This position is located in the Architect of the Capitol (AOC), Office of the Chief Engineer, Energy and Design Services Division, Fire Protection and Mechanical Engineering Branch. The selectee will serve as a Fire Protection Engineer providing expertise in the design, construction and/or modification of fire protection systems, equipment, assemblies or buildings coming under the jurisdiction of the AOC.

Duties

This is a career ladder position. The incumbent performs assignments progressively more difficult until the full performance level is reached. 

Requirements

• You must be able to pass a drug test.
• Your resume and question responses must demonstrate the job-related KSAs.
• You must meet the definition of specialized experience.
• You must meet the education required for Engineers

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 web site at http://www.opm.gov/qualifications.   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. For the GS-13: Candidates for the GS-13 grade level must have at least 52 weeks of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower (GS-12) grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience must demonstrate at least 4 of the following: Managing the development and design of fire protection and life safety systems for a wide variety of building construction and renovation projects; Preparing designs for installation and/or modification of fire protection systems (e.g., detection, alarm, suppression, egress systems etc.); Reviewing drawings and specifications for building construction and renovation projects to ensure compliance with fire protection design standards, national and local codes, and industry standard design practices; Performing tests of fire protection systems and equipment in facilities and property; and Providing technical advice and guidance to management officials, engineers, external agencies and private industry personnel in the field of fire protection and life safety (e.g., design, modernization, operation, repair and maintenance systems and equipment etc.). For the GS-14: 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 must demonstrate all of the following: Managing the development and design of fire protection and life safety systems for a wide variety of building construction and renovation projects; Preparing designs for installation and/or modification of fire protection systems (e.g., detection, alarm, suppression, egress systems etc.); Reviewing drawings and specifications for building construction and renovation projects to ensure compliance with fire protection design standards, national and local codes, and industry standard design practices; Performing tests of fire protection systems and equipment in facilities and property; and Providing technical advice and guidance to management officials, engineers, external agencies and private industry personnel in the field of fire protection and life safety (e.g., design, modernization, operation, repair and maintenance systems and equipment etc.).

Education

In addition to the required specialized experience, you must meet the following:

Education Required for Engineers:

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.

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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: (a) current registration as a professional engineer by any State, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico; (b) evidence of having successfully passed the Engineer-in-Training (EIT) examination or the written test required for professional registration; (c) successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences that are fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of a professional engineering curriculum; or (d) successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree in engineering technology or in an appropriate professional field

For additional information on General Schedule Qualifications Standards for professional engineering positions, please visit:

https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/files/all-professional-engineering-positions-0800.pdf

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: Joy Weaver
• Phone: 000-000-0000
• Email: [email protected]