You will serve as a NAVAL ARCHITECT in the Engineering and Architecture Group of NAVSEA HQ FIELD SUPPORT. This job announcement is for the Atlantic Fleet Engineering Field Representative (EFR) position located within the Naval Systems Engineering Directorate (NAVSEA 05), Aircraft Carrier Design & Systems Engineering Group (SEA 05V), Aircraft Carrier Ship Design Engineering Division (SEA 05V1), physically located at the Naval Base Norfolk in Norfolk, VA.

Duties

You will facilitate collaborative technical and procedural communications among the Naval SYSCOM and Fleet technical communities through onsite presence on the waterfront. You will communicate and advise NAVSEA 05V leadership and other NAVSEA stakeholders on significant technical issues and technical core equities. You will assist in obtaining NAVSEA Headquarters’ (HQ) action when necessary by soliciting assistance from the appropriate NAVSEA personnel. You will address documentation and promulgation of technical lessons learned, as appropriate, so that related changes to technical policies and standards are initiated at the appropriate NAVSEA activity. You will review and provide concurrence on Field Activity issued Trouble Reports to appropriate stakeholders per corporate guidance. You will support the local Naval Reactors Representatives Office (NRRO) via collaborative communication on pertinent subjects and fielding questions regarding NAVSEA support of issues on the waterfront. You will respond to requests for support from HQ, by monitoring or providing oversight to particular actions or type of work, and by providing independent assessments, collaborating with other waterfront activities, providing shipchecks, etc. You will interface with Waterfront Chief Engineers and/or other appropriate personnel on significant issues to obtain their perspective and provide advance notice that the issue/situation warrants reporting to NAVSEA Headquarters. You will report problems, successes, innovative ideas, and strengths and weaknesses to appropriate NAVSEA HQ leaders and system engineers, both in formal reports and separately when appropriate. You will participate in, keep informed of, and ensure appropriate waterfront engagement/participation in Carrier Engineering Team (CET) efforts and corporate actions. You will evaluate and assess implementation and compliance with NAVSEA technical requirements, standards, processes and policies at assigned waterfront maintenance activities, including monitoring Waterfront Chief Engineer performance. You will investigate technical authority or procedural issues when tasked by NAVSEA 05V leadership, or otherwise determined to be necessary given observations at the Field Activity, other activities, or random sampling. You will lead coordination and execution of Engineering and Technical Authority Evaluations (ETAEs) for NAVSEA 05V warranted Waterfront CHENGs within assigned AOR and, as requested, participate/support as requested for ETAEs outside of assigned AOR. You will lead coordination and execution of Engineering Agent Assessments (EAAs) as requested by NAVSEA 05V leadership. You will visit ships, observe production work in progress, and engage in face-to-face communication with ship commands and waterfront personnel. You will maintain awareness of root cause assessment, fact finding, and critique (e.g., Team Learning Sessions (TLSs), Trouble Reports, Engineering Events, Retrospects, Hotwashes) outcomes and associated corrective action implementation status. You will support Material Condition Assessment Teams (MCAT) during Material Assist Visits (MAVs) and Inspection and Surveys (INSURVs) in a liaison role. You will lead (or participate in) critiques, failure review boards, special working groups/projects, or other NAVSEA initiatives as assigned or requested. You will provide assistance/guidance to NAVSEA 05 personnel (or others in the NAVSEA enterprise) in coordination of visit Field Activities within assigned AOR. You will support training and briefing requests to outside organizations (i.e. Type Commander or Project Teams). Topics may focus on specific technical issues or general processes relating to Technical Authority or other NAVSEA 05 functions.

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
• 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 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.
• 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 NH-03 pay band (GS-13 equivalent) in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: As a professional engineer providing technical expertise on naval architecture functions (e.g. designing, engineering, integrating, constructing, testing, operating, and maintaining) to problem solve and solution technical issues for the optimization of Naval ships, submarines, or small crafts and their systems. 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 NAVSEA HQ FIELD SUPPORT 1333 Isaac Hull Avenue SE Washington, DC 20376 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]