Engineering Technician
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LEAD ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN Department of the Navy Summary You will serve as a LEAD ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN in the Engineering and Planning Department (Code 200) of NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD, working directly for the Chief Engineer (Code 240). Overview Accepting applicions Open & closing des 12/13/2024 to 12/23/2024 Salary $104,861 - $136,323 per year Pay scale & grade GS 13 Locion 5 vacancies in the following locion: Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, VA Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required Not required Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Competitive Promotion potential 13 Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test No Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number ST-12637854-25-AC Control number 823772400 This job is open to Internal to an agency Current federal employees of this agency. Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL) Federal employees who meet the definition of a surplus or displaced employee. Veterans Individuals with disabilities Military spouses Special authorities Individuals eligible under a special authority not listed above, but defined in the federal hiring regulions. Land and base management Certain current or former term or temporary federal employees of a land or base management agency. Clarificion from the agency Current permanent employees of Org Code 200 within UIC 42158, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) eligibles, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and Nional Guard (NG) Technician Preference eligibles and DoD Retained Grade Preference eligibles, and VEOA eligibles. Duties You will provide technical guidance in support of shipyard werfront availabilities, which includes all non-nuclear ship's systems-piping, mechanical components, structural members, electrical systems, comb systems and testing evolutions. You will review, progress and assure timely completion of non-nuclear interface work, completed by the team and as requested by other areas NNSY. You will coordine and oversee the continuous overview of ship's systems readiness in order to support key events and production scheduling. You will lead, coach, mentor and develop staff, including overseeing new employee onboarding and providing career development planning and opportunities. You will identify, distribute and balance workload and tasks among employees in accordance with established work flow, skill level and/or occupional specializion. You considered the subject mter expert and serve as a mentor to lower level engineers and production workforce regarding assigned project Requirements Conditions of Employment Must be a US Citizen. Must be determined suitable for federal employment. Must participe in the direct deposit pay program. New employees to the Department of the Navy required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verificion check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, e-verify.gov Generally, current federal employees applying for GS jobs must serve least one year the next lower grade level. This requirement is called time-in-grade. Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing de of this announcement. Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediely following retirement de to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United Stes Code 3326. Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service. You 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. You required to wear personal protective equipment such as helmets, gloves, coveralls, glasses, goggles, respirors and safety shoes continuously for the durion of the work shift. Work is performed in areas where potentially harmful physical and chemical agents are present (e.g. fumes, dust, he, ionizing and non-ionizing radiion and chemicals). You required to participe in medical surveillance programs. Qualificions Your resume must demonstre least one year of Specialized experience or equivalent to the GS-12 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the prive or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstre the following: Experience managing, coordining, reviewing and providing expert technical/engineering guidance and advice for complex maintenance, repair, construction and overhaul of a variety of naval vessel classes of conventional and nuclear ships and ability to determine cost and availability of merial using various da bases along with ordering requirements, knowledgeable of ordering codes. Experience understanding engineering principles applied to US Naval Ships maintenance, repair and construction, reactor plant fundamentals and operion, processing including engineering, planning, estiming, production, scheduling and testing and the ability to evalue and apply the lest developments and techniques in solving problems, identify, evalue and recommend solutions. Experience with the SUBSAFE/Reentry Controls/DSS-SOC/ FBW processes, CVN Propulsion Machinery components and systems, CVN Propulsion Piping components and systems, CVN non-Propulsion Piping components and systems, and Submarine Steering and Diving and Surface Ship Steering systems, components, and hydraulic systems. Experience with technical characteristics, operion, maintenance, repair and modernizion of nuclear submarines and aircraft carriers and other non-nuclear surface ships, as