MATERIALS ENGINEER/CHEMIST

Full Job Description

You will serve as a MATERIALS ENGINEER/CHEMIST in the MRO Engineering Department/Depot Support Team of FLTREADCEN EAST.

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 GS-13 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) Engineering; 2) Developing program sustainment and acquisition engineering support; 3) Managing technical and professional services required to sustain a weapon system; 4) 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 https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1300/chemistry-series-1320/ 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 serve as the Lead Materials Engineer or Chemist for one or more technical domains within the Materials Engineering Division, MRO Engineering Department, located at Fleet Readiness Center East Cherry Point, North Carolina.
• You will provide authoritative, independent technical direction and oversight with regard to material properties, processes, failure analysis, and evaluation for specification conformance.
• You will provide technical decisions and engineering dispositions, both oral and written, to customer groups, as well as, local and national leadership
• You will develop, assemble and issue engineering instructions and determinations concerning materials engineering and associated processes related to repair of aircraft materials, parts and/or assemblies undergoing maintenance or modification.
• You will serve as the national authoritative expert for one or more Materials Engineering technical domains by acting as a primary custodian of one or more NAVAIR General Series Manuals (GSM).