About the Position: Serves as the Supervisory Engineering Technical Lead at Niagara Falls Storage Site (NFSS) Integrated Technical Office (ITO). This position is located at: US ARMY ENGINEER DISTRICT, BUFFALO, TECHNICAL SERVICES DIVISION, DESIGN BRANCH, A-E AND PROJECT ENGINEERING SECTION, BUFFALO, NY 14207-3199 H5L8B60

Duties

Planning, assigning, directing, reviewing and coordinating the work of professional employees engaged in A-E Management, Value Engineering (VE), and Project Engineering tasks. Planning and laying out work to be performed considering the current workload and available personnel. Identifying developmental and training needs of employees, providing or arranging for needed training or development. Giving advice, counsel, or instruction to employees on both work and administrative matters. Interpreting and directing the implementation of regulations, directives and procedures affecting assigned functions. Utilizing a wide variety of highly skilled professional knowledge, principals, theories, and methodologies of engineering, construction, quality control, and quality assurance experience. Managing Architect-Engineer contracting program to ensure the program is executed and managed in accordance with regulations and policy guidance. Serves as the Supervisory Engineering Technical Lead with responsibility for all remedial design activities and technical support during construction, to include excavation, handling, processing, transport, and disposal of radioactive waste.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• One-year supervisory probationary period may be required.
• This required to submit a Financial Disclosure Statement, OGE-450.
• This position requires Professional Engineering (PE) registration or Registered Architect (RA) registration.

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 Civilian Employees of the OrganizationCurrent Department of Army Civilian EmployeesCurrent Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army)Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel WorkforceInteragency Career Transition Assistance PlanLand Management Workforce Flexibility ActMilitary Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473Non-Department of Defense (DoD) TransferOffice of Personnel Management (OPM) Interchange Agreement EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability RetirementPriority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference EligibleReinstatementVeterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 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. This position has a positive education requirement. To view the educational requirements, go to the links listed below for each series you are interested in applying for on the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) website: Supervisory Architect - 0808 - https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/architecture-series-0808/ Supervisory Civil Engineer/ Supervisory Mechanical Engineer/ Supervisory Electrical Engineer/ Supervisory Environmental Engineer/ Supervisory Chemical Engineer - 0810, 0830,0850,0819, 0893 - https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/civil-engineering-series-0810/ In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below: To qualify based on your work experience, your resume must describe at least one year of experience which prepared you to do the work in this job. Specialized experience is defined as: 1) Managing Architect-Engineer (A-E) contracts, including preparing scopes of work, cost estimates, coordinating negotiations, and managing contract acquisition and performance; 2) Providing project engineering and technical lead services coordinating tasks associated with development and quality reviews of technical products; 3) Coordinating and participating in Value Engineering studies; 4) Providing supervision, leadership, or direction to teams or an organization. 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: LeadershipOral CommunicationPlanning and EvaluatingProblem SolvingProject Management 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 GS-12 (or equivalent).

Education

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 RE-W2SM05 US ARMY ENGINEER DISTRICT-BUFFALO DO NOT MAIL Buffalo, NY 14207 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk