General Engineer
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Job Location:
Fort Lee, VA - USA
Yearly Salary:
$ 111183 - 144540
Posted on:
2 days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Summary
Serves as an engineering specialist in the Logistics and Engineering Group Facilities Sustainment Division providing maintenance and repair solutions for facility deficiencies Provides technical expertise and consulting services to DeCA staff; commissary store managers and base/installation engineering personnel on all engineering matters related to the maintenance repair and construction of commissary facilities.
- Lead Agency-Level Engineering Programs
- Develop and Govern Contracting & Service Procedures
- Provide Technical Consulting and Policy Interpretation (DeCA Advisor)
- Advance Engineering Practices Through Research & Innovation
- Support Planning Programming Design & Construction
- Oversee Project Execution Quality Budget & Schedule
- Coordinate with Internal & External Stakeholders
Read the entire announcement before starting the application process.
Conditions of employment
- Be a U.S. citizen or national.
- Meet minimum age requirement. See Additional Information.
- Males born aftermust be registered with or exempt from Selective Service.
- May be subject to successful verification of identity and employment eligibility through E-Verify. Learn more about E-Verify including your rights and responsibilities at be subject to a suitability or fitness determination as required. New federal employees will be fingerprinted.
- Be able to obtain and maintain clearance eligibility based on the appropriate background investigation.
- May be subject to a probationary/trial period.
- Direct deposit of pay is required.
Qualifications
To qualify for a General Engineer your resume and supporting documentation must support:
A. Basic Requirement: A bachelors degree or higher in professional engineering. To be acceptable the program must: (1) be in a school of engineering with at least one program 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.
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 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 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 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) 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 in engineering that included the courses specified in the Basic Requirements above. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of a professional engineering curriculum as described in the Basic Requirements above.
4. Related curriculum -- Successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelors 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 bachelors degree in engineering provided the applicant has had at least 1 year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering 3 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).
B. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience that equipped you with the particular competencies to successfully perform the duties of the position and is directly in or related to this addition to meeting the Basic Requirement above to qualify for the GS-13 grade level specialized experience must be at the GS-12 grade level or equivalent under other pay systems in the Federal service military or private sector. Applicants must meet eligibility requirements including time-in-grade (General Schedule (GS) positions only) time-after-competitive appointment minimum qualifications and any other regulatory requirements by the cut-off/closing date of the announcement.
Creditable specialized experience includes:
- Applying software engineering and analysis principles concepts and standards in support of complex defense acquisition systems
- Performing oversight of the Software Development Life Cycle for major Acquisition programs and provide technical support pertaining to embedded software missile systems and sensor technologies
- Conducting reviews of contracts and in conducting reviews of contractor performance
- Proposing and providing technical advice on changes relating to contract applications/developments
- Experience in leadership capacity conducting engineering and analytical surveillance on substantive/critical and unique changes of advanced engineering functions implementing agency policy and new/developmental processes
- Time after competitive appointment. Current federal civilian employees must have completed at least 90 days of federal civilian service since being selected for a nontemporary appointment from a competitive examination register of eligibles (an announcement opened to the public) or under a direct hire authority.
As part of the online application process you will respond to a series of questions designed to evaluate your level of experience in these competencies:
- Communication
- Engineering Project Management
- Information Management
- Min Education/experience
- MIn Quals GS-13
- Problem Solving
Overtime: Occasional
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Exempt
Bargaining Unit Status: Not Covered
Those retired under CSRS or FERS considered: No. DoD criteria not met.
Work environment: Work is performed both in an office environment and on construction sites with recurring exposure to moderate discomforts such as high levels of noise adverse weather and risk due to ongoing maintenance and construction activities inspections and climbing at high levels etc.
Telework eligible: Yes
Remote work eligible: No
Education
You may not use education to qualify for this position.
Additional information
Executive Order 12564 requires a federal workplace to be free of illegal drugs and prohibits the use of illegal drugs both on and off duty by federal employees. As a reminder marijuana is still classified as an illegal drug by the Federal government and is prohibited for use by Federal employees even if such use is legal in the state where the Federal employee resides and/or works. The Defense Commissary Agency is a Drug-Free Federal Workplace where the use of illegal drugs will not be tolerated and may result in penalties up to and including removal from Federal service.
- The display of a salary range on this announcement does not suggest or convey an entitlement to a higher rate of pay. Upon first appointment to a civilian position in the Federal government you are entitled only to the lowest step (Step 1) of the grade for which selected.
- The minimum age requirement is generally 18 years. Employing those under 18 may be possible under certain circumstances. If under 18 years of age ensure you provide documentation showing how you are eligible.
- Applicants with financial difficulty are not automatically removed from consideration.
- Selectees are required to complete an online onboarding process.
- Retired military service members cannot be appointed to a Department of Defense (DoD) civilian position within 180 days of their retirement date. 5 United States Code 3326.
The following may result in a rating of ineligible. Ineligible applicants receive no consideration.
- Not selecting an eligibility.
- Submitting an incomplete application package may result in your not being considered for this position. Your resume must reflect that you are either Part-Time with the number of hours listed Full Time or 40 hours per week as your work schedule. If you fail to provide this information in your resume your resume will be considered as incomplete.
- Submitting encrypted documents or uploading Adobe portfolio documents.
- Submitting any document that contains a photo or image of you.
- Including social media links inappropriate material or content classified or government sensitive information or personal information such as age gender race religion or social security number on your resume.
- Overstating your qualifications and/or experience in your application materials.
- Deliberately attempting to falsify your application information such as copying portions of this announcement into your resume.
HR does not select or change your eligibility/eligibilities for you regardless of the supporting documents you submit. You are considered ONLY for the eligibility or eligibilities you select and for which you provide all required supporting documents. You will not be considered if you do not select an eligibility. If you have questions about which eligibility/eligibilities apply to you contact the HR POC listed on this announcement.
Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government passionate about the ideals of our American republic and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.
A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.
Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.
Required Experience:
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Key Skills
- Electrical Engineering
- Construction Experience
- Data Collection
- Mediation Experience
- Military Experience
- Renovation
- Ftp
- Calculus
- Natural Language Processing
- Budgeting
- Differential Equations
- DoD Experience
