You will serve as a MARINE MACHINERY MECHANIC in the Mechanical Shop (Code 930), Production Resources Department Manager (Code 901), Production Resources Department (Code 900) of NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD.

Duties

You will remove, repair, install, and align Naval Vessel's main propulsion machinery and associated equipment/components. You will install and repair foundations, operating machinery, and principle structures/components of ship's armament. You will install, adjust, set, repair, or replace various control/regulating or safety devices. You will test shipboard machinery pierside or on sea trials to prove satisfactory operation and acceptance. You will perform in the overhaul, repair, modification, and refueling of Nuclear Reactor Plant systems and associated parts aboard submarine and surface ships.

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.
• 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.
• You will be required to wear personal protective equipment such as helmets, gloves, coveralls, glasses, goggles, respirators and safety shoes continuously for the duration of the work shift.
• This position requires that the selectee be willing and able to climb ladders and scaffolding.
• This position requires that the selectee be willing and able to work in small and/or confined spaces.
• This position requires that the selectee have visual acuity and accurate color discrimination.

Qualifications

Although a specific length of time and experience is not required for most trade and labor occupations, you must show through experience and training that you possess the quality level of knowledge and skill necessary to perform the duties of the position at the level for which you are applying. Qualification requirements emphasis is on quality of experience, not necessarily the length of time. Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies in the job elements and screen out listed below. This job has a screen-out element which will be used to determine minimum eligibility for this job. Applicants who do not receive a minimum of two points on the screen-out element(s) will be found ineligible. The Screen-out Element for this position is: ABILITY TO DO THE WORK OF THE POSITION WITHOUT MORE THAN NORMAL SUPERVISION Performing the full range of operations which include layout work, making templates, setting up and operating machines such as alignment scopes, verniers, micrometers, precision levels, transits, strobe tachometers, bearing bridge gauges, flow meters, hydrostatic testers, and vibration analyzers. Disassembles, repairs, and rebuilds components and assemblies such as shafts, propellers, rudders, engines, and sea valves; Operating machinery and equipment for launching systems, torpedo tubes, periscopes, antennas, sonar, and radar equipment; and other shipboard equipment such as air compressors, feed pumps, condensers, and air ejectors. Applying mechanical principles of hydraulics, radiological principles, ordnance and electronic principles, machinery of metals and trade mathematics related to ship machinery. Performing work from blueprints, specifications, sketches and other design and nuclear instructions and use arithmetic, geometry and practical mathematics. Applicants must meet the requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Job Qualification Handbook for Trades and Labor Occupations. Additional qualification information can be found at: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/federal-wage-system-qualifications/#url=List-of-Approved-Job-Elements 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 NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD NNSY Portsmouth, VA 23709 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]