This position is located in the Department of Homeland Security, United States Coast Guard, Surface Forces Logistics Center, Engineering Services Division, Baltimore, MD. 

Duties

The incumbent of this position serves as a senior Naval Architect and subject matter expert in the Engineering Services Division (ESD), Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering Branch,  Naval Architecture Section.  The Surface Forces Logistics Center provides all required logistics, maintenance, and engineering to the Coast Guard fleet.  At ESD, we serve as subject matter experts for all of CG Naval Engineering and support new vessel acquisition programs in addition to the sustainment of existing cutters and boats.  The Naval Architecture Section also supports the Coast Guard Engineering Technical Authority by developing and maintaining Naval Architecture Technical Standards managed by cognizant Technical Warrant Holders.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship is required.

Qualifications

BASIC REQUIREMENTS A. Applicants must show successful completion of a professional engineering curriculum leading to a bachelor's or higher degree in engineering in an accredited college or university. 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 advanced courses 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); (g) any other comparable area of fundamental engineering science or physics, such as optics, heat transfer, soil mechanics, or electronics. OR B. A combination of education and experience - college-level education, training and/or technical experience that furnished (1) a thorough knowledge of the physical and mathematical sciences underlying professional engineering, and (2) a good theoretical and practical understanding of the engineering sciences and techniques and their applications to one of the branches of engineering. The adequacy of such background must be demonstrated by one of the following: 1. Professional Registration: current registration as a professional engineer 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. 2. Written Test: evidence of having successfully passed the Engineer- in-Training (EIT) examination, or the written test required for professional registration, which is administered by the Boards of Engineering Examiners in the various States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and Guam. 3. Specified Academic Courses: successful completion in an accredited college or university of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences and in engineering. These must have included the courses specified in the basic requirement. 4. Related Curriculum: successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree in engineering technology or in an appropriate professional field, e.g., physics, chemistry, architecture, computer science, mathematics, hydrology, or geology may be accepted in lieu of a degree in engineering, provided the candidate has at least one (1) year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance. (The above examples of related curricula are not all-inclusive.)ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS IN ADDITION, applicants must have at least 1 full year of experience (equivalent to the GS-13 or higher level in the Federal service) planning, developing, coordinating and accomplishing large, complicated projects which require multiple manpower and funding, such as cutter design studies, model and full scale test projects, application of state-of-the-art technologies, development of design criteria, evaluation and prototyping of new systems and computer applications for ship powering and performance, hydrodynamic design, sea-keeping and ship motions, maneuvering, habitability and human factors; conducting conceptual and preliminary design studies for proposed vessels based on operational requirements documents; determining principal dimensions and hull type, powering requirements, general arrangement layout, preliminary structural arrangement and stability analyses; reviewing and providing recommendations for proposed project requirements, expected results, and budgetary estimates, as well as establishing methods and procedures to substantially reduce project costs; ensuring that training requirements and integrated logistics support requirements are established for projects; analyzing, evaluating and developing naval architecture design plans, procurement specifications, hydrostatics, lines and offsets, calculations of hull strength, analyses of ship stability, resistance and propulsion, propeller selection, test and trial data, etc.; determining methods and procedures appropriate for testing naval architecture installations and performing the tests; and providing contractor oversight for naval architecture projects.Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular ability, skill, and knowledge to successfully perform the duties of this position and is typically in or related to this line of work.National Service Experience (i.e., volunteer experience): Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (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. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Education

This position does has a positive education requirement. If you are including education on your resume, report only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the requirements. You must show proof the education credentials have been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education program. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying. For further information on the evaluation of foreign education, refer to the U.S. Department of Education's web site at click here

Contacts

• Address United States Coast Guard 2401 Hawkins Point Road Building 1 Mailstop 4 Baltimore, Maryland 21226 United States
• Name: USCG Applicant Support
• Phone: 866-656-6830
• Email: [email protected]