The Institutional Division, Facility Systems Safety Branch (SA-E2) is seeking an electrical engineer responsible for the safety assurance of electrical projects involving facilities, systems, equipment, and utilities through the development and implementation of general industry and construction safety requirements, assessments, and risk control practices that ensure the safety of personnel and the safe operation of ground systems.

Duties

Develop and support facilities engineering management of a Center-wide electrical safety program that includes the formulation of site-specific policy following industry consensus standards and Agency requirements. Provide engineering safety assessments for Construction of Facility (CoF) projects involving new designs and modifications to electrical distribution and utilization systems. Support laboratory safety and quality surveillances with electrical expertise by implementing facilities engineering requirements and producing safety assessments for unique research and development projects. Develop and review lightning protection requirements and field assessments for personnel, work areas, and facilities engineering across the Kennedy Space Center in support of the Lightning Safety Assessment Committee (LSAC). Develop and maintain an energy control program (Lockout/Tagout) following federal law, industry consensus standards, and Center-specific requirements to protect civil servants and contractors from exposure to hazardous energies. Provide electrical expertise to the Safety and Health Review Board (SHRB) on best-practices, personal protection equipment, and other risk mitigation controls required in the design, fabrication, testing, and operation of custom-made assemblies. Develop and implement corrective action plans generated from electrical audits, inspections, mishap investigations, and other surveillance activities.

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, you will be required to complete a financial disclosure statement.
• This position may require a one year trial 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-13, you must have one year of directly related specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level in the federal sector: Designing, developing, or maintaining facility engineering electrical systems, equipment, or utilities to ensure personnel safety and system reliability; Analyzing the design or operation of facility engineering electrical systems to ensure compliance to general industry and construction regulations; and Assessing facility engineering electrical systems for hazards and developing risk mitigation strategies. 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 Kennedy Space Center Space Commerce Way Titusville, FL 32899 US
• Name: NASA Shared Services Contact Center
• Phone: 1-877-677-2123
• Email: [email protected]