The General Engineer/Physical Scientist for PFO will serve as a Safety Management Program Engineer/Physical Scientist. The incumbent will be responsible for representing PFO management on assigned Safety Management Program(s) (SMP) for matters involving Environmental and Waste and will serve as the site program manager for these assigned SMP areas.

Duties

This position is being advertised at both the EN-03 and the EN-04 with the following salaries in Amarillo, TX: The EN-03 pay band ranges from $86,962 to $138,492. The EN-04 pay band ranges from $122,198 to $195,482. As a General Engineer/Physical Scientist you will: Conduct walk-through inspections of the facilities and/or operations for the purpose of identifying hazards, incidents of non-compliance with standards and guidelines, and potential problem areas. Assure that activities are performed within approved safe operating envelopes and in compliance with applicable orders, laws, and regulations. Monitor integrated and complex program performance involving unique equipment, illness/injury, facility designs, operations and processes, a variety of human factors, and dangerous operations and processes. Ensure contractor management control systems and procedures adhere to NNSA/DOE and national nuclear, radiological and/or industrial safety, and environmental compliance program requirements, policies and practices, and contractual obligations. Make contractor and site management aware of issues and concerns and recommends potential solutions to regulatory, technical and/or programmatic issues and requirements. Participate in hearings, meetings, conferences and special working groups with M&O contractor and other subject matter experts; Federal, state, and local regulators (e.g. EPA, NRC, etc.), and oversight entitles (e.g. Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board). Observe, appraise, and evaluate contractor performance through surveillance, field observations, and the evaluation of operational integration in production activities. Serve as the primary interface between local NNSA/DOE management and the contractor, and maintain cognizance of all operational activities, both technical and administrative, in providing technical and policy guidance, direction and interpretation.

Requirements

Qualifications

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS for EN-3 In addition to meeting the basic requirements, a qualified candidate's online application and resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower NNSA Demonstration Project pay band or GS grade level in the Federal service, i.e., NN-02, GS-11. Specialized experience is defined as: experience serving on a team or supporting technical evaluations of contractor operational and implementation plans including in an industrial, nuclear, or non-nuclear facility. Examples of Qualified Experience that May Be Qualifying: serving on a team that evaluates operating systems, processes, formality of operations, material flows, waste streams, instruments/alarms, control room practices, maintenance and construction, quality assurance, safety, health, and environmental activities, design, construction, maintenance or operational activities. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS for EN-4 In addition to meeting the basic requirements, a qualified candidate's online application and resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower NNSA Demonstration Project pay band or GS grade level in the Federal service, i.e., EN/NN-3, GS-13. Specialized experience is defined as: Overseeing or implementing environment, safety, health and/or quality assurance programs in nuclear or high hazard facilities to determine contractor compliance and performance to those requirements. Ensuring contractor management control systems and procedures adhere to national nuclear, radiological and/or industrial safety, environmental compliance, waste management and transportation safety program requirements, policies and practices, and contractual obligations. Examples of specialized experience: Experience overseeing or leading a team that evaluates operating systems, processes, formality of operations, material flows, waste streams, instruments/alarms, control room practices, maintenance and construction, quality assurance, safety, health, and environmental activities, design, construction, maintenance, or operational activities. Experience performing technical evaluations at industrial, nuclear, or non-nuclear facilities in waste management and transportation safety program requirements, policies and practices, and contractual obligations. Your application and resume should demonstrate that you possess the following competencies. Do not provide a separate narrative written statement. Rather, you must describe in your application how your past work experience demonstrates that you possess the competencies. identified below. Cite specific examples of employment or experience contained in your resume and describe how this experience has prepared you to successfully perform the duties of this position. DO NOT write "see resume" in your application! Oral CommunicationRisk ManagementTechnical CompetenceWritten Communication "Experience" refers to paid and unpaid experience. Examples of qualifying unpaid experience may include: volunteer work done through National Service programs (such as Peace Corps and AmeriCorps); as well as work for other community-based philanthropic and social organizations. 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. You must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of this announcement. CTAP candidates: To be considered "well qualified" you must meet all of the requirements as described in this section.

Education

All applicants must meet the basic requirements of the General Engineer/Physical Science occupational series.

Transcripts or other proof of required education MUST be included in your application package.

801 Engineering Basic Requirements: 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, 2. Written Test, 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, 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. For more information, please refer to the OPM Qualification Standards at General Engineer Series 0801

1301 Physical Science Basic Requirements: Degree: physical science, engineering, or mathematics that included 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science such as mechanics, dynamics, properties of materials, and electronics.

OR

Combination of education and experience -- education equivalent to one of the majors shown in A above that included at least 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science, plus appropriate experience, or additional education. For more information, please refer to the OPM Qualification Standards at General Physical Science Series 1301If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:

If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:

EDUCATION: Education must be obtained from an accredited institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Applicants who have completed part or all of their education outside of the U.S. must have their foreign education evaluated by an accredited organization to ensure that the foreign education is comparable to education received in accredited educational institutions in the U.S. A written evaluation of any foreign education must be provided with your application in response to this vacancy announcement or be received by the closing date of this announcement. Failure to provide this evaluation will result in you being found unqualified for the position. For special instructions pertaining to foreign education, see the Department of Education website, and for a list of organizations that can evaluate foreign education, visit The National Association of Credential Evaluation Services.

Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
**If you are selected, official transcripts will be required.

**FOREIGN EDUCATION: Applicants who have completed part or all of their education outside of the U.S. must have their foreign education evaluated by an accredited organization to ensure that the foreign education is comparable to education received in accredited educational institutions in the U.S. A written evaluation of any foreign education must be provided with your application in response to this vacancy announcement or be received by the closing date of this announcement. Failure to provide this evaluation will result in you being found unqualified for the position. For special instructions pertaining to foreign education, see the Department of Education website, and for a list of organizations that can evaluate foreign education, visit The National Association of Credential Evaluation Services. Please Note: If your foreign education has already been accepted by an accredited U.S. educational institution as part of a degree program with that institution, you do not need to provide an evaluation of foreign education but must submit a copy of the transcripts listing the degree from the U.S. accredited institution that accepted your foreign education.

Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.

Contacts

• Address Pantex Field Office 24600 20th St SE Kirkland AFB, NM 87117-5507 US
• Name: Madalyn Robinson
• Email: [email protected]