GENERAL ENGINEER

GS-13 Your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-12 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 using marine/mechanical engineering principles to provide authoritative interpretations of guidelines and policies used in repair, maintenance, alteration and modernization of U.S. Navy Ships.

Experience Serves as an authoritative consultant providing oversight, and advice on major maintenance/modernization planning and execution on U.S. Navy Ships. Experience incorporating or proposing ship improvements while considering the latest developments in the modernization/restoration of ship's facilities/equipment.

IN ADDITION TO THE BASIC EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS (SEE EDUCATION SECTION): Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: General Engineering Series 0801 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.

You will serve as a General Engineer in the Commander, Naval Surface Force Atlantic (CNSL), Material Readiness Directorate (N43).,You will be the assigned ship owner's representative and authoritative consultant providing oversight, direction, and advisory in the full range of major maintenance/modernization planning and execution.,You will be the waterfront representative who identifies, validates, prioritizes, and articulates the Type Commander's requirements to the Regional Maintenance Centers.,You will be the focal point for all maintenance and modernization; the advocate for the assigned ship(s) in maintenance issues with other command activities; and a technical resource for both the ship and the type commander.,You will serve as the primary engineering technical authority for assigned surface ships, providing lifecycle engineering support to sustain material readiness, safety, reliability, and operational availability.,You will assess shipboard engineering, hull, mechanical, electrical, auxiliary, and habitability systems to identify material deficiencies, determine root causes, and recommend technically sound corrective actions.,You will plan, coordinate, and monitor maintenance, modernization, repair, and alteration work during ship availabilities, ensuring work is properly scoped, scheduled, resourced, and executed.,You will monitor contractor and government performance during maintenance availabilities; identify deficiencies; document findings; and recommend corrective actions to protect Government interests and ship readiness.,You will maintain awareness of assigned ships’ material condition, maintenance status, configuration changes, and casualty-report trends, and provide concise technical status updates to leadership.,You will prepare engineering analyses, technical correspondence, reports, briefings, and decision papers that clearly communicate complex issues, recommended courses of action, associated risks, and resource implications.,You will support the development of long-range maintenance and modernization strategies by identifying emergent requirements, evaluating engineering impacts, and prioritizing work to improve fleet readiness.,You will apply professional engineering judgment to resolve issues involving multiple, interrelated ship systems and competing operational, technical, schedule, and resource constraints.,You will represent the Port Engineer organization in meetings, planning conferences, technical reviews, and shipboard engagements with internal and external stakeholders.