General Engineer/Operations Research Analyst- Direct Hire Authority

Summary

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The primary purpose of this position is to serve as a professional project manager employing engineering or operations research analyst experience at Eglin AFB FL.

Duties

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• Performs and oversees multidisciplinary professional engineering or technical analysis work involving the application of electronics, mechanical, aerospace, and/or other engineering disciplines.
• Plans, organizes, directs and coordinates activities of functional specialists including contracting, engineering, manufacturing/fabrication, program control, configuration/data management, test and logistics.
• Presents briefings and develops technical reports to document progress and results.
• Applies emerging technology and business practices to develop and implement a course of action, validate and direct resources and integrate logistics and/or acquisition functions to implement plans.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

• U.S. Citizenship is required
• Males must be registered for Selective Service, see Legal and Regulatory Guidance
• This posn is subject to provisions of the DoD Priority Placement Program
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• Selectee is expected to be granted with and/or maintain the appropriate security clearance required for the position.
• Employee must maintain current certifications
• Position may require drug testing and the candidate may be subject to a drug test upon selection.
• Employee may be required to work other than normal duty hours, to include evenings, weekends and/or holidays
• Disclosure of Political Appointments
• All federal employees are required to have direct deposit.
• This announcement may result in a 120-day register that may be used to fill like vacancies for 120 days after the closing date. Applicants may be referred for consideration as vacancies occur.
• Selectee may be required to serve a probationary or trial period.
• Work may occasionally require travel away from the normal duty station on military or commercial aircraft.
• This position is an Acquisition Professional Development Program (APDP) position requiring Level/Tier 2 (Practitioner) Non-Critical Certification in Engineering and Technical Management.
• A professional degree at the bachelor's level from an ABET accredited institution in engineering or closely related field is required. An engineering degree on the graduate level is highly desired.
• Employee will be required to meet, or be capable of meeting, Defense Acquisition Work Improvement Act (DAWIA) requirements applicable to the duties of the position. Employee is expected to meet Continuing Acquisition Education requirements.

Qualifications

Experience requirements are described in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards for General Schedule Positions, All Professional Engineering Positions located here.

Experience requirements are described in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards for General Schedule Positions, All Professional Engineering Positions located here. Due to the use of 120-day rosters, this period of experience may be completed within 120 days of the closing date of this announcement.

BASIC REQUIREMENT OR INDIVIDUAL OCCUPATIONAL REQUIREMENT: You must meet one of the following qualification requirements by the closing date of the announcement and provide documentation to support your qualifications (If you are using education to qualify, failure to submit the required documentation will result in you being rated ineligible. See sections on "College Transcripts" and "Foreign Education" below for required documentation.): To view qualifying educational requirements and/or combination of education and specialized experience click on the following link:

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

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must have at least 1 year (52 weeks) of specialized experience at the next lower broadband NH-02, equivalent to the next lower grade GS-11 or equivalent in other pay systems. Specialized experience includes providing test management mentoring expertise to other members of the squadron. Knowledge of major test and evaluation program which include developmental tests, engineering and evaluation tests, operational evaluation tests, and joint test evaluation programs pertaining to air-to-air/air-to-surface weapons, and aircraft fire control and avionics integration tests. Applies knowledge of the physical and engineering sciences and mathematics, principals and techniques, and practices of engineering. Provide testing advice and recommendations to less experienced engineers and test personnel. Resolve unique or complex/controversial problems, conditions, or issues. Support the acquisitoin, development or sustainment of weapon systems, subsystems, and/or suport equipment while managing cost, schedule and performance. NOTE: Due to the use of 120-day rosters, this period of experience may be completed within 120 days of the closing date of this announcement.

Ideal Candidate:

• 5+ years' experience in project or program management
  
  
  • Weapons and aircraft test integration experience highly desired.
  • Bomber aircraft experience (B-1, B-2, B-52) highly desired.
• Multi-functional Team coordination
  
  
  • Lead team in cost / schedule / performance constraints.
  • Review/approve engineering rationale produced by the team.
  • Interface with acquisition professionals and aircraft operators regarding test operations.
• Resource management
  
  
  • Estimate labor and duration for engineering efforts.
  • Track engineering effort progress toward competition.
  • Resource assignment and scheduling
  • Plan/execute test support activities as needed.
  • Participate in process improvement initiatives.
  • Assist Branch Chief / Division Chief in annual budget development.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (KSAs): Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies in the following areas:

1. Knowledge of professional aerospace engineering concepts, principles, practices, standards, methods,

techniques, materials and equipment to effectively apply engineering theories, principles and concepts to project

development and execution.

2. Knowledge of air-vehicles, ground systems and support equipment sufficient to plan, design, test,

troubleshoot, evaluate and oversee the development and/or sustainment of aerospace vehicles and systems.

3. Knowledge of other engineering disciplines and standard acquisition regulations, practices and procedures.

4. Ability to analyze data and establish requirements for technical objectives and characteristics.

5. Ability to communicate clearly, concisely and with technical accuracy, both orally and in writing, as well as work

in a professional manner with peers, management, contractors, academia and other agencies.

6. Ability to use computer applications in support of planning, designing, analysis and reporting.

PART-TIME OR UNPAID EXPERIENCE: Credit will be given for appropriate unpaid and or part-time work. You must clearly identify the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the total number of hours per week.

VOLUNTEER WORK EXPERIENCE: Refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service Programs (i.e., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student and social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge and skills that can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Education

Basic Requirements for 1515- Operations Research Analyst:

Degree: in operations research; or at least 24 semester hours in a combination of operations research, mathematics, probability, statistics, mathematical logic, science, or subject-matter courses requiring substantial competence in college-level mathematics or statistics. At least 3 of the 24 semester hours must have been in calculus. All academic degrees and course work must be from accredited or pre-accredited institutions.

Basic Requirements for 0801:

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. NOTE YOU MUST SUBMIT TRANSCRIPTS.

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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) 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) 2examination 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.) Note: An applicant who meets the basic requirements as specified in A or B above, except as noted under B.1., may qualify for positions in any branch of engineering unless selective factors indicate otherwise.

Additional information

This public notice is to gather applications that may or may not result in selection.

This is an acquisition demonstration project position NH-03 equivalent to a GS-12 to GS-13.

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