MECHANICAL ENGINEER

Description:

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.

Requirements:

In addition to the basic requirements, your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-12 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 an expertise in advanced marine/mechanical engineering theories, principles, concepts, standards, and methods sufficient to implement experimental theories and new applications or developments to provide authoritative interpretations of guidelines and policies used in repair, maintenance, alteration and modernization of a full range of U.S. Navy ships.
• Experience applying an expert knowledge of pertinent laws, regulations, policies, and precedents which affect the requirements and operations of intermediate and depot level surface ship maintenance, modernization and alteration (fiscal management methods, practices, and techniques; manpower, material, facilities, and services).
• Experience serving as a authoritative consultant providing oversight, direction and advisory in the full range of major maintenance/modernization planning and execution.
• Experience demonstrating knowledge of marine industrial costing practices and economic analysis techniques to evaluate major repair, maintenance and modernization management approaches in terms of costs and benefits and to make authoritative recommendations.

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website:
all-professional-engineering-positions-0800.pdf (opm.gov)
General Schedule Qualification Standards (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.