The non-supervisory Resident Engineer (RE) is a member of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Construction and Facilities Management on-the-ground team for construction projects in Biloxi, MS. Salary: GS-12: $86,962 - $113,047 GS-13: $103,409 - 134,435

Duties

Resident Engineer (RE) functions include supporting the Senior Resident Engineer (SRE) by participating in design management with the CFM Project Manager (PM) and VA Medical Center stakeholders, when applicable; monitoring various ongoing construction activities and schedule for conformance with contract requirements; overseeing civil, structural, mechanical, electrical or architectural aspects of construction; supporting processing of easements, pertinent deeds, local code requirements and restrictions; supporting coordination of various phases of construction with the VAMC Director or assigned representative and staff to minimize disruption to ongoing hospital activities and for overall patient and worker's safety on the construction site. Work Schedule: Monday through Friday, 8am to 4:30pm. Position Description Title/PD#: General Engineer (Resident Engineer)~/PD136480 Physical Requirements: The work is partially sedentary with regular and recurring travel to proposed and ongoing construction sites for extensive walking, climbing, and crawling at times to inspect site conditions or completed work. Promotion Potential: The selectee may be promoted to the full performance level without further competition when all regulatory, qualification, and performance requirements are met. Selection at a lower grade level does not guarantee promotion to the full performance level. The full performance level of this position is GS-13. Compressed Work Schedule: Authorized Telework: Authorized Remote/Virtual: Not authorized Relocation Expenses: Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Required Mobility Agreement: Required

Requirements

• You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this job
• Subject to a background/suitability investigation
• Designated and/or random drug testing may be required
• May serve a probationary period
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
• A complete application package; Resume, Transcripts, etc.
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement. GS-12 grade level: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-11 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Providing construction management engineering services; Documenting and observing hands-on construction for adherence to proper application techniques; Monitoring funds and progress to ensure timely completion of projects; Providing oversight and project management for construction or maintenance efforts; Developing technical data regarding materials, sizes, dimensions, quantities and costs for incorporation in formal specifications, ensuring construction is conducted in accordance with established specifications, and assuring quality control and adequacy of contractor's operations and conferring with contractor to obtain action. GS-13 grade level: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade, GS-12 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Providing construction management engineering services; Documenting and observing hands-on construction for adherence to proper application techniques; Monitoring funds and progress to ensure timely completion of projects; Providing oversight and project management for construction or maintenance efforts; Developing technical data regarding materials, sizes, dimensions, quantities and costs for incorporation in formal specifications, ensuring construction is conducted in accordance with established specifications, and assuring quality control and adequacy of contractor's operations and conferring with contractor to obtain action. 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; religions; 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.

Education

There is no educational substitution for experience for the GS-12/13 levels.However, you must meet the Basic Occupational Requirements for one of the following Engineering (800) series: (Transcripts Required)

Basic Requirements: General Engineer (0804) 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.)

Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/.

If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education.

Contacts

• Address Construction and Facilities Management 425 I Street NW Washington, DC 20001 US
• Name: VACO OCHO HRSC Recruiting & Staffing Team
• Email: [email protected]