You will serve as a GENERAL ENGINEER in the Waterfront Engineering Services Branch (Code 411), Engineering Service Division (TRF Code 410), Planning Department (TRF Code 400), TRIDENT Refit Facility (TRIREFFAC) of TRIREFFAC KINGS BAY.

Duties

You will analyze reported conditions and provide technical resolution on an Engineering Service Request (ESR) in support of planned and emergent repairs to submarine HM and E components and systems. You will process and provides technical input for resolution of Departure from Specifications (DFS) requests associated with repair and maintenance action. You will maintain a working relationship with the submarine technical community to ensure the most up-to-date information concerning submarine maintenance is achieved.

Requirements

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service. www.sss.gov
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• 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.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain a current IT-II designation.
• 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.
• This is a Mission Essential position. You will be required to ensure organization or facility continuity of operations and/or completion of tasks that are considered essential to the mission designated by a local or command decision.
• 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.
• You will be required to wear or utilize hard hats, protective eye/hearing devices and safety shoes on a routine basis.
• Work is performed in areas where potentially harmful physical and chemical agents are present (e.g. fumes, dust, heat, ionizing and non-ionizing radiation and chemicals). You will be required to participate in medical surveillance programs.
• You will be required to successfully complete a pre-appointment physical examination.

Qualifications

GS-12: 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. Experience defining Hull, Mechanical and Electrical (HM&E) systems/equipment test requirements, specifications, drawings, sketches, and provides on-site inspections and evaluations. Experience providing technical direction for the accomplishment of the submarine Continued Unrestricted Operations (URO) to Design Depth Program and analyze data collected during the accomplishment of the submarine URO Program to determine acceptability of conditions cited. Experience analyzing reported conditions and provide technical resolution on an Engineering Service Request (ESR) in support of planned and emergent repairs to submarine HM&E components and systems. Experience providing expertise to be utilized in troubleshooting and fault isolation, repair, testing and recertification. Experience processing and providing technical input for resolution of Departure from Specifications (DFS) requests associated with repair and maintenance action. Experience submitting Liaison Action Record (LAR) to cognizant activities for resolution of problems requiring off-site evaluation. Experience maintaining a working relationship with the submarine technical community to ensure the most up-to-date information concerning submarine maintenance is achieved. For GS-11: Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-09 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Experience providing problem resolution, test direction, and technical support efforts on Hull, Mechanical and Electrical (HM&E) systems/equipment repair and maintenance actions. Experience providing technical support for the accomplishment of Continued Unrestricted Operations (URO) to Design Depth Program. Experience reviewing and making recommendations for corrective actions on Engineering Service Request (ESR) documents. Experience applying expertise utilized in troubleshooting and fault isolation, repair, testing and recertification. Experience providing technical input for resolution of Departure from Specifications (DFS) requests associated with repair and maintenance action. Experience submitting Liaison Action Record (LAR) to cognizant activities for resolution of problems requiring off-site evaluation. Experience developing a working relationship with the submarine technical community by liaison on various waterfront and HM&E systems engineering matters.

Education

Applicants must meet the following basic education requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual:

Successful completion of a professional engineering degree. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree (or higher) in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET); or (2) include differential and integral calculus and courses (more advanced than first-year physics and chemistry) 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); and (g) any other comparable area of fundamental engineering science or physics, such as optics, heat transfer, soil mechanics, or electronics. Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position.

OR

Current registration as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT), or licensure as a Professional Engineer (PE) 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 For more information about EI and EIT registration requirements, please visit the National Society of Professional Engineers website at: http://www.nspe.org

OR

Evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) examination or any other written test required for professional registration by an engineering licensure board in the various States, the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico The FE examination is not administered by the U. S. Office of Personnel Management. For more information, please visit: http://www.nspe.org/Licensure/HowtoGetLicensed/index.html.

OR

Successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences and in engineering that included the courses specified in the basic requirements under paragraph A (above). The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program as described in paragraph A (above)?

OR

Successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree in an appropriate scientific field, e.g., engineering technology, physics, chemistry, architecture, computer science, mathematics, hydrology, or geology, may be accepted in lieu of a bachelor's degree in engineering, provided the applicant has had at least one year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance. Ordinarily, there should be either an established plan of intensive training to develop professional engineering competence, or several years of prior professional engineering-type experience, e.g., in interdisciplinary positions.

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Contacts

• Address TRIREFFAC KINGS BAY 990 USS Thomas Jefferson Dr Kings Bay, GA 31547 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]