TECHNICAL PROJECT MANAGER

Full Job Description

You will serve as a TECHNICAL PROJECT MANAGER (Maritime Target Vulnerability M & S Expert) in the Research and Evaluation Division (E6), Weapons Effects and Analysis Branch (E64) of NAVSURFWARCEN IH DIV.

This position is part of the Warfare Centers Personnel Demonstration Project. The ND-05 pay band encompasses positions equivalent to GS-14 and GS-15.

In addition to basic education requirements, your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the next lower band, ND-04 (GS-12/13 equivalent) 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 performing engineering or scientific work, leading and planning technical projects involving research, development, modeling and simulation, or assessment of underwater weapon systems to identify and resolve deficiencies for improved design or performance of underwater weapon systems for undersea warfare programs.

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: Professional Engineering Series, 0801/0830/0861, IOR: 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 General Physical Science Series, 1301 IOR: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1300/general-physical-science-series-1301/ Professional Physics Series, 1310, IOR: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1300/physics-series-1310/ 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.

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 leadership in a frontier area which influences major projects, proposals, and direction of major work.
• You will serve as a recognized expert and technical authority whose ideas form a basis for research or development ideas by others.
• You will perform engineering and scientific work associated with the assessment of underwater warhead/weapon system performance and target response, analysis supported through application of hydrocode and/or additional computational fluid dynamics.
• You will develop techniques and methodologies to apply these hydrocodes and fluid dynamics in the analysis of underwater warhead/weapon system problems to change the approach of modeling and simulation.
• You will conduct plans and presentations to inform project status, and keep supervisors informed of progress, accomplishments, contributions, and performance.
• You will provide technical advice to top level Navy management and technical personnel, other agencies, and private organizations.