Summary You will serve as an Assistant Project Engineering and Planning Manager in the Waterfront Support Division, Engineering and Planning Department, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine. Responsibilities You will be responsible for the engineering aspects involved in the development, design, installation, test and performance of systems and equipment associated with nuclear submarine overhauls. You will assure that job summaries and job planning products are properly prepared and reviewed and project schedules are prepared and maintained. You will determine facilities, equipment, material, and numbers and types of shop personnel required. You will resolve problems involving work instructions, technical engineering interpretations, and schedules during the planning and execution phases. You will review planned work, in progress, and completed to ensure integration of the most recent and desirable engineering features. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: In addition to the Basic Requirements, in order to qualify for this position, your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the next lower grade level or pay band in the federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience is defined as experience that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled and has equipped you with the particular competencies/knowledge, skills, and abilities, to perform successfully the duties of the position and is typically in or related to the work of the position. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: FOR GS-11 (one year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-09): Experience with engineering principles, practices, and theories as they relate to the disciplines (mechanical, electrical, electronics, structural) associated with nuclear submarine overhaul and repair. Experience evaluating design proposals submitted by others (including work performed within code, outside codes and contractors). Experience with project management and assuring the integration of cost improvement and productivity measurement into planning, scheduling, directing, executing, and documenting work assigned. Experience speaking in front of large audiences, from various shops/disciplines. FOR GS-12 (one year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-11): Experience with engineering principles, practices, and theories as they relate to the disciplines (mechanical, electrical, electronics, structural) associated with nuclear submarine overhaul and repair. Experience with engineering disciplines to develop procedures for production, planning, engineering, scheduling, and project management. Experience evaluating design proposals submitted by others (including work performed within code, outside codes and contractors). Experience with project management and ensuring the integration of cost improvement and productivity measurement into planning, scheduling, directing, executing, and documenting work assigned; Experience speaking in front of large audiences, from various shops/disciplines. 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/0800/general-engineering-series-0801/ https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=Group-Standards 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. Education BASIC REQUIREMENTS: All applicants must meet the following Basic Education Requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual in A. or B. below in order to qualify for this position: A. Successful completion of a Bachelor's degree or higher in Engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by 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. OR B. Combination of education and experience -- college-level education, training, and/or technical experience that furnished (1) a thorough knowledge of the physical and mathematical sciences underlying professional engineering, and (2) a good understanding, both theoretical and practical, of the engineering sciences and techniques and their applications to one of the branches of engineering. The adequacy of such background must be demonstrated by one of the following: 1. Professional registration or licensure -- Current 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 example, an applicant who attains registration through a State Board's eminence provision as a manufacturing engineer typically would be rated eligible only for manufacturing engineering positions. For more information about EI and EIT registration requirements, please visit the National Society of Professional Engineers website at: http://www.nspe.org 2. Written Test -- Evidence 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. 3. Specified academic courses -- Successful 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). 4. Related curriculum -- Successful 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 1 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. (The above examples of related curricula are not all-inclusive.) POSITIVE EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS: This position has a Positive Education Requirement. In order to verify that you meet the positive education qualifications for this position, you must submit a complete copy of your transcripts (unofficial transcripts are acceptable) or an itemized list of college courses which includes equivalent information from the transcript (course title, semester/quarter hours and grade). Failure to provide this information will result in an ineligible rating. SUBSTITUTION OF EDUCATION FOR EXPERIENCE: Applicants may substitute the following directly-related education for the required experience, provided it demonstrates the knowledge, skills and abilities necessary to do the work of the position: GS-11: 3 years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree, or Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree, directly related to the position. COMBINATION OF EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: Equivalent combinations of directly-related education and experience may be combined to meet the total qualification requirements for GS-11. GS-12: There is no substitution of education for experience at the GS-12 grade level. Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the qualification requirements if the applicant can provide documentation indicating that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States. It is the responsibility of the applicant to provide such evidence when applying. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/ Additional Information This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program. Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement. 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. If you are unable to apply online and request information about the Alternate Application process, please contact the Department of Navy's Employment Information Center. 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 Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP): In addition to meeting all minimum qualification and eligibility requirements, displaced federal employees must be well qualified for the position to receive consideration for special priority selection. A well-qualified ICTAP applicant is one who possesses the competencies and experience to perform the duties of the position successfully with orientation to learn/understand the activities, procedures, policies and processes. To be considered well-qualified and exercise selection priority as an ICTAP candidate, displaced Federal employees must satisfy all qualification requirements for the position and receive a rating of 85 or higher. Demonstrated work experience in the occupation is typically qualifying for placement. This criterion cannot be met by education and training. ICTAP candidates must provide copies of all of the following documentation at the time of application: 1) agency notice; 2) most recent performance appraisal; and 3) most recent SF-50 or notification of personnel action that includes position, grade level, and duty location. Applicants who do not provide this documentation will not receive consideration as an ICTAP candidate. For more information about ICTAP eligibility, please review the following link: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/federal-employees/career-transition/ Military Spouse Preference applicants will receive priority consideration at the Full Performance Level (FPL) and if determined to be Best Qualified at the FPL, and selected, must be placed at the FPL. A BQ military spouse possesses knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies comparable to others who meet the competitive referral criteria for the specific position. PPP applicants will be placed at the FPL, if determined Well Qualified (WQ). To receive priority consideration, the FPL must be the same grade level or equivalent of the retained grade or the grade held immediately prior to separation. 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.