Materials Engineer (6 Month Register)
Defense Logistics Agency
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MATERIALS ENGINEER/CHEMIST
Naval Air Systems Command
Department of the Navy
Location
Salary
$106,437 - $138,370
per year
Type
Full-Time
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GS-12 Pay Grade
Base salary range: $74,441 - $96,770
Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-11. Advanced degree + significant experience.
Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).
Job Description
Summary
This job involves working as a materials engineer or chemist for the Navy, focusing on supporting the maintenance, repair, and overhaul of aircraft and weapon systems at a depot in North Carolina.
You'll make technical decisions, update instructions, prepare reports on materials and processes, and help manage projects to keep equipment running smoothly.
It's a good fit for someone with engineering experience in aerospace or defense who enjoys problem-solving and working on high-stakes team projects.
Key Requirements
- At least one year of specialized experience at GS-12 level or equivalent in federal, private, or public sector
- Understanding of Fleet Support Team (FST) and/or Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO) Engineering
- Experience developing program sustainment and acquisition engineering support
- Skills in managing technical and professional services for weapon system sustainment
- Ability to evaluate new approaches, guides, and standards for engineering decisions
- Proficiency in providing oral and written technical decisions and engineering dispositions
- Experience preparing scientific reports on aerospace materials, failure analyses, and industrial processes
Full Job Description
You will serve as a MATERIALS ENGINEER/CHEMIST in the MRO Engineering Department/Depot Support Team of FLTREADCEN EAST.
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: 1) Understanding of Fleet Support Team (FST) and/or Maintenace Repair and Overhaul (MRO) Engineering, developing program sustainment and acquisition engineering support; 2) Managing technical and professional services required to sustain a weapon system; 3) Evaluating new approaches, guides and standards to make engineering decisions.
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. Major Duties:
- You will provide technical decisions and engineering dispositions, both oral and written, to the depot process shops.
- You will update engineering and laboratory instructions for their assigned technical specialty.
- You will prepare and edit detailed authoritative scientific reports for aerospace materials and industrial processes, failure analyses, procedures and special projects.
- You will actively participate in many diverse projects with local and national impact through research and continual review of progress of personnel assigned to support these projects.
- You will relay industrial support priorities and schedules and resolves any assignment or deadline issues.
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