SUPERVISORY GENERAL ENGINEER
What you'd do
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Major duties
You will serve as Chief Technology Officer within Team Submarine Engineering directorate reporting directly to the Chief Engineer. You will lead our engineering technology strategy and ensure the delivery of high quality, innovation technology products in enabling decisions for the acquisition of nuclear-powered submarines. You will develop, communicate, and execute the strategic technology vision, engineering roadmap, and innovation portfolio for the submarine enterprise, ensuring alignment with Department of the Navy priorities and future undersea warfare capability. You will provide executive-level technical leadership across submarine engineering disciplines, supporting concept development, design, modernization, repair, and lifecycle sustainment. You will lead the identification, maturation, integration, and transition of emerging technologies from concept through fleet implementation, overseeing the technical lifecycle to deliver innovative and operationally relevant capabilities. You will provide objective technical assessments and risk-informed recommendations to senior leadership, integrating engineering, acquisition, and operational perspectives while resolving complex technical issues across stakeholder organizations. You will build and sustain collaborative partnerships across DoN, industry, academia, and government organizations to accelerate technology development, improve technical integration, and strengthen the submarine industrial and engineering base. You will foster a culture of technical excellence, innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning through workforce development, mentoring, succession planning, and supervision. You will perform supervisory responsibilities including personnel management, performance evaluation, workforce planning, training, awards, resource management, and oversight of daily organizational operations.
What you need to qualify
Your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the NH-03 (GS-13 equivalency) pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: As a professional engineer leading various engineering disciplines (i.e., naval architecture, structural, mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, piping, and life support systems) in support of submarine acquisition, procurement, or program management within the defense sector. 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=GS-PROF and IOR: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/files/all-professional-engineering-positions-0800.pdf 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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