INTERDISCIPLINARY ENGINEER - San Diego, CA, United States - Department of the Navy

Description

Summary You will serve as an Interdisciplinary Engineer (Mechanical/Electronics/Aerospace) in the Fleet Support Team Engineering Division of FLTREADCEN EAST
More specifically, you will serve as the V-22 FST detachment lead at MCAS Miramar and be responsible for the engineering products and services for multiple sites
Duties

• You will manage engineering support activities as required to successfully support MV-22 fleet operations.
• You will explore advanced technological techniques and practices to develop and recommend innovative support strategies to meet Cost Wise Readiness goals and reduce aircraft Cost of Operations.
• You will recommend and oversee adjustments to maintenance tasks and intervals, analyses system/equipment and data to determine supportability improvements.
• You will evaluate and oversee modifications within the operating envelope (as defined by operational requirement specifications) to safety, readiness, and/or cost goals and objectives.
• You will monitor and oversee adjustments to supportability requirements including configuration management, technical data, training, supply support and support equipment

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-• Generally, current federal employees applying for GS jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower grade level
This requirement is called time-in-grade
Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.

• 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 must be registered for Selective Service

Qualifications Your resume must 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: (1) Developing complex engineering solutions for significantly challenging fleet and depot issues and in service repairs in order to support the in-service functions; (2) Leading projects and multi-disciplined teams to establish support system performance criteria, procedures or instructions; (3) Communicating highly complex and controversial technical information to local, programmatic, and higher echelon command/ activities; (4) Coordinating, managing, leading complex and safety issues to uphold technical conscience while addressing program/fleet requirements; (5) Performing engineering technical analyses, investigations, economic analysis and support services to the operational community
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

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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 Certain incentives (such as Relocation) may be authorized to eligible selectees
A relocation incentive is generally a single payment intended to offset some of the relocation costs experienced by the selectee
A relocation incentive may be authorized
This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program
Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement
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: PPP applicants will be placed at the FPL, if determined Well Qualified (WQ)
To receive priority consideration, the FPL must be the same grade level or equivalent of the retained grade or the grade held immediately prior to separation

ICTAP Applicants:
To be considered well-qualified and exercise selection priority as an ICTAP candidate, displaced Federal employees must satisfy all qualification requirements for the position and receive a rating in the highly qualified category (score 85) or higher
ICTAP candidates must provide copies of all of the following documentation at the time of application: 1) agency notice; 2) most recent performance appraisal; and 3) most recent SF-50 or notification of personnel action that includes position, grade level, and duty location
Applicants who do not provide this documentation will not receive consideration as an ICTAP candidate
For more information about ICTAP eligibility please review the following link: Military Spouse Preference applicants will be placed at the highest grade for which they have applied and are determined Best Qualified (BQ)
A BQ military spouse possesses knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies comparable to others who meet the competitive referral criteria for the specific position
Benefits A career with the U.S
government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package
As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding
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How You Will Be Evaluated You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualificati