This position serves as the Deputy Chief of Maintenance and Construction located at Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. Oversees planning and project management in Facilities Maintenance and Construction Division. Work Location: Ash Mountain, Sequoia National Park Headquarters Area. Open to the first 101 applicants or until 12/18/2023 whichever comes first. All applications submitted by 11:59 (EST) on the closing day will receive consideration.

Duties

Responsible for developing and executing planning/design/construction projects to support park needs. Supervises subordinates to coordinate organizational efforts related to all administrative functions. Maintains and develops risk management and safety programs for Project Shop employees. Responsible for Financial Management; develops and manages Project Shop budget both annually and across the multi-year nature of the program. Act as subject matter expert on behalf of the park in project related matters Physical Demands: Indoor work is generally performed in an adequately lighted and climate controlled office. Field work includes project areas that are remote and require physical ability to travel on foot, operate off road vehicles over rough terrain, travel by horseback, snowmobile, travel in light aircraft, or travel in similar conveyances is necessary. Other physical demands include hiking, walking, bending, climbing, riding and stooping when required on visits to field sites. Working Conditions: Work is performed in and office setting as well as in the field. Visits to field constructions sites involve potentially hazardous proximity to heavy construction equipment, exposure to high noise levels, and proximity to trenching, drilling and blasting operations. Field work includes exposure to extreme weather conditions (over 100 degrees F), steep and uneven terrain, pesticides, poisonous plants, biting insects, and wild animals.

Requirements

Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-12/18/2023-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. Credit will be given for all appropriate qualifying experience. For current Federal employees, if hours worked per week are not included on your resume, you must submit a non-award SF-50 as part of your application to be used to validate your work schedule and determine the amount of specialized experience that you will be granted. An award SF-50 will not be acceptable documentation for which to consider your amount of qualifying experience. For all other applicants who are not current federal employees, your resume must state either "full-time" (or "40 hours a week") or "part-time" with the number of hours worked per week to ensure proper crediting of specialized experience. For periods of time that reflect military service, the DD-214 or Statement of Service is sufficient to meet the full and/or part-time hours requirement as the service dates are reflected. SELECTIVE FACTOR: Professional Engineering or Architecture license AND FAC-COR Level II certificate is required. - AND - You must meet the at least ONE of the BASIC REQUIREMENTS, AND the SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE requirement, described below. If qualifying on education, a copy of your transcripts must be provided with your application. Basic Requirements for General Engineer: A. 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-A 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 professional 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. 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, and Puerto Rico. 3.Specific academic courses-Successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences and in engineering that included the courses specified in the basic requirements. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of a professional engineering curriculum as described above. 4. Related curriculum-Successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree in engineering technology or in an appropriate professional field, e.g., 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. Basic Requirements for Landscape Architect: Bachelor's degree (or higher) in landscape architecture or landscape design. Combination of education and experience -- that includes 1 year of experience for each year short of graduation, under professional leadership and guidance of such character and diversity as to be a satisfactory substitute for the required education. This experience must have included original landscape design. Basic Requirements for Architect: Bachelor's degree (or higher) in 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 is substantially equivalent to those provided in the courses specified in paragraph A. 2.) Experience: that includes 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 you have acquired a thorough knowledge of the fundamental principles and theories of professional architecture. - AND - SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: At least one full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). This experience includes activities such as: 1)manage a wide variety of large construction projects from planning, design through construction phases in a wide geographic area and varied climatic conditions; 2) negotiate with and manage the work of architectural and engineering (A/E) consultants for facility management projects; 3) serve as Contracting Officers' Technical Representative (or similar) on construction projects conducting inspections of work performed and ensuring projects meet building code compliance requirements; and 4) maintain and manage daily worksite activities, project schedule to ensure worker safety, and budgets and deadlines for construction projects. and 5). develop environmentally compatible programs, projects and designs for construction, rehabilitation, maintenance, and operation of facilities.

Education

Volunteer Experience: 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). 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.

To qualify based on education, you must submit a legible copy of transcripts from an accredited institution with your name, school name, credit hours, course level, major(s), and grade-point average or class ranking. Transcripts do not need to be official, but if you are selected for this position and you used your education to qualify, you must provide official transcripts before you begin work.

If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet qualification requirements, you must show that your 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.

There is no substitution of education for experience at the grade level(s) of this announcement.

Contacts

• Address Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks 47050 Generals Highway Three Rivers, CA 93271 US
• Name: Lori Frusetta
• Phone: 831-946-8008
• Email: [email protected]