Supervisory Environmental Engineer

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Department of Health And Human Services

Job Summary

The purpose of this position is to serve as the Director for the Division of Sanitation Facilities Construction (DSFC) with the responsibility for the DSFC program to include planning, developing, executing, and evaluating a comprehensive water, sewage and solid waste construction program for the tribes and nations in the Nashville Area.

Major Duties

  • Coordinates engineering program activities with the senior program managers, Area Contracting Officer, Grants Officer, Financial Management Officer, and Personnel Officer while accomplishing program goals.
  • Serves as an expert and authority to other Indian Health Service personnel and Tribal councils in matters relating to environmental engineering and sanitation facilities construction and operation and maintenance.
  • Provides professional engineering and technical consultation services to DSFC staff and Tribal communities engaged in the operation, maintenance, and repair of water and sanitation facilities.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, your resume must state sufficient experience and/or education, to perform the duties of the specific position for which you are applying. 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; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer and part time experience. You must clearly identify the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the total number of hours per week. For positions requiring positive education requirements, or if you are using education to meet all or part of the qualification requirements, you MUST submit a copy of your transcripts or an itemized list of college courses which includes equivalent information from the transcript (course title, semester/quarter hours, and grade/degree earned) in your resume. BASIC REQUIREMENT(S):

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-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,

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: 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 Board's eminence provision as a manufacturing engineer typically would be rated eligible only for manufacturing engineering positions. 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. 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. 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.) In addition to the Basic Requirements, you must also meet the Minimum Qualifications stated below. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

GS-13: One year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-12 grade level.

GS-13 Specialized Experience: Experience receiving and approving work status reports. Investigating, evaluating, inspecting, and approving design and construction practices to promote increased efficiency and to determine compliance with plans and specifications to reduce construction costs. Experience providing consultation services in regards to environmental engineering and housing and community development. Experience preparing schedules for completion of work. SELECTIVE PLACEMENT FACTOR:

In addition to the minimum qualification requirements, the following certification is determined to be essential to perform the duties and responsibilities of this position. Applicants who do not meet the selective factor are ineligible for further consideration.

Do you have a registration as a Professional Engineer (P.E.) by any State, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico? You must meet all qualification requirements within 30 days of the closing date of the announcement. Federal employees in the competitive service are also subject to the Time-In-Grade Requirements: Merit Promotion (status) candidates must have completed one year of service at the next lower grade level. Time-In-Grade provisions do not apply under the Excepted Service Examining Plan (ESEP).

Pay Range

$91,231.00 - $118,603.00

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End Date: 

Wednesday, February 12, 2020