MECHANICAL ENGINEER

MECHANICAL ENGINEER

Department: Department of the Navy

Location(s): Naval Base, Norfolk, Virginia

Salary Range: $56039 - $84371 Per Year

Job Summary: 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.

Major Duties:

• You will serve as a Mechanical Engineer in the Military Sealift Command (MSC), Engineering Department (N7), Life Cycle Management Division (N75).
• You will manage the ships life cycle plan by planning, directing and coordinating the maintenance and repair activities requiring industrial assistance for assigned ships.
• You will determine, plan, and schedule technical work requirements for availabilities for assigned ships.
• You will ensure that previous post availability analysis and recommendations are incorporated in current availability planning.
• You will regularly conduct ship checks to verify the work item technical requirements.

Qualifications: For the GS-09: Your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-07 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 applying marine and mechanical engineering principles when gathering data for reports. Experience utilizing theory, concepts, principles, and practices of the broad field of marine engineering to support or assist in resolving unique or complex issues pertaining to ship design. Experience developing and reviewing plans, work items and cost estimates for maintenance and repair and ship alteration work for assigned ships. For the GS-07: Your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-05 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 assisting with technical aspects of the marine or mechanical engineering discipline projects. Experience assisting with ship check and scheduling maintenance. Experience supporting field inspections to determine maintanence capabilities. 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 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/0800/mechanical-engineering-series-0830/

How to Apply: Interested Applicants must submit resumes/application packages to: Email titled "Application for MECHANICAL ENGINEER GS-07/09, RPA 545594" to: msc_n7_recruitment@us.navy.mil OR Questions about this position must be addressed to: msc_n7_recruitment@us.navy.mil Facsimile applications will not be considered. All resumes/applications must be received no later than the close date of this flyer. Resumes are restricted to no more than 2 pages. Illegible/unreadable resumes will not be considered. It is the applicant's responsibility to verify that all information in their resume and documents, are received, legible, and accurate. HR will not modify answers/documents submitted by an applicant. Failure to submit a complete application package will result in an ineligible rating and loss of consideration.

Application Deadline: 2026-03-09