Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Virginia
GENERAL ENGINEER
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Overview
You will serve as a GENERAL ENGINEER in the Mechanical Systems Engineering Branch, Engineering Division of CARRIER PLANNING ACTIVITY.
Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS-12) or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector as a professional engineer providing engineering guidance for the design, maintenance, modernization, research and development, overhaul, or sustainment of aircraft carriers to ensure compliance with established project requirements or specifications. 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 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.
You will advise and assist Command management and external activities in execution of Aircraft Carrier Class Maintenance Plan (CMP) requirements in their cognizant systems.
You will manage and oversee the efforts of other engineers, engineering technicians, analysts, and life cycle managers in all aspects of life cycle planning of aircraft carrier maintenance and modernization in accordance with CMP principles.
You will apply a wide range of qualitative and quantitative methods to identify, assess, analyze and improve overall process effectiveness and work products to ensure consistency and alignment within the team.
You will provide briefings/presentations to outside activities at community forums such as Planning Yard Program Reviews (PYPRs), Life Cycle Maintenance Groups (LCMGs), and Carrier Team 1 meetings.
You will coordinate and manage team efforts to plan and perform complex analyses for life-cycle maintenance requirements and special tasking using Navy and industrial reliability standards and methods.
You will identify and implement improvements to databases to allow more efficient tracking and analysis.
You will develop, manage, plan, and improve Command products related to life cycle maintenance of their cognizant systems on aircraft carriers.
You will coordinate and track metrics on team products to maintain a reliable history of results and identify process improvements.
You will coordinate efforts in resolving issues, including communicating to team members the problems to be solved, advising the team on problem solving methods, communicating deadlines and consolidating resolutions.
You will participate in and provide technical/programmatic expertise and guidance to modernization meetings such as the Carrier Modernization Budget Review (CMBR) and Carrier Availability Modernization Plan Review (CAMPR).
You will develop and track metrics to support Program Review Engineering/Program Review Logistics (PRE/PRL) funding and its impact on current and future Command products.
You will develop and analyze maintenance projections to support budgeting for execution requirements and work package analysis of resource demands.
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