well as a thorough knowledge on the locion, capacity and availability of shipyard resources, facilities and services. Experience using strong communicion skills both written and verbal faciliting clear and effective interactions with team member and stakeholders Experience training and mentoring engineers and technicians in subjects of SUBSAFE Reentry Control and FBW DSS-SOC Systems, CVN Propulsion Components and Systems, CVN Propulsion Piping ad Systems, CVN Non-Propulsion Piping and Systems, and Ships Controls Systems (Submarine Steering and Diving and CVN Steering systems) Experience with leading projects and overseeing the work of subordines, driving successful outcomes and promoting teamwork. Additional qualificion informion can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional 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 th transles directly to paid employment. Educion Additional informion This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program. Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement. A tentive offer of employment rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments. During the applicion process you will have an option to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions in the local commuting area. If you opt-in and are referred on a certifice, your resume available to other hiring managers for 180-days from the de the job announcement closes. Opting in does not impact your applicion for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further considerion for additional positions. Federal annuitant informion: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy informion may be found : PPP applicants placed the FPL, if determined Well Qualified (WQ). To receive priority considerion, the FPL must be the same grade level or equivalent of the retained grade or the grade held immediely prior to separion. ICTAP Applicants: To be considered well-qualified and exercise selection priority as an ICTAP candide, displaced Federal employees must sisfy all qualificion requirements for the position and receive a ring in the highly qualified cegory (score 85) or higher. ICTAP candides must provide copies of all of the following documention the time of applicion: 1) agency notice; 2) most recent performance appraisal; and 3) most recent SF-50 or notificion of personnel action th includes position, grade level, and duty locion. Applicants who do not provide this documention will not receive considerion as an ICTAP candide. For more informion about ICTAP eligibility please review the following link: Military Spouse Preference applicants placed 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 th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window. Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How You Will Be Evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. In order to qualify for this position, your resume must provide sufficient experience and/or educion, knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the duties of the specific position for which you are being Your resume is the key means we have for evaluing your skills, knowledge, and abilities as they rele to this position. Therefore, we encourage you to be clear and specific when describing your experience. When the applicion process is complete, we will review your resume to ensure you meet the hiring eligibility and qualificion requirements listed in this announcement. You red based on the informion provided in your resume and responses to the Occupional Questionnaire, along with your supporting documention to determine your ability to demonstre the following competencies: DEVELOPING OTHERS ENGINEERING TECHNICAL POLICY AND PLANNING MECHANICAL ORAL COMMUNICATION PROBLEM SOLVING WRITTEN COMMUNICATION You should list any relevant performance appraisals and incentive awards in your resume as th informion may be taken into considerion during the selection process. If selected, you may be required to provide supporting documention. If after reviewing your resume and supporting documention, a determinion is made th you infled your qualificions and/or experience, your score may be adjusted to more accurely reflect your abilities or you may be found ineligible/not qualified. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your ring or considerion for employment. All qualificions requirements must be met by the closing de of this announcement. 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 th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window. Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required Documents As a new or existing federal employee, you and your family may have access to a range of benefits. Your benefits depend on the type of position you have - whether you're a permanent, part-time, temporary or an intermittent employee. You may be eligible for the following benefits, however, check with your agency to make sure you're eligible under their policies. You are required to provide documention th supports the eligibility and qualificion claims made in your resume and assessment questionnaire. You must submit the applicable documents listed here and those listed with the eligibilities you select in the announcement questionnaire with your applicion package. Applicants who do not provide supporting documention th fully support their claims will not be referred to the hiring manager. Cover letter is optional. A complete resume is required. Your resume must show relevant experience, job title, duties and accomplishments. Your