Superviosry General Engineer

You will serve as an Superviosry General Engineer and be responsible for providing ongoing management continuity and performing a variety of duties that manage requirements for budget manpower material and technical services to support the System.

Being a Coast Guard civilian makes you a valuable member of the Coast Guard team. Typical work assignments include:

• Directly leading a group of approximately seven Coast Guard civilian and active-duty logisticians who oversee contractors by providing critical strategic and tactical level guidance to meet current and anticipated needs. Participating with the Branch Chief in planning directing and budgeting all phases of branch operations and coordinating with counterparts in other branches and units.
• Coordinating and integrating planning programming development oversight scheduling and overall management of resources for multi-phase projects in Coast Guard surface asset sustainment & system updates. These projects most often involve technical Engineering Change/Time Compliant Technical Orders maintenance development configuration management and maintenance effectiveness reviews.
• Develop and review engineering design changes for the alteration repair installation redesign or maintenance of complex systems and machinery on Coast Guard vessels.
• Consulting with management acquisition and planning personnel in preparing requirements and criteria for complex or high value projects making recommendations & resolving technical difficulties.
• Conducting analysis and apply findings from reviews of literature published within the agency other agencies private industry and research institutions.
• Evaluating performance and giving advice counsel and instructions to subordinate employees contracted personnel and cross-team members of the staff and related business units on technical and administrative issues.

All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement.

Do NOT include the following types of information in your resume:

• Social Security Number (SSN)
• Date of Birth (DOB)
• Photos of yourself (if included on your resume you will not be considered for this position)
• Personal information: such as age gender religious affiliation etc.

• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Must be registered or exempt from the Selective Service. See
• A one-year probationary period may be required.
• Under provisions of the Civil Service Reform Act first time supervisors and/or managers will be required to serve a one-year probationary period.
• To ensure the accomplishment of our mission DHS requires every employee to be reliable and trustworthy. To meet those standards all selected applicants must undergo and successfully pass a background investigation. This position requires a Public Trust clearance.
• This is not a Bargaining Unit position.
• All Federal employees are required to have Federal salary payments made by direct deposit.

Basic Requirements: This position has a positive Education Requirement in addition to at least one year of Specialized Experience or substitution of education for experience or combination (if applicable) in order to be found minimally qualified. Transcripts must be submitted with your application package. You MUST meet the following requirements:

EDUCATION: To qualify for this position applicants must show that they possess a professional knowledge of engineering principles and practices through the following:

- Completion of a bachelors or higher degree in engineering that was from an ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology) accredited school or that included courses in differential and integral calculus and courses (beyond 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.

OR

- Registration as a professional engineer by a State the District of Columbia Guam or Puerto Rico.

OR

- Successfully passing the Engineering-in-Training (EIT) examination or the written test required for professional registration that is administered by the Boards of Engineering Examiners in the various states the District of Columbia Guam and Puerto Rico and completed all the requirements for either (a) bachelors degree in engineering technology (BET) from an accredited college or university that included at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical mathematical and engineering sciences or (b) a BET from an ABET-accredited program.

OR

- A combination of at least 4 years of college-level education training and/or technical experience that included successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical mathematical and engineering sciences including the courses listed in paragraph A above. (NOTE: The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of a professional engineering curriculum.)

OR

- Successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelors degree in engineering technology or in an appropriate professional field (e.g. physics chemistry architecture computer science mathematics hydrology or geology) AND at least 1 year of professional engineering experience under the guidance and supervision of a professional engineer.

IN ADDITION to meeting the basic education requirements (above) applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular ability skill and knowledge to successfully perform the duties of this position and is typically in or related to this line of work.

Applicants applying for the GS-13 level must possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-12 level in the Federal service. Examples of specialized experience include:

Specialized experience may include the following:

• Reflecting experience with surface asset maintenance & logistics.
• Experience with shipboard engineering configuration systems and general operation.
• Resolving complex problems that involve coordinating with other groups.
• Fostering new approaches to solve technical and/or logistical problems.
• Understanding of Project Management to include; schedule adherence budgeting and government contractual requirements. Additionally candidates must have experience reviewing designs specification drawings and maintenance requirements across marine engineering systems.

NOTE: Education cannot be substituted for experience at this grade level.

NOTE: All experience statements (i.e. duties specialized experience or occupational assessment questionnaire) copied from this announcement and pasted into your resume will not be considered as a demonstration of your qualifications for this position.