Interdisciplinary General EngineerPhysical Scientist

The Office of Legacy Management (LM) manages the U.S. Department of Energys (DOE) legacy responsibilities resulting from the nuclear weapons program. The mission of the Office is to protect human health and the environment through effective and efficient long-term surveillance and maintenance; to preserve and protect legacy records and information; implement Departmental policy concerning continuity of worker pension and medical benefits; manage legacy land and assets emphasizing safety reuse and disposition; and actively provide and coordinate policy issues with Departmental organizations.

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As an Interdisciplinary General Engineer/Physical Scientist you will:

• Coordinate and carry out long-term monitoring at closed sites contaminated with hazardous and radioactive waste.
• Manage one or more field sites to make sure cleanup policies and land-use rules are followed.
• Keep sites in compliance with federal state local and tribal environmental laws and regulations.
• Verify that all site activities keep the public and the surrounding environment safe.
• Evaluate contractor performance and give clear technical guidance to contract workers and staff.
• Explain highly technical and complex science and engineering details about the sites in clear simple language both in writing and in meetings.

• 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 within 30 days of entering the position and annually.
• Hiring incentives may be authorized for a highly qualified candidate based on budget availability and in accordance with federal regulations.
• This position is not included in a Bargaining Unit.
• This position requires Technical Project Officers Level I certification within 18 months of accepting the position.
• This position is not remote the selectee will be expected to report to the duty station(s) listed. If selected military spouses veteran caregivers and spouses of foreign service employees may be eligible for applicable workplace flexibilities.

BASIC REQUIREMENT FOR 0801 SERIES:

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.)

This vacancy has a positive education order to be rated as qualified you must provide copies of your college transcripts. Failure to provide copies of your college transcripts may result in a rating of Ineligible. If substituting education for specialized experience you must submit proof of your qualifying education. Failure to provide college transcripts may result in a rating of Ineligible

In addition to meeting the Basic Requirements above you must also meet the Specialized Experience Requirements below

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 G-12 in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position is defined as meeting ALL of the following:

1. Planning coordinating and carrying out long-term environmental monitoring environmental assessments or cleanup activities at sites contaminated with radioactive hazardous or chemical waste.
2. Reviewing engineering or scientific reports or written evaluations to ensure quality and accuracy.
3. Developing and conducting complex engineering or scientific studies that included determining the relevancy and use of aesthetic factual economic/financial engineering or scientific information to evaluate and recommend ways to improve program or process efficiency.