NAVAL ARCHITECT.

This position is a bargaining unit position within the Department of the Navy.

Responsibilities

• Prepare or direct the preparation of engineering drawings, calculations, specifications, or other engineering products.
• Provide technical direction to ensure timely, technically accurate execution of complex design projects and develop documents or drawings for planning projects.
• Assume responsibility and authority for technical adequacy, accuracy, and timely execution of complex design projects.
• Troubleshoot, analyze, and resolve technical, administrative, and scheduling problems.
• Evaluate operations, equipment, and activities and develop solutions to project testing and certification objectives.
• Perform engineering studies to determine systems requirements, modifications, repairs, or specifications.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. 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.
• Current federal employees applying for GS jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower grade level (time-in-grade requirement).
• 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 specific provisions.
• Males born after December 31, 1959, must be registered for Selective Service.
• Must obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty.
• Successful completion of a pre-employment drug test (including marijuana) is required.
• Must wear personal protective equipment (e.g., helmets, gloves, coveralls, glasses, goggles, respirators, and safety shoes) continuously during work shifts.
• Work is performed in areas with potentially harmful physical and chemical agents (e.g., fumes, dust, heat, ionizing and non-ionizing radiation, and chemicals). Participation in medical surveillance programs is required.
• May require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS, including remote or isolated sites. Must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods.
• Required to perform occasional sea duty.
• Exposure to high noise levels is required.
• Subject to work an uncommon tour, including nights, weekends, and holidays to meet mission requirements. Overtime or night differential pay and/or unusual duty hours may be required.

Qualifications

For GS-12: Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized 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 include:

• Professional engineer applying engineering theories and practices to evaluate, advise on, and approve design changes associated with naval architecture, mechanical, or structural engineering for submarines or deep submergence naval vessels.

For GS-11: Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-09 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must include:

• Professional engineer applying engineering theories and practices to identify, evaluate, and resolve design problems associated with naval architecture, mechanical, or structural engineering for submarines or deep submergence naval vessels.

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.

Education

Applicants must meet the following basic education requirements:

• Successful completion of a professional engineering degree from a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET); OR
• Inclusion of 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: statics, dynamics; strength of materials (stress-strain relationships); fluid mechanics, hydraulics; thermodynamics; electrical fields and circuits; nature and properties of materials; or any comparable area of fundamental engineering science or physics.
• 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; OR
• Successful completion of the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) examination or any other written test required for professional registration by an engineering licensure board; OR
• Successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences and in engineering that included the specified courses; OR
• 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) with at least one year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance.

In lieu of specialized experience, you may qualify with the following education or combination of both education and experience:

• For GS-11: Three 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 education that equates to one year of experience.

Benefits

A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits designed to make your federal career very rewarding.