Job Summary

The Alaska District is seeking to fill a project engineer position located in the Construction Branch, JBER Resident Office. An ideal candidate will have strong experience in construction contract administration and construction quality assurance. This position is being filled under the Expedited Hiring Authority (EHA) for Defense Acquisition Workforce Positions in accordance with 10 USC § 1705(g).

Major Duties

Qualifications

US Citizens 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. Basic Requirement:This position has a basic entry requirement. The entry requirement requires completion of education or a combination of education and experience sufficient to be comparable to that normally acquired through the completion of a four year course of study with a major in the professional or scientific field.Please refer to the following sites for all possible ways to meet the Basic Requirements for this position: Landscape Architecture Series 0807 - https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/landscape-architecture-series-0807/Architecture Series 0808 - https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/architecture-series-0808/All Professional Engineering Positions 0800 - https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/files/all-professional-engineering-positions-0800.pdfIn addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below:

Your resume must describe at least one year of specialized experience which prepared you to do the work in this job.

Specialized Experience for the GS-09: includes applying filed engineering practices such as, assisting in making investigations and site visits to develop solutions to problems related to design and differing site conditions encountered during construction and learning how to provide technical assistance and work direction to a quality assurance team. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the Federal service (GS-07).

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Education: Master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 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 Computer Science.

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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 first year (total graduate semester hours minus 18) by 18. Add the two percentages. Specialized Experience for the GS-11: includes applying filed engineering practices such as, but not limited to, assisting in construction operations, assisting with contract interpretations, scheduling, and safety in the field. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the Federal service (GS09).

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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 those indicated above under Basic Education.

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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. Specialized Experience for the GS-12: includes applying filed engineering practices to oversee construction operations to ensure contract interpretations, construction methods and schedules. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the Federal service (GS-11). This position has a Selective Placement Factor Requirement at the GS12 Level: This position requires registration as a professional engineer, professional architect and/or professional landscape architect at the time of application. You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency (knowledge, skills, abilities) in the following areas:

Contracting/ProcurementProject ManagementQuality Assurance

Pay Range

$59,165.00 - $118,161.00

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