GENERAL ENGINEER

Duties

• You will serve as an engineering specialist and technical representative responsible for maintaining surveillance, reviewing, evaluating, and approving ship system and steam and electric plant testing aboard nuclear powered submarines.
• You will review, evaluate, and approve testing of safety and support systems including electrical/power generation, propulsion plant, seawater cooling, air, and life support systems.
• You will conduct and participate in the planning of nuclear submarine repair availabilities and support complex ship system testing activities.
• You will serve as the sole government representative on the HME-JTG, JPTG, or JTG-NN, taking required local approval actions for assigned ship system and test programs.
• You will perform technical review and local validation approval of system test program documents, including operating and casualty procedures.
• You will coordinate approvals required for performance of ship system and propulsion plant testing and authorize testing upon verification of satisfactory prerequisites.
• You will authorize performance of ship system and steam and electric plant testing and verify satisfactory test completion.
• You will review contractor and Design Yard proposed system test plans and specifications, resolve technical conflicts, and help resolve major ship system problems.
• You will attend test plan of the day meetings and concur in plant conditions, authorized tests, test briefings, installation of test equipment, and required training.
• You will ensure preparation for and conduct of ship system and propulsion plant test programs meet all technical and safety requirements.
• You will attend Nuclear JTG meetings, concur in non-reactor plant testing schedules, and remain on call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for testing changes and unusual events.
• You will attend critiques following malfunctions, failures, or casualties to determine causes and corrective actions affecting ship systems or propulsion plant equipment.
• You will maintain personal knowledge of day-to-day ship system and propulsion plant testing progress and collaborate with Ship Coordinators on technical and programmatic issues.
• You will conduct onboard surveillance before and during propulsion plant testing, review test data, and concur in technical evaluations of testing problems.
• You will ensure systems are certified complete, prerequisites are satisfied, and proper briefings, dry runs, and engineering shift turnovers are completed before testing.
• You will participate in continuous training, prepare and present technical lectures, and maintain qualifications supporting ship system and propulsion plant testing.
• You will review and concur in test procedures, approve daily test schedules, identify tests affecting ship conditions, and stop testing whenever unsafe conditions exist.
• You will serve on the Ships Safety Council, approve procedures, prerequisite lists, and schedules affecting ship safety and watertight integrity, and stop unsafe operations.
• You will represent the Engineering Department by attending production and waterfront meetings, resolving technical issues, coordinating with contractor engineering personnel, and supporting repair availabilities.
• You will participate in the SUPSHIP surveillance program, review contractor documents, provide technical support, prepare correspondence, recommend technical manual revisions, and conduct availability planning and work package reviews.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• 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 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.

Qualifications

Your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the next lower pay band, GS-11, in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Experience as a professional engineer providing technical guidance and analyzing problems regarding ship system testing.

Examples of qualifying experience include:

• Proven analytical/engineering skills and a proven ability to sucessfully work with technical personnel in the review of significant technical issues that affect their respective engineering discipline.
• Ability to apply and modify standard engineering practices and approaches in order to solve a variety of engineering and operational problems.

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website:
General Engineering Series, 0801


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 at least one of the following positive education qualifications requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual:

• Professional Engineering Series (08XX) - Degree: A professional engineering degree from an ABET-accredited college or university; OR a degree with curriculum in differential and integral calculus, with additional courses 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; OR
• Professional Engineering Series (08XX) - Substitution of Education/Experience: A combination of education and experience that furnished (1) a thorough knowledge of the physical and mathematical sciences underlying professional engineering; and (2) a good understanding, both theoretical and practical, of the engineering sciences and techniques and their applications to one of the branches of engineering. The adequacy of such background must be demonstrated by one of the following: (a) professional registration, (b) evidence of successfully passing the Engineer-in-Training (EIT) examination; (c) 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 above; or (d) successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree in engineering technology or in an appropriate professional field, e.g., physics, chemistry, architecture, computer science, mathematics, hydrology, or geology, may be accepted in lieu of a degree in engineering provided that it included at least 1 year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance. (Note to Applicants: Please see the Qualifications & Education sections of this announcement for a link to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Individual Occupational Requirements. OPM guidance indicates that there should be either an established plan of intensive training to develop professional engineering competence, or several years of prior professional engineering-type experience. This training plan or experience must be well documented and provided at time of application).

Additional information

This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program.


Several vacancies may be filled.


A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments.


Federal annuitant information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy information may be found at: .


Veteran's preference does not apply when selecting individuals under this specific hiring authority. However, if you claim veteran's preference, you will be required to submit supporting documentation with your application as described in the Required Documents section below.