You will serve as a Manager for Submarine Sail, Deployed Systems, and Modernization HM&E Engineering Branch at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division (NSWC PHILA DIV). This position is part of the Warfare Centers Personnel Demonstration Project. The ND-5 pay band encompasses positions equivalent to GS-14 and GS-15.

Duties

You will perform technical management of the Submarine Sail, Deployed Systems and Modernization HM and E Branch projects and programs. You will analyze and determine the technical scope of projects; develop and modify execution plans; and ensure quality, accuracy and adequacy of products and services. You will oversee both engineers and technicians traveling to numerous submarine support locations across the country and OCONUS, who inspect and troubleshoot Submarine Sail Systems. You will oversee Radio Frequency Distribution and Control Systems (RFDACS) and other submarine communication systems for life-cycle management and installation of systems. You will perform organizational and administrative management, including tactical and strategic planning, developing resources and capabilities, formulation of budgets, management of funding, and negotiation with sponsors. You will evaluate the effectiveness and adequacy of the branch mission and provide long range planning in connection with projected changes in programs and other external factors. You will develop and maintain an organization, which assures product/process integrity by specifying the requirements and monitoring activity involved. You will ensure the branch's goals are consistent and supportive of organizational goals. You will market branch capabilities to potential sponsors. You will establish and maintain effective contact with internal and external customers/sponsors at all management and technical levels. You will exercise supervisory control and responsibility for the overall operations and personnel of the branch. You will monitor and evaluate performance, establish priorities, goals and objectives, adjust workload, and advise and counsel subordinates. You will resolve complaints, effect disciplinary actions; develop employees; hire, promote, and reward branch personnel; and comply with EEO objectives. You will monitor and guide the work of branch personnel by means of periodic reviews, briefings, reports, or observations.

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.
• You will be required to complete ethics orientation within three months of appointment and submit a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report, OGE-450, within 30 days of appointment.
• Supervisors in the executive branch have a heightened personal responsibility for advancing government ethics. You will be required to review the 14 General Principles of Ethical Conduct at 5 CFR 2635.101.

Qualifications

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the next lower band ND-04 (GS-12 and GS-13 equivalency) in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: As a professional engineer possessing leadership experience which can include team lead experience, team building experience, mentorship, or development of employees, or management of technical programs or projects. Possess knowledge of mechanical and/or electrical systems, but is not required to have extended understanding of Submarine Communication systems. Possess good communication skills and have an overall understanding of branch head or manager roles, such as administrative and project management duties. 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 NSWC PHILA DIV 5001 South Broad Street Philadelphia, PA 19112 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]