You will serve as an ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN (NAVAL ARCHITECTURE) in the n the Structural Engineering and Planning Division (250), Office of the Chief Engineer, Engineering and Planning Department of NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD.

Duties

You will assist with providing system and component installation or modification information, ensure specification compliance and investigate and analyze a variety of structural problems and provide corrective action recommendations. You will exercise creativity and judgment in applying traditional techniques or developing new ones in order to solve engineering technician problems. You will provide technical assistance to higher grade engineering technicians and engineers without technical and administrative guidance and supervision. You will coordinate with other engineering technicians and engineers on engineering design projects with personnel from other design codes or from other activities. You will conduct investigations of structural failures or damages and prepare reports including remedial action to prevent further occurrences.

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.
• 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.
• 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 wear personal protective equipment such as helmets, gloves, coveralls, glasses, goggles, respirators and safety shoes continuously for the duration of the work shift.
• 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.

Qualifications

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-07 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 applying working knowledge of naval architecture technician principles, methods, and techniques to perform design work and plan conventional and state of the art work. - Experience applying knowledge of engineering aspects unique to nuclear powered aircraft carriers. - Extensive experience providing technical naval architecture engineering support. - Experience providing engineering design services. - Experience evaluating project concerns and applying the latest development and techniques to solve 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 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

In lieu of specialized experience, you may qualify with the following education or combination of both education and experience:

Education for GS-09 position:

• 2 years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a master's degree

or

• master's or equivalent graduate degree

**A transcript must be submitted with your application if qualifying using education.

Contacts

• Address NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD NNSY Portsmouth, VA 23709 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]