GENERAL ENGINEER

Summary


This is a public notice flyer to notify interested applicants of anticipated vacancies. Applications will not be accepted through this flyer. Interested applicants must follow the directions in the "How to Apply" section of this flyer to be considered. There may or may not be actual vacancies filled from this flyer. Notice of Result letters will not be sent to applicants who respond to this flyer.

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Summary


This is a public notice flyer to notify interested applicants of anticipated vacancies. Applications will not be accepted through this flyer. Interested applicants must follow the directions in the "How to Apply" section of this flyer to be considered. There may or may not be actual vacancies filled from this flyer. Notice of Result letters will not be sent to applicants who respond to this flyer.

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Overview
Accepting applications

Location


1 vacancy in the following location:

Washington Navy Yard, DC


No matching locations found.


Work site options
Telework eligible Yes-This position is eligible for ad-hoc/situational telework at the discretion of management. Remote job No Relocation expenses reimbursed No Salary $143,913 - $197,200 per year
This is a salary control point position, please see additional information.
Pay scale & grade
NH 4
Promotion potential None


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Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job.


Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Not required

Appointment type Permanent


Occupations and job series

• 0801 General Engineering

Supervisory status No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union No

Drug test No Security clearance Secret Position sensitivity and risk Noncritical-Sensitive (NCS)/Moderate Risk


Jobs require a background check and some require a security clearance . The type depends on the job.


Background check type

• National security

Financial disclosure required Yes - 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.
Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests.


Announcement number DE-13054875-26-CMG Control number 883243100


This job is open to
The public

U.S. Citizens, Nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.


Clarification from the agency


U.S. Citizens

Duties

• You will serve as a Senior General Engineer and principal AUKUS liaison and integrator within the Submarine Industrial Base (SIB) Program Office.
• You will identify, evaluate, and coordinate opportunities that support AUKUS requirements, Virginia-class submarine production, and broader SIB objectives.
• You will lead Cross-Line of Effort integration of AUKUS and strategic investment requirements across infrastructure, supply chain, advanced manufacturing, strategic outsourcing, workforce, acquisition, and other functional areas.
• You will identify shared requirements, dependencies, capability gaps, capacity constraints, and investment opportunities to maximize the effectiveness of Government investments.
• You will conduct and direct industrial-base and product-level analysis involving NIINs, critical components, suppliers, manufacturing processes, production capacity, and related industrial-base data.
• You will evaluate common demand, constrained capacity, long-lead requirements, supplier dependencies, production bottlenecks, and potential conflicts among AUKUS, Virginia-class, Columbia-class, sustainment, and other submarine requirements.
• You will apply engineering principles, analytical methodologies, systems-thinking techniques, and data-driven approaches to identify industrial-base risks and opportunities.
• You will develop and recommend strategic investment priorities and courses of action based on industrial-base risk, production requirements, cost, schedule, expected capacity or capability improvements and anticipated return on Government investment.
• You will develop analytical products, decision briefings, investment recommendations, issue papers, and other materials supporting senior-level decision-making.
• You will identify and elevate barriers that may adversely affect cost, schedule, performance, funding execution, or achievement of intended industrial-base outcomes.
• You will support Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE) activities by identifying current and future resource requirements.
• You will develop Program Objective Memorandum (POM) issue papers, investment justifications, resource recommendations, and other documentation supporting SIB investment decisions.
• You will monitor execution of assigned resources and provides recommendations to ensure responsible, effective, and measurable stewardship of Government funds.
• You will brief senior leaders on investment status, emerging risks, resource requirements, industrial-base constraints, and measurable impacts to AUKUS and U.S. submarine production objectives.
• You will lead and coordinate high-visibility responses, including Congressional inquiries, OMB requests, AUKUS data calls, senior Navy/DoD information requirements, decision papers, issue papers, executive briefings, and other correspondence..
• You will lead multidisciplinary teams and working groups involving engineering, acquisition, financial management, logistics, supply chain, manufacturing, workforce, program management, and other disciplines.
• You will mentor less-experienced personnel and contributes to the development of the organization's engineering and industrial-base workforce.

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 secret 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 Functional Area and Tier assigned to the position, along with Continuous Learning (CL) points, are required within established timeframes.

Qualifications


Your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the NH-03 pay band (GS-13 equivalent) grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector as a professional engineer analyzing technical, industrial, financial, acquisition or engineering programmatic information to develop investment recommendations for senior leadership.


Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: AND


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:


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:


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:


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.


Additional information

This announcement uses the Direct Hire Authority (DHA) for Acquisition Demo (AcqDemo) Business & Technical Management to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service. The NH-4 broadband level encompasses positions equivalent to GS-14 and GS-15. Salary is capped at GS-15, Step 5 ($191,850). If your current salary is above this amount, your salary may be matched.


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.

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Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

Benefits
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