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This position is located in either the Technical Division Group or a local field office within the Inspection Division of a coal District, performing a variety of duties to promote and enforce mine safety and Health compliance with the coal mining industry. There is 1 position to be filledwith either a Mining Engineer or a Mine Safety and Occupational Health Specialist and will be located in either Denver, CO, Delta, CO, Farmington, NM, Gillette, WY. US.
Major Duties
For GS-11: Conducts studies in mines related to health and safety to determine existing or potential hazard. Conducts health and safety inspections of all types of coal mines and related facilities. Conducts investigation of fatal and serious nonfatal accidents. Directs and conducts emergency services. Directs or participates in safety meetings, programs, and training course. Maintains and inspects safety equipment.
For GS-12: Conducts engineering studies related to health and safety in difficult and complex coal mines to determine existing or potential hazards. Conducts surveys in mines, plants, and other industrial operations to evaluate environmental health hazards. Conducts safety and health inspections of the most difficult and complex underground and surface coal mines. Always on call to respond to emergencies at mine sites. Directs and conducts emergency services. Serves as a specialist and authoritative source of information on coal mine safety and inspection, methods, procedures and techniques.
Qualifications
BASIC REQUIREMENTS:
A. 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-yearphysics and chemistry) in five of the following seven areas of engineering science orphysics: (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
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), 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) examination or any other written test required for professional
3. Specified academic courses -- Successful completion of at least 60 semester hours ofcourses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences and that included the courses specified in the basic requirements under paragraph A. The courses must befully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program asdescribed in paragraph A.
4. Related curriculum -- Successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelor'sdegree 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 professionalengineering 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 allinclusive.)
AND
Applicants must have 52 weeks of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level, GS-09 for the GS-11, GS-11 for the GS-12, in the Federal Service. Creditable specialized experience for the GS-11:Reviewed and recommended the approval or disapproval of ventilationplans for underground mines. Conducted on-site investigations; Participated as a ventilationexpert on teams conducting various studies and prepared technical reports and/or citations on inspections and investigations relating to engineering concepts and methodologies.
Creditable specialized experience for the GS-12:Conducted difficult and complex mine studies or investigations andprepared comprehensive reports with recommendations. Provided guidance to other engineers and inspectors. Offered testimony at hearings or court proceedings. Trained and reviewed other engineers or inspectors. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience or you will be disqualified for lacking the specialized experience requirement.
Pay Range
$62,236.00 - $105,890.00