge of testing and evaluation sufficient to modify and extend theories and/or practices in the specialty field. 5. Ensuring that the MK 7 Arresting Gear Systems meet operational requirements while considering program cost and schedule. 6. Developing new hypotheses, designs, and analytical techniques for complex subject matters utilizing critical judgement and sound mechanical engineering principles and techniques. 7. Briefing higher-level management on status of assigned tasks and any potential problems, challenges, and opportunities regarding the MK 7 Arresting Gear System. 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 AND https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/files/all-professional-engineering-positions-0800.pdf 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 basic education requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual:

Successful completion of a professional engineering degree. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree (or higher) in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (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. Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position.

OR

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 more information about EI and EIT registration requirements, please visit the National Society of Professional Engineers website at: http://www.nspe.org

OR

Evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) examination or any other written test required for professional registration by an engineering licensure board in the various States, the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico The FE examination is not administered by the U. S. Office of Personnel Management. For more information, please visit: http://www.nspe.org/Licensure/HowtoGetLicensed/index.html.

OR

Successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences and in engineering that included the courses specified in the basic requirements under paragraph A (above). The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program as described in paragraph A (above)

OR

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 one 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.

Contacts

• Address NAVAIRWARCENADLKE HRO Building 150 Lakehurst, NJ 08733 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]