This announcement uses the DHA for Certain Personnel of the DoD Workforce (Title 5 USC Section 9905) direct hire authority to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to certain positions in the competitive service.

Duties

Serves as specialist and consultant on the development of designs, specifications, and cost estimates for large and complicated electrical systems, resolving novel, technical state-of-the-art, and unusual electrical engineering matters. Provides specialized electrical engineering advice on complex electrical engineering design and construction matters, code compliance, and on policy and guidance materials. Provides significant and innovative recommendations for advancing electrical engineering methods to execute significant projects of the District's military and civil construction program. Reviews proposals prepared by contractors, architect/engineers and/or USACE personnel regarding modifications or changes, and substitutions of material, systems, or equipment. Conducts on-site inspections of the construction/installation electrical systems to identify problems and devise or initiate alternative courses of action. Maintains a senior designers' level of expertise in the governing electrical code, standards, engineering regulations, electrical Unified Facilities Codes, energy requirements for LEED, and capabilities for building commissioning support.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• One year probationary period is required unless the requirement was previously met as described in 5 CFR Part 315.
• This position has a Temporary Duty (TDY) or business travel requirement of up to 20% of the time.
• This position requires a valid, state-issued motor vehicle driver's license since project sites may be located in remote areas that are not accessible by public transportation and to operate a Government vehicle.
• This position has a Selective Placement Factor (SPF) requiring a current, valid Professional Engineering (PE) License in good standing issued by any one of the 50 states, or its territories.
• This position has a Lifting and carry equipment up to 20 lbs may be required. You will be responsible for observing all safety rules, regulations, and directives applicable to this work requirement.
• This position requires pre-employment financial disclosure and annually thereafter in accordance with DoD Directive 5500-7-R.

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 Electrical 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 qualification requirements listed below: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes; 1) Electrical system design for new commercial buildings or civil works projects, and/or design of electrical system upgrades to existing facilities; and 2) Experience with power system analysis, such as load analysis, fault analysis, lighting calculations, voltage drop calculations, or generator sizing; and 3) Reviewing and analyzing complex electrical engineering plans, specifications, cost estimates, and design analyses; and 4) Reviewing or preparing contract modifications or changes for electrical, telecommunication, or security components during construction; and 5) experience with renewable energy and/or LEED design. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-12). (Specialized experience must be clearly evidenced in your resume to be considered for this position) SELECTIVE PLACEMENT FACTOR: You must possess a current (non-expired), valid Professional Engineering (PE) License in good standing issued by any one of the 50 states, or its territories. (Note: Attach a copy of your non-expired license to your application package. Failure to include this document will result in an ineligible rating.

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 RD-W2SF02 US ARMY ENGINEER DISTRICT-NEW YORK DO NOT MAIL New York, NY 10278 US
• Name: Engineering Division
• Phone: 917-790-8673
• Email: [email protected]