GENERAL ENGINEER

📍 Naval Base, Norfolk, Virginia · 🏛 United States Fleet Forces Command · 💰 $108,019–$140,426 per year · 🎓 GS 13 · 🧭 General Engineering (0801) · ⏳ Closes Nov 16, 2026 · 5 days left · 🗓 Posted Nov 10, 2026
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Job details at a glance

AgencyUnited States Fleet Forces Command
DepartmentDepartment of the Navy
LocationNaval Base, Norfolk, Virginia
Salary$108,019–$140,426 per year
GradeGS 13
ScheduleFull-time
Occupation seriesGeneral Engineering (0801)
Openings1
Hiring pathsOpen to the public
PostedNov 10, 2026
Application deadlineNov 16, 2026
Telework eligibleYes
Remote jobNo
Security clearanceSecret
Relocation expenses reimbursedNo
Promotion potential13
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About this job

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.

Duties

You will serve as a General Engineer in the Commander, Naval Surface Force Atlantic (CNSL), Material Readiness Directorate (N43).

You will be the assigned ship owner's representative and authoritative consultant providing oversight, direction, and advisory in the full range of major maintenance/modernization planning and execution.

You will be the waterfront representative who identifies, validates, prioritizes, and articulates the Type Commander's requirements to the Regional Maintenance Centers.

You will be the focal point for all maintenance and modernization; the advocate for the assigned ship(s) in maintenance issues with other command activities; and a technical resource for both the ship and the type commander.

You will serve as the primary engineering technical authority for assigned surface ships, providing lifecycle engineering support to sustain material readiness, safety, reliability, and operational availability.

You will assess shipboard engineering, hull, mechanical, electrical, auxiliary, and habitability systems to identify material deficiencies, determine root causes, and recommend technically sound corrective actions.

You will plan, coordinate, and monitor maintenance, modernization, repair, and alteration work during ship availabilities, ensuring work is properly scoped, scheduled, resourced, and executed.

You will monitor contractor and government performance during maintenance availabilities; identify deficiencies; document findings; and recommend corrective actions to protect Government interests and ship readiness.

You will maintain awareness of assigned ships’ material condition, maintenance status, configuration changes, and casualty-report trends, and provide concise technical status updates to leadership.

You will prepare engineering analyses, technical correspondence, reports, briefings, and decision papers that clearly communicate complex issues, recommended courses of action, associated risks, and resource implications.

You will support the development of long-range maintenance and modernization strategies by identifying emergent requirements, evaluating engineering impacts, and prioritizing work to improve fleet readiness.

You will apply professional engineering judgment to resolve issues involving multiple, interrelated ship systems and competing operational, technical, schedule, and resource constraints.

You will represent the Port Engineer organization in meetings, planning conferences, technical reviews, and shipboard engagements with internal and external stakeholders.

Qualifications

GS-13 Your resume must also 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: Experience using marine/mechanical engineering principles to provide authoritative interpretations of guidelines and policies used in repair, maintenance, alteration and modernization of U.S. Navy Ships. Experience Serves as an authoritative consultant providing oversight, and advice on major maintenance/modernization planning and execution on U.S. Navy Ships. Experience incorporating or proposing ship improvements while considering the latest developments in the modernization/restoration of ship's facilities/equipment. IN ADDITION TO THE BASIC EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS (SEE EDUCATION SECTION): Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: General Engineering Series 0801 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

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. Professional registration or licensure -- Current registration as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT)1, or licensure as a Professional Engineer (PE) by any State, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico. Absent other means of qualifying under this standard, those applicants who achieved such registration by means other than written test (e.g., State grandfather or eminence provisions) are eligible only for positions that are within or closely related to the specialty field of their registration. For example, an applicant who attains registration through a State Board's eminence provision as a manufacturing engineer typically would be rated eligible only for manufacturing engineering positions. 2. Written Test -- Evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE)2 examination or any other written test required for professional registration by an engineering licensure board in the various States, the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico. 3. Specified academic courses -- Successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences and that included the courses specified in the basic requirements under paragraph A. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program as described in paragraph A. 4. Related curriculum -- Successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree in an appropriate scientific field, e.g., engineering technology, physics, chemistry, architecture, computer science, mathematics, hydrology, or geology, may be accepted in lieu of a bachelor's degree in engineering, provided the applicant has had at least 1 year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance. Ordinarily there should be either an established plan of intensive training to develop professional engineering competence, or several years of prior professional engineering-type experience, e.g., in interdisciplinary positions. (The above examples of related curricula are not all-inclusive.) IF CLAIMING EDUCATION, FAILURE TO SUBMIT TRANSCRIPTS/ITEMIZED LIST WILL RESULT IN AN INELIGIBLE RATING. See OPM's General Policies for information on crediting education.

