General Engineer with Security Clearance

Position: GENERAL ENGINEER with Security Clearance
Duties
* You will generate the Quality Assurance Requirements for Aircraft Launch and Recovery Equipment (ALRE) Technical Data Requirements requests.
* You will generate Product Quality Deficiency Reports (PQDR) for non-conforming ALRE material delivered to both PMD and the fleet and you will facilitate the subsequent investigation and documentation within the Joint Deficiency Reporting System.
* You will review and recommend approval or disapproval of Source Approval Request packages submitted by manufacturers interested in manufacturing ALRE Critical Safety Items 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-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.
* This position is covered under the Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA). Certification in the

Functional Area

and Tier assigned to the position, along with Continuous Learning (CL) points, are required within established time frames.
* 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. Qualifications Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector performing some or all of the following duties:
1) Serving as the technical point of contact for Quality Assurance concepts, practices and methods for critical installed/deployed ALRE/SE;
2) Justifying, defending, and negotiating resource requirements and maintaining liaison with Integrated Project Teams for funding requirements;
3) Resolving significant internal/external Quality Assurance policy issues affecting the branch and its projects;
4) Collaborating with fleet users and operating commands to troubleshoot problems associated with materiel quality and liaisons with engineering counterparts to resolve issues and maintain fleet readiness; and
5) Attending Material Review and Corrective Action Review boards established to process material defects and directs the boards' outcome to ensure value added is realized as well as problem root cause analysis is accomplished. 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…