This position is with the Office of Secure Transportation, Office of Technical Services, Engineering Systems and Technology Division, Facilities Management Branch. This position serves as a General Engineer and will be responsible for providing in-depth engineering support to OST mission requirements and the need for construction, development, modification, maintenance, and termination of facilities.

Duties

- Provide engineering expertise on complex programs and/or projects involving significant resource requirements, new technologies, aggressive program goals, and/or high visibility. - Provide senior program and/or project management expertise, including planning, developing, validating, and executing budget requests. - Review and evaluate design and engineering progress in accordance with established milestone costs and technical requirements. - Prepare and present reports and briefings on the status of programs/projects. - Provide oversight of projects and contracts as a Contracting Officer Representative. - Work on and contribute to agency wide teams, projects and committees as required.

Requirements

Qualifications

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS: A qualified candidates resume and application must reflect one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level in the NNSA pay band or GS grade level in the Federal Service i.e., NN-03 or GS-13. Specialized experience is defined as: Experience with technical management and coordination of design and engineering projects, experience with project management responsibilities for proposed and ongoing projects, experience evaluating new technologies for potential application in assigned projects, experience communicating sensitive or controversial issues in writing and orally with technical and management personnel. The Specialized Experience for this position includes: - Overseeing and directing the design and engineering of exceptionally difficult and complex mission critical projects to ensure they meet design requirements and are constructed in accordance with approved designs as well as with requirements associated with nuclear security. - Ensuring adequate consideration is given to standards and regulatory requirements applicable to safe and sound operation of systems and platforms while planning, developing, and managing assigned projects. Preferred candidates would also have the following: - Budget processes including invoicing, payments, tracking and planning - Various databases including AFDCS, STARS, STRIPES, FAST, VPMS, CPARS, and RSMeans - Various software packages including Microsoft Excel, Power Point, Word, Project, and Teams - Preparing for, conducting, and documenting facility condition assessments "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 qualification and eligibility requirements by the closing date of this announcement. Career Transition Assistance Programs: To receive selection priority for this position, you must: 1) meet the eligibility criteria; and 2) be rated "well-qualified" by the SME/panel.

Education

You must provide a copy of your unofficial transcript(s). Be sure to include those transcripts directly applicable for meeting the education requirements. Failure to provide proof of education will result in non-consideration for this position. Official transcripts will be required prior to entrance-on-duty for individuals selected.

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.

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.

Education must be obtained from an accredited institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. For special instructions pertaining to foreign education and a list of organizations that can evaluate foreign education, see Department of Education.

Contacts

• Address NNSA - Office of Secure Transportation 24600 20th St SE Kirtland AFB, NM 87117-5507 US
• Name: Keith Ross
• Phone: 202-689-9485
• Email: [email protected]