Summary You will serve as an ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN (NAVAL ARCHITECTURE) in the n the Structural Engineering and Planning Division (250), Office of the Chief Engineer, Engineering and Planning Department of NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD. Responsibilities You will assist with providing system and component installation or modification information, ensure specification compliance and investigate and analyze a variety of structural problems and provide corrective action recommendations. You will exercise creativity and judgment in applying traditional techniques or developing new ones in order to solve engineering technician problems. You will provide technical assistance to higher grade engineering technicians and engineers without technical and administrative guidance and supervision. You will coordinate with other engineering technicians and engineers on engineering design projects with personnel from other design codes or from other activities. You will conduct investigations of structural failures or damages and prepare reports including remedial action to prevent further occurrences. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-07 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 working knowledge of naval architecture technician principles, methods, and techniques to perform design work and plan conventional and state of the art work. - Experience applying knowledge of engineering aspects unique to nuclear powered aircraft carriers. - Extensive experience providing technical naval architecture engineering support. - Experience providing engineering design services. - Experience evaluating project concerns and applying the latest development and techniques to solve problems not readily treatable by traditional or accepted methods. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: 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 In lieu of specialized experience, you may qualify with the following education or combination of both education and experience: Education for GS-09 position: 2 years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a master's degree or master's or equivalent graduate degree **A transcript must be submitted with your application if qualifying using education. Additional Information This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program. Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement. 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 option to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions. 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: 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. 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; and 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: 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.