MECHANICAL ENGINEER
What you'd do
You will serve as a MECHNICAL ENGINEER in the LIFE CYCLE MANAGEMENT DIVISION (N75B) of MILITARY SEALIFT COMMAND.
Major duties
You will develop, implement, and administer short and long-range material readiness, maintenance and repair goals, objectives and milestones. You will maintain and execute the maintenance and repair and capital improvement budgets for assigned ship classes. You will ensure all assigned ships receive scheduled periodic regulatory surveys in order to maintain full compliance with requirements of cognizant regulatory bodies. You will approve standard test procedures utilized class wide to regularly evaluate ship and ship system performance. You will review post overhaul analysis support for each Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) or Mid-Term Availability (MTA). You will exercise direct technical and administrative supervision over assigned staff engineers and supporting technical personnel. You will provide liaison between sponsor, design agents, shipyards and contractors on engineering, funding, and scheduling for matters impacting assigned ship classes.
What you need to qualify
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 overseeing planning, coordinating, organizing, and implementing life cycle management functions for assigned ships, ensuring ships are maintained properly. Experience assigning work to junior principal port engineers, based on priorities and employee capability. Experience planning and administering a systematic inspection program to continually and effectively appraise the physical and operating conditions of the ships classes machinery, systems, and related equipment. Experience maintaining liaison with US Navy technical organizations (NAVSEA, NSWC, SPAWAR, etc.), the US Coast Guard, American Bureau of Shipping, and commercial maritime operating companies Experience providing recommendations to leadership based off analytical reports, ensuring policy requirements are still met. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/mechanical-engineering-series-0830/ 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.
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