About the Position: This position is for a supervisory Interdisciplinary Engineer for a GS-13 located at the District's Central New Jersey Resident Engineer office at Joint Base McGuire/DIX, New Jersey, This position is a permanent position. 0808 - Architecture 0810 - Civil Engineer 0830 - Mechanical Engineer 0850 - Electrical Engineer

Duties

As a Supervisory Interdisciplinary you will serve as Resident Engineer with the responsibility for the resident office management and supervision for construction of all projects assigned to Central New Jersey Resident Engineer Office. Supervise, direct, assign, and provide technical advice to and coordinate the work of approximately 10-15 employees, ranging in grades of GS-12 Engineers and Engineer Technicians, engaged in management of construction projects. Perform full range of supervisory personnel management functions to include approving leave, resolving grievances, providing leadership, and issuing the office staff policy and guidance. Evaluates the construction program activities to ascertain if objectives are being met and proper and effective control over construction operations is maintained. Ensures safety of all employees and contractors. Ensures complete and thorough Contractor prepared Safety Plans and Hazards Analyses. Ensures policies and procedures for construction management executed by office staff to ensure quality and contract compliance.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Must be willing and able to travel up to 15% of the time.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a valid state Driver's License.
• Must be willing and able to complete a Confidential Financial Disclosure Agreement (OGE 450) at time of entry and annually thereafter.
• A one-year supervisory probation period to assess your ability to perform supervisory duties is required unless previously completed.
• Must complete initial 40 and annual 8 hour Refresher Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) training courses for hazardous and toxic waste upon hiring.
• This position requires possess of a valid Professional Engineer license (PE) or a Registered Architect License (RA).
• A one- year probationary period required unless previously completed.
• Must possess or be able to obtain and maintain an Administrative Contracting Officer Warrant (NTE $500,000) within 2 years of hire date.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. CURRENT FEDERAL EMPLOYEES MUST PROVIDE THEIR LATEST SF-50. Current Civilian Employees of the OrganizationCurrent Department of Army Civilian EmployeesCurrent Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army)Interagency Career Transition Assistance PlanLand Management Workforce Flexibility ActMilitary Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473Non-Department of Defense (DoD) TransferPriority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) EligibleVeterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the education and experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Specialized Experience: To qualify for this position, you must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level in the federal service. Specialized experience is defined as experience in the management of construction projects, ensuring contract compliance and administration, and managing various graded employees work by directing, assigning, and providing technical advice. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-12). You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Contract ManagementLeadershipOral CommunicationTechnical Competence Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-12). ***Selective Placement Factor: Position requires an active Registered Architect License (RA) or an active Professional Engineering License (PE). This license must be uploaded at time of application, failure to do so will result in ineligible rating as application package is not complete. **** Basic Educational Requirement for an Architect A. Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in architecture or in a related field that included 60 semester hours of course work in architecture or related disciplines of which at least (1) 30 semester hours were in architectural design, and (2) 6 semester hours were in each of the following: structural technology, properties of materials and methods of construction, and environmental control systems. OR B. Combination of Education and Experience: College-level education, training, and/or technical experience that furnished (1) a thorough knowledge of the arts and sciences underlying professional architecture, and (2) a good understanding, both theoretical and practical, of the architectural principles, methods, and techniques and their applications to the design and construction or improvement of buildings. The adequacy of such background must be demonstrated by at least one of the following: (1) Related Curriculum - Degree in architectural engineering provided the completed course work in architectural engineering provided knowledge, skills, and abilities substantially equivalent to those provided in the courses specified in statement A above, or (2) Experience: 1 year of experience in an architect's office or in architectural work for each year short of graduation from a program of study in architecture. In the absence of any college courses, 5 years of such experience is required. This experience must have demonstrated that you have acquired a thorough knowledge of the fundamental principles and theories of professional architecture.

Education

Basic Educational Requirement for a Civil Engineer Mechanical Engineer and Electricial: A. Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (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:

1. 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 Board's 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) examination, or any other written test required for professional registration, by an engineering licensure board in the various States, the District of Columbia, Guam, or 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 A above. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program.

4. Related curriculum - Successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelor's 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 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.

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show 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. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.

Contacts

• Address GA-APF-W2SF04 US ARMY ENGINEER DIST, PHILADELPHIA DO NOT MAIL Philadelphia, PA 19107 US
• Name: Derek Burleigh
• Phone: (215) 656-6485
• Email: [email protected]