MATERIALS ENGINEER

U.S. Fleet Forces Command; Rota; Presencial; EUR 78.000 - 99.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

U.S. Fleet Forces Command seeks a Materials Engineer to support the Forward Deployed Regional Maintenance Center in the NDT/Welding Division. You will provide technical authority on repair projects and evaluate metal additive manufacturing technologies (DED, WAAM) for shipboard components.

You will certify welding procedures per NAVSEA standards and act as engineering advisor on qualification policies and technologies, coordinating with NAVSEA, shipyards, and contractors.

Formación

• Experience in materials engineering, metallurgy, and/or welding engineering to include analyzing and certifying welding procedures, evaluating material compatibility, and applying technical standards to the repair and fabrication of complex systems.
• Specialized experience at or above GS-11 level including reviewing welding procedure specifications (WPSs) and procedure qualification records (PQRs).
• Experience applying NAVSEA S9074-AQ-GIB-010/248 and other military standards to material engineering.
• Experience supporting disposition of non-conforming materials and participation in failure analysis investigations.
• Drafting correspondence, reports, and repair plans for review by a senior engineer.

Responsabilidades

• Provide technical authority on projects involving repair and modernization of Forward Deployed Naval Forces.
• Evaluate and implement metal additive manufacturing technologies (DED, WAAM) for shipboard component repair.
• Apply metal fabrication, metallurgy, and AM principles to resolve complex problems and guide welding/materials programs.
• Certify welding procedures and personnel per NAVSEA and higher authorities.
• Advise on evaluation and implementation for shipboard components of AM qualification policies and technologies.
• Prepare, present, and evaluate complex plans, reports, and qualification records with NAVSEA, private shipyards, and contractors.

Conocimientos

Materials engineering

Metallurgy

Welding engineering

Educación

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Descripción del empleo

Summary

You will serve as a Materials Engineer in the Forward Deployed Regional Maintenance Center in the NDT/Welding Division of FWD DEPLOYED REG MAINT CTR DET ROTA.

Duties

• You will provide technical authority on projects involving the repair and modernization of Forward Deployed Naval Forces.
• You will evaluate , and implement metal additive manufacturing technologies (such as Direct Energy Deposition [DED] and Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing [WAAM]) used for shipboard component repair and replacement.
• You will apply metal fabrication, metallurgy, and advanced metal additive manufacturing (AM) principles to resolve a wide variety of complex problems and make recommendations for the content of welding and materials programs.
• You will apply the administrative requirements from NAVSEA and other higher authorities, specifically NAVSEA S9074-AQ-GIB-010/248 to certify welding procedures and personnel.
• You will serve as the command’s engineering advisor for their evaluation, qualification, and implementation for shipboard components of emerging metal additive manufacturing qualification policies and technologies (e.g., DED, WAAM)
• You will prepare, present, and evaluate complex technical plans, reports, correspondence, and qualification records to effectively communicate with and advise counterparts at NAVSEA, private shipyards, and contractor organizations.

Conditions of Employment

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Generally, current federal employees applying for GS jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower grade level. This requirement is called time-in-grade. Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
• This is an overseas position. You will be subject to and must be able to satisfy the overseas requirements of the 26Jul12 DODI 1400.25 V1230: http://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/140025/140025v1230.pdf
• This position may require travel to places within and outside the contiguous United States which could include remote or isolated sites. You may be required to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.
• If eligible for permanent change of station, the appointee will be required to sign a transportation agreement to establish a Government time in service requirement of 12 months.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. Passport.
• May be required to obtain a VISA dependent on the overseas country's laws/regulations.
• You will be required to sign the Statement of Understanding for Overseas Employment acknowledging receipt and understanding of the statement of living and working conditions for this location.
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• You will be required to successfully complete a pre-appointment physical examination
• You will be required to complete training, obtain, and maintain a government credit card for travel and travel-related purchases.
• This is a Mission Essential position. You will be required to ensure organization or facility continuity of operations and/or completion of tasks that are considered essential to the mission designated by a local or command decision.
• ANSI/ISO/ASQ 9001 Lead Auditor certified or be able to obtain certification within 12 months and will maintain that certificate.
• Able to obtain and maintain a Joint Fleet Quality Assurance Officer / Supervisor (S-4H-0001) certification.

Qualifications

This position has a selective placement factor that will be used to screen out ineligible candidates. The selective placement factor is:

Experience in materials engineering, metallurgy, and/or welding engineering to include analyzing and certifying welding procedures, evaluating material compatibility, and applying technical standards to the repair and fabrication of complex systems to comply both military (NAVSEA, MIL-STD) and commercial/international (e.g., ISO, EN, DIN) standards.

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-11 Grade Level Or Pay Band In The Federal Service Or Equivalent Experience In The Private Or Public Sector. Specialized Experience Must Demonstrate The Following:

• Assisting senior engineers in reviewing and developing welding procedure specifications (WPSs) and procedure qualification records (PQRs);
• Performing less complex metallurgical analyses and material equivalency evaluations under supervision;
• Applying technical publications (i.e. NAVSEA S9074-AQ-GIB-010/248) and other relevant military standards to material engineering;
• Supporting the disposition of non-conforming materials and participating in failure analysis investigations.
• Drafting correspondence, reports, and repair plans for review by a senior engineer.

