You will serve as a SUPERVISORY ELECTRICAL ENGINEER in the Capital Improvements Business Line (CIBL) Division of NAVFAC ENGINEERING CMD MID-ATLANTIC.

Duties

You will independently develop and produce in accordance with applicable laws, Codes, Standards, and project objectives and requirements project electrical designs and construction documents using a variety of computer software. You will prepare field surveys documenting existing electrical systems and existing site conditions. You will performing complex calculations using computer software or hand-calculations for design and analysis of electrical systems (i.e. lighting illuminance, voltage drop). You will analyze and evaluate electrical systems and equipment in support of construction and compare design alternatives with respect to efficiency, energy savings, constructability, future expandability, and costs. You will provide engineering cost estimates to provide a baseline for probable construction costs. You will analyze and interpret contract drawings and specifications to determine the extent of the contractor’s responsibility under the provisions of the contract. You will provide technical support during construction with regard to problems arising from unforeseen conditions, design errors, construction errors, interfacing new work with existing work.

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.
• 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.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain a current Professional Engineers (PE) license.
• This position is covered under the Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA). Certification in the Acquisition Functional Area and category assigned to the position is required within established category timeframes.
• 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.
• Supervisors in the executive branch have a heightened personal responsibility for advancing government ethics. You will be required to review the 14 General Principles of Ethical Conduct at 5 CFR 2635.101.

Qualifications

SELECTIVE PLACEMENT FACTOR (SPF): This position has a Selective Placement Factor that will be used to screen out ineligible candidates: The selective placement factor is: You must currently be a licensed Professional Engineer (PE) if applying for the 0850 series. Your license or registration must be held in a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United States. 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) Providing designs, plans, specifications, and cost estimates for electrical engineering projects; 2) Developing and constructing project electrical engineering design for medium (4.15 -34.5kV) and low voltage (120V-600V) electric power distribution systems, building's and site lighting and communication systems by applying electrical engineering concepts, theories, principles and practices; 3) Extensive knowledge of Electrical Engineering Design Standards and Codes, including the National Electrical Code (NEC®, NFPA 70) and the National Electrical Safety Code (NESC®, IEEE C2), Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC), Unified Facilities Guide Specifications (UFGS), construction materials, construction and maintenance methods, and building systems; 4) Planning, designing, and/or sketching overall solutions for electrical engineering features of various complex and unusually difficult projects for preliminary and final design purposes; 5) Advising and recommending electrical engineering methods and systems to develop and coordinate projects for design, repair, alteration, rehabilitation, installation, improvement, or demolition; 6) Performing basic electrical engineering studies and forensic site investigations for funding of current or future projects; 7) Assisting in the preparation of contract specifications, cost estimates, and bills of material for electrical projects; and 8) Evaluating performance of subordinates to ensure timely performance of work and quality of work and identifying developmental and training needs of employees. 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 NAVFAC ENGINEERING CMD MID-ATLANTIC 9324 Virginia Ave Norfolk, VA 23511 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]