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Interdisciplinary Engineer / Naval Architect

Department of the Navy U.S. Pacific Fleet

This is a public notice flyer to notify interested applicants of anticipated vacancies. Applications will not be accepted through this flyer. Interested applicants must follow the directions in the "How to Apply" section of this flyer to be considered. There may or may not be actual vacancies filled from this flyer. Notice of Result letters will not be sent to applicants who respond to this flyer.

Help Accepting applications Open & closing dates 12/01/2025 to 11/30/2026

Salary $52,438 - $127,854 per year A Cost-of-Living-Allowance (COLA) of 8.64% MAY be added to the stated salary.

Pay scale & grade GS 5 - 12

Location MANY vacancies in the following location: Pearl Harbor Naval Base, Oahu, HI

Remote job No

Telework eligible YesThis position is eligible for ad-hoc/situational telework at the discretion of management.

Travel Required Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position.

Relocation expenses reimbursed YesRelocation incentives as described in 5 USC 5753 may be authorized in accordance with applicable regulations. PCS is not authorized.

Appointment type Permanent

Work schedule Full-time

Service Competitive

Promotion potential 12 Job family (Series)

• 0801 General Engineering
• 0806 Materials Engineering
• 0808 Architecture
• 0810 Civil Engineering
• 0819 Environmental Engineering
• 0830 Mechanical Engineering
• 0840 Nuclear Engineering
• 0850 Electrical Engineering
• 0855 Electronics Engineering
• 0871 Naval Architecture
• 0896 Industrial Engineering

Supervisory status No

Security clearance Secret

Drug test No

Position sensitivity and risk Noncritical-Sensitive (NCS)/Moderate Risk

Trust determination process National security

Financial disclosure No

Bargaining unit status No

Announcement number DE-12839181-26-JLK

Control number 850807800

This job is open to

Help The public U.S. Citizens, Nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.

Clarification from the agency

U.S. Citizens

Duties

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• You will create, explore, evaluate, design and share solutions and the validity of their predicted performance to resolve problems, conditions, and issues.
• You will apply a range and depth of knowledge acquired specifically through an intensive learning regimen of the phenomena, theories, and concepts of a scientific body of engineering knowledge.
• You will understand theories, concepts, principles and their relationships underlying the practices of professional engineering to improve the efficiency and quality of work performed.
• You will identify, analyze, advise, consult and report on scientific, theoretical, and factual data, conditions, and problems.
• You will assess, resolve and predict the relationships and interactions of data and findings under varying conditions.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

• Must be a US Citizen.
• 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
• 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.
• 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 may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.
• This position is considered Key/Emergency-Essential. You will be required to provide immediate and continuing support to ensure the success of combat operations or the availability of combat-essential systems.
• Work is performed in areas where potentially harmful physical and chemical agents are present (e.g. fumes, dust, heat, ionizing and non-ionizing radiation and chemicals). You will be required to participate in medical surveillance programs.

Qualifications

FOR THE GS-05: Your resume must demonstrate that you have successfully completed the basic education requirement. FOR THE GS-07: Your resume must demonstrate one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS-05) or pay band in the federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector with professional engineering experience understanding, demonstrating and completing limited engineering or architectural designs and projects. FOR THE GS-09: Your resume must demonstrate one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS-07) or pay band in the federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector with professional engineering experience understanding, demonstrating and completing limited engineering or architectural designs and projects; carrying out, interpreting, and explaining basic computations and calculations; and reading, understanding, manipulating, analyzing, interpreting, and conveying findings. FOR THE GS-11: Your resume must demonstrate one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS-09) or pay band in the federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector with professional engineering experience researching, interpreting, and carrying out engineering assignments; and providing technical input on the planning, design, construction, testing, or maintenance of projects. FOR THE GS-12: Your resume must demonstrate one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS-11) or pay band in the federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector with professional engineering experience researching, interpreting, and carrying out engineering assignments; providing technical input on the planning, design, construction, testing, or maintenance of projects; and collecting and analyzing engineering data to solve problems, develop reports, and provide recommendations. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: General Schedule Qualification Standards (opm.gov) ; all-professional-engineering-positions-0800.pdf (opm.gov) 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

Basic Education Requirement: 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; OR 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. The adequacy of such background must be demonstrated by one of the following: 1.