resume must show complete informion for each job entry to support minimum qualificions. The following informion should be provided in your resume, but it is acceptable to provide elsewhere in your applicion package: employer's name, starting and end des (Mo/Yr), hours per week, and pay plan, series and grade level (e.g. GS-0201-09) for relevant federal experience. TIP: A good way to ensure you include all essential informion is to use the Resume Builder in USAJOBS to cree your resume. Are you applying for a promotion? For GS positions, to be considered for a promotion, you must provide SF-50(s) th shows you held the next lower GS grade for least one year. SF-50s th have an effective de within the past year (e.g., General Adjustment SF-50 from this year or Within Re/Grade Increases (WRI/WGI) SF-50 within a year) do not clearly show th you meet the one-year time-in-grade requirement. Th means if you submit an SF-50 ded within the last year, you must submit another SF-50 ded more than one year ago to clearly demonstre you meet the time-in-grade requirements. If you are a DoD employee, you can obtain a copy of your SF- 50(s) from. Are you claiming membership in any professional organizions, or possession of a license, certifice or credentials? Check the Conditions of Employment section above to see if any are required. If you claim membership, license, certificion, or credentials, you must submit a copy of said document in your applicion package. Are you using educion as a substitute for some or all of the experience requirement? Is there a basic educion requirement for this position? Check the Educion section above to see wh is allowed and wh is required. Any claims you make in your resume or assessment questionnaire regarding educion or degrees MUST be supported by submitting with your applicion official or unofficial transcripts or a list of courses, grades earned, completion des, and quarter and semester hours earned issued from your school. While unofficial transcripts are acceptable for initial applicion, an official transcript will ultimely be required if you are selected for the position. You may submit a copy your degree(s) if specific coursework does not have to be verified. Are you a veteran claiming 5-point veterans' preference or claiming sole survivorship preference? You must submit a copy of your lest DD-214 Certifice of Release or Discharge from Active Duty (any copy th shows all des of service, as well as character of service [Honorable, General, etc.] is acceptable) OR a VA letter th shows des of service or service connected disability AND character of service. If you have more than one DD-214 for multiple periods of active duty service, submit a copy for each period of service. If you were issued a DD-215 to amend aforementioned informion on the DD-214 you must submit th too. If you are not sure of your preference eligibility, the Department of Labor's website: Are you a disabled veteran or claiming 10-point veterans' preference? If you are eligible to claim 10 point veterans preference you must submit a DD-214 Certifice of Release or Discharge from Active Duty as described above for 5-point preference. You must also provide the applicable supporting documention of your disability (e.g. disability letter from the VA) as described on Standard Form-15 (SF-15).. Are you an active duty service member? Active Duty Service Members are required to submit a stement of service printed on command letterhead and signed by the command. The stement of service must provide the branch of service, re/rank, all des of service, the expected de of discharge and anticiped character of service (Honorable, General, etc.). Documents submitted as part of the applicion package, to include supplemental documents, may be shared beyond the Human Resources Office. Some supplemental documents contain personal informion such as SSN and DOB and some documents such as military orders and marriage certifices may contain personal informion for someone other than you. You may sanitize these documents to remove said personal informion before you submit your applicion. You must provide an un-sanitized version of the documents if you are selected. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from. Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Click the Apply Online button to cree an account or log in to your existing USAJOBS account. To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package which includes: 1. Complete resume with relevant experience, job title, duties and accomplishments. Your resume must show complete informion for each job entry to support minimum qualificions. The following informion should be provided in your resume, but it is acceptable to provide elsewhere in your applicion package: employer's name, starting and end des (Mo/Yr), hours per week, and pay plan, series and grade level (e.g. GS-0201-09) for relevant federal experience. TIP: A good way to ensure you include all essential informion is to use the Resume Builder in USAJOBS to cree your resume. 2. Complete assessment questionnaire. For a quick preview of the assessment questionnaire click here: 3. Supporting documention Failure to submit a complete applicion package will result in an ineligible ring and loss of considerion. Your complete applicion (resume, assessment questionnaire, and all supporting documents) must be received by 11:59 pm Eastern Standard Time (EST) on 12/23/2024. Applicions received after 12/23/2024 will generally result in an ineligible ring and loss of considerion. If more than one resume is received, only the last resume received and processed reviewed. Note: To check the stus of your applicion or return to a previous or incomplete applicion, log into your USAJOBS account: select Applicion Stus, and click on the more informion link under the applicion stus for this position. