MECHANICAL ENGINEER

GS-13 In addition to the Basic Education Requirements for this position, to qualify for the GS-13 position, 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 preparing time, cost and budget estimates for maintenance management programs. Provides policy, direction technical expertise and quality assurance analysis on program manager, field activity and shipboard performance. Experience providing technical expertise for management of maintenance engineering and reliability centered maintenance programs. Experience coordinating and schedules on site surveys to determine material condition and readiness to evaluate effectiveness of installed systems. Experience managing programs to integrate shore side and shipboard data for engineering functions including condition monitoring, vessel performance monitoring, thermographic analysis, vibration analysis and automation of required reports. GS-12 In addition to the Basic Education Requirements for this position, to qualify for the GS-12 position, your resume must also 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 ensuring life cycle management of equipment and systems to ensure operability, reliability, maintainability, safety and compliance with American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) and Coast Guard requirements and life cycle cost requirements. Experience working with mechanical engineering principles and concepts to perform technical work such as the technical review of maintenance and repair requests and engineering analysis. Experience utilizing professional engineering knowledge of ship systems and machinery design, operation, maintenance, and repair techniques. Experience utilizing regulatory bodies to manage the requirements for ship design, maintenance, and repair of sea going vessels. 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/0800/mechanical-engineering-series-0830/ 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.
This is a public notice flyer to notify interested applicants of anticipated vacancies. Applications will not be accepted through this flyer. Interested applicants must follow the directions in the “How to Apply” section of this flyer to be considered. There may or may not be actual vacancies filled from this flyer. Notice of Result letters will not be sent to applicants who respond to this flyer. GS-12: $88,183 – $114,634 GS-13: $104,861 – $136,323