MECHANICAL ENGINEER

Summary

You will serve as a MECHANICAL ENGINEER in the Propulsion Machinery Branch (266), Engineering Division, Engineering and Planning Department, of NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD.

Duties

• You will provide technical guidance for preparation of lists of ship installation drawings, job summaries, Task Group Instructions, and other documents required to execute complex system/component design and repair projects.
• You will identify and resolve problems encountered during installation, grooming, or testing phase of waterfront production efforts.
• You will perform engineering analysis and calculations associated with project designs.
• You will prepare and perform review of all Ship Installation/Job Summaries, Task Group Instructions, material specifications, test procedures and other documents pertaining to the project in which you are assigned.
• You will serve as a technical consultant for acceptable substitutes for materials which are not available.
• You will prepare specifications and provide direction for the procurement of special material and services associated with the assigned projects.

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 the following: Experience applying mechanical engineering concepts and principles, along with an intensive practical knowledge of, and experience in, main propulsion equipment that includes but is not limited to main propulsion turbines, reduction gears, propulsion shafting bearings and seals, Turbine generators, secondary propulsion equipment (SPM, EPM) and associated equipment and systems. Experience providing technical guidance and leadership for each project, and for preparation of procedures. Experience applying marine and mechanical engineering concepts, principles, and practice. Experience evaluating and applying the latest developments and techniques in solving problems and have a knowledge of methods, capabilities, skills, and facilities available in the various shops for accomplishing installation and maintenance of ships/submarines overhaul and repairs. Experience assuming responsibility and authority for the technical adequacy, accuracy, and timely execution of complex mechanical design projects. Experience performing the duties of this position using programs such as SUBSAFE, Level I, and Steam Plant Cleanliness. 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 AND 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 education requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual: Successful completion of a professional engineering degree. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree (or higher) in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET); or (2) 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 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 For more information about EI and EIT registration requirements, please visit the National Society of Professional Engineers website at: http://www.nspe.org OR 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 The FE examination is not administered by the U. S. Office of Personnel Management. For more information, please visit: http://www.nspe.org/Licensure/HowtoGetLicensed/index.html. OR 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 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.

Grade: GS 12. . Apply by 2026-11-13 on USAJOBS.