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process so please plan appropriely. You are encouraged to apply online. Applying online will allow you to review and track the stus of your applicion. Do not email or send hard copy resumes/applicions to the Contact Informion or Agency Informion listed in this vacancy announcement. All resumes/applicions received the addresses listed in the Contact Informion or Agency Informion destroyed and will not be considered for this vacancy announcement. It is the applicant's responsibility to verify th all informion in their resume and documents are legible and accure. HR will not modify answers/documents submitted by an applicant. Agency contact informion Department of Navy EIC Address NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD NNSY Portsmouth, VA 23709 US Next steps When the applicion process is complete, your complete applicion (resume, assessment questionnaire, and all supporting documents) reviewed to determine if you meet the hiring eligibility and qualificion requirements for which you requested considerion. You red based on the informion provided in your resume and responses to the questionnaire, along with your supporting documention to determine your level of knowledge, skill, and ability reled to the job requirements. Generally, only best qualified candides referred to the hiring manager. Sometimes well qualified andminimally qualified candides are referred. Occasionally, candides eligible for priority considerion are referred, and no other candides are referred. The hiring manager may choose to conduct interviews. You notified of our ring and referral decision. If you are referred, you notified when a hiring decision is made. NOTE: If you have any questions or need assistance, please email the DON Employment Informion Center ...@us.navy.mil Fair and Transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Required Documents You are required to provide documention th supports the eligibility and qualificion claims made in your resume and assessment questionnaire. You must submit the applicable documents listed here and those listed with the eligibilities you select in the announcement questionnaire with your applicion package. Applicants who do not provide supporting documention th fully support their claims will not be referred to the hiring manager. Cover letter is optional. A complete resume is required. Your resume must show relevant experience, job title, duties and accomplishments. Your resume must show complete informion for each job entry to support minimum qualificions. The following informion should be provided in your resume, but it is acceptable to provide elsewhere in your applicion package: employer's name, starting and end des (Mo/Yr), hours per week, and pay plan, series and grade level (e.g. GS-0201-09) for relevant federal experience. TIP: A good way to ensure you include all essential informion is to use the Resume Builder in USAJOBS to cree your resume. Are you applying for a promotion? For GS positions, to be considered for a promotion, you must provide SF-50(s) th shows you held the next lower GS grade for least one year. SF-50s th have an effective de within the past year (e.g., General Adjustment SF-50 from this year or Within Re/Grade Increases (WRI/WGI) SF-50 within a year) do not clearly show th you meet the one-year time-in-grade requirement. Th means if you submit an SF-50 ded within the last year, you must submit another SF-50 ded more than one year ago to clearly demonstre you meet the time-in-grade requirements. If you are a DoD employee, you can obtain a copy of your SF- 50(s) from. Are you claiming membership in any professional organizions, or possession of a license, certifice or credentials? Check the Conditions of Employment section above to see if any are required. If you claim membership, license, certificion, or credentials, you must submit a copy of said document in your applicion package. Are you using educion as a substitute for some or all of the experience requirement? Is there a basic educion requirement for this position? Check the Educion section above to see wh is allowed and wh is required. Any claims you make in your resume or assessment questionnaire regarding educion or degrees MUST be supported by submitting with your applicion official or unofficial transcripts or a list of courses, grades earned, completion des, and quarter and semester hours earned issued from your school. While unofficial transcripts are acceptable for initial applicion, an official transcript will ultimely be required if you are selected for the position. You may submit a copy your degree(s) if specific coursework does not have to be verified. Are you a veteran claiming 5-point veterans' preference or claiming sole survivorship preference? You must submit a copy of your lest DD-214 Certifice of Release or Discharge from Active Duty (any copy th shows all des of service, as well as character of service [Honorable, General, etc.] is acceptable) OR a VA letter th shows des of service or service connected disability AND character of service. If you have more than one DD-214 for multiple periods of active duty service, submit a copy for each period of service. If you were issued a