Interdisciplinary Physical Science (Recent Graduate)

As a GS-7 General Engineer (Recent Graduate) you will:

• Serve as a professional engineer or scientist and performs general engineering or scientific work of limited scope and complexity in support of DOE projects assigned to higher grade engineers.
• Plan work procedures and select standard practices and data to be applied to engineering or scientific assignment and identified problems.
• Assist in coordinating and carrying out limited well-defined engineering and/or scientific projects.
• Prepare routine recurring engineering and/or scientific reports for use by higher graded engineers or to convey factual engineering and/or scientific data and information.

• Research analyze interpret evaluate and carry out difficult but conventional scientific and/or engineering assignments in support of programs/projects.
• Conduct preliminary scientific and/or engineering analyses to assist higher graded scientists and engineers in accomplishing work on large and complicated projects.
• Review reports plans specifications change orders modifications and other documents prepared by others to identify discrepancies or potential issues.
• Prepare provide and evaluate conventional plans designs design specifications and related documentation to support higher level scientific and/or engineering efforts.
• Provide input into and prepares recurring technical reports to inform stakeholders of status of projects issues that may impact program/project objectives and goals.

• Be a US Citizen or National
• Be recommended for conversion by your manager or supervisor.
• Complete all training and development requirements within the 1-year appointment period.
• Successful completion of 1 year of continuous service.
• Demonstrate successful job performance of at least a Fully Successful or equivalent on performance appraisal.
• Meet the Office of Personnel Managements qualification standards for the position to which the Recent Graduate will be converted (which may include a positive education requirement).
• A Recent Graduate may be converted to the highest General Schedule (GS) grade level qualified for at time of conversion.

• Must be a U.S. Citizen National or Foreign National who meets both Immigration and Annual Appropriations Laws.
• This employer participates in the e-Verify program.
• Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for Selective Service.
• Suitable for Federal employment as determined by a background investigation.
• A Pathways Recent Graduate Participant Agreement is required.
• Recent Graduates serve a trial period for the entire duration of their excepted service appointment.
• Applicant must provide proof that they have obtained an associates bachelors masters professional doctorate vocational technical degree or a certificate from a qualifying educational institution with the previous 2 years.; OR
• Applicant must provide proof that they have completed a qualifying career or technical education program within the previous 2 years.
• Veterans precluded by a military service obligation have up to 6 years after completion of degree or certificate to apply.
• The position available upon conversion will be to a Term position that cannot exceed 4 years.

You must meet the eligibility and qualifications within 5 months of the closing date of this announcement.

To be eligible for the Pathways Recent Graduate program you must be a:

• Recent graduate who has completed within the previous two years a qualifying associates bachelors masters professional doctorate vocational technical degree or certificate from a qualifying educational institution or completed a qualifying career or technical education program that awards a recognized postsecondary credential (such as a Registered Apprenticeship Program or Job Corps).

• Student who within 5 months of the closing date of this announcement will meet the education requirements and will graduate with a qualifying associates bachelors masters professional doctorate vocational technical degree or certificate from a qualifying educational institution or completed a qualifying career or technical education program. A student may not be appointed to a position until they have graduated.

• Preference eligible veterans who were prevented from applying during the two-year period due to their military service obligation may begin their two-year eligibility period upon release or discharge from active duty. Eligibility for these veterans cannot exceed six years after degree or certificate completion. You MUST submit a copy of the DD214 showing the duration and dates of service that precluded you from applying due to the military service obligation.

For the GS-07: You must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-05 grade level in the Federal Service. Specialized experience for this position at the GS-7 includes:

• Assisting in project execution using basic engineering/scientific principles.; AND
• Documenting engineering/scientific findings.

OR YOU MAY QUALIFY FOR THE GS-7 BASED ON EDUCATION: 1 year of graduate-level education. Graduate education must provide the knowledge skills and abilities to perform in the position. Please see the information under Education.

