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Major Duties
This position is located in the Facilities Management Division (FMD), Mission and Readiness Support Directorate (MRSD), at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers (FLETC) Glynco, Georgia. The selectee will be responsible for providing professional architectural/engineering duties in the planning, design, construction, operation, and maintenance of real properties, facilities, and assigned public services. Typical assignments include:
Functioning as the principal project engineer, planning a broad program of development and coordinative functions relating to engineering designs and construction of large, complex, and specialized training and support facilities that constitute major projects in the Center's construction program.
Coordinating project development with various training offices and customers, special interest groups, Federal, State, and local regulatory agencies, procurement officials, Corps of Engineers, etc.
Resolving conflicts and achieving consensus on issues arising in all phases and aspects of project development; and monitoring and guiding progress of projects through all stages.
Recommending and/or making adjustments in schedules or scope of work to ensure that all resources are used on a timely basis and in such a manner to produce optimum benefits and fulfill statutory requirements and technical engineering objectives.
Originating and overseeing design schedules and guiding and participating in establishing priorities for approved projects.
Conducting site surveys, evaluations, and similar planning activities for proposed facilities and sites for new training centers throughout the United States.
This announcement is issued under Direct-Hire Authority (DHA), which permits hiring without regard to veterans' preference and rating procedures. See the "How You Will Be Evaluated" section for more information on what DHA means to you as an applicant.
Qualifications
The qualification requirements listed below must be met by the closing date of this announcement.Basic Requirements:
All applicants must meet the requirements in A or B below:
A. Successful completion of a full 4-year course of study in an accredited college or university leading to a bachelor's or higher degree in professional engineering. To be acceptable, the curriculum must: (1) be in a school of engineering with at least one curriculum accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) as a professional engineering curriculum; 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.
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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 professional 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 - Current registration as a professional engineer 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 Engineer-in-Training (EIT) examination, or the written test required for professional registration, which is administered by the Boards of Engineering Examiners in the various States, the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico.In addition to the basic requirements listed above, to qualify at the GS-13 grade level, applicants must meet the following:
Your resume must demonstrate that you have 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 providing assessments and analyses of existing facilities andstructural components for facilities or road/storm water projects; and serving as a team member providing professional engineering advice for the design and construction of facilities.
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps and AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, and social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office.Career Transition Assistance Program/Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP/ICTAP) Eligibles: If you have never worked for the federal government, you are not CTAP/ICTAP eligible. View information about CTAP/ICTAP eligibility on OPM’s Career Transition Resources website. To be considered eligible under CTAP/ICTAP, you must be placed in the well-qualified category for this position, as described above. In addition, you must submit the supporting documents listed under the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
Additional selections may be made from this announcement within the same geographical area.
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Any offers of employment made pursuant to this announcement will be consistent with all applicable authorities, including Presidential Memoranda, Executive Orders, interpretive U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) guidance, and Office of Management and Budget plans and policies concerning hiring. These authorities are subject to change.
Pay Range
$91,231.00 - $118,603.00