You will serve as a General Engineer within NAVSUP WEAPON SYSTEMS SUPPORT. The Secretary of Defense has ordered a department-wide hiring freeze subject to certain limited exceptions. This position is subject to the DoD hiring freeze. Offers of employment related to this vacancy announcement will not be executed until the position has an approved exemption.
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: Demonstrating engineering theory and application related to contract proposal evaluations and providing technical counsel. Specialized experience must demonstrate: 1) Performing assessments of contractor's technical performance on specific ongoing contracts in order to predict acceptability of technical performance, cost and schedule deviations, development of life cycle cost estimates, and development of independent program engineering and/or cost estimates and analyses for major and non-major systems; 2) Performing proposal Evaluation and Source Selection on spares, repairable, and Major Defense Acquisition Programs (MDAP) procurement; 3) Analyzing contractor performance data including systems engineering, software engineering, manufacturing engineering, supply chain management, industrial analysis, and performance for cost trends; 4) Performing engineering-based cost and or price analyses for development and production systems often involving state-of-the-art engineering and manufacturing techniques; and 5) Coordinating with other Commands and program managers to review shared processes in order to identify areas for potential improvement and cost initiatives. 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 execute tasks associated with the evaluation of technical proposals submitted by defense contractors.
You will manage high-priority, high-profile, complex technical programs and conduct and/or coordinate analytical and value determination work in support of the NAVSUP WSS Navy Price Fighter Department.
You will maintain thorough documentation of decision-making, correspondence, and ensure other communications are developed and maintained.
You will conduct investigations and analyses on various Directorate or Command level matters, issuing advice and recommendations to high level executives.
You will attend seminars, briefings, and formal training to maintain and perpetually improve upon the technical and interpersonal skills required to be effective in managing assigned projects.