Evaluations

In order to qualify for this position, your resume must provide sufficient experience and/or education, knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the duties of the specific position for which you are being considered. Resumes are restricted to no more than 2 pages. Illegible/unreadable resumes will not be considered. Your resume is the key means we have for evaluating your skills, knowledge, and abilities as they relate to this position. Therefore, we encourage you to be clear and specific when describing your experience. As vacancies occur, the Human Resources Office will review your resume to ensure you meet the hiring eligibility and qualification requirements listed in this flyer. You will be rated based on the information provided in your resume, along with your supporting documentation. If selected, you may be required to provide additional supporting documentation. If after reviewing your resume and supporting documentation, a determination is made that you inflated your qualifications and/or experience, you may be found ineligible/not qualified. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating or consideration for employment. All qualification requirements must be met before being considered for any vacancies.

How to apply

Interested Applicants must submit resumes/application packages to: jason.a.jakubowski.civ@us.navy.mil *PLEASE INCLUDE THE ANNOUNCEMENT NUMBER, JOB TITLE, AND FULL NAME IN THE SUBJECT LINE OF YOUR EMAIL* 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.

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Required documents

A complete resume is required. Resumes are restricted to no more than 2 pages. Illegible/unreadable resumes will not be considered. Your resume must show relevant experience, job title, duties and accomplishments. Your resume must show complete information for each job entry to support minimum qualifications. The following information should be provided in your resume: employer's name, starting and end dates (Mo/Yr), hours per week if experience was less than full time (35-40 hours per week), and pay plan, series and grade level (e.g. GS-0201-09) for relevant federal experience. TIP: A good way to ensure you include all essential information is to use the Resume Builder in USAJOBS to create your resume. Are you claiming membership in any professional organizations, or possession of a license, certificate or credentials? Check the Conditions of Employment section above to see if any are required. If you claim membership, license, certification, or credentials, you must submit a copy of said document in your application package. Are you using education as a substitute for some or all of the experience requirement? Is there a basic education requirement for this position? Check the Education section above to see what is allowed and what is required. Any claims you make in your resume or assessment questionnaire regarding education or degrees MUST be supported by submitting with your application official or unofficial transcripts or a list of courses, grades earned, completion dates, and quarter and semester hours earned issued from your school. While unofficial transcripts are acceptable for initial application, an official transcript will ultimately be required if you are selected for the position. You may submit a copy your degree(s) if specific coursework does not have to be verified. Are you a veteran claiming 5-point veterans' preference or claiming sole survivorship preference? You must submit a copy of your latest DD-214 Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty (any copy that shows all dates of service, as well as character of service [Honorable, General, etc.] is acceptable) OR a VA letter that shows dates of service or service connected disability AND character of service. If you have more than one DD-214 for multiple periods of active duty service, submit a copy for each period of service. If you were issued a DD-215 to amend aforementioned information on the DD-214 you must submit that too. If you are not sure of your preference eligibility, visit the Department of Labor's website: Veterans' Preference Advisor Are you a disabled veteran or claiming 10-point veterans' preference? If you are eligible to claim 10 point veterans preference you must submit a DD-214 Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty as described above for 5-point preference. You must also provide the applicable supporting documentation of your disability (e.g. disability letter from the VA) as described on Standard Form-15 (SF-15). http://www.opm.gov/forms/pdf_fill/SF15.pdf. Are you an active duty service member? Active Duty Service Members are required to submit a statement of service printed on command letterhead and signed by the command. The statement of service must provide the branch of service, rate/rank, all dates of service, the expected date of discharge and anticipated character of service (Honorable, General, etc.). Application documents, including supplemental ones, may be shared outside the Human Resources Office. Supplemental documents may contain your SSN, DOB, or personal information of others (e.g., on military orders, marriage certificates). You may redact this information before submitting; however, if selected, you must provide unredacted originals.

What to expect next

Qualified applicants will be referred to the hiring manager. The selecting official may choose to conduct interviews. Our evaluation will be based on the information you provide. You should expect that we will verify performance, suitability, and security information and take that information into account in making employment offers.

Other 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. Travel may be by commercial (air, rail, POV, etc.) or government-operator (military aircraft, vessels, or vehicle) or government-chartered carriers, and riding Navy ships at sea. You will be required to obtain and maintain a U.S. Passport 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: http://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Documents/CivilianJobs/FedCivAnnuitants.pdf. 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.

Frequently asked questions

How much does this GENERAL ENGINEER job pay?

The announcement lists a salary of $108,019–$140,426 per year (GS 13).

When is the last day to apply?

Applications close on Nov 16, 2026 — 5 days from today.

Where is this job located?

This position is located in Naval Base, Norfolk, Virginia with the United States Fleet Forces Command.

How do I apply?

Applications are submitted through the official announcement on USAJobs. Use the Apply button on this page to go to the official posting — this site never takes applications itself.

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