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Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA); Dahlgren (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) in Dahlgren, Virginia seeks a Branch Chief for the Electromagnetic Effects Division (Code B50). You will provide technical, financial, and administrative leadership to the branch, refining its mission and ensuring rigorous execution of projects.

The role requires strategic insight for future system integration and cross-branch collaboration. You will mentor staff, participate in recruitment, and oversee personnel approvals, cost, schedule, risk, and performance

Qualifications

• Must be a U.S. citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must pass E-Verify.
• Within DoD, travel to CONUS/OCONUS may be required per job.
• Top Secret/SCI security clearance requirement before entrance on duty.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical, financial, and administrative leadership of a branch within the Electromagnetic Effects Division (Code B50).
• Refine and achieve the branch's mission and vision.
• Ensure technical rigor in the execution of branch projects and programs.
• Develop coordinated testing, evaluation, assessment, and analysis processes across the Division portfolio.
• Ensure cross-branch projects in B50 are effectively managed.
• Identify gaps and provide strategic insight for future system integration initiatives.
• Evaluate and develop the branch's workforce capabilities and capacities.
• Provide mentorship to project leads, group leaders, and employees.
• Represent B50 on departmental teams and sponsor communities.
• Perform supervisory duties including performance, compensation, and conflict resolution.

Job description

• You will be responsible for the technical, financial, and administrative leadership of a branch within the Electromagnetic Effects Division (Code B50).
• You will refine and achieve the branch's mission and vision.
• You will ensure the application of technical rigor to the execution of the branch's projects and programs.
• You will develop coordinated and common testing, evaluation, assessment and analysis processes across the Division portfolio.
• You will ensure projects and programs that cross branch lines in B50 are effectively managed.
• You will identify technical and programmatic gaps and provide strategic insight and vision with respect to the way-ahead for future system integration initiatives.
• You will evaluate and develop the branch's workforce capabilities and capacities.
• You will provide technical support, leadership, resource support, and mentorship to project leads, group leaders, and employees.
• You will represent B50 on departmental teams or boards and serve as a senior leadership representative to the B50 sponsor community.
• You will perform supervisory duties for Branch employees, including performance and compensation, providing feedback to employees. coaching and mentoring, performance evaluations, and conflict resolution.
• You will understand Branch personnel requirements, participate in Division recruiting efforts, and share personnel resources to meet Division goals.
• You will complete supervisory approvals for personnel, such as travel, timecards, telework, leave, and overtime requests.
• You will ensure cost, schedule, risk, and performance are tracked and managed.
• You will work and communicate with Division and across Divisions on Division-level thrusts.

Duties

• You will be responsible for the technical, financial, and administrative leadership of a branch within the Electromagnetic Effects Division (Code B50).
• You will refine and achieve the branch's mission and vision.
• You will ensure the application of technical rigor to the execution of the branch's projects and programs.
• You will develop coordinated and common testing, evaluation, assessment and analysis processes across the Division portfolio.
• You will ensure projects and programs that cross branch lines in B50 are effectively managed.
• You will identify technical and programmatic gaps and provide strategic insight and vision with respect to the way-ahead for future system integration initiatives.
• You will evaluate and develop the branch's workforce capabilities and capacities.
• You will provide technical support, leadership, resource support, and mentorship to project leads, group leaders, and employees.
• You will represent B50 on departmental teams or boards and serve as a senior leadership representative to the B50 sponsor community.
• You will perform supervisory duties for Branch employees, including performance and compensation, providing feedback to employees. coaching and mentoring, performance evaluations, and conflict resolution.
• You will understand Branch personnel requirements, participate in Division recruiting efforts, and share personnel resources to meet Division goals.
• You will complete supervisory approvals for personnel, such as travel, timecards, telework, leave, and overtime requests.
• You will ensure cost, schedule, risk, and performance are tracked and managed.
• You will work and communicate with Division and across Divisions on Division-level thrusts.

Requirements

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
• 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 Top Secret/SCI 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.
• MSP/PPP applicants must currently hold the required security clearance.
• Successful completion of a pre-employment drug test (including marijuana) is required. A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if you fail to report to the drug test appointment or fail the test. You will be subject to random testing.
• This position is covered under the Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA). Certification in the Functional Area and Tier assigned to the position, along with Continuous Learning (CL) points, are required within established timeframes.
• This is a Cyberspace Workforce position, work role code 801 (Program Manager). You will be required to obtain and maintain qualifications in DoDM 8140.03 Cyber Workforce Qualification and Department of Navy policies.
• You will be required to complete ethics orientation within three months of appointment and submit a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report, OGE-450, within 30 days of appointment.
• This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.
• Supervisors in the executive branch have a heightened personal responsibility for advancing government ethics. You will be required to review the 14 General Principles of Ethical Conduct at 5 CFR 2635.101.

Qualifications

This is an interdisciplinary position and may be filled by a General Engineer (0801-series), an Electrical Engineer (0850-series), an Operations Research Analyst (1515-series), a Mathematician (1520-series), or a Computer Scientist (1550-series) depending upon the qualifications of the candidate. Applicants in positions with occupational series other than those listed (0801, 0850, 1515, 1520 and 1550) may apply; however, you must apply directly to the series listed in this vacancy that is most applicable to your qualifications.

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 ND-4 pay band (GS-12 and GS-13 equivalency) 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 providing leadership, engineering expertise, and technical guidance through the application of a wide range of systems engineering principles to develop naval warfare systems.

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website:

Individual Occupational Requirements (IOR)

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 At Least One Of The Following Positive Education Qualifications Requirements Of The Office Of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual:

• Professional Engineering Series (08XX) - Degree: A professional engineering degree from an ABET-accredited college or university; OR a degree with curriculum in differential and integral calculus, with additional courses 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; OR
• Professional Engineering Series (08XX) - Substitution of Education/Experience: A combination of education and experience that furnished (1) a thorough knowledge of the physical and mathematical sciences underlying professional 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: (a) professional registration, (b) evidence of successfully passing the Engineer-in-Training (EIT) examination; (c) 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 above; or (d) successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree in engineering technology or in an appropriate professional field, e.g., physics, chemistry, architecture, computer science, mathematics, hydrology, or geology, may be accepted in lieu of a degree in engineering provided that it included at least 1 year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance. (Note to Applicants: Please see the Qualifications & Education sections of this announcement for a link to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Individual Occupational Requirements. OPM guidance indicates that there should be either an established plan of intensive training to develop professional engineering competence, or several years of prior professional engineering-type experience. This training plan or experience must be well documented and provided at time of application.); OR