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Duties

You will serve as a Fire Protection Engineer in the Corporate Operations Department, Infrastructure Division, Facilities Branch (Code 1021) of the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division. You will provide technical facilities guidance and solutions to technical department representatives seeking to address Research, Development, Test and Evaluation infrastructure requirements, constraints, and/or compliance requirements. You will collaborate with technical department personnel and develop scopes of work for design, construction, repair, and maintenance projects. You will collaborate with other team members (engineers/architects) to develop, prepare and coordinate full scopes of work and/or design packages that adequately address all architectural/engineering facility project requirements. You will prepare design and construction scopes of work, drawings, sketches, and cost estimates for contract execution. You will prepare statements of Architect-Engineer services to contract for design projects. You will use computer-assisted architectural-engineering software (AutoCAD and CostWorks) to perform architectural/engineering tasks and designs. You will execute design management and construction management of contracts awarded by Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) and Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD). You will assist in the preparation of construction, repair, and maintenance project plans. You will assist in the development of infrastructure solutions to solve Research, Development, Test and Evaluation infrastructure deficiencies. You will support the work of the Facilities Tactical Group (FTG) and Infrastructure Board (IB). You will support construction projects, develop fire protection designs, and prepare construction drawings and specifications.

Requirements

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final Secret security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• This position is covered under the Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA). Certification in the Acquisition Functional Area and category assigned to the position is required within established category timeframes.
• This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.

Qualifications

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the ND-3 pay band (GS-9 through GS-11 equivalency) in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: As a professional engineer applying principles of fire protection engineering to mitigate potential fire damage by proper facility design, construction, or arrangement. Examples of qualifying experience may include (1) ability to perform life safety analysis and fire protection planning, analysis and designs for facility/infrastructure projects; (2) ability to collaborate with professional architects and engineers to manage professional design and construction related services; (3) completing infrastructure project packages to include life safety and fire protection systems. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=GS-PROF Individual Occupational Requirements (IOR) for all Professional Engineering Positions 08XX: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/files/all-professional-engineering-positions-0800.pdf Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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.

Education

Applicants must meet at least one of the following positive education qualifications requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual:

• Professional Engineering Series (08XX) - Degree: A professional engineering degree from an ABET-accredited college or university; OR a degree with curriculum in differential and integral calculus, with additional courses 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
• Professional Engineering Series (08XX) - Substitution of Education/Experience: A combination of education and 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: (a) professional registration, (b) evidence of successfully passing the Engineer-in-Training (EIT) examination; (c) 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 above; or (d) 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 that it included at least 1 year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance. (Note to Applicants: Please see the Qualifications & Education sections of this announcement for a link to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Individual Occupational Requirements. OPM guidance indicates that there should be either an established plan of intensive training to develop professional engineering competence, or several years of prior professional engineering-type experience. This training plan or experience must be well documented and provided at time of application.)

Contacts

• Address NAVSURFWARCENDLD 6149 Welsh Road Suite 203 Dahlgren, VA 22448 US
• Name: DLGR_NSWC Job Info
• Phone: (540) 653-8943
• Email: [email protected]