This position is located in the Office of Facility Operations (OFO), Business Operations Center (BOC), Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management (OASAM) and is responsible for providing a comprehensive program of administrative and management support services in support of OASAM and Department of Labor (DOL) programs. This position is outside the bargaining unit.

Duties

Duties include but are not limited to: Expert application in advanced engineering or architectural theories, principles, concepts, standards, and methods. Responsible for furnishing authoritative responses to project questions and issues. Serves as authoritative source for decisions and guidance dealing with changes in policy, budget, program and project objectives. Exercises broad and significant influence over project design, review, and execution. Lead design and construction teams for projects impacting multiple users. Oversee and facilitate complex negotiations to obtain project requirements and determining effective designs. Coordinate construction schedules involving multiple entities. Develop Project Management Plans (PMPs) to ensure projects meet program objectives and quality expectations. Plan, program, and oversee the planning, design, and construction of projects from both the fiscal and schedule perspectives. Provide project coordination, planning, oversight, and management for both DOL initiated and funded projects and GSA-funded projects. Oversee the development, administrative approval, and maintenance of project planning documentation, including environmental requirements, real estate requirements, budget documents, internal and external facts sheets (including Congressional information) press releases, and other technical documents such as plans and specifications. Work with project partners and federal regulators to ensure smooth/efficient project execution by maintaining exceptional information flow among parties. Develop innovative methods for providing communication opportunities and actively participate in conferences, meetings, or presentations involving problems or issues. Apply excellent communication skills to achieve consensus among entities that have diverse viewpoints, goals, or objectives. Provide expert advice and guidance on the most challenging problems having responsibility for programs of national scope and impact. Act as project liaison an work with numerous external constituents, as well as coordinate with the General Services Administration through all phases of assigned projects.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Must be at least 16 years old.
• Requires a probationary period if the requirement has not been met.
• Candidate required to obtain the necessary security/investigation level.
• Subject to financial disclosure requirements.

Qualifications

You must meet the Basic Requirements and the Specialized Experience to qualify for General Engineer, as described below. For GS-15: Applicants must have 52 weeks of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level, GS-14, in the Federal Service. Specialized Experience is the experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA's) to perform the duties of the position successfully, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level. Basic Qualifications: A. Must have at least a bachelor's degree in 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. Must have 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 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. Additional Qualification Requirements: In addition to meeting the Basic Qualification Requirements candidates must also: Have at least one year of specialized experience, equivalent to the GS-14 grade level, in the Federal service that includes: Experience assessing and analyzing critical infrastructure, such as architectural, structural, electrical, plumbing, fire suppression, and mechanical systems. Experience applying appropriate program and evaluation methods and measurement techniques to assess and evaluate program accomplishments. Experience in applying engineering methods and techniques. Knowledge of construction practices, costs, materials, and equipment. Experience reading and interpreting engineering and architectural plans and specifications.

Education

Any applicant falsely claiming an academic degree from an accredited school will be subject to actions ranging from disqualification from federal employment to removal from federal service.

If your education was completed at a foreign college or university, you must show comparability to education received in accredited educational institutions in the United States and comparability to applicable minimum coursework requirements for this position. Click Evaluation of Foreign Education for more information.

Contacts

• Address Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management 200 Constitution Avenue NW Washington, DC 20210 US
• Name: Stephanie Hawkins
• Phone: 312-596-5431
• Email: [email protected]