DD-215 to amend aforementioned informion on the DD-214 you must submit th too. If you are not sure of your preference eligibility, the Department of Labor's website: Are you a disabled veteran or claiming 10-point veterans' preference? If you are eligible to claim 10 point veterans preference you must submit a DD-214 Certifice of Release or Discharge from Active Duty as described above for 5-point preference. You must also provide the applicable supporting documention of your disability (e.g. disability letter from the VA) as described on Standard Form-15 (SF-15).. Are you an active duty service member? Active Duty Service Members are required to submit a stement of service printed on command letterhead and signed by the command. The stement of service must provide the branch of service, re/rank, all des of service, the expected de of discharge and anticiped character of service (Honorable, General, etc.). Documents submitted as part of the applicion package, to include supplemental documents, may be shared beyond the Human Resources Office. Some supplemental documents contain personal informion such as SSN and DOB and some documents such as military orders and marriage certifices may contain personal informion for someone other than you. You may sanitize these documents to remove said personal informion before you submit your applicion. You must provide an un-sanitized version of the documents if you are selected. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from. Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Click the Apply Online button to cree an account or log in to your existing USAJOBS account. To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package which includes: 1. Complete resume with relevant experience, job title, duties and accomplishments. Your resume must show complete informion for each job entry to support minimum qualificions. The following informion should be provided in your resume, but it is acceptable to provide elsewhere in your applicion package: employer's name, starting and end des (Mo/Yr), hours per week, and pay plan, series and grade level (e.g. GS-0201-09) for relevant federal experience. TIP: A good way to ensure you include all essential informion is to use the Resume Builder in USAJOBS to cree your resume. 2. Complete assessment questionnaire. For a quick preview of the assessment questionnaire click here: 3. Supporting documention Failure to submit a complete applicion package will result in an ineligible ring and loss of considerion. Your complete applicion (resume, assessment questionnaire, and all supporting documents) must be received by 11:59 pm Eastern Standard Time (EST) on 12/23/2024. Applicions received after 12/23/2024 will generally result in an ineligible ring and loss of considerion. If more than one resume is received, only the last resume received and processed reviewed. Note: To check the stus of your applicion or return to a previous or incomplete applicion, log into your USAJOBS account: select Applicion Stus, and click on the more informion link under the applicion stus for this position. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process so please plan appropriely. You are encouraged to apply online. Applying online will allow you to review and track the stus of your applicion. Do not email or send hard copy resumes/applicions to the Contact Informion or Agency Informion listed in this vacancy announcement. All resumes/applicions received the addresses listed in the Contact Informion or Agency Informion destroyed and will not be considered for this vacancy announcement. It is the applicant's responsibility to verify th all informion in their resume and documents are legible and accure. HR will not modify answers/documents submitted by an applicant. Agency contact informion Department of Navy EIC Address NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD NNSY Portsmouth, VA 23709 US Next steps When the applicion process is complete, your complete applicion (resume, assessment questionnaire, and all supporting documents) reviewed to determine if you meet the hiring eligibility and qualificion requirements for which you requested considerion. You red based on the informion provided in your resume and responses to the questionnaire, along with your supporting documention to determine your level of knowledge, skill, and ability reled to the job requirements. Generally, only best qualified candides referred to the hiring manager. Sometimes well qualified andminimally qualified candides are referred. Occasionally, candides eligible for priority considerion are referred, and no other candides are referred. The hiring manager may choose to conduct interviews. You notified of our ring and referral decision. If you are referred, you notified when a hiring decision is made. NOTE: If you have any questions or need assistance, please email the DON Employment Informion Center ...@us.navy.mil Fair & Transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Overview Accepting applicions Open & closing des 12/13/2024 to 12/23/2024 Salary $104,861 - $136,323 per year Pay scale & grade GS 13 Locion 5 vacancies in the following locion: Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, VA Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required Not required Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Competitive Promotion potential 13 Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test No Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number ST-12637854-25-AC Control number 823772400., .