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/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.

Education

Applicants must meet the following Basic Requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual: Applicants must possess a completed a bachelor's degree (or higher) in engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelors degree (or higher) in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET);

or

• include differential and integral calculus and courses (more advanced than first-year physics and chemistry) in five of the following seven areas of engineering science or physics: (a) statics, dynamics; (b) strength of materials (stress-strain relationships); (c) fluid mechanics, hydraulics; (d) thermodynamics; (e) electrical fields and circuits; (f) nature and properties of materials (relating particle and aggregate structure to properties); and (g) any other comparable area of fundamental engineering science or physics, such as optics, heat transfer, soil mechanics, or electronics. Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position.

OR

A combination of college-level education, training, and/or technical experience that furnished (1) a thorough knowledge of the physical and mathematical sciences underlying engineering, and (2) a good understanding, both theoretical and practical, of the engineering sciences and techniques and their applications to one of the branches of engineering. The adequacy of such background must be demonstrated by one of the following: (I) Professional registration or licensure: Current registration as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT), or licensure as a Professional Engineer (PE) by any State, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico. Absent other means of qualifying under this standard, those applicants who achieved such registration by means other than written test (e.g., State grandfather or eminence provisions) are eligible only for positions that are within or closely related to the specialty field of their registration; or (II) Written Test: Evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) examination or any other written test required for professional registration by an engineering licensure board in the various States, the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico;

or

(III) Specified academic courses: Successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences and in engineering that included the courses specified in the basic requirements under paragraph A (above). The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program as described in paragraph A (above);

or

(IV) Related curriculum: Successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree in an appropriate scientific field, e.g., engineering technology, physics, chemistry, architecture, computer science, mathematics, hydrology, or geology, may be accepted in lieu of a bachelor's degree in engineering, provided the applicant has had at least one year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance. Ordinarily, there should be either an established plan of intensive training to develop professional engineering competence, or several years of prior professional engineering-type experience, e.g., in interdisciplinary positions.

Additional Information

If you are a dual citizen, please identify the countries of citizenship. The NATO Status of Forces Agreement prohibits employment in the U.S. Civilian Component in a host nation of any person who holds dual citizenship of the U.S. and the host nation. For example: A person who holds both Italian and U.S. citizenship may not be employed in the U.S. Civilian Component in Italy; however, that person is not prohibited by the NATO Status of Forces Agreement from employment in the U.S. civilian Component in another NATO host nation of which (s)he does not hold citizenship.

Military Spouse Preference applicants will be placed at the highest grade for which they have applied and are determined Best Qualified (BQ). A BQ military spouse possesses knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies comparable to others who meet the competitive referral criteria for the specific position.

ICTAP Applicants

To be considered well-qualified and exercise selection priority as an ICTAP candidate, displaced Federal employees must satisfy all qualification requirements for the position and receive a rating in the highly qualified category (score 85) or higher. ICTAP candidates must provide copies of all of the following documentation at the time of application:

• 1) agency notice;
• 2) most recent performance appraisal;
• 3) most recent SF-50 or notification of personnel action that includes position, grade level, and duty location.

Applicants who do not provide this documentation will not receive consideration as an ICTAP candidate. For more information about ICTAP eligibility please review the following link: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/federal-employees/career-transition/

Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement.

Pay retention may be granted when certain conditions are met.

Certain incentives (such as Recruitment, Relocation or Student Loan Repayment) may be authorized to eligible selectees.

A relocation incentive is generally a single payment intended to offset some of the relocation costs experienced by the selectee. A relocation incentive may be authorized.

A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments.

During the application process you will have the ability to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions in the local commuting area. Depending on the hiring organization and the position being filled, job requirements (e.g., security clearance, travel, drug testing, financial disclosure filing, bargaining unit status, etc.) may vary. Other hiring managers filling similar positions may offer relocation expense reimbursement and/or may offer recruitment incentives for new employees, depending on funding availability and in accordance with policy. If you opt-in and are referred on a certificate, your resume will be available to other hiring managers for 180-days from the date the job announcement closes. Opting in does not impact your application for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further consideration for additional positions.

Federal annuitant information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy information may be found at: http://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Documents/CivilianJobs/FedCivAnnuitants.pdf

Tour of duty will be 36 months

To learn more about the living and working conditions at this military installation and additional Foreign Overseas information, please go to: https://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Overseas/Pages/default.aspx

Priority consideration will be given to military spouse preference and family member preference eligible residing in the commute area of the duty location for this position. Commute area is defined as the geographic area surrounding the duty location in which people can reasonably be expected to travel back and forth daily.

Military Spouses and Family Members may apply 30 days before their anticipated arrival date. However, they will not receive preference until arrival at the foreign location. Additional documentation may be required prior to granting preference.

Military spouses and family members who are appointed may not extend longer than 2 months following the transfer of the sponsor from the commuting area of the foreign duty station; 2 months beyond the separation of the appointee's sponsor; or any time beyond the time employee ceases to be a family member.

PPP applicants will be placed at the FPL, if determined Well Qualified (WQ). To receive priority consideration, the FPL must be the same grade level or equivalent of the retained grade or the grade held immediately prior to separation.

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

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