MANAGER

Full Job Description

You will serve as a MANAGER in the Battery Certification and Integration Branch (Code 636) of CARDEROCK DIV NS. This position is part of the Warfare Centers Personnel Demonstration Project.

The ND-5 pay band encompasses GS-14 and GS-15 grade levels.

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

Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: as professional Engineer or Scientist performing lithium battery safety testing in accordance with established standards (e.g.

NAVSEA S9310-AQ-SAF-010, MIL-STDs, etc.); mentoring junior employees; managing project budgets and schedules; communicating (written and oral) with program sponsors and the NAVSEA technical warrant holder community; and an understanding of the safety protocols for handling high-energy systems.

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 https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1300/general-physical-science-series-1301/ 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 Branch Head for the Battery Certification and Integration Branch (Code 636) of the Environmental and Energy Division (Code 63).
• You will manage numerous projects, people and facilities related to power source materials technology areas.
• You will provide the strategy for the design, characterization, processing, and testing of new or improved Lithium-ion power source technologies.
• You will supervise a diverse group (Branch) of engineers, technicians, and scientists while keeping apprised of project progress and status.
• You will find ways to improve production, increase work quality, assuring that production and accuracy requirements are met.
• You will plan, direct, and manage a wide range of projects for the analysis, design, development, safety testing, evaluation, and maintenance of Li-ion power sources and expeditionary power generation systems.
• You will provides advice, consultation, and a reviewing service to all levels of management and technical personnel.
• You will require familiarity with ship design and naval architecture-related engineering and scientific fields.
• You will require the ability to extend and modify existing techniques and apply state-of-the-art technology in developing new approaches to improve existing Fleet, equipment, system and process readiness, thus advancing the state-of-the-art.