This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Certain Personnel of the DoD Workforce to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service. About the Position: This is a Mechanical Engineer position with the US Army Engineer District, Little Rock Engineering and Construction Division, Design Branch located in Little Rock, AR.

Duties

Serve as a subject matter expert in mechanical engineering design, including heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC); energy monitoring; plumbing; fire suppression; and mechanical systems (turbines, pumps, gears, etc.) gears, etc.). Ensure the quality of mechanical engineering work products generated by junior staff within the section or developed by others comply with established criteria, directives, and other requirements. Develop mechanical designs and statements of work supporting the Little Rock District's Civil Works and Military missions, including medical programs. Lead and coordinate with multi-disciplinary project delivery teams (PDTs) for in-house designs and Architect-Engineer (A-E) services. Provide technical direction and guidance to technical resources, construction representatives, project managers, and other stakeholders to resolve issues during design or construction. Perform field investigations to obtain data or assess existing conditions and prepare the appropriate reports with findings and recommendations. Train/mentor new engineers and junior engineering staff on practices, standards, software, and latest advances in the mechanical engineering discipline. Communicate with regional counterparts in the mechanical community of practice and advising representatives and members of management within the USACE organization on technical matters.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Position is a professional engineer and requires professional registration. Must have a Professional Engineer (PE) Certification at the time of employment. THIS MUST BE INCLUDED IN YOUR APPLICATION PACKAGE FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION.
• Travel of 25% or more may be required.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or 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 Requirement for [Engineer]: 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. 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. 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. In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the specialized experience below. GS-13: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes at least 2 out of the 4 following duties: 1) Designing mechanical; heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC); plumbing; and/or fire protection systems; OR 2) Reviewing mechanical design calculations, analyses, cost estimates, and plans/specifications for technical accuracy and cost effectiveness; OR 3) Leading technical teams for negotiation and administration of Architect-Engineer (A-E) and/or Construction contracts, to include the development of requests for proposals (RFPs); OR 4) Overseeing to include training junior mechanical engineers and/or technicians with performing mechanical design related activities. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-12). *Position is a professional engineer and requires professional registration. You MUST upload your Professional Engineer License with Application*

Education

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 RK-W07604 US ARMY ENGINEER DISTRICT LITTLE ROCK DO NOT MAIL Little Rock, AR 72203 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk