You will serve as a LEAD ENGINEERING TECHICIAN in the Vertical Launching System (VLS) / Combat Systems (CS) Alignment Branch C295, Combat Systems (Weapons) Division Code 290, Engineering Department Code 200, Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center (MARMC) of MID ATLANTIC REGIONAL MAINTENANCE CTR.

Duties

You will serve as team leader composed of no fewer than nine General Schedule Technicians (or contractor equivalents). You will ensure that MARMC's strategic plan, mission, vision, and values are communicated to the team and integrated into the team's strategies, goals, objectives, work plans and work products and services. You will articulate and communicate to the team the assignment, project, problem to be solved, actionable events, milestones, and/or program issues under review, and deadlines and time frames for completion. You will provide technical assistance for urgent mission-degrading Casualty Reports or similar problems. You will provide technical assistance on less urgent but complex technical problems beyond the capability of forces afloat, intermediate maintenance activities, or repair activities to diagnose and correct. You will perform special engineering analyses and studies in support of NA VSEA for the purpose of developing or evaluating improvements in design, maintenance procedures, material, etc. You will prepare technical reports (and formal correspondence when required) identifying significant aspects of the problems, their causes, and corrections applied. You will lead functional checkouts, tests, and inspections of major systems.

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 obtain and maintain a current cardiopulmonary resuscitation certification (CPR) certification.
• You will be required to successfully complete a pre-appointment physical examination.
• This is a bargaining unit position.
• 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 such as: Experience mastering engineering principles, practices, and theories. Experience in engineering and training. Experience with complex problems encountered in Fleet Technical Support/Field Service Engineering Assignments. Experience with a wide variety of systems, subsystems, components and associated equipment. A Certified VLS Test Director (TD) is desirable. 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 Engineering Technical Series 0802 (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.

Contacts

• Address MID ATLANTIC REGIONAL MAINTENANCE CTR Workforce Development Office Norfolk, VA 23504 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]