This position is located in the Design and Construction Division within The White House and President's Park; providing a wide range of mechanical engineering design, advisory and/or project management services for a broad range of facilities and related maintenance operations. Services cover planning and design through construction and facility start-up, and include investigating, evaluating, advising on, and resolving unusual and/or unexpected problems, issues, and conditions.

Duties

Duties Included: Serves as Senior Mechanical Engineer for the White House and President's Park, Design and Construction Division, providing professional advice and guidance on the planning, design, construction, expansion, rehabilitation and/or sustainment of existing and/or new mechanical, electrical, and plumbing structures and facilities. Serves as Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) for multiple projects. Work includes multiple simultaneous projects, ranging from small, single-discipline to large multi-disciplinary design and construction projects. Reviews plans, specifications, and cost estimates for technical adequacy. Reports progress and/or problems in the areas of plumbing, piping, heating, ventilating, air conditioning, pumping, fire protection, and other mechanical systems. Develops solutions for problems that affect multiple operational areas by implementing mechanical requirements that are in various projects. Supplies oversight and technical engineering guidance related to mechanical systems and supports compliance based on Federal laws and regulations.

Requirements

Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-02/23/2024-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 will be reflected. SELECTIVE FACTOR: This position performs complex mechanical engineering-based tests, evaluations and analyses and developing reports based on findings, and a Professional Engineering or Architecture license is required. Candidates who do not meet this requirement by close of this announcement will receive no further consideration for this position.- AND -To qualify for this position at the GS-13 grade level, you must possess at least one or all of the following minimum qualifications by close of the announcement. Basic Requirements for MECHANICAL ENGINEER (0830)-- You must meet one of the following: A. Successfully completed a full 4-year professional engineering curriculum, leading to a bachelor's or higher degree in engineering from an accredited college or university that has an engineering curriculum 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 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 Current registration as a professional engineer 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; or 2) Successfully passed the Engineer-in-Training (EIT) examination, or the written test required for professional registration, which is administered by the Boards of Engineering Examiners in the various States, the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico; or 3) 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 in paragraph A; or 4) 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. In addition to the Basic Requirements above you must also meet the following: 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: Advising the contractor and engineers prior to construction on planning on aspects of the contract requiring special technical attention; Coordinating with contractors, Engineers and Division management on project activities and solutions for complex projects; Assisting in construction support to include acceptance of assigned projects; Developing detailed mechanical engineering reports, plans, and/or specifications for new construction, renovation, or rehabilitation projects; Reviewing mechanical engineering reports, plans, and/or specifications. You must include hours per week worked. 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. Reasonable Accommodation (RA) Requests: If you believe you have a disability (i.e., physical or mental), covered by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended, that would interfere with completing the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, you will be granted the opportunity to request a RA in your online application. Requests for RA for the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments and appropriate supporting documentation for RA must be received prior to starting the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments. Decisions on requests for RA are made on a case-by-case basis. If you meet the minimum qualifications of the position, after notification of the adjudication of your request, you will receive an email invitation to complete the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, based on your adjudication decision. You must complete all assessments within 48 hours of receiving the URL to access the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, if you received the link after the close of the announcement. To determine if you need a RA, please review the Procedures for Requesting a Reasonable Accommodation for Online Assessments here: https://help.usastaffing.gov/Apply/index.php?title=Reasonable_Accommodations_for_USA_Hire.

Education

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

Contacts

• Address NPS Inflation Reduction Act 1849 C St. NW Washington, DC 20240 US
• Name: Anita Jordan
• Email: [email protected]