You will serve as a Supervisory Interdisciplinary Engineer in the Technical Division, Lifting and Handling Department of PSNS and IMF. The Secretary of Defense has ordered a department-wide hiring freeze subject to certain limited exceptions. This position is subject to the DoD hiring freeze. Offers of employment related to this vacancy announcement will not be executed until the position has an approved exemption.
Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-12 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 as a professional engineer providing technical direction for the design, installation, maintenance, procurement, and operation of weight handling equipment, support structures, and facility infrastructure projects, to ensure the safe and timely completion of defense missions. 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 serve as the Head of the Regional Crane Engineering Branch (Supervisory Engineer) in the Technical Division, Lifting and Handling Department of the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard (PSNS).
You will serve as an Interdisciplinary Engineer with demonstrated expertise in one of the following disciplines: Civil (Structural), Mechanical, Electrical Engineering.
You will be responsible for the direction, planning, organizing, controlling, monitoring, and training of weight handling equipment engineering support to the Maintenance Functional Area of the Lifting and Handling Department.
You will provide engineering support for PSNS cranes and engineering services when requested under the authority of the Base Operating Services Contract (BOSC), generally assigned as the crane certifying official.
You will direct the efforts of a technical staff in the accomplishment of engineering work in the systems/platforms projects assigned.
You will provide long range planning ensuring timely completion of work such as identifying projected workload, manning needs, skill/training required, acceptance/rejection of special projects, recruiting, overtime, loan, and farm-out requirements.
You will direct the application of general policy and the development of plans and specifications for new crane procurements, contracted retrofits, and large crane overhauls.
You will establish standards and evaluate work performance based on those standards and investigate, evaluate, and take action on employees’ administrative matters.
You will develop and execute the operational budget for the section.
You will demonstrate and foster a climate withing the branch for innovative and skillful improvisation due to the specialized equipment involved and the custom installation requirements of each project.
You will demonstrate and foster within the branch a climate that stresses a high degree of technical judgment, originality, and resourcefulness.
You will direct the implementation for maintaining crane configuration control in accordance with NAVSEA and NAVFAC directives.
You will provide all necessary managerial and administrative duties associated with the operation of the Branch and identify technical and office equipment needs and policies.
You will prepare recommendations for hiring, promotions, transfers, reassignments, recognitions, and disciplinary actions.
You will ensure all employees receive equal consideration in determining qualifications, selections, promotions, training, details, discipline, and awards.
You will participate and cooperate in the informal and/or formal investigations into discrimination or workplace condition complaint to assure that proper objective and expeditious action may be taken.
You will utilize forensic engineering practices required to troubleshoot, analyze, and repair weight handling systems and weight handling equipment.
You will maintain and utilize up-to-date knowledge of scientific and professional engineering advances in general engineering, including building, fire, and safety code requirements, material advances, and engineering computer analysis programs.
You will demonstrate the use of computer aided design (CAD) and MS Office to prepare maintenance instructions, manufacturing drawings, contract specifications, as well as analyze data, and prepare evaluation documents.