About this role
Job Summary
You will serve as a ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN (JOB PLANNING LEADER) in the Quality Control Branch (Code 221), Process Controls Division (Code 220), Office of the Chief Engineer (Code 240), Engineering and Planning Department (Code 200) of NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD.
Qualifications
- Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 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 applying knowledge of computer systems, including AIM, AIM-EP, Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook.
- Experience participating in meetings and discussing technical matters with various levels of management and in various engineering disciplines including mechanical, structural, electrical, and combat.
- Experience applying general engineering concepts and a familiarity with shipyard processes and methods.
- Experience solving complex problems, and the ability to lead and support engineers in their day-to-day functions using basic project management skills.
- 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 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.
Major Duties
- You will provide the leadership role in job planning engineering support for assigned shipyard availability projects.
- You will act as a liaison between waterfront execution and the Engineering and Planning Department technical codes related to product quality.
- You will ensure necessary funding issues are resolved and addressed in order to permit work to be accomplished as scheduled without delay.
- You will conduct troubleshooting ship checks as necessary to investigate shipboard situations as they arise.
- You will develop and maintain an active database of changes received and documented, reflecting all pertinent information as taken from the change document.
- You will provide guidance and leadership to lower graded personnel as required on the project availability team.