About the Position: Serves as a Senior Engineering Branch Chief, who aids in the execution of multi-million dollar contracts for the US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) Ground Vehicle Systems Center (GVSC), located in Warren, MI. This position is also being filled under announcement number DAFN243176189033. Flexible Length Modified Renewable Term (FLMRT) employees must apply under announcement number DAFN243176189033 if you wish to be considered.

Duties

Serves as expert advisory ranging from being responsible for extensive development efforts of two or more broad program areas to being responsible for conceiving, planning and conducting work of outstanding scope, difficulty and complexity. Work involves the design, overhaul, repair, operation, and age monitoring of vehicles, components, systems, and support equipment that are primarily in the post productions stage. Work performed may include development, verification, review and update of technical and engineering publications (Technical Books, Technical Manuals, Depot Maintenance Work Requirements, etc.) Reviews/approves design changes, advise on parts substitution during maintenance, conduct analysis to enhance preventive engineering programs, evaluate system safety and reliability using operational data, and provide technical advice. Provides technical, programmatic, and managerial support to the Deputy Associate Director, and leads highly specialized or complex research, development, and engineering activities. Manages and executes team budget, and seeks new business opportunities, and resolves technical or operating problems. Plans organizational structure and staffing needs, determines and assigns types of jobs/duties needed, request personnel actions, make selections for appointments, promotions, etc. Advises and counsels employees relative to work and administrative matters, assist employees in career planning, develop work performance standards and periodically evaluate employee performance, approve and disapprove requests for leave.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• This is an Army Acquisition, Logistics and Technology Workforce position. Selectee must meet position requirements for Engineering and Technical Management Level II Certification within 60 months of entrance on duty.
• Must obtain and maintain a Secret Security Clearance.
• This is a Critical Acquisition Position (CAP). Must sign DD Form 2888 (Critical Acquisition Position Service Agreement) and execute, as a condition of employment, a written tenure agreement.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Applying on Time-Limited Assignments In order to qualify, you must meet the education and experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Basic Education Requirement: A. Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (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. NOTE: You MUST submit a copy of your transcripts. 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- Current registration as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT), or licensure as a Professional Engineer (PE) by any State, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico. Absent other means of qualifying under this standard, those applicants who achieved such registration by means other than written test (e.g., State grandfather or eminence provisions) are eligible only for positions that are within or closely related to the specialty field of their registration. For example, an applicant who attains registration through a State Board's eminence provision as a manufacturing engineer typically would be rated eligible only for manufacturing engineering positions. 2. Written Test - Evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) examination, or any other written test required for professional registration, by an engineering licensure board in the various States, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico. 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 A above. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program. 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 degree in engineering, provided the applicant has had at least 1 year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance. (You MUST submit a copy of your transcripts along with a letter of reference stating that you have at least 1 year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance. The letter must be signed by the engineer who provided the professional engineer supervision. It must also include their name, phone number, and list their engineer credentials such as engineer education or professional certificates). NOTE: An applicant who meets the basic requirements as specified in A or B above, except as noted under B.1., may qualify for positions in any branch of engineering unless selective factors indicate otherwise. In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below: To qualify at the DB-03/GS-12 thru GS-14 equivalent grade level: Your resume must clearly describe at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the DB-02, higher-end of the Pay Band equivalent to GS-11 grade level in the Federal service which includes: Performing engineering analysis of tactical and combat vehicle systems, subsystems, components, and/or special equipment; Experience in resolving system and technical problems involving various components of tracked, wheeled and/or support vehicles; Experience providing analysis and advises on higher authority policies/regulations for their impact on organizational programs. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (DB 02/GS-11). This position is part of the Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC) Ground Vehicle Systems Center (GVSC), Science and Technology Reinvention Laboratory Personnel Management Demonstration Project. CCDC Ground Vehicle Systems Center (GVSC) is participating in an alternative personnel system known as the Personnel Management Demonstration Projection. The DB-03 pay band is equivalent to the GS-12 step 1 through GS-14 step 10 grade levels. You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: General EngineeringLeadershipProgram ManagementTechnical Competence

Education

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.

***NOTE: TRANSCRIPTS ARE REQUIRED even if you are a current federal employee.***

Only degrees from an accredited college or university recognized by the Department of Education are acceptable to meet positive education requirements or to substitute education for experience. For additional information, please go to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and U.S. Department of Education websites at - http://www.opm.gov/qualifications and http://www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

Contacts

• Address FN-W4GHAA US ARMY COMBAT CAPABILITIES DEV CMD DO NOT MAIL Warren, MI 48397 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk