You will serve as an OPERATIONS RESEARCH ANALYST (Propulsion and Power Reliability Technical Lead) in the Air Systems Group, Propulsion & Power Engineering Department, Modeling and Analysis Division, AND Reliability And Diagnostics Branch of NAVAIRWARCENAC DIV. The purpose of this position is to provide an expert to refine current processes and create new processes and tools to provide reliability analyses of naval air systems. The duty location of this position is Patuxent River, Maryland.

Duties

You will coordinate with the Propulsion Forecast SME (Subject Matter Expert) board and other customers of the forecasting process to refine processes and tools. You will work alongside the branch head to proactively engage with groups that can benefit from use of the forecasting tool and process. You will coordinate with experts in CBM (Condition Based Maintenance) to develop methods to utilize data for fleet preventative metrics and reporting. You will work with leadership and other customers to develop and maintain visualizations of data as needed. You will serve as the Navy chair for the tri-service CEA (Cost effectivity analysis) committee as well as work with the Air Force and Army chairs as well as OEM partners to maintain and improve the process and tool. You will be responsible for maintaining and improving branch processes and tools and will assist the branch head in updating branch Standard work packages (SWPs). You will coordinate with the Naval Safety Center and other naval safety teams to update the Propulsion safety database and trending. You will also produce a yearly report on the Propulsion safety metrics and assist Propulsion teams in understanding the safety data. You will perform analyses and adhoc requests required by Air Systems Group leadership.

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.
• This position is covered under the Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA). Certification in the Acquisition Functional Area and category assigned to the position is required within established category timeframes.
• 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

In addition to the Basic Requirements for this position, your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the (GS 12/13) grade level or pay band (DP-04) in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) Leading efforts and working with stakeholders to refine processes and tools to enhance analysis on reliability metrics including demand forecasting; 2) Producing reports on Propulsion safety metrics and assisting Propulsion teams in understanding the safety data; 3) Advancing processes and tools to integrate data collected from aircraft sensors to improve reliability metrics reporting and predictions; 4) Developing data visualizations to effectively display trend data; 5) Assessing cost improvements through the development of processes and tools; and 6) Providing technical guidance to a technical workforce and meeting customer requirements for products and/or services. 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 Operations Research Series 1515 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

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

A bachelor's or higher degree in operations research.

OR

Have successfully completed a bachelor's or higher degree with at least 24 semester hours in a combination of operations research, mathematics, probability, statistics, mathematical logic, science, or subject-matter courses requiring substantial competence in college-level mathematics or statistics and at least 3 of the 24 semester hours are in calculus.

The primary requirement of operations research work is competence in the rigorous methods of scientific inquiry and analysis rather than in the subject matter of the problem. Therefore, applicants should have sufficient knowledge of applied mathematics to understand and use the fundamental concepts and techniques of operations research methods of analysis. In addition, some positions may require knowledge of a specific subject area.

Courses acceptable for qualifying for operations research positions may have been taken in departments other than Operations Research, e.g., Engineering (usually Industrial Engineering), Science, Economics, Mathematics, Statistics, or Management Science.

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Contacts

• Address NAVAIRWARCENAC DIV Naval Air Warfare Center Patuxent River, MD 20670-5304 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]