As a Project Engineer with the Facilities Engineering Branch you will be responsible for special and/or advanced projects required to update present facilities, systems, and equipment. You will serve as Lead Design Engineer responsible for technical requirement development and implementation for facility projects. You will perform oversight of Architect & Engineering (A&E) design services providing expertise in the management of technical engineering products across the division portfolio.

Duties

Duties described below are at the full-performance level. Duties assigned at a lower grade level will be of more limited scope, performed with less independence and limited complexity; duties will be commensurate with the grade of selected employee. Coordinates the study, design, and/or construction of special and/or advances projects required to update present facilities, systems, and equipment Oversees the technical management of Architect and Engineering (A and E) design services in the execution of designing and constructing Facility Projects Leads an engineering discipline area in the development and execution of technical requirements, ranging from Fire Protection and Detection, Civil Water, and Electrical Medium Voltage Systems. Defines system requirements and establishes terms of design requirements to support preliminary engineering studies, and engineering designs Plans and technically directs the efforts of engineering support contractors engaged in performing surveillance of construction or installation work of other contractors Formulates the design of new systems and modification to existing systems, develops design criteria and design concepts Verifies engineering changes to design drawings during construction and is responsible for design integrity Reviews engineering packages for accuracy, feasibility, life-cycle cost effectiveness, and conformance to best engineering practice

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 investigation
• You must meet qualifications requirements by the closing date of this announcement
• If selected, the incumbent may be required to complete a financial disclosure statement at the higher/full performance grade level of the position
• 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. To qualify for GS-11, you must have: a) You must have one year of directly related specialized experience equivalent to the GS-09 level in the federal sector Applying engineering theories, principles, concepts, standards, or methods to assist with engineering projects; Interpreting and analyzing unique or novel engineering problems, conditions, or issues to assist in applying a plan of resolution; Assessing contractor proposals for design and construction services to provide input to a Contracting Officer Representative (COR) in development of a technical evaluation. OR b) Completed all requirements for a doctoral degree (i.e., Ph.D. or equivalent) in an appropriate field OR c) Completed 3 full academic years of graduate education in an appropriate field OR d) Have an equivalent combination of experience and graduate study as discussed in a), b) and c) above To qualify for GS-12, you must have one year of directly related specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 level in the federal sector: Applying professional engineering theories, principles, concepts, standards, or methods of engineering practice sufficient to conceive and develop new applications; Resolving unique or novel engineering problems, conditions, or issues; Performing technical evaluations on a single-discipline contractor proposal for design and construction services. To qualify for GS-13, you must have one year of directly related specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level in the federal sector: Working in a multi-discipline functional technical team in the development of technical requirements to execute a facility project; Drafting multi-discipline Statement of Work (SOW) or Performance Statement of Work (PWS) documents to provide to architect and/or engineering firms to implement design and facility project requirements; Performing comprehensive technical evaluations on a multi-discipline contractor proposals for design and construction services. 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. Required college majors for applicants qualifying on the basis of graduate education only: Aeronautical Engineering, Aeronautics, Aerospace Engineering, Architecture,Astronautical Engineering, Ceramic Engineering, Ceramics, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Materials Engineering, Applied Mechanics, Engineering Mechanics, Mechanical Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering, Nuclear Engineering, Nuclear Engineering Physics, Optical Engineering, Structural Engineering, Welding Engineering. Other majors will qualify if the major includes or is supplemented as follows: Astronautics, Biomedical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Geology, Materials Science, Mathematics (Pure or Applied), Metallurgy, Physics, Applied Physics, Engineering Physics (or other related field), if includes or is supplemented by 12 semester hours (or the equivalent) in appropriate physical science or engineering courses.

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 Kennedy Space Center Space Commerce Way Titusville, FL 32899 US
• Name: NASA Shared Services Contact Center
• Phone: 1-877-677-2123
• Email: [email protected]