The position is organizationally located in the Architect of the Capitol (AOC), Office of the Chief of Operations, Director, Utilities and Power Plant Operations, Assistant Director, Utility Services Division, Utility Distribution Branch. The incumbent serves as Supervisory General Engineer, Utility Distribution Branch, and provides leadership and management of operations, maintenance and repair of utility distribution systems and tunnels involved in distributing steam and chilled water. 

Duties

The incumbent performs progressively greater responsibility in matters of management on a gradual basis to assist the Director in developing and executing plans to accomplish strategic goals and organizational objectives, setting clear priorities, and coordinating with senior leadership to integrate short and long-range planning goals and objectives and advances the mission of the CPP and the AOC.

Requirements

Qualifications

You must meet the United States Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) qualification requirements (including specialized experience and/or educational requirements) for the advertised position.  You must meet all eligibility and qualifications requirements by the closing date of the job announcement.  Additional information on the qualification requirements is outlined in the OPM Qualifications Standards Handbook of General Schedule Positions.  It is available for your review on the OPM website at OPM qualification standards   Specialized experience: is experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, 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. Candidates for the GS-14 grade level must have at least 52 weeks of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower GS-13 grade level in the Federal service.  Specialized experience is defined as having experience:  (1) Professional knowledge as an engineer performing design, installation, maintenance and repair of systems for the AOC and CPP involving the oversight of contractors and direction for a wide variety of professional, technical, and tradecraft work of in-house engineers and engineering technicians and through subordinate supervisors; (2) Professional knowledge as an Engineer to perform planning, review designs and execute operational maintenance, construction and renovation projects, as well as preventive maintenance and repair involving the oversight of contractors and the direction of contract employees; (3) Demonstrates the ability to develop strategic, long-range plans; (4) Demonstrated skills in managing and supervising subordinates.

Education

This position requires a Bachelor’s Degree in professional engineering from a school of engineering with at least one curriculum accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) as a professional engineering curriculum

OR

A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in a related field, such as architecture, physics, chemistry, computer science, mathematics, hydrology, or geology, provided the applicant has at least one year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision or guidance.

Transcripts must be provided if selected.

Special Instructions for Foreign Education: 

Education completed outside of the United States must be deemed equivalent to that gained in conventional/accredited U.S. education programs to be acceptable for Federal employment.

Qualifying education from colleges and universities in foreign countries must be evaluated in terms of equivalency to that acquired in U.S. colleges and universities. Applicants educated in whole or in part of foreign countries must submit sufficient evidence, including transcripts, to an accredited private organization for an equivalency evaluation of course work and degree.

You must provide a copy of the letter containing the results of the equivalency evaluation with a course by course listing if selected.

Contacts

• Address Architect of the Capitol 2nd and D Street, S.W. Washington, District of Columbia 20515 United States
• Name: Nyika Humphries
• Phone: 202-226-7000
• Email: [email protected]