The position(s) covered by this vacancy announcement is in the Department of Defense (DoD) Acquisition Workforce Personnel Demonstration Project (AcqDemo). For more information please see: AcqDemo This position is being filled under the memorandum from the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness (USD(P&R)) "Expansion of Direct Hire Authority for Certain Personnel of the Department of Defense," dated October 15, 2021

Duties

As an ELECTRICAL ENGINEER at the NH-0850-3 level some of your typical work assignments may include: Serves as an engineer for building and infrastructure electrical systems, for MDA facilities across the life cycle (Planning, Design, Construction, Operation, Sustainment and Disposal of MDA facilities). Researches electrical implementation strategies for military construction (MILCON), Operation and Maintenance (O&M) funded design and construction, and Research Development Test and Evaluation (RDT&E)-funded design and construction of Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS)sites/facilities and real property acquisition. Provides government oversight of facility design and construction activities; including site wide electrical utility infrastructure at assigned locations. Collects and analyzes data and performs numerous recurring and special studies of electrical engineering data to recommend the most cost effective solutions and makes viable recommendations based on analyses of alternatives. Integrates utility requirements, schedules disruptions of service, and resolves problems with base electrical utility support and local utility providers. Concentrates on agency electrical-related, electric power and power distribution activities including providing electrical engineering support to agency for backup power systems as well as other agency facilities construction, sustainment, modernization or repair. Participates in design reviews, technical requirements meetings to ensure that risk areas involving integration of BMDS facilities electrical infrastructure systems are identified and resolved. Provides recommendations for improved application of program resources for the integration of BMDS facilities, design, construction, and site planning, as well as the construction activities, are made expeditiously for beneficial results. Conducts facility reviews and information briefings. Reviews facility and infrastructure contract drawings and specifications for adequacy and sufficiency in meeting agency needs and requirements. Develops scopes of work, drawings, and specifications for changes to agency electrical facilities. Participates in the commissioning of new electrical systems and equipment. Provides design, modification, and upgrade recommendations to existing facilities and infrastructure. Consults with subject matter experts both within the government and outside the government (contractors, vendors, manufacturers, etc) in solving problems and in the execution of the above duties. Develops recommended acquisition strategies for facilities system changes, upgrades or construction for advancing programs and/or methods of the MDA Facilities Engineering Life Cycle. Provides staff, advice, and coordinating support to functional manager as well as element/project/program offices; provides advice to senior colleagues and/or agency officials responsible for broad facility program operations. Develops and conducts management reviews, decision and information briefings related to MDA Facilities. Supports construction quality assurance and on-site project oversight OCONUS when required. Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. Citizen
• Occasional Travel
• Work Schedule: Full-time
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service
• Suitable for Federal employment, determined by a background investigation
• May be required to successfully complete a probationary period
• Overtime: Occasionally
• Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Exempt
• Financial Disclosure: Required
• Telework Eligibility: This position eligible for situational telework
• This is a drug testing designated position
• Must obtain/maintain Non-critical Sensitive/Secret security clearance
• Recruitment/Relocation: Not Authorized

Qualifications

You may qualify at the NH-03 level, if you fulfill the following qualifications: One year of specialized experience equivalent to the NH-02/GS-11 grade level in the Federal service as listed below: Experience applying advanced concepts, theories, principles, practices and techniques of electrical engineering of building systems. Experience developing electrical designs, plans, and specifications for new construction and rehabilitation. Experience using facilities/systems acquisition in order to provide recommendations of upgrades or construction of facilities. 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. In addition to meeting qualifications, your application package must reflect the applicable experience to meet the Individual Occupational Requirements for the 0850, series as listed below: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/electrical-engineering-series-0850/ Individual Occupational Requirements Basic Requirements: 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 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)1, 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)2 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. 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 the basic requirements under paragraph A. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program as described in paragraph A. 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 bachelor's 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. (The above examples of related curricula are not all-inclusive.)

Education

Substitution of education may not be used in lieu of specialized experience for this grade level.

All materials must be submitted by the closing date of the announcement.

You MUST provide transcripts or other documentation to support your educational claims. Unless otherwise stated unofficial transcripts are acceptable at time of application.

GRADUATE EDUCATION: One academic year of graduate education is considered to be the number of credits hours that your graduate school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study. Such study may have been performed on a full-time or part-time basis. If you cannot obtain your graduate school's definition of one year of graduate study, 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) should be considered as satisfying the requirement for one year of full-time graduate study.

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show that 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: Foreign Education

Contacts

• Address Missile Defense Agency Bldg 5222 Martin Rd Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898 US
• Name: MDA Servicing Team
• Phone: 6146920299
• Email: [email protected]