General Engineer-Physical Scientist
Job Location:
Oak Ridge, TN - USA
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Job Summary
A successful candidate in this position will support the NNSA Y-12 Field Office (YFO) Assistant Manager for Programs and Projects providing oversight of projects at the National Security Complex in Oak Ridge TN.
As a General Engineer/Physical Scientist you will:
- Provides scientific/engineering advice guidance and assistance to NNSA program offices or site managers on the interpretation and application of technical requirements and policies execution of priorities and schedules implementation of data exchanges and standardization evaluation of significant modifications and/or alternative approaches and initiation of revisions or corrective actions as required.
- Develops estimates for inclusion in program budget supporting data and justifications for assigned program segments; reviews budget input from contractors making revisions as appropriate. Interprets budget assumptions and prepares budget narratives and long range budget estimates. Defends budget estimates to senior program managers through written and oral justifications. Recommends revisions to program schedules and resource information. Establishes and tracks performance against technical milestones. Reviews progress of engineering/scientific technical activities; compares costs and schedules to established baseline; and provides timely and accurate status reports to management.
- Evaluates field site and/or contractor performance. Conducts annual reviews of budget documents strategic plans management commitments regulatory compliance agreements and incentive contracts and fees to ensure consistency with program guidance and approved baselines reviews deviations in critical path and recommends changes in performance measures and other milestones/events.
- Independently makes decisions concerning both technical and administrative policies and resolves controversial problems and/or conflicting points of view concerning the adequacy of the contractors environmental safety and health procedures or compliance with applicable orders laws and regulations.
- Subject to Random Drug Testing
- Must pass a pre-employment drug test.
- Favorable suitability determination required.
- Financial Disclosure is required.
- Must be able to obtain/maintain a Q level Security Clearance.
- You must be a United States Citizen.
- This employer participates in the e-Verify program.
- Males must abide by Selective Service registration requirements.
- Compliance with Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD-12) governing personal identity which will require that you provide two forms of identification.
- A two (2) year trial period may be required. Employees serving on a trial period may be terminated at any time during the probationary or trial period for performance conduct or business-related reasons in the interest of Federal service.
- More than one position may be filled from this vacancy announcement.
- Confidential Financial Disclosure required
- Must be able to obtain certification in the DOEs Technical Qualification Program (TQP) within 18 months of start date. This position is covered by the Technical Qualification Program (TQP) which requires the incumbent to acquire and demonstrate competencies identified in the TQP Functional Area Qualification and Field Office specific standards and requires certification of the competencies by NNSA supervision and TQP qualifying officials. limit your resume to no more than two (2) pages. If more than two pages are submitted you will be disqualified.
A qualified candidates online application and resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower NNSA pay band level or GS grade level in the Federal Service i.e.. EN-00/NN/NQ-02 or GS-11. Specialized experience for this position is defined as: Experience ensuring regulatory compliance of program and project activities such as construction facility modification equipment installation and land management; reviewing guidance program plans and strategies to support the realization of mission and technical requirements; and recommending solutions to scientific engineering or program management with respect to risks and issues in achieving mission requirements through project execution.
Examples of Qualified Experience:
- Develop a project plan including its scope key milestones schedule costs and risks.
- Measured the performance of a project using indicators such as its incurred costs schedule and milestones.
- General Engineering
- Financial Management
- Technical Competence
- Decision Making
- Team Building
You must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of this announcement.
BASIC REQUIREMENTS: This position may be filled as a 0801 General Engineer or a 1301 Physical Scientist. Each job series requires applicants to meet a Basic Education Requirement in addition to at least one full year of specialized experience as described below. You must meet all qualifications requirements by the closing date of this announcement.
To qualify for the 1301 Physical Scientist:
EDUCATION:
A. Degree: physical science engineering or mathematics that included 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science such as mechanics dynamics properties of materials and electronics.
OR
B. Combination of education and experience: education equivalent to one of the majors shown in A above that included at least 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science plus appropriate experience or additional education.
To qualify for the 0801 General Engineer:
EDUCATION:
A. 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
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) 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.
- 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.
- 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 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.
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications; applicants resumes and supporting documentation should only reflect education received from schools accredited by such institutions. Applicants can verify accreditation at the following Website: must submit a copy of your college transcript (unofficial is acceptable) from an accredited institution listing the college/university degree confirmation date(s) and applicable courses for the position you are applying you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency (a U.S. private organizations interpretation that such education has been deemed at least equivalent to conventional U.S. education programs) with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
If you are selected official transcripts will be required.
- Veterans and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply. For more information please visit the links at the bottom of this page or visit the FedsHireVets website.
- If you believe that you are eligible for the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) please visit the OPM ICTAP/CTAP website for more order to be considered under the ICTAP program your application must score within the pre-established well qualified category as stated in the Qualifications section.
- More than one selection may be made from this vacancy announcement.
- All positions require successful completion of a background investigation.
- All males born after December 311959 must abide by laws regarding Selective Service registration. To learn more about this law visit the Selective Service web page Who Must Register. If you are not registered and dont have an approved exemption you will not be eligible for employment with the Federal government.
- A Recruitment/Relocation Incentive may be authorized for a highly qualified applicant in accordance with Agency policy and applicable regulations
- In accordance with Executive Order 14170 applicants are encouraged to respond to the four short free-response essay questions in the questionnaire. Answers to these questions are not scored or rated. Your answers will be reviewed by the hiring manager and agency leadership if you are referred for selection consideration.
- This position is in the excepted service and has been identified as potentially meeting the requirements of Schedule Policy/Career. If it is determined that the position meets these requirements its designation will be updated to Schedule Policy/Career within the excepted service. Any employee occupying the position under Schedule Policy/Career will have limited appeal rights. If you are selected and DOE designates the position as Schedule Policy/Career you will be informed of this decision in writing and provided with additional information. This designation/determination is not appealable.
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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.
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