Mechanical Engineer

Position: MECHANICAL ENGINEER Jobs

Duties

• You will serve as a Mechanical Engineer in the Military Sealift Command (MSC), Engineering Department (N7), Life Cycle Management Division (N75).
• You will manage the ships life cycle plan by planning, directing and coordinating the maintenance and repair activities requiring industrial assistance for assigned ships.
• You will determine, plan, and schedule technical work requirements for availabilities for assigned ships.
• You will ensure that previous post availability analysis and recommendations are incorporated in current availability planning.
• You will regularly conduct ship checks to verify the work item technical requirements.

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
• 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 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.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain a U.S. Passport.

Qualifications

Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies in the following areas as demonstrated in your resume:

GS-09:

• Experience applying marine and mechanical engineering principles when gathering data for reports.
• Experience assisting with technical aspects of the marine or mechanical engineering discipline projects.
• Experience supporting field inspections to determine maintenance capabilities.

GS-07:

• Experience reviewing plans, specifications and preliminary engineering reports and design drawings.
• Experience communicating orally and in writing on a range of engineering matters.

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

IOR:

https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)./

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 Requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual:
Applicants must possess.**

In order to qualify, you must meet the specialized experience requirements described in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards for General Schedule Positions, for Professional and Scientific Positions and Professional Engineering Positions, 0800 Basic Requirements:
Combination of education and experience -- college-level education Degree:
Engineering.
OR
Leading to a bachelor's degree in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by ABET;
OR
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.
OR
Training, and/or technical experience that furnish
1. A thorough knowledge of the physical and mathematical sciences underlying engineering.
2. A good understanding, both theoretical and practical, of the engineering sciences and techniques and their applications to one of the branches of engineering

In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below:
You may qualify if you meet one of the following:

GS-07:
You must have completed a 4-year course of study leading to a bachelor's from an accredited institution AND must have documented Superior Academic Achievement…