General Engineer

The Department of Energys mission is to ensure Americas security and prosperity by addressing its energy environmental and nuclear challenges through transformative science and technology solutions.

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As a General Engineer you will:

• Oversee the end-to-end design development execution and evaluation of advanced engineering and scientific research and development initiatives.
• Evaluate in-depth scientific and engineering data to resolve technical uncertainties operational conflicts and emerging engineering challenges.
• Evaluate new technologies industry trends and innovative applications to establish new technical standards processes and methods.
• Serve as a specialized advisor to internal management colleagues and external partners on controversial novel or high-visibility scientific and engineering issues.
• Prepare and oversee critical project documentation including statements of work (SOWs) funding opportunity announcements budgets and procurement packages.
• Prepare reports deliver technical presentations to professional audiences and leadership and represent the agency at intradepartmental meetings and professional conferences.

• You must be a U.S. Citizen or National.
• This employer participates in the e-Verify program.
• If you are a male applicant born after December 31 1959 you must certify that you have registered with the Selective Service System or are exempt from having to do so under the Selective Service Law. See .
• If selected your appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination as determined by a completed background investigation.
• If selected you may be required to complete a one year probationary period.
• You are required to submit a Financial Disclosure Statement OGE-450 Executive Branch Personnel Confidential Financial Disclosure Report upon entering the position and annually (5CFR Part 2634 Subpart I USOGE 6/08).
• Occasional travel may be required.
• This position is not included in a Bargaining Agreement.
• Obtains and maintains Technical Project Officer/Contracting Officer Representative (TPO/COR) certification at a level appropriate for assigned project(s). Selectee will be required to obtain certification within one year from start date.

You must meet both the Basic Requirement and the Specialized Experience to qualify for this series as described below.

BASIC REQUIREMENT:

Degree: Engineering. To be acceptable the program must: (1) lead to a bachelors 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

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 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 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.)

GS-12 SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS: A qualified candidates online application and resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level GS-11 in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position is defined as meeting 2 of 3 of the following:

1. Participating in the planning and execution of technical projects or scientific studies including tracking task milestones monitoring schedules and reviewing deliverables against established project requirements.
2. Analyzing and evaluating engineering data to identify trends resolve technical issues and recommend practical solutions to problems.
3. Assisting with writing materials (such as study reports portions of statements of work or technical evaluations) and communicating findings to team members project partners or management.

GS-13 SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS: A qualified candidates online application and resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level GS-12 in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position is defined as meeting 2 of 3 of the following:

1. Managing or leading projects or research initiatives through planning tracking milestones evaluating contractor or research team performance and monitoring deliverables against scope and schedule.
2. Conducting analyses of engineering or energy-related systems to resolve problems uncertainties or operational deficiencies;
3. Writing documentation (such as project plans statements of work evaluation reports or technical specifications) and delivering briefings or presentations on engineering topics to diverse technical or management audiences.