OR YOU MAY QUALIFY FOR THE GS-7 BASED ON SUPERIOR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT: A bachelors degree AND meet one of the following:(1) Class standing -- You must be in the upper third of the graduating class in the college university or major subdivision based on completed courses; OR(2) Grade-point average (G.P.A.) -- You must have 3.0 or higher out of a possible 4.0 based on 4 years of education or as computed based on courses completed during the final 2 years of the curriculum OR 3.5 or higher out of a possible 4.0 based on the average of the required courses completed in the major field or the required courses in the major field completed during the final 2 years of the curriculum; OR(3) Election to membership in a national scholastic honor society (other than freshman honor societies) -- You are a member of one of the national scholastic honor societies recognized by the Association of College Honor Societies ( The Bachelor degree must still show the knowledge skills and abilities to perform in this position.

OR YOU MAY QUALIFY FOR THE GS-7 BASED ON A COMBINATION OF EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE: If you have some qualifying education and some qualifying experience but dont fully meet either requirement on its own you may be able to combine them. Only graduate education can be used in this calculation. Experience must be reflected in your resume and transcripts are required.

1. Divide your qualifying graduate semester hours by 18. That gives you your education percentage.
2. Divide your months of qualifying experience by 12. That gives you your experience percentage.
3. Add the two together. If the total is 100% or more you qualify.

For the GS-09: You must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-07 grade level in the Federal Service. Specialized experience for this position at the GS-9 includes:

• Conducting scientific/engineering research and analysis to interpret technical data for project support.; AND
• Drafting concise technical reports and scientific/engineering communications for varied audiences.

OR YOU MAY QUALIFY FOR THE GS-9 BASED ON EDUCATION: 2 years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a masters degree or masters or equivalent graduate degree. Graduate education must provide the knowledge skills and abilities to perform in the position. Please see the information under Education.

OR YOU MAY QUALIFY FOR THE GS-9 BASED ON COMBINATION: If you have some qualifying education and some qualifying experience but dont fully meet either requirement on its own you may be able to combine them. Only graduate education in excess of one year (18 semester hours or equivalent) can be used in this calculation. Experience must be reflected in your resume and transcripts are required.

1. Divide your qualifying graduate semester hours beyond the first 18 by 18. That gives you your education percentage.
2. Divide your months of qualifying experience by 12. That gives you your experience percentage.
3. Add the two together. If the total is 100% or more you qualify.

Experience may include paid or unpaid work including internships volunteer service student leadership military service apprenticeships or other relevant activities. Resumes must clearly describe duties dates and hours worked per week.

(For GS-07) Note about Superior Academic Achievement (SAA): Applicants usually cannot claim credit based on their overall GPA if more than 10 percent of their total credit was based on pass/fail or similar systems rather than on traditional grading systems. However if they can document that only their freshman-year courses (25 percent or less of their total credit) were credited on a pass/fail or similar system they can use their overall GPA to claim SAA. If 10 percent or fewer credits or only freshman-year courses were based on pass/fail or similar systems such credits can be ignored and the GPA can be computed from the graded courses. Applicants can however still claim credit based on their last 2 years if 10 percent or fewer credits were based on pass/fail or similar systems. Applicants who cannot claim credit under the GPA requirements may claim credit for SAA only on the basis of class standing or honor society membership.

Note about Graduate Education: One academic year of graduate education is considered to be the number of credits hours your graduate school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study. Such study may have been performed on a full-time or part-time basis. If you cannot obtain your graduate schools definition of one year of graduate study 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) should be considered as satisfying the requirement for one year of full-time graduate study.

Special Instructions for Foreign Education: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet Minimum Qualifications you must show that the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. Failure to provide such documentation with your application will result in lost consideration. For further information visit: Submit transcripts for all degrees earned.

You must meet the following Basic Education Requirement listed below in order to qualify for the 1301 series:

1. Successful completion of a full 4-year course of study in an accredited college or university leading to a Bachelors degree or higher in 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
2. Combination of education and experience -- education equivalent to one of the majors shown above that included at least 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science plus appropriate experience or additional education.

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.