GENERAL ENGINEER

Summary

This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Certain Personnel of DoD Workforce to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service.

About the Position: This is a General Engineer (0801) position. Performs office engineering duties associated with construction of various projects, ensuring that engineering systems are constructed in accordance with contract plans and specifications and safety requirements.

Duties

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• Determine final solutions and advise Resident Office/Area personnel, higher authority and/or the contracting officer on such technical or administrative matters as they affect the contract.
• Review contractor's construction submittals and assures maintenance of contract files.
• Review shop drawings, and technical data submitted by contractors for contract and performance requirements, recommending approval, rejection, or receipt.
• Inspect partial or completed facilities to determine acceptable compliance with plans and specifications. Investigates problems and provides temporary assistance to project engineer or COR.
• Perform office engineering duties associated with construction of various projects, ensuring that engineering systems are constructed in accordance with contract plans and specifications and safety requirements.
• Assist Resident and Area office in maintaining a consistent response with all functional aspects of our work and appearance to our customers.
• Assist with analysis of contractors' schedules and may participate on technical evaluation panels.
• Coordinate work efforts with engineers of other disciplines, higher authority, using activity, and contractors to ensure proper completion of the work elements.

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Conditions of employment

• Appointment to this position is subject to a one year probationary period unless the appointee has previously met the requirements as described in 5 CFR Part 315.
• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• This position requires you to obtain Contracting Officer's Representative qualification within one year of placement into this position.
• This position requires you to possess or obtain/maintain a valid, State-issued motor vehicles driver's license since project sites may be located in remote areas that are not accessible by public transportation and to operate a Government vehicle.
• This position requires travel away from the official worksite (TDY) to other duty locations approximately 20% of the time on an annual basis.
• Be able to pass a Hazardous Toxic and Radiological Waste (HTRW) physical exam, if required.
• Work outdoors in all weather, including extreme temperatures and to potentially hazardous job sites.

Qualifications

The Army values diversity of perspectives, backgrounds, cultures and skills, which connects employees to organizations that are committed to building an inclusive work environment where they can contribute to their fullest potential.

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In order to qualify, you must meet the education and experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document.

Applicants can be selected at either the GS-11, or GS-12 grades. The target grade of this position is GS-12.

As the selected employee develops the skills and knowledge through On-the-Job training, the employee may be non-competitively promoted through the intermediary grade level of GS-11 to the full performance level of GS-12. Employee must meet all the requirements/qualifications, and be recommended by the supervisor, for the specific grade level at the time of promotion.

Basic Requirement for Engineer: A. Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in engineering. To be acceptable, the program must:(1) lead to a bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET);

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(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.

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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), 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) examination, or any other written test required for professional registration, by an engineering licensure board in the various States, the District of Columbia, Guam, or 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 A above. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program.

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 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.

In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below:

GS-11 Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes: 1) Reviewing submittals, shop drawings, daily reports, payment estimates; 2) Reviewing contractor's work progress and/or performance; 3) Conducting site visit to assess quality of work completed; and 4) Participating in contract negotiations and /or project meetings. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-9).

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Education: Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position, such as: Engineering or Architecture.

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Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the second year (total graduate semester hours minus 36) by 18. Add the two percentages.

GS-12 Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes: 1) Reviewing

engineering designs, plans and specifications; 2) Preparing contract modification documents, including scope of work and cost estimate, and reviewing payments; 3) Participating in contract negotiations and project meetings; 4) Analyzing Requests for Equitable Adjustment (REA), and/or Claims. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11).

GS-12: Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience aloneno substitution of education for experience is permitted.

Education

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: ;br>
Additional information

• Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
• You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship.
• One year trial/probationary period may be required.
• Direct Deposit of Pay is required.
• This position requires you to submit a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report (OGE450) upon entry, and annually thereafter.
• Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees.
• If you have retired from federal service and you are interested in employment as a reemployed annuitant, see the information in the Reemployed Annuitant information sheet.
• This is a Career Field -18- Construction, Engineering, Infrastructure position.
• Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement.
• Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement.
• When you perform a Civilian Permanent Change of Station (PCS) with the government, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) considers the majority of your entitlements to be taxable. Visit for more information.
• Permanent Change of Station (PCS) allowances may be authorized, subject to the provisions of the Joint Travel Regulations and an agency determination that a PCS move is in the Government Interest.
• Student Loan Repayment MAY be offered.
• Advance in-hire MAY be offered.
• Advance Leave Accrual MAY be offered.
• Recruitment or Relocation Incentive MAY be offered.

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Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

Benefits

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