ENGINEER
Duties You will apply engineering principles to analyze, evaluate, and improve the application of various manufacturing technologies, such as explosives machining, energetic materials, and non-destructive testing.
You will assist with cost estimate preparation and acquisition and project execution planning.
You will develop written procedures to include project work orders, quality project plans, standard operating procedures and other documents needed to support complex explosive and propellant manufacturing and development projects.
You will review and provide comment on complex specifications, engineering change procedures, and requests for variance to be used as part of a weapon system acquisition technical data package.
You will perform functions such chemical synthesis, traditional mixing, resonant acoustic mixing, pressing, solventless extrusion, nitration, melt/cast, and assembly to support the manufacturing of energetic materials.
You will assist with process development, scale-up, and/or manufacturing of energetic materials.
You will support manufacture projects/delivery of:
torpedo fuel, propellant grains, igniters, solid propellant rocket motors, cartridge/propellant actuated devices for aircrew escape systems, chemicals, nitrate esters, grenades, bombs, warheads, etc.
You will evaluate safety factors through hazard analysis, and develop quality program plans and monitor product quality.
You will implement manufacturing improvement initiatives and provide oversight of large scale and various first article testing of energetic components and systems.
RequirementsConditions 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.
Per the preliminary nationwide injunction on E.
O.
14043, COVID-19 vaccinations will not be implemented or enforced.
For more information on vaccine status and workplace safety protocol requirements see Additional Information below.
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 is covered under the Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA).
Certification in the Acquisition Functional Area and category assigned to the position is required within established category timeframes.
Successful completion of a pre-employment drug test (including marijuana) is required.
A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if you fail to report to the drug test appointment or fail the test.
You will be subject to random testing.
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 successfully complete a pre-appointment physical examination.
QualificationsND-04:
Your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the ND-03 (GS-9/11 equivalent) pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector as a professional engineer analyzing and evaluating technologies to develop process improvements for the manufacturing or testing of ordnance or energetic materials.
ND-03:
Your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the ND-02 (GS-5/7 equivalent) pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector as a professional engineer completing assigned projects while performing duties for research, development, manufacturing, or testing of ordnance or energetic materials.
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.
EducationApplicants must meet the following basic education requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual:
Successful completion of a professional engineering degree.
To be acceptable, the program must:
(1) lead to a bachelor's degree (or higher) in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET); or (2) 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.
Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position.
ORCurrent registration as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT), or licensure as a Professional Engineer (PE) by any State, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico.
Absent other means of qualifying under this standard, those applicants who achieved such registration by means other than written test (e.
g.
, State grandfather or eminence provisions) are eligible only for positions that are within or closely related to the specialty field of their registration For more information about EI and EIT registration requirements, please visit the National Society of Professional Engineers website at:
http:
//www.
nspe.
orgOREvidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) examination or any other written test required for professional registration by an engineering licensure board in the various States, the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico The FE examination is not administered by the U.
S.
Office of Personnel Management.
For more information, please visit:
http:
//www.
nspe.
org/Licensure/HowtoGetLicensed/index.
html.
ORSuccessful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences and in engineering that included the courses specified in the basic requirements under paragraph A (above).
The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program as described in paragraph A (above)ORSuccessful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree in an appropriate scientific field, e.
g.
, engineering technology, physics, chemistry, architecture, computer science, mathematics, hydrology, or geology, may be accepted in lieu of a bachelor's degree in engineering, provided the applicant has had at least one year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance.
Ordinarily, there should be either an established plan of intensive training to develop professional engineering competence, or several years of prior professional engineering-type experience, e.
g.
, in interdisciplinary positions.
Education can be substituted for experience at the ND-03 level (GS-9/11 equivalent) as follows:
2 years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a master's degree or master's or equivalent graduate degree or 3 years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Ph.
D.
degree or Ph.
D.
or equivalent doctoral degree or a combination of experience and graduate education as described above that equates to one year of experience.
Additional informationThis position is part of the Warfare Centers Personnel Demonstration Project.
The ND-03 position is equivalent to the GS-9/11 level.
The full performance level (ND-04) is equivalent to the GS-12/13 level.
This announcement uses the STRL Mission Support direct hire authority to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service.
COVID VACCINATION INFORMATION:
To comply with the recent preliminary nationwide injunction on Executive Order 14043, Requiring Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccination for Federal Employees, the Department of the Navy is not taking any action to implement or enforce the COVID-19 vaccination requirement.
New hires will need to provide their vaccination status as well as comply with workplace safety protocols related to masking, physical distancing, testing, travel, and quarantine.
This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program.
Several vacancies may be filled.
A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments.
Federal annuitant information:
The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants.
Policy information may be found at:
http:
//www.
secnav.
navy.
mil/donhr/Documents/CivilianJobs/FedCivAnnuitants.
pdf.
Veteran's preference does not apply when selecting individuals under this specific hiring authority.
However, if you claim veteran's preference, you will be required to submit supporting documentation with your application as described in the Required Documents section below.
Vacancies filled from this announcement may be filled at any grade level listed.
If selected below the full performance level, you may be noncompetitively promoted to the next higher grade level after meeting all regulatory requirements, and upon the recommendation of management.
