NAVAL ARCHITECT

Your resume must 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 utilizing structural areas of CVN, LHA, and LHD ships’ builders’ specifications. Experience using NAVSEA design data sheets and technical manuals. Experience applying skill in design aspects unique to nuclear powered aircraft carriers and interface control requirements associated with total ship/system engineering design work. Experience demonstrating nuclear propulsion plant (or Reactor Plant Planning Yard) cognizant compartments, systems, and secondary boundaries. Experience demonstrating the design of hull plating, bulkheads, longitudinal/transverse frames, non-destructive testing, ballistic/non-ballistic doors, nuclear air blast, and ship’s motion calculations. Experience applying engineering design in the modification, alteration, troubleshooting, requirement definition and testing. Experience performing custom installation requirements for multiple ships and applying new approaches or improved techniques to overcome difficult and unusual problems. 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.
You will serve as a Naval Architect functioning in the Structural Engineering and Planning Division (Code 250) of NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD.