You will serve as a MECHANICAL ENGINEER in the Launch, Recovery and Hydraulic Systems Branch (NSWCPD Code 433) of the Hull and Deck Machinery Division (43), Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division (NSWC PHILA DIV).

Duties

You will provide technical expertise in systems design, operation, and maintenance to review, assess, approve and/or recommend acceptance of shipboard crane systems for all in-service and new acquisition ships. You will execute critical functions including technical requirements definition, hazard/safety analyses, failure modes/effects analyses, analysis of alternatives, design review, testing/certification, and alteration development. You will serve as subject matter expert and authority to the TWH, PEO's and Fleet on decisions involving new technology readiness/investment, design commonality and modernization. You will be required to make and defend difficult technical decisions/positions to senior Navy and civilian leadership on complex issues significantly impacting safety, ship deployments and ship/system acquisition contract milestones. You will serve as a project or program leader in planning, formulating, organizing and directing extensive technical activities to meet the Navy's requirements for advance systems, equipment, development and in-service engineering programs. You will be responsible for ensuring that long term mission requirements are met with advance state of the art technologies. You will be responsible for work performed by industry, DOD Navy and other government agencies; and provides consultation to all levels of the Navy, NAVSEA, contractors and NSWCPD to ensure the Fleet readiness. You will be responsible for ensuring that long term mission requirements are met with advance state of the art technologies. You will review incoming information/data from the Fleet on emergent issues, conduct analysis and provide comprehensive response with recommendations. You will perform design review and certification of new and/or modified systems and components in accordance with military and commercial crane specifications. You will conduct risk assessments to identify issues with high technical risk, estimate probability of occurrence, define impacts and recommend risk mitigation actions. You will provide in-service engineering for shipboard cranes. Review in-service data and make recommendations to improve system/component performance and reduce maintenance costs. You will conduct technical review of design documentation including reports, analyses, calculations, drawing, and schematics. You will conduct technical review of test documentation including test plans, test procedures and test reports. You will conduct technical review of technical documentation including maintenance plans, maintenance procedures and operational procedures. You will conduct technical review of logistics documentation including provisioning data, parts usage data and qualified sources of supply. You will perform all aspects of project management related to shipboard cranes tasks including responsibility for cost, schedule, and product quality. You will develop cost estimates and spending plans, monitor expenditures and address/resolve inconsistencies. You will develop project schedules, monitor status and make adjustments as required to meet deliverable due dates. You will prepare project status reports, develop presentations, and present at meetings/conferences. Interface with engineers, scientists, technicians and other representatives of the military government and private industry to exchange information.

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 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 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-13 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 overseeing or managing projects for the development and/or application, design, operation and maintenance of shipboard cranes (or similar weight handling equipment) specifications and standards. 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]