Promotion is neither implied nor guaranteed.
.
Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
You will assist with cost estimate preparation and acquisition and project execution planning.
You will develop written procedures to include project work orders, quality project plans, standard operating procedures and other documents needed to support complex explosive and propellant manufacturing and development projects.
You will review and provide comment on complex specifications, engineering change procedures, and requests for variance to be used as part of a weapon system acquisition technical data package.
You will perform functions such chemical synthesis, traditional mixing, resonant acoustic mixing, pressing, solventless extrusion, nitration, melt/cast, and assembly to support the manufacturing of energetic materials.
You will assist with process development, scale-up, and/or manufacturing of energetic materials.
You will support manufacture projects/delivery of:
torpedo fuel, propellant grains, igniters, solid propellant rocket motors, cartridge/propellant actuated devices for aircrew escape systems, chemicals, nitrate esters, grenades, bombs, warheads, etc.
You will evaluate safety factors through hazard analysis, and develop quality program plans and monitor product quality.
You will implement manufacturing improvement initiatives and provide oversight of large scale and various first article testing of energetic components and systems.
RequirementsConditions 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.
Per the preliminary nationwide injunction on E.
O.
14043, COVID-19 vaccinations will not be implemented or enforced.
For more information on vaccine status and workplace safety protocol requirements see Additional Information below.
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 is covered under the Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA).
Certification in the Acquisition Functional Area and category assigned to the position is required within established category timeframes.
Successful completion of a pre-employment drug test (including marijuana) is required.
A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if you fail to report to the drug test appointment or fail the test.
You will be subject to random testing.
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 successfully complete a pre-appointment physical examination.
QualificationsND-04:
Your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the ND-03 (GS-9/11 equivalent) pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector as a professional engineer analyzing and evaluating technologies to develop process improvements for the manufacturing or testing of ordnance or energetic materials.
ND-03:
Your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the ND-02 (GS-5/7 equivalent) pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector as a professional engineer completing assigned projects while performing duties for research, development, manufacturing, or testing of ordnance or energetic materials.
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.
EducationApplicants must meet the following basic education requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual:
Successful completion of a professional engineering degree.
To be acceptable, the program must:
(1) lead to a bachelor's degree (or higher) in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET); or (2) 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.
Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position.
ORCurrent registration as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT), or licensure as a Professional Engineer (PE) by any State, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico.
Absent other means of qualifying under this standard, those applicants who achieved such registration by means other than written test (e.
g.
, State grandfather or eminence provisions) are eligible only for positions that are within or closely related to the specialty field of their registration For more information about EI and EIT registration requirements, please visit the National Society of Professional Engineers website at:
http:
//www.
nspe.
orgOREvidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) examination or any other written test required for professional registration by an engineering licensure board in the various States, the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico The FE examination is not administered by the U.
S.
Office of Personnel Management.
For more information, please visit:
http:
//www.
nspe.
org/Licensure/HowtoGetLicensed/index.
html.
ORSuccessful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences and in engineering that included the courses specified in the basic requirements under paragraph A (above).
The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program as described in paragraph A (above)ORSuccessful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree in an appropriate scientific field, e.
g.
, engineering technology, physics, chemistry, architecture, computer science, mathematics, hydrology, or geology, may be accepted in lieu of a bachelor's degree in engineering, provided the applicant has had at least one year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance.
Ordinarily, there should be either an established plan of intensive training to develop professional engineering competence, or several years of prior professional engineering-type experience, e.
g.
, in interdisciplinary positions.
Education can be substituted for experience at the ND-03 level (GS-9/11 equivalent) as follows:
2 years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a master's degree or master's or equivalent graduate degree or 3 years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Ph.
D.
degree or Ph.
D.
or equivalent doctoral degree or a combination of experience and graduate education as described above that equates to one year of experience.
Additional informationThis position is part of the Warfare Centers Personnel Demonstration Project.
The ND-03 position is equivalent to the GS-9/11 level.
The full performance level (ND-04) is equivalent to the GS-12/13 level.
This announcement uses the STRL Mission Support direct hire authority to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service.
COVID VACCINATION INFORMATION:
To comply with the recent preliminary nationwide injunction on Executive Order 14043, Requiring Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccination for Federal Employees, the Department of the Navy is not taking any action to implement or enforce the COVID-19 vaccination requirement.
New hires will need to provide their vaccination status as well as comply with workplace safety protocols related to masking, physical distancing, testing, travel, and quarantine.
This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program.
Several vacancies may be filled.
A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments.
Federal annuitant information:
The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants.
Policy information may be found at:
http:
//www.
secnav.
navy.
mil/donhr/Documents/CivilianJobs/FedCivAnnuitants.
pdf.
Veteran's preference does not apply when selecting individuals under this specific hiring authority.
However, if you claim veteran's preference, you will be required to submit supporting documentation with your application as described in the Required Documents section below.
Vacancies filled from this announcement may be filled at any grade level listed.
If selected below the full performance level, you may be noncompetitively promoted to the next higher grade level after meeting all regulatory requirements, and upon the recommendation of management.
Promotion is neither implied nor guaranteed.
.
Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
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