You will serve as a Mechanical Engineer in the Weapons and Aviation Systems Branch of the Engineering Department of SUPSHIP GULF COAST.

Duties

You will provide technical recommendations and decision-making in accordance with the technical guidance of NAVSEA Instruction 5400.95, as delegated by the SUPSHIP Chief Engineer via the Division Manager. You will review design and vendor drawings, shipboard system diagrams, test procedures/reports, technical manuals, and purchase technical documents to ensure specification compliance, engineering practice, and completeness of documentation. You will review contract drawings, Government Furnished Information (GFI), and Engineering Change Requests/Proposal for completeness, technical accuracy, conflicts in direction and usefulness to the shipbuilder or detail design contractor. You will participate and effectively represent the Supervisor and the Navy in the field of combat systems, system design reviews, conferences, and provides advice in defining/resolving combat, sensors, C41SR, weapons, or aviation system problems. You will serve as engineer expert to provide support between the Contractor, the Supervisor's office, NAVSEA, and other DOD Agencies in the identification of combat systems and equipment problems related to design performance and test requirements. You will evaluate and perform surveillance of contractor configuration management systems and procedures, including requests for engineering changes, departures from specifications, and classification of waivers, deviations, etc. You will develop field modification requests (FMRs) for specification changes and make recommendations to NAVSEA or other applicable commands concerning engineering decisions reserved to those activities. You will provide guidance and direction in coordinating and evaluating the contractor's combat systems testing program to ensure compliance with system and contract performance requirements. You will adjudicate or forward Test Problem Reports to the Test Development Agent. You will prepare and forward certification reports of installation, alignment, and completion of test and checkout programs to NAVSEA, NAVAIR, SPAWAR, and other DOD Agencies as required. You will participate in shipboard (dockside and at-sea) test and trials; observe equipment and system performance, documents deficiencies, resolve deficiencies, or provide expert recommendation to higher authority to assist in resolution. You will provide waterfront support to the various project offices in the resolution of engineering and testing problems and conduct and/or witness testing as requested by other SUPSHIP Departments or Naval activities. You will obtain, initiate, and apply technical data for both in-house and Contractor's use. You will ensure that the Command's mission, vision, and values are integrated into goals, objectives, work plans, work products and services, and utilize the Technical Support Management (TSM) system to ensure effective and efficient performance.

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.
• This is a bargaining unit position.
• You will be required to successfully complete a pre-appointment physical examination.
• 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

GS-13: In addition to the Basic Education requirement, your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-12 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: As a professional engineer leading technical issue resolution, installation, test and applicable certification evolution for U.S. Naval Weapon System, Arms, Ammunition and Explosives (AA&E) Handling and Storage and/or Combat Systems Alignment. GS-12: In addition to the Basic Education requirement, your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: As a professional engineer supporting technical issue resolution, installation, test and applicable certifications for U.S. Naval Weapon System, Arms, Ammunition and Explosives (AA&E) Handling and Storage and/or Combat Systems Alignment. 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=GS-PROF 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 SUPSHIP GULF COAST P O Box 7003 Pascagoula, MS 39568 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]