This position serves as a Federal Project Director for the Y-12 Acquisition and Project Management Office (NA-93) within the Office of Infrastructure (NA-90). NA-93 provides project and contract management of capital asset acquisitions and select other design and construction projects at the Y-12 National Security Complex with a fully integrated and staffed federal design and construction project oversight and contract management team.

Duties

As a General Engineer (Federal Project Director) you will: Provide overall project management, technical direction, and guidance to contractors to ensure that long range project plans are properly developed, including conceptual design, preliminary design and final design efforts, and that construction and production schedules are met. Represent DOE/NNSA in coordinating project requirements with other state, federal, and local governmental agencies. Assure that the regulatory requirements of other governmental agencies are properly incorporated as part of the planning, design, construction, and operational criteria for the projects. Ensure that projects are developed to design safety authorization bases and constructed in accordance with approved designs. Lead the Integrated Project Team(s) which consists of members responsible for coordination and resolution of issues associated with high hazard and/or technically complex projects in the areas of budget, work prioritization and performance, health and safety, environmental compliance, and safeguards and security. Review and evaluate design and construction progress in accordance with established performance baseline and technical requirements.

Requirements

Qualifications

Applicants must have specialized experience and/or directly related education in the amounts shown in the professional and scientific qualification standards. A qualified candidate's online application and resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower NNSA pay band level or GS grade level in the Federal Service, i.e., EN/NN-3 or GS-13 equivalent. Specialized experience for this position is defined as: Experience individually overseeing, or leading a team of professionals, who are executing the design and construction phases of major, multi-year capital asset acquisitions or improvement projects. Examples of Qualified Experience: 1. Leading, managing, and/or monitoring interdisciplinary technical design or construction activities that involve large, multi-organizational teams. 2. Leading and/or managing project controls associated with project and/or program management activities at military installations, production facilities, or national laboratories. 3. Preparing and managing project budgets and schedules; validating contractor cost data for accuracy, completeness, and reasonableness; and reviewing contractor performance in controlling costs. Your application and resume should demonstrate that you possess the following competencies. Do not provide a separate narrative written statement. Rather, you must describe in your application how your past work experience demonstrates that you possess the KSAs identified below. Cite specific examples of employment or experience contained in your resume and describe how this experience has prepared you to successfully perform the duties of this position. DO NOT write "see resume" in your application! Project ManagementTechnical Credibility "Experience" refers to paid and unpaid experience. Examples of qualifying unpaid experience may include: volunteer work done through National Service programs (such as Peace Corps and AmeriCorps); as well as work for other community-based philanthropic and social organizations. Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills; and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. You must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

Education

All applicants must meet the basic requirements of the General Engineer occupational series. Transcripts or other proof of required education MUST be included in application package.

General Engineer Series 0801:

Degree: professional engineering. The curriculum must: (1) be in a school of engineering with at least one curriculum accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology as a professional engineering curriculum; 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;

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 professional 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. There are alternate methods to meeting the engineering educational requirement (e.g., holding current professional engineering registration, having passed the EIT examination, or having completed specified academic courses or a related degree). Please refer to the OPM Qualification Standards at Professional Engineering Positions.

If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:

EDUCATION: Education must be obtained from an accredited institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Applicants who have completed part or all of their education outside of the U.S. must have their foreign education evaluated by an accredited organization to ensure that the foreign education is comparable to education received in accredited educational institutions in the U.S. A written evaluation of any foreign education must be provided with your application in response to this vacancy announcement or be received by the closing date of this announcement. Failure to provide this evaluation will result in you being found unqualified for the position. For special instructions pertaining to foreign education, see the Department of Education website, and for a list of organizations that can evaluate foreign education, visit The National Association of Credential Evaluation Services.

Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

**If you are selected, official transcripts will be required.

**FOREIGN EDUCATION: Applicants who have completed part or all of their education outside of the U.S. must have their foreign education evaluated by an accredited organization to ensure that the foreign education is comparable to education received in accredited educational institutions in the U.S. A written evaluation of any foreign education must be provided with your application in response to this vacancy announcement or be received by the closing date of this announcement. Failure to provide this evaluation will result in you being found unqualified for the position. For special instructions pertaining to foreign education, see the Department of Education website, and for a list of organizations that can evaluate foreign education, visit The National Association of Credential Evaluation Services. Please Note: If your foreign education has already been accepted by an accredited U.S. educational institution as part of a degree program with that institution, you do not need to provide an evaluation of foreign education but must submit a copy of the transcripts listing the degree from the U.S. accredited institution that accepted your foreign education.

Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.

Contacts

• Address Office of Infrastructure 24600 20th St SE Kirtland AFB, NM 87117-5507 US
• Name: Jantrony Price
• Phone: 202-586-2378
• Email: [email protected]