Naval Engineering Technician – Ship Systems Oversight

Naval Sea Systems Command (DON); Newport News (VA); Hybrid; USD 91,000 - 118,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Telework eligible

Relocation expenses reimbursed

Job summary

Naval Sea Systems Command (DON) in Newport News, VA is seeking a qualified engineer to provide surveillance of contractor design and production engineering products. You will coordinate shipboard design and installation of distributive piping, ship’s maneuvering and control systems, and associated subsystems.

Responsibilities include reviewing studies and proposals, working with manufacturers and naval yards to establish acceptable procedures, and advising on engineering equivalencies,

Qualifications

• Your resume must 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 technical oversight of distributive auxiliary piping systems and ships maneuvering and control systems to formulate, execute, advise on, and provide recommendations or solutions for resolving complex engineering problems in order to evaluate and determine the acceptability of work performed over a wide range of system fabrication, repair and testing problems.

Responsibilities

• You will provide surveillance of Contractor design and production engineering products.
• You will coordinate all matters concerning shipboard design and installation of distributive auxiliary piping systems, ship’s maneuvering and control systems, compressed gas, firefighting, fuel, and hydraulic systems.
• You will coordinate all matters concerning shipboard design and installation of aircraft launch and recovery systems such as catapults, integrated catapult control station, nose gear launch, jet blast deflectors, arresting gear, etc.
• You will review engineering studies, design and technical aspects of proposals (including reasonableness of engineering equivalency, and man-hours and scope of work involved when requested by the Contracting Officer).
• You will confer with engineering personnel at equipment manufacturers, design agents, HII‑NNS, naval shipyards and private shipyards to establish acceptable design and construction procedures.
• You will review scientific data and evidence presented by major companies (subcontractors) through prime contractors such as HII‑NNS in order to establish suitability of materials/methods/design for Marine and Naval Combatant Ships.
• You will make recommendations concerning the adequacy of specifications when requested by NAVSEA or other Program/Project Managers, evaluate reliability and maintainability programs.
• You will take appropriate action to correct deficiencies within delegated authority or make recommendations.
• You will review and evaluate requests for Departure from Specifications (DFS) (including “engineering equivalencies’), initiate actions required to process the requests, and make recommendations for approval or rejection.

Job description

Naval Sea Systems Command (DON) in Newport News, VA is seeking a qualified engineer to provide surveillance of contractor design and production engineering products. You will coordinate shipboard design and installation of distributive piping, ship’s maneuvering and control systems, and associated subsystems.

Responsibilities include reviewing studies and proposals, working with manufacturers and naval yards to establish acceptable procedures, and advising on engineering equivalencies,