ELECTRONICS TECHNICIAN

Duties

• You will provide technical reviews of design specifications for shipboard electronics equipment aboard MSC ships.
• You will provide recommendations to the Afloat Staging C4 Support Unit Supervisor and Principal Port Engineer (PPE) on repairs to damaged electronic equipment on MSC ships.
• You will inspect MSC ships for compliance with internal official policies and procedures for vessel Navigational, Radio Communication and general electronic equipment with emphasis on reliability and reparability.
• You will perform root cause analysis on system failures or casualties and provides detailed reports to the Afloat Staging C4 Support Unit Supervisor, MSC Type Desk, and PPE.
• You will provide budgetary inputs for general electronic system maintenance and repair work.
• You will represent MSC at meetings with mission sponsor representatives; regarding proposed new requirements and integration of new electrical and electronic systems with existing systems to resolve design problems.
• You will develop work products utilizing currently authorized Navy and Marine Corps Intranet software and approved MSC Maintenance Management Software.
• You will evaluate data received from sea trials, test programs and/or contract specifications for the purposes of providing associated detailed analyses.

Requirements

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 subject to work an uncommon tour, including nights, weekends, and holidays to meet mission requirements. Overtime or night differential pay and/or unusual duty hours may be required.
• Incumbent may be required to work aboard surface vessels while underway on trial runs and regular operations.
• Shipyard and shipboard work is a requirement of the position.
• Incumbent may be required to do a considerable amount of walking, gaining access through small penetrations and climb ship structures (i.e. masts)., crawl and bend to accomplish shipboard inspections in a shipyard environment.

Qualifications

Your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following:

• Experience planning, executing, coordinating and overseeing project activities and duties to accomplish the delivery, maintenance, modernization and sustainment of command and control, communications, and navigation systems in support of the Military Sealift Command mission.
• Experience utilizing electronic concepts, principles, and practices sufficient to ensure that Military Sealift Command shipboard communications and navigation systems remain operational.
• Experience researching and evaluating the effectiveness of current technical and support services, such as equipment, software, solutions, and Information Assurance activities.
• Experience providing technical support and services for architecture and typology of software, hardware, and communications systems, including how these systems operate and integrate with one another.

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website:

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.

Additional information

This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program.

Several vacancies may be filled.

A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments.

Federal annuitant information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy information may be found at: .

Veteran's preference does not apply when selecting individuals under this specific hiring authority. However, if you claim veteran's preference, you will be required to submit supporting documentation with your application as described in the Required Documents section below.

This is an obligated position. The former incumbent has return rights to this position under PL 86-585.

Term appointments may be extended up to 8 years at the discretion of management and in accordance with applicable regulations. Additionally, you may be noncompetitively converted to a permanent career-conditional or career appointment under specific conditions.

Temporary actions taken under this announcement may be terminated at any time before the established not-to-exceed date.