The Facility Engineering Office at the NASA White Sands Test Facility is seeking a Project Manager/Engineer to provide administrative and technical oversight necessary for accomplishing the work of the unit. Serves as project manager and engineer providing leadership and guidance in planning, design, construction, modification, operation, and maintenance of various institutional and aerospace facilities and utilities used in the conduct of aerospace research, development and operations programs.

Duties

Serves as a Project Manager over multiple projects of various facility systems and infrastructures, including electrical distribution and utilization, potable and wastewater supply and distribution, building systems, life safety, roadways, etc. Provides oversight of on-and off-site contractors to ensure contractual obligations and government resources are expended in an economical and beneficial manner. Serves as a Facility Engineer on experimental facilities and equipment projects involving conventional engineering practices. Uses established criteria and professional judgment to modify or construct laboratories, facilities, equipment, or processes to support Center program and Agency goals. Performs analysis of technical engineering data and documentation in support of a variety of Center Infrastructure and Program projects that require interpretation and knowledge of engineering concepts, laws, regulations, code compliance and policies Serves as a Project Team Leader on multi-disciplined, cross-organizational, and complex design/construction projects. Oversees the design and execution of complex projects with multiple subsystems, services, capabilities, or products that support NASA functions, programs, or projects. Duties require reacting rationally and quickly to real-time environments of rapid change, hazardous conditions, and competing priorities.

Requirements

• This position is open to U.S. citizens, nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.
• Position subject to pre-employment background security investigation.
• You must meet qualifications requirements by the closing date of this announcement.
• If selected, you will be required to complete a financial disclosure statement.
• This position may require a one year probationary period.

Qualifications

In addition to the Basic Education Requirement (in the Education section below), to qualify for this position you must meet the requirements below. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular ability, skill, and knowledge to successfully perform the duties of this position and is typically in or related to this line of work. NASA utilizes OPM-approved qualification and rating requirements specific for Aerospace Technology (AST) positions which recognizes NASA's unique aerospace work. The specific qualifications and minimum education requirements are further described below and within the education section of the job announcement. GS-13: To qualify at the GS-13 level, you must have one year of directly related specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level in the federal sector: Managing project development, design, construction, and/or maintenance of various facility systems and infrastructures, such as electrical distribution and utilization, potable and wastewater supply and distribution, building systems, life safety, or roadways; Leading teams and/or providing support and oversight to teams in the resolution of problems with facilities systems, equipment or utilities such as hardware problems, procedural or policy issues, or operational issues including preventive maintenance, corrective maintenance (repair), predictive testing & inspection and/or condition-based maintenance programs; Managing supporting functions such as Construction of Facilities Projects and Equipment, Lifting Devices and Equipment Management and Operations, Roadway and Bridge Construction and Maintenance, Radio Frequency Spectrum Management, Occupational Safety and Health Programs, and/or Construction and Maintenance of Utility Infrastructure Systems. Your resume must include a clear and detailed narrative description, in your own words, of how you meet the required specialized experience. Experience statements copied from a position description, vacancy announcement or other reference material constitutes plagiarism and may result in disqualification and losing consideration for the job.

Education

Basic Education Requirement: You must have successfully completed a bachelor's degree with a major in one of the following:
a) Engineering from a college or university that has ABET accredited engineering programs
b) Physical Science, Mathematics, Life Science or other field of Science
c) Computer Science that included 30 semester hours or 45 quarter hours of course work in any combination of mathematics, statistics and computer science with at least half of those hours in mathematics and statistics courses that included differential and integral calculus.

If you did not complete a qualifying bachelor's degree, you may be eligible if you have obtained a graduate degree in an AST qualifying field, as listed above.

Degrees in engineering technology are not considered qualifying for this position.

Engineering degrees earned within the United States: Engineering degrees earned within the United States must be from a college or university that has at least one ABET accredited engineering program. To find out if a school has at least one ABET accredited program, please visit http://www.abet.org.

Engineering degrees earned outside the United States: Engineering degrees earned outside the United States must be recognized by a Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA), often known as accords. These are non-governmental agreements among organizations that accredit academic degree programs. MRAs recognize the substantial equivalence of mature accreditation systems and programs accredited by signatory organizations within their jurisdictions. For a listing of Signatories, please visit, https://www.abet.org/global-presence/mutual-recognition-agreements/is-your-program-recognized/.

Science and other related degrees earned within the United States: Science and other related degrees must have been awarded from colleges or universities that are accredited by recognized accrediting organizations. For a list of schools that meet this criteria, go to http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/.

Science and other related degrees earned outside the United States: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show that the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs. These education credentials must be 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. For further information, visit: https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.

All degrees must have been received in the year of, or any year subsequent to the original date of accreditation.

Contacts

• Address Johnson Space Center 2101 NASA Parkway Houston, TX 77058 US
• Name: NASA Shared Services Contact Center
• Phone: 1-877-677-2123
• Email: [email protected]