Summary
This position is part of the Warfare Centers Personnel Demonstration Project. The ND-5 pay band encompasses positions equivalent to GS-14 and GS-15. You will serve as the Large Surface Combatants Cost Team Leader in the Naval Architecture & Engineering Department, Systems Engineering and Assessments Division, Cost Engineering and Analysis Branch (Code 8110) of the Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division.
Responsibilities
You will be responsible for the oversight and overall coordination of the cost support Code 8110 and D-PAE Combatants provide on the BBGN program and other surface combatant efforts in the D-PAE Combatants portfolio.
You will be responsible for cost estimating support for the BBGN Program Life Cycle Cost Estimate (PLCCE), budget submissions, concept estimates, cost excursions, industrial base analyses, and Long Range Shipbuilding Strategy (LRSS) submissions.
You will lead a team of 6-7 cost analysts/engineers supporting PMS 470 and will be a direct report to the D-PAE Combatants Cost Director.
You will be the primary point of contact for all PAE cost-related requests and tasking on large surface combatants, which requires regular interface and coordination with the Program Office, Ship Design Manager/Team, and resource sponsor (N96).
You will brief and defend the Team’s work to senior Navy and DOW leadership.
You will be responsible for providing day-to-day leadership, management, and mentoring to the team.
Qualifications
This is an interdisciplinary position and may be filled by a General Engineer (0801-series), a Naval Architect (0871-series), an Industrial Engineer (0896-series), an Operations Research Analyst (1515-series), or a Mathematician (1520-series) depending upon the qualifications of the candidate. Applicants in positions with occupational series other than those listed (0801, 0871, 0896, 1515, and 1520) may apply; however, you must apply directly to the series listed in this vacancy that is most applicable to your qualifications. In addition to the Basic Requirements for this position, your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the ND-4 pay band (GS-12 and GS-13 equivalency) in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: As a professional engineer or scientist developing ship life cycle cost estimates, leading and developing others, and presenting/defending your analyses. 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 Individual Occupational Requirements (IOR): All Professional Engineering Positions, 08XX Operations Research Series, 1515 Mathematics Series, 1520 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 at least one of the following positive education qualifications requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual: Professional Engineering Series (08XX) - Degree: A professional engineering degree from an ABET-accredited college or university; OR a degree with curriculum in differential and integral calculus, with additional courses 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; OR Professional Engineering Series (08XX) - Substitution of Education/Experience: A combination of education and experience that furnished (1) a thorough knowledge of the physical and mathematical sciences underlying professional 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. The adequacy of such background must be demonstrated by one of the following: (a) professional registration, (b) evidence of successfully passing the Engineer-in-Training (EIT) examination; (c) successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences and in engineering that included the courses specified above; or (d) successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree in engineering technology or in an appropriate professional field, e.g., physics, chemistry, architecture, computer science, mathematics, hydrology, or geology, may be accepted in lieu of a degree in engineering provided that it included at least 1 year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance. (Note to Applicants: Please see the Qualifications & Education sections of this announcement for a link to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Individual Occupational Requirements. OPM guidance indicates that there should be either an established plan of intensive training to develop professional engineering competence, or several years of prior professional engineering-type experience. This training plan or experience must be well documented and provided at time of application.); OR 1515-Operations Research Series: A degree in operations research; or a related degree that included at least 24 semester hours in a combination of operations research, mathematics, probability, statistics, mathematical logic, science, or subject-matter courses. At least 3 of these 24 semester hours must have been in calculus; OR 1520-Mathematics Series: A degree in mathematics; or a combination of education and experience - courses equivalent to a major in mathematics (including at least 24 semester hours in mathematics), plus appropriate experience or additional education. The total coursework described above must have included differential and integral calculus and, in addition, four advanced mathematics courses requiring calculus or equivalent mathematics courses as a prerequisite.