MANAGER

Summary

You will serve as the HEAD of the AUXILIARY MACHINERY DIVISION of NSWC PHILA DIV in the PROPULSION POWER & AUXILIARY MACHINERY SYSTEMS DEPARTMENT.

Duties

• You will serve as Head of the Auxiliary Machinery Systems Division as technical authority for life cycle management and in-service engineering of shipboard machinery, machinery systems and electrical systems.
• You will provide full administrative, organizational and technical management over all division programs, activities and resources as a senior technical expert on auxiliary systems.
• You will oversee programs for development, testing, and integration management of Navy shipboard auxiliary systems including heat exchanges, air conditioning units, lube oil systems, cooling water, steam engines and advanced submarine life systems.
• You will direct research and development, test and evaluation, acquisition program support, technology transition, modernization, obsolescence management and training to improve system performance and reduce life cycle costs.
• You will exercise authority for budgeting, resource management and allocation, personnel management, establishing program objectives and long-range and short-range planning.
• You will provide expert advice and guidance to Department Head, Commanding Officer, Technical Director, Warfare Center HQ, NAVSEA, PEOs and waterfront activities on technical issues.
• You will lead technical teams, foster teamwork, delegate authority, supervise personnel and implement organizational vision integrating program goals, priorities and Navy strategic plans.
• You will manage resources including manpower, financial, facilities and materials to accomplish the mission of a complex multi-mission RDT and E and In-Service Engineering organization.

Qualifications

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the ND-04 pay band (GS-12/13 grade level equivalency) in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Technical and Operational Domain Knowledge: Experience applying expert-level knowledge of mechanical engineering principles, concepts, and practices to shipboard auxiliary machinery systems, to include life cycle management and in-service engineering agent responsibilities for a wide variety of shipboard machinery and electrical systems. Leadership, Mentorship and Human Capital Management: Experience leading and directing high-graded technical employees to meet organizational mission, vision, and goals; developing and implementing an organizational vision that integrates program goals and priorities; fostering teamwork; delegating authority; and supervising or managing personnel. Financial and Project Portfolio Management: Experience managing resources (manpower, financial, facilities, and materials); exercising authority for budgeting, resource allocation, and portfolio oversight of complex multi-mission research, development, test and evaluation and in-service engineering programs; and making sound managerial decisions. Strategic Staffing and Workforce Analytics: Experience performing strategic, tactical, and organizational planning for a complex multi-mission organization; establishing program objectives and long-range and short-range plans; advising senior leadership (to include Commanding Officer and Technical Director level) on technical and organizational issues; and applying knowledge of Navy strategic plans and organizational structure. 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.

Education

Applicants must meet the following basic education requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual: Successful completion of a professional engineering degree. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree (or higher) in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (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. Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position. OR Current registration as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT), or licensure as a Professional Engineer (PE) by any State, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico. Absent other means of qualifying under this standard, those applicants who achieved such registration by means other than written test (e.g., State grandfather or eminence provisions) are eligible only for positions that are within or closely related to the specialty field of their registration For more information about EI and EIT registration requirements, please visit the National Society of Professional Engineers website at: http://www.nspe.org OR Evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) examination or any other written test required for professional registration by an engineering licensure board in the various States, the District of Columbia,…