DON Pathways Internship Program You will serve as a Student Trainee (Engineering) in the Fleet Readiness Center East. Incumbents will be assigned to various Engineering areas within the facility.

Duties

You will gather pertinent data through methods including, but not limited to, file research, physical data collection, anecdotal information gathering, and print and online literature searching. You will manipulate collected data into usable information for decision making. You will work collaboratively and effectively with the larger workforce (artisans, logisticians, engineers, fleet representatives, manufacturer representatives, and other production support personnel) to solve problems and complete tasks. You will prepare physical calculations to be used in support of engineering decisions. You will develop technical data and compile into usable format for the customer.

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.

Qualifications

ELIGIBILITY: Must be enrolled or have been accepted for enrollment in a bachelor's degree (or more advanced degree) program in Engineering from an accredited or pre-accredited institution. (To be acceptable, the curriculum must: (1) be in a school of engineering with at least one curriculum accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) as a professional engineering curriculum; 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.) *Applications will be accepted from students who expect to complete the qualifying education within 6 months from the date of application. We are required to verify the qualifying education has been successfully completed before any applicant can be appointed (report to work).* To be eligible for the GS-02, you must meet the following required education level: Completion of high school or GED diploma or home-school curriculum approved by a State or local governing body, and accepted into a bachelor's program in Engineering from an accredited or pre-accredited institution. To be eligible for the GS-03, you must meet the following required education level: Completion of 1 full academic year of post-high school study in a bachelor's program in Engineering from an accredited or pre-accredited institution. To be eligible for the GS-04, you must meet the following required education level: Completion of 2 full academic years of post-high school study or an associate's degree in a bachelor's program in Engineering from an accredited or pre-accredited institution. To be eligible for the GS-05, you must meet the following required education level: Completion of 4 academic years of post-high school leading to a bachelor's degree or equivalent degree in a bachelor's program in Engineering from an accredited or pre-accredited institution. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=GS-PIP This position may be non-competitively converted to an Engineering series GS-08XX-05/07 career ladder position after meeting all regulatory requirements (including qualification requirements), and upon the recommendation of management. Promotion is neither implied nor guaranteed. 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 positive education qualifications requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual:

At the end of the current semester and before start of employment, applicants must possess:
GS-02: Completion of high school or GED diploma or home-school curriculum approved by a State or local governing body, and accepted into a bachelor's program in Engineering from an accredited or pre-accredited institution.
GS-03: Completion of 1 full academic year of post-high school study. (30 semester hours or 45 quarter hours)
GS-04: Completion of 2 full academic years of post-high school study or an associate's degree. (60 semester hours or 90 quarter hours)
GS-05: Completion of 4 academic years of post-high school leading to a bachelor's degree or equivalent degree. (120 semester hours or 180 quarter hours)

Contacts

• Address FLTREADCEN EAST PSC 8021 Cherry Point, NC 28533-0021 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]