You will serve as a SUPERVISORY ENGINEER OR MANAGER in the INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS CODE 1041 of NAVUNSEAWARCENDIV NEWPORT RI. This position is part of the Warfare Centers Personnel Demonstration Project. The ND-5 pay band is equivalent to GS-14 and GS-15 grade levels. The ND-4 pay band is equivalent to GS-12 and GS-13 grade levels.

Duties

You will serve as the Branch Head for the Information Technology Operations Branch. You will be responsible for leading the technical effort of the branch by actively supervising the establishment and administration of an available, secure, and forward-looking network and computing infrastructure. You will organize, plan, assign and direct new and ongoing tasking, set objectives for and evaluate the work results of subordinates. You will resolve work problems which may technical and/or personal in nature. You will establish training plans and provide technical and career guidance to subordinates and others outside of the branch. You will be responsible for effecting and implementing Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) policy with branch. You will maintain project goals, establish goals and priorities for branch and specifically for subordinates. You will assist with planning requirements for equipment purchases, facility improvements/modifications, and hiring and succession planning. You will maintain awareness of subordinates’ tasking status to include on time completion of deliverables and management of risk. You will determine appropriate balance of government and contractor assignment to tasks to ensure overall workforce health and efficient execution of sponsor tasks. You will participate in the development of overall planning for the Corporate Operations department, and ensure that the Branch plans reflect overall department goals and are consistent with allocated resources. You will ensure efficient and effective operation of branch technical and business processes are implemented and that continuous process improvement goals are met, and ensure steps are taken to reduce product life cycle costs. You will be responsible for addressing security safety, environmental, and other organization data calls and actions. You will require knowledge of organization’s enterprise information technology (IT) goals and objectives as well as the acquisition/procurement requirements. You will be required to manage incentive pay and performance evaluations in accordance with command policies and procedures.

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.
• 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.
• 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 Cyberspace Workforce position, work role code Program Manager, proficiency level intermediate/advanced the incumbent is required to obtain and maintain qualifications in DoDM 8140.03 Cyber Workforce Qualification and Dept. of Navy policies.
• Supervisors in the executive branch have a heightened personal responsibility for advancing government ethics. You will be required to review the 14 General Principles of Ethical Conduct at 5 CFR 2635.101.

Qualifications

TO QUALIFY FOR THE ND-5 (MANAGER) POSITION: In addition to the basic requirements, your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the ND-4 (GS-12/13 equivalency) pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector: as a professional engineer overseeing information technology projects to identify new technologies or methodologies used in the design, development, integration, or maintenance of network infrastructure for an organization. TO QUALIFY FOR THE ND-4 (SUPERVISIORY ENGINEER) POSITION: In addition to the basic requirements, your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the ND-3 (GS-09-11 equivalency) pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector: as a professional Engineer leading information technology projects to identify new technologies or methodologies used in the design, development, integration, or maintenance of network infrastructure for an organization. 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 AND https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/files/all-professional-engineering-positions-0800.pdf https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/computer-engineering-series-0854/ 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 basic education requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual:

Professional Engineering 08XX Series:

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.

Contacts

• Address NAVUNSEAWARCENDIV NEWPORT RI 1176 Howell Street Newport, RI 02841-1708 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]