Supervisory General Engineer

Summary

You will serve as a SUPERVISORY GENERAL ENGINEER in the Acoustic Systems Branch (NP511), Operational Support (NP51), Acoustics Department (N5) of NAVOCEANO BAY ST LOUIS.

• You will act as a first line supervisor providing direct technical and administrative supervision to the Data Acquisitions Branch.
• You will identify developmental and training needs of employees and ensure proper training is provided.
• You will assist the Operational Support Division Director with developing requirements and objectives for the Branch and establish completion dates.
• You will serve as an expert in the field of engineering design and development, specifically understating the role of engineering through each step in the acquisition lifecycle of oceanographic sensor systems.
• You will serve as a representative at meetings and symposiums with varying levels of leadership and technical expertise.

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
• 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 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• You will be 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.
• MSP/PPP applicants must currently hold the required security clearance.
• This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.

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-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 providing direct technical and administrative supervision to Data Acquisition Branch professionals, assigning complex projects to senior personnel, establishing performance priorities, and evaluating work progress against command objectives.
• Experience directing workforce career development by identifying technical training needs, consulting with training specialists, and ensuring all branch personnel complete Job Qualification Requirements (JQRs) for oceanographic survey operations.
• Experience directing the complete engineering design, development, fabrication, and testing life cycles of short-duration and multi-year stay-behind oceanographic and acoustic sensor systems.
• Experience managing multi-sponsor reimbursable financial resources, including formulating and submitting complex budget estimates for operational execution, equipment acquisition, and out-year maintenance.

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

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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.

Applicants must meet the following positive education qualifications requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual:
Applicants must possess

• Degree:
  Engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by 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…