You will serve as a LEAD ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN in the Engineering and Planning Department (Code 200) of NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD.

Duties

You will administer and provide technical guidance for Project Lead Engineering duties, conduct final reviews, and provide leadership to engineers in support of shipyard waterfront availabilities. You will assume responsibility and authority for technical Lead Field Engineering support for project waterfront availabilities on assigned ship classes. You will serve as subject matter expert for CVN Propulsion Equipment and serve as a mentor to lower level engineers and production workforce regarding assigned project. You will review, progress, and assure timely completion of non-nuclear interface work, completed by the team and as requested by other areas at NNSY by obtaining required concurrences and technical resolution of nuclear interface problems. You will direct the development and application of policies techniques, and procedures required for accomplished of Lead Engineering work efforts relative to the work assigned. You will lead an assigned team of engineers/engineering technicians by providing/explaining team goals and objectives in order to complete the assigned work. You will provide training or advises on current and future training requirements necessary to successfully complete assigned work. You will apply a wide range of qualitative and/or quantitative methods to identify, assess, analyze and improve team effectiveness, efficiency and work products.

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.
• You will be required to wear personal protective equipment such as helmets, gloves, coveralls, glasses, goggles, respirators and safety shoes continuously for the duration of the work shift.
• 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 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: Experience in shipboard system engineering in order to coordinate, review, and provide expert technical/engineering guidance and advice in details for complex maintenance repair. Experience with the overhaul work of various types of ships serviced at NNSY. Experience applying professional knowledge of structural, mechanical, and electrical/electronic disciplines for installation and modification of ship systems. Experience scheduling, sequencing and networking the performance of various ship systems into a shipyard project availability schedule to meet testing milestone/key events. Experience in the technical characteristics, operations, maintenance, repair and modernization of nuclear submarines and aircraft carriers and other non - nuclear surface ships. Experience in a wide range of qualitative and quantitative methods to identify, assess, analyze and improve team effectiveness, efficiency and work products. 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 General Schedule Qualification Standards (opm.gov) 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

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD NNSY Portsmouth, VA 23709 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]