GENERAL ENGINEER
What you'd do
You will serve as a PROJECT ENGINEER in the SAN DIEGO OPERATIONS, ENGINEERING DIVISION of SUPERVISOR OF SHIPBUILDING BATH.
Major duties
You will serve as project engineer for the assigned ship program at SUPSHIP Bath, with an objective to achieve effective field activity technical support to the program. You will maintain a good overall perspective of the system to help interpret and explain motivations for requirements to his team members and thereby gain their acceptance and commitment to objectives. You will maintain tight liaison with all technical areas of the program, including: analysis, design, manufacturing, and test. You will conduct technical evaluations and investigations into design and engineering change proposals, waiver and deviation problems and procedures. You will define, clarify, and document requirements; perform necessary analysis and tradeoff; recognize when interface impacts might occur and take early action to avoid problems. You will maintain communications with the contractor's engineering and design departments, SUPSHIP Bath engineers, Ship Design Manager(s), and Technical Warrant Holders. You will select and prepare process metrics and status reports that provide the necessary insights to ensure that the correct areas of processes are being analyzed. You will monitor the engineering workload, establish priorities, help ensure timely completion of tasks, and provide advice and recommendations to the engineering manager. You will prepare correspondence and management plans including technical reports, specification change notices, work instructions, contract modification requests, and scope documents as required to completed project assignments.
What you need to qualify
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 as a professional engineer managing the design or evaluation technical challenges for the development and sustainment of naval shipboard systems and/or components. 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 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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