MECHANCIAL ENGINEER (PE)

Summary

You will serve as a Mechanical Engineer (PE) in the Capital Improvements Department of NAVAL FACILITIES ENG COMMAND HAWAII.

Duties

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• You will evaluate design changes, advanced development changes, or system improvements to recommend modifications to engineering systems.
• You will perform technical reviews of mechanical engineering designs, calculations, analysis, drawings, or specifications to ensure compliance with project objectives or standards.
• You will coordinate mechanical engineering support (e.g., quality assurance, cost control, adherence to contract, testing and evaluation) to evaluate maintenance requirements.
• You will manage high-risk projects to ensure successful engineering and architectural project management techniques are applied.
• You will resolve complex and diverse utilities infrastructure designs, equipment, and system problems to ensure accurate and proper productivity.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Generally, current federal employees applying for GS jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower grade level. This requirement is called time-in-grade. Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• This is a bargaining unit position.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• This position is covered under the Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA). You must be certified as a Career Field Facilities Engineering Level II. Certification is required within 24 months of appointment.
• You will be required to complete ethics orientation within three months of appointment and submit a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report, OGE-450, within 30 days of appointment.
• You must currently be a licensed Professional Engineer (PE) in a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United States

Qualifications

SELECTIVE PLACEMENT FACTOR: This position has a selective placement factor that will be used to screen out ineligible candidates. The selective placement factor is: You must currently be a licensed Professional Engineer (PE) in a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United States.

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: 1) Experience in HVAC and Plumbing building design industry; 2) Capable of performing cooling load calculations and drainage & water supply fixture unit calculations; 3) Basic knowledge of HVAC and Plumbing equipment selection and sizing; 4) Basic knowledge of building codes; 5) Ability to review Mechanical Designs, Specifications, and Basis Of Designs; 6) Ability to write project requirements into a document for a Contractor to execute.

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website:

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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

Along with the selective placement factor, Applicants must also meet the following basic education requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual:

A. Degree: Engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by 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.

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B. Combination of education and experience college-level education, training, and/or technical experience that furnished (1) a thorough knowledge of the physical and mathematical sciences underlying engineering, and (2) a good understanding, both theoretical and practical, of the engineering sciences and techniques and their applications to one of the branches of engineering.

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.

If you are unable to apply online and request information about the Alternate Application process, please contact the Department of Navy's Employment Information Center.

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: ;br>
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

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paths/federal-employees/ictap/

Military Spouse Preference applicants will receive priority consideration at the Full

Performance Level (FPL) and if determined to be Best Qualified at the FPL, and selected,

must be placed at the FPL. A BQ military spouse possesses knowledge, skills, abilities, and

competencies comparable to others who meet the competitive referral criteria for the specific

position.

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.

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Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

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