This position is part of the Education Facilities, Bureau of Indian Education. As a Interdisciplinary General Engineer/Architect you will be responsible for new and improved applications and strategies utilizing engineering or architecture concepts, theories, and principles; contributes to the mission of this office by managing projects and providing expert architecture/engineering consultation/support related to the facilities planning, design and construction functions.

Duties

As a Interdisciplinary General Engineer/Architect GS-0801/0808-11/12, your typical work assignments may include the following under supervision: Manage projects by providing expert architecture/engineering consultation and support related to the planning, design and construction of facilities. Oversee the preservation or renovation of real property, routine maintenance of the building infrastructure and review of any proposed work. Examine and recommend technical solutions to engineering and construction problems to minimize cost and time impacts. Plan, direct and participate in the design, construction, maintenance and operation of buildings, utilities, earthwork and related facilities including mechanical, electrical, water and sewer, HVAC and fire protection systems and equipment. Provide recommendations and consultations on a wide range of difficult and often unforeseen problems with design interfaces and regulatory limitations. Review and approve designs, plans and specifications of fire suppression, controls, alarm systems for use in facilities. Perform new and improved applications for professional engineering and scientific work to protect life and property from destructive fire. Prepare solicitation packages with design guidelines for projects to be designed by architect and engineering firms or design-build contractors. Conduct project site visits before, during and upon completion of construction to ensure compliance. Recommend final acceptance of construction work and assist/prepare contract close-out documents.

Requirements

• US CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED
• BACKGROUND SECURITY INVESTIGATION WILL BE REQUIRED FOR ALL NEW HIRES
• APPOINTMENT MAY BE SUBJECT TO A 2 YR TRIAL OR 1 YR PROBATIONARY PERIOD
• VALID STATE-ISSUED DRIVERS LICENSE IS REQUIRED
• RECRUITMENT INCENTIVE MAY BE PAID WITH A SIGNED AGREEMENT
• RELOCATION INCENTIVE MAY BE PAID WITH A SIGNED AGREEMENT
• SELECTIVE SERVICE REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED FOR MALES BORN AFTER 12/31/1959

Qualifications

Applicants must meet the qualification requirements contained in the OPM Standards. For this position, they are listed below. BASIC REQUIREMENTS: GENERAL ENGINEERING GS-0801: Degree: Engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's 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 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)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 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 bachelor's 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.) ARCHITECTURE GS-0808: Degree: architecture; or 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 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 may be accepted as satisfying in full the basic requirements, provided the completed course work in architectural engineering provided knowledge, skills, and abilities substantially equivalent to those provided in the courses specified in paragraph A. The curriculum for a degree in either architecture or architectural engineering covers function, esthetics, site, structure, economics, mechanical-electrical, and other engineering problems related to the design and construction of buildings primarily (but not exclusively) intended to house human activities. The courses required for a degree in architecture generally place emphasis upon planning, esthetics, and materials and methods of construction, while the courses for an architectural engineering degree place equal or greater weight on the technical engineering aspects such as structural systems, mechanical systems, and the properties of materials. Because of this difference in emphasis, persons with degrees in architecture may have a preference for work assignments that offer greater opportunities for them to express their artistic and creative abilities. As a result, they may be more concerned with planning and design aspects of architecture, and persons with degrees in architectural engineering may be more engaged in aspects emphasizing technical engineering considerations. 2. Experience: An applicant lacking a degree in architecture must have had 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 college courses, 5 years of such experience is required. This experience must have demonstrated that the applicant has acquired a thorough knowledge of the fundamental principles and theories of professional architecture. In addition to meeting the Basic Requirement, you must also meet the Minimum Qualifications requirements below. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. GS-11: One (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-09 level in the Federal service that includes: assisting a team in any one or more of the following: providing engineering expertise, planning, directing, and participating in the design, construction, maintenance & operation of buildings, utilities, earthwork, and related facilities such as mechanical, electrical, water and sewer, HVAC, and fire protection systems and equipment; leading or assisting a team in investigating and recommending technical solutions for one or more of the following: engineering and construction problems/deficiencies, managing projects; providing support related to facilities planning, design and construction/renovation; routine maintenance of building infrastructure and review of any proposed work; assisting in preparing solicitation packages for construction projects. -OR- Three (3) years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree, or a Ph.D., or equivalent doctoral degree that is directly related to this position. -OR-

Education

Qualifications continued:
A combination of graduate level education and appropriate experience that together meets the qualification requirements of this position.

GS-12:
One (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-11 level in the Federal service that includes: providing engineering expertise that includes one or more of the following: investigating and recommending technical solutions to engineering and/or construction problems and/or deficiencies / planning, directing, and participating in the design, construction, maintenance & operation of buildings, utilities, earthwork, and related facilities such as mechanical, electrical, water and sewer, HVAC, and fire protection systems & equipment / engineering and scientific work involving construction, renovation, inspection, decommissioning, and/or demolition of structures, infrastructures, and their environmental systems / transportation, utilities, building or construction industries; managing projects that includes one or more of the following: providing expert support related to facilities planning, design and construction/renovation / site visits before, during, and upon completion of construction ensuring compliance with applicable safety codes & standards, and contractual requirements/preparing punch lists and following through with resolution; utilizing a Facility Management System software; preparing solicitation packages for construction projects.

Only experience and education obtained by the closing date of this announcement will be considered.

Time-In-Grade Requirements: Merit Promotion (status) candidates must have completed one year (52 weeks) of service at the next lower grade level.

EDUCATION:
Transcripts MUST be uploaded and electronically linked from USAJOBS at the time you apply and MUST include identifying information to include School Name, Student Name, credit hours, major, and grade-point average or class ranking, degree and date awarded. All academic degrees and coursework must be completed at a college or university that has obtained accreditation or pre-accreditation status from an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

Applicants are responsible for providing documentation that the educational requirements have been met. To qualify based on education you must submit a legible copy of your transcripts. Official transcripts are required upon selection if you qualified based on education.

Education must have been obtained from an accredited or pre-accredited institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the above requirements if you can show that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States.

For further information on creditable education visit:
http://www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html
http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html

Contacts

• Address Education Facilities 1849 C Street NW Washington, DC 20240 US
• Name: Mary Jean Moeller
• Phone: 703-517-2239
• Email: [email protected]