ENGINEER/SCIENTIST

Full Job Description

You will serve as an ENGINEER/SCIENTIST in the Expeditionary Warfare Weapons & Energy System Department of NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER.

** 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.

** In addition to the Basic Requirements for this position, your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the ND-04 (GS-12/13 equivalency) grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.

Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: as a professional engineer or scientist analyzing technical performance to provide leadership in the execution of customer funded work for an organization.

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 FOR 0801: Professional Engineering Series FOR 1301: General Physical Science FOR 1501: General Mathematics and Statistics Series FOR 1515: Operations Research Series FOR 1550: Computer Science 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 serve as the Department's leader in assuring the proper technical rigor and discipline is applied to all workload being executed within the Department.
• You will steward department technical capabilities to meet current and future naval, joint force, and national requirements.
• You will increase the rigor and discipline in safety, security, quality, and technical performance of workload being executed and the processes used by the Divisions.
• You will lead and/or be involved in Root Cause Analysis efforts to assure that the true causes of mishaps, incidents, and/or technical failures are identified, and the proper corrective actions are implemented.
• You will review and assess technical documentation to teach personnel how to better prepare their documents.
• You will lead department level risk management efforts.
• You will work with the Department Chief Strategist to identify areas requiring internal investments and recommend, as appropriate, capabilities to develop and divest.