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Duties

As an Engineer Technician (Naval Architecture), you will: Serve as a Senior Engineering Technician Expert for the USACE Marine Design Center (MDC) Mandatory Center of Expertise (MCX) in support of new-build and/or alteration or repair of dredges at various shipyard field sites within the United States. Provide expert consulting services relating to all aspects of dredge vessels. Provide expert-level mentoring and advice to other lower graded engineering technicians, technical managers, and project managers. Apply and coordinate technical guidance through the Engineering Design Division as part of the Mandatory Center of Expertise’s established design quality management system. Serve as Marine Design Center’s principal representative for construction quality assurance and tests and trials on new dredge vessels and for major dredge retrofits of existing significant dredge vessels within the United States. Responsible for independently planning, coordinating, and supporting the construction oversight of complex and unique dredge and marine vessels. Conduct independent field inspections to examine work under construction at various shipyards across the United States as well as completed, or currently existing, dredges at District field sites and offices within the United States. Determine criteria for repair and resolution of dredge vessel features that are not within contractual requirements and for resolution of tests and trials related issues to ensure the vessel is fully able to accomplish its Navigation mission. Apply practical knowledge of shipyard construction risk management and shipyard construction scheduling techniques and methods. Develop technical presentations providing recommendations that may serve as a foundation for decisions made by officials at higher levels.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Incumbent subject to complete a 1 year probationary period.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a valid state driver's license.
• Must be able and willing to travel up to 90% of the time.
• Incumbent is required to submit a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report, OGE-450, upon entering the position and annually, in accordance with DoD Directive 5500-7-R, Joint Ethics Regulation, dated 17-Nov-2011.

Qualifications

THIS IS A DIRECT HIRE SOLICITATION - THIS POSITION IS BEING ADVERTISED THROUGH THE DIRECT-HIRE AUTHORITY (DHA) FOR CERTAIN PERSONNEL (MODIFIED DIRECT HIRE AUTHORITY, SECTION 1109; PL, 116-92, DATED 12/20/2019). (This authority is primarily being used to appoint qualified candidates who are not existing Department of Defense competitive service employees with permanent status. Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes: (1) providing consulting services relating to all aspects of dredge vessels; (2) planning the construction oversight of complex and unique dredge and marine vessels; and (3) conducting field inspections on marine vessels at various shipyards.

Education

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.

Contacts

• Address RD-W428AA US ARMY ENGINEERS MARINE DESIGN CENTER DO NOT MAIL Philadelphia, PA 19103 US
• Name: Brendan McNichol
• Phone: 215-656-6708
• Email: [email protected]