CIVIL ENGINEER

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Department of the Navy

Job Summary

You will serve as a Civil Engineer in the Business Directorate, Capital Improvements (CI) of NAVAL FAC ENGR CMD EUROPE SW ASIA.

Major Duties

  • You will review plans and specifications to ensure constructability and contractibility, compliance with applicable laws and regulations and make recommendations for changes prior to award or finalization of design.
  • You will manage projects to ensure designs meet updated criteria or operational, financial, and timing constraints.
  • You will develop engineering project scopes to ensure projects are justifiable and support the mission and operational requirements of the command.
  • You will use computer aided design and drafting software (e.g., AutoCAD) to prepare concept designs, final working drawings, and engineering calculations.
  • You will advise multi-disciplinary teams on project management directives to ensure successful project execution within U.S. and foreign host nation construction standards.
  • You will evaluate the engineering, design, and construction work performed by other engineers, architects, and contractors to ensure successful project execution.

Qualifications

Applicants must meet the following basic education requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual: Successful completion of a professional engineering degree. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree (or higher) in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (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. Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position. OR 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 more information about EI and EIT registration requirements, please visit the National Society of Professional Engineers website at: http://www.nspe.orgOR 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, and Puerto Rico The FE examination is not administered by the U. S. Office of Personnel Management. For more information, please visit: http://www.nspe.org/Licensure/HowtoGetLicensed/index.html.OR Successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences and in engineering that included the courses specified in the basic requirements under paragraph A (above). The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program as described in paragraph A (above) OR 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 one 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 the Basic Education Requirements for this position, your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at 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: 1) Provide design analyses and calculations for civil projects and preparation of final detailed working drawings, comparative cost analysis, requests for proposals, and project specifications for a wide variety of facility types including airfield repairs and construction; 2) Design extensive civil alterations and modifications to existing facilities including airfields; 3) Develop complex designs and analyses utilizing advanced civil engineering software (i.e. Whole Building Design Guide, PCASE and AutoCAD); and 4) Perform reviews and checking of projects prepared by in-house engineers and architects. Note: This information must be supported in your resume to be considered for this position. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website:

https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/... and

https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/... 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.

Pay Range

$78,681.00 - $102,288.00

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End Date: 

Thursday, January 23, 2020