You will serve as a Lead Naval Architecture Technician in the Damage Control Branch (Code 258), Structural Engineering and Planning Division (Code 250), Office of the Chief Engineer (Code 240), Engineering and Planning Department (Code 200) of NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD.

Duties

You will assist with controversial or unprecedented situations and review completed work for technical soundness, accuracy, compliance with policy/regulation and program effectiveness. You will perform surveys and other data collection operations to establish engineering characteristics and parameters relevant to ship stability.. You will liaison with other shipyard codes in order to develop and sustain interface boundaries in technical and procedural matters involving shipyard operations for timely and economical completion.

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 a current valid United States driver’s license.
• 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.

Qualifications

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: Experience establishing schedules, intermediate milestones and estimates of work to meet design schedules. Experience demonstrating judgment and mastery of concepts, principles, and practices of naval architectural damage control for full range of damage control functions. Experience utilizing knowledge in Mechanical and Electrical engineering fields in order to develop and sustain interface boundaries in all technical and procedural matters related to Shipyard operation. Experience evaluating and applying the latest techniques in solving problems not readily treatable by traditional or accepted methods. 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 https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/engineering-technical-series-0802/ 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]