This position is part of the Office of Environmental Management - Savannah River Operations Office, Department of Energy. As a General Engineer, you will serve as a Facility Engineer responsible for supporting the Savannah River Site's mission to maintain nuclear materials processing capabilities and provide support and contractor oversight during authorization basis development review for approval, testing, startup, operation, and maintenance of nuclear facilities.

Duties

As a General Engineer, you will:

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. Citizen or National.
• This employer participates in the e-Verify program.
• Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for Selective Service.
• Subject to satisfactory security and suitability requirements.
• May be required to successfully complete a probationary period.
• This position does not support 100% remote work. You will be required to report physically to the official reporting worksite as specified by the supervisor, but no less than 2 days per pay period.
• This position is a Testing Designated Position (TDP) subject to applicant testing and random drug testing thereafter.
• This position has been designated as Noncritical-Sensitive (NCS)/Moderate Risk and requires a security clearance at the L level. The incumbent is required to obtain and maintain this clearance level.
• Hiring incentives may be authorized for a highly qualified candidate based on budget availability and in accordance with federal regulations.
• This position is included in the Department of Energy's Technical Qualification Program (TQP).
• Occasional travel may be required.
• This position is not included in a Bargaining Agreement.

Qualifications

BASIC REQUIREMENT: You must meet both the Basic Requirement and the Specialized Experience to qualify for this series as described below. See the Education section for the Basic Requirement. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS: For the GS-13: A qualified candidate's online application and resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position is defined as meeting ALL of the following: Performing detailed technical analyses, assessments, or evaluations in support of a facility or system; identifying technical deficiencies, and reviewing or implementing appropriate corrective actions; AND Performing or reviewing safety analyses for facilities or systems, and performing or reviewing the selection and implementation of hazard controls; AND Providing written reports and/or verbal briefings to senior level engineers or management, with clearly justified results and conclusions, regarding technical and safety aspects of assigned facilities, systems, or programs. For the GS-14: A qualified candidate's online application and resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position is defined as meeting ALL of the following: Evaluating complex engineering programs or systems, identifying technical deficiencies, and reviewing or implementing appropriate corrective actions; AND Performing or reviewing hazard and/or accident analyses for chemical or nuclear facilities or operations, and performing or reviewing the selection and implementation of hazard controls; AND Providing written reports and/or verbal briefings to senior level engineers or management, with clearly justified results and conclusions, regarding chemical or nuclear safety facilities, systems, or programs. "Experience" refers to paid and unpaid experience. Examples of qualifying unpaid experience may include: volunteer work done through National Service programs (such as Peace Corps and AmeriCorps); as well as work for other community-based philanthropic and social organizations. Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills; and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. CTAP/ICTAP candidates: To be considered "well qualified" you must meet all of the requirements as described in this section. You must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

Education

BASIC REQUIREMENT : 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.

This vacancy has a positive education requirement. In order to be rated as qualified, you must provide copies of your college transcripts. Failure to provide copies of your college transcripts may result in a rating of "Ineligible". Education must be obtained from an accredited institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Foreign education must be reviewed by an organization recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. For special instructions pertaining to foreign education and a list of organizations that can evaluate foreign education, see the Department of Education website.

There is no substitution of education for experience for this position at the GS-12/13 levels.

Contacts

• Address Office of Environmental Management - Savannah River Operations Office P.O. Box 5088 Oak Ridge, TN 37831 US
• Name: Bonnie Beavers
• Email: [email protected]