You will serve as a OPERATIONS TEST SPECIALIST in the NAVAL TEST WING PACIFIC, AIRTEVRON-30 BLOODHOUNDS, VX-30 OPERATIONS of NAVAIRWARCENWPNDIV POINT MUGU.

Duties

You will be responsible for coordinating with complex team of engineers, aircraft maintainers, and support personnel through the processes of planning, scheduling and allocating aircraft and aircrew resources. You will generate cost estimates, monitor, execute, and update associated plans to ensure team members processes, facilities, and aircraft are fully available to meet test objectives. You will receive direction from, and are accountable to, the VX-30 Operations Officer for cost, schedule, and accomplishment of customer objectives for all flight test and range support sorties. You will collaborate with multi-disciplinary test teams and enables the safe and efficient utilization of VX-30 squadron aircraft and crews. You will develop long and short term plans, schedule daily ground and flight events, track flight hours that support customer objectives and monitor financial expenditure accuracy.

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 STRL jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower pay band. This requirement is called time-in-band. Time-in-band 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.
• 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.
• You will be required to complete ethics orientation within three months of appointment and submit a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report, OGE-450, within 30 days of appointment.

Qualifications

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower pay band(DS-04) in the federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate some or all of the following duties: 1) Provide supporting experience in Naval Aviation Operations and scheduling; 2) Demonstrating experience working in an aviation unit; 3) Understanding of Navy Test Range operations and procedures; 4) Familiarity with long and short range operational planning. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series 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 NAVAIRWARCENWPNDIV POINT MUGU 575 I Avenue Suite 1 Point Mugu, CA 93042-5049 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]