You will serve as an Electrical Engineer in the Public Works Department (PWD) Portsmouth, Utilities and Energy Management Branch (UEM) of NAVFAC ENGINEERING CMD MID-ATLANTIC.

Duties

You will assess electrical utility systems in collaboration with tradesmen to identify system vulnerabilities, as well as conservation and resiliency opportunities. You will analyze electrical engineering work performed to determine the factors impact system performance or design specifications. You develop risk-based mitigation strategies (construction, repair projects, studies, etc.) to resolve vulnerabilities and innovative design concepts for improving system reliability and resiliency. You will brief senior leadership on plans to support projects and technical proposals. You will induct all relevant utility requirements, make risk-based priority recommendations, and track requirements through all phases of development from planning to sustainment to ensure high-quality, timely execution. You will prepare utility requirement Statements of Work (SOW), Statements of AE Services (SAES), Independent Government Estimates (IGE), and programming package components, such as project justifications and briefing slides. You will provide technical expertise during execution of relevant projects and studies, to include design submittal reviews, construction submittal reviews, and project close-out verification and testing. You will assess system preventive maintenance program health in terms of code compliance, alignment relative to industry standards, and completion rates, and develop solutions for improving deficiencies. You will actively review utility asset inventory information, map locations, and property record information and coordinate with applicable stakeholders to resolve discrepancies. You will investigate unplanned utility events (outages, etc.), determine causal factors, actions that can be taken to prevent future occurrence, and track actions to ensure completion. You will detect problems to determine root causes for the problems in order to recommend positive corrective action. You will analyze methods of testing to determine effectiveness in the evaluation of systems.

Requirements

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Generally, current federal employees applying for GS jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower grade level. This requirement is called time-in-grade. Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• This position is covered under the Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA). Certification in the Acquisition Functional Area and category assigned to the position is required within established category timeframes.
• You will be required to complete training, obtain, and maintain a government credit card for travel and travel-related purchases.
• This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.
• You will be required to complete ethics orientation within three months of appointment and submit a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report, OGE-450, within 30 days of appointment.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain a current valid United States driver’s license.
• Incumbent must be certified in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) training.

Qualifications

This position has a selective placement factor that will be used to screen out ineligible candidates. The selective placement factor is: This position requires a current registration as a Professional Engineer (PE) in the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, or any State in the U.S. NOTE: You must submit a copy of your registration with your application to be considered for this position. In addition to the Basic Education Requirements for this position, your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-12 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector performing the following duties: 1) Possesses knowledge of utilities service contracting processes and the electrical utility industry as regulated under the Public Utilities Regulatory Policy Act of 1978 (PURPA) to include the rate intervention process; 2) Negotiates with utility companies, contractors and other organizations on significant and complex matters; 3) Conducts research and comprehends, analyzes, evaluates and applies concepts and engineering/technological developments to resolve utilities contracting and procurement issues as well as to solve engineering problems; 4) Prepares Government Estimates of A&E contracts which include assessing work of all design and engineering disciplines; 5) Plans and directs the activities of other architects, engineers, technicians and planners in order to resolve unusual and complex problems; and 6) Resolves highly complex and difficult problems using innovative and previously untried methods. NOTE: This information must be supported in your resume to be considered for the position. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series AND https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/files/all-professional-engineering-positions-0800.pdf Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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.

Education

Applicants must meet the following basic education requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual:

Successful completion of a professional engineering degree. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree (or higher) 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. Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position.

OR

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 more information about EI and EIT registration requirements, please visit the National Society of Professional Engineers website at: http://www.nspe.org

OR

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 The FE examination is not administered by the U. S. Office of Personnel Management. For more information, please visit: http://www.nspe.org/Licensure/HowtoGetLicensed/index.html.

OR

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 under paragraph A (above). The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program as described in paragraph A (above)

OR

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 one 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.

Contacts

• Address NAVFAC ENGINEERING CMD MID-ATLANTIC 9324 Virginia Ave Norfolk, VA 23511 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]