Job Summary

The incumbent assists with and/or performs research or design of engineering control systems to reduce occupational health and safety hazards in the mining environment.

Major Duties

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications: A degree in 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. -OR- A 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 Boards 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)2 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. 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. Minimum Qualifications: In addition to meeting the basic requirements described above, applicants must have at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the next lower grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience is experience which is directly related to the position which has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities (KSAs) to successfully perform the duties of the position. Qualified applicants should possess the required specialized experience as defined below: GS-0880-07: One year of specialized experience, equivalent to the GS-5 grade level in the Federal service, to include experience providing assistance to experienced engineers, scientists or researchers with laboratory experiments or field studies related to the design of mining engineering controls systems to reduce occupational health and safety hazards in the mining environment.

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A bachelor's degree in engineering and appropriate experience as a technician equivalent to grade GS-5 or higher. (Such experience may be credited on a month-for-month basis up to a maximum of 12 months.

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Have completed one (1) year of graduate-level education.

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Possess Superior Academic Achievement at the baccalaureate level in an engineering program. Superior Academic Achievement is defined as: (1) cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher out of a possible 4.0 for all completed undergraduate courses, or those completed in the last 2 years of undergraduate study; (2) GPA 3.5 or higher out of a possible 4.0 for all courses in your major field of study, or those courses in your major completed in the last two years; (3) Rank in the upper one-third of your class in the college, university, or major subdivision; OR (4) Membership in a national honor society (other than freshman honor societies).

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A have combination of graduate level education and experience that meets 100% of the qualification requirements for this position. GS-0880-09: One year of specialized experience, equivalent to at least the GS-07 grade level in the Federal service, to include experience performing engineering assignments such as designing and developing experimental equipment, instrumentation, and prototype systems.

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Have a combination of superior academic achievement and 1 year of appropriate professional experience.

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Have successfully completed a 5-year program of study of at least 160 semester hours leading to a bachelor's degree in engineering and 1 year of appropriate professional experience.

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Have a master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher-level education leading to such a degree. Or LLB, or J.D. if related.

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Have a combination of graduate level education and experience that meets 100% of the qualification requirements for this position.

Pay Range

$43,251.00 - $68,777.00

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