You will serve as a Civil Engineer in the Business Directorate, Capital Improvements (CI) of NAVAL FACILITIES ENG SYSTEMS COMMAND PAC. A Cost-of-Living-Allowance (COLA) of 9.28% will be added to the stated salary.

Duties

You will administer architectural-engineering contract negotiations to verify the basic project objectives will be meet within established cost limitations. You will collaborate with project developers on contracting needs for energy projects (e.g., Statement of Work, Request for Proposals, and Government Cost Estimates). You will compose technical correspondence to communicate A-E designs, plans, and objectives to management officials, staff, and customers. You will provide Post Construction Award Services (PCAS) support including review and approval of contractor’s submittals to determine that they conform to the requirements of the contract drawings and specifications. You will participate on slate and/or selection boards for the procurement of AE services and/or Technical Evaluation Teams (TETs) for the procurement of design and construction services. You will utilize the Whole Building Design Guide (WBDG), AutoCAD, SpecsIntact, and NAVFAC SE provided civil engineering software to develop designs and RFPs. You will serve as the QA/QC reviewer of drawings, specifications, calculations, cost estimates, and studies prepared by AE firms You will Independently prepare civil engineering designs, design analyses, and calculations for conventional new construction projects and/or alterations to existing facilities. You will serve as the Subject Matter Expert of Airfield Pavements and Geotechnical Engineering.

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
• Generally, current federal employees applying for GS jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower grade level. This requirement is called time-in-grade. Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
• 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.
• his is a bargaining unit position.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain a current valid United States driver’s license.
• You will be required to maintain a current PE license.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final 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). You must be certified as a Career Field Facilities Engineer Level III. Certification is required within 24 months of appointment.
• You will be required to complete training, obtain, and maintain a government credit card for travel and travel-related purchases.
• 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.
• You will be required to complete ethics orientation within three months of appointment and submit a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report, OGE-450, within 30 days of appointment.

Qualifications

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-12 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following:1.) Applying civil engineering concepts, theories, principles, practices, and techniques necessary to plan, design, construct and maintain wide variety range of shore based engineering projects; 2.) Utilizing DOD and NAVY guide specifications, criteria and policy, industry codes and standards, and standard practices related to civil engineering design including the International Building code; 3.) Referencing local, state, federal, foreign country laws, codes, and other statutory requirements affecting civil engineering design; 4.) Demonstrating architectural and engineering fields and their associated impacts as related to civil engineering design; 5.) Using AutoDesk Software, Microsoft office products, civil engineering design and analysis software and other applicable DoD computer systems and software; and 6.) Budgeting, planning and project management techniques and full compliance with Safety Policy and Guidance. NOTE: This experience must be clearly supported in your resume. This position has a Selective Placement Factor requirement: The SPF is a CURRENT registration as a Professional Engineer (PE) in any State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or Guam. **Note - If you respond "YES," you MUST provide a copy of your current registration with your application. 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=List-by-Occupational-Series AND 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 the following basic education requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual:

Successful completion of a professional engineering degree. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree (or higher) 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. Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position.
OR
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 more information about EI and EIT registration requirements, please visit the National Society of Professional Engineers website at: http://www.nspe.org
OR
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, and Puerto Rico The FE examination is not administered by the U. S. Office of Personnel Management. For more information, please visit: http://www.nspe.org/Licensure/HowtoGetLicensed/index.html.
OR
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 in the basic requirements under paragraph A (above).The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program as described in paragraph A (above)
OR
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 one year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance. Ordinarily, there should be either an established plan of intensive training to develop professional engineering competence, or several years of prior professional engineering-type experience, e.g., in interdisciplinary positions.

Contacts

• Address NAVAL FACILITIES ENG SYSTEMS COMMAND PAC Naval Facilities Engineering Command PAC Pearl Harbor, HI 96860 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]