Job summary

You will serve as a Mechanical Engineer in the Engineering Operations Division (N76), Engineering Department (N7) of MILITARY SEALIFT COMMAND.

Major duties

You will provide a full range of supervision to assigned personnel including work assignments and guidance, career development, and training. You will serve as the technical expert, consultant, and advisor for shipboard issues, failures, projects, investigations, studies, root cause analysis, and modifications concerning main propulsion. You will conceive, propose, plan, direct, and manage a wide range of projects associated with the analysis, design, development, procurement, maintenance and repair of mechanical and related systems. You will establish and interpret policies, regulations, and engineering criteria in order to provide pertinent information for MSC ships in service, major overhauls, and ship acquisitions. You will recommend changes to engineering management policies and procedures, and initiates action to effectively incorporate approved changes to existing MSC programs. You will maintain liaison with the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) and U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) on regulatory issues. You will provide management oversight for staffing requirements, recruitment, and coordination of personnel actions, for the assigned staff. You will develop performance standards and performance appraisals, and assure they are completed within the required time limits.

Qualification

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-13 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 advanced theory, concepts, principles, and practices of all aspects to resolve unique or complex issues pertaining to material readiness, ship acquisitions, major overhauls, and conversions. Experience establishing and interpreting policies, regulations, and engineering criteria to provide pertinent information for ships in service, major overhauls, and ship acquisitions. Experience in applying commercial maritime industry rules and regulations associated with International Maritime Organization (IMO), U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), and Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS). Experience developing maintenance requirements for cross program applicability on major mechanical ship equipment to ensure continuity in life cycle management. Experience accomplishing engineering calculations and compiling reports to explain findings and make recommendations. Experience with vessel operations and maintenance in a commercial and/or military environment. Experience investigating issues and developing corrective actions for mechanical engineering systems. Experience physically accessing and working in all locations and compartments of marine structures, from machinery spaces, to working aloft, to inspecting tanks, to tracing piping systems in bilge spaces. NOTE: THIS INFORMATION MUST BE SUPPORTED IN YOUR RESUME TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THE POSITION. 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 all-professional-engineering-positions-0800.pdf (opm.gov) 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

Basic Education Requirement: Successful completion of a bachelor's degree (or higher) in engineering. 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 A combination of college-level education, training, and/or technical experience that furnished (1) a thorough knowledge of the physical and mathematical sciences underlying 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: (I) Professional registration or licensure: 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; or (II) Written Test: 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; or (III) Specified academic courses: 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 (IV) Related curriculum: 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. Must provide college transcripts with application.

Evaluations

When the application process is complete, we will review your resume to ensure you meet the hiring eligibility and qualification requirements listed in this announcement. You will be rated based on the information provided in your resume and responses to the Occupational Questionnaire, along with your supporting documentation to determine your ability to demonstrate the following competencies: MECHANICAL ENGINEERING ORAL COMMUNICATION PROBLEM SOLVING SYSTEMS ENGINEERING SYSTEMS TESTING AND EVALUATION WRITTEN COMMUNICATION You should list any relevant performance appraisals and incentive awards in your resume as that information may be taken into consideration during the selection process. If selected, you may be required to provide supporting documentation. If after reviewing your resume and supporting documentation, a determination is made that you inflated your qualifications and/or experience, your score may be adjusted to more accurately reflect your abilities or you may be found ineligible/not qualified. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating or consideration for employment. All eligibility, qualifications, and time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.