Architect/Civil/Mechanical/Electrical Engineer.

Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation. This position requires travel up to approximately 25% of the time, possession or ability to obtain and maintain a valid state Driver’s License, and a Top Secret Security Clearance with Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) access. This is a drug-testing designated position under the Department of the Army Drug-Free Federal Workplace Program.

Responsibilities

• Coordinates the review of shop drawings to determine conformance with construction plans.
• Directs surveillance of construction to assure the contractor is conducting quality control operations to produce work in conformance with plans and specifications.
• Provides technical assistance and advice for resolution of complex problems.
• Discusses details of construction with contractor’s personnel to ensure mutual understanding of the project requirements.
• Serves as coach, facilitator, and/or negotiator in coordinating team initiatives and in consensus-building activities among team members.
• Maintains liaison with and participates constantly in discussions with using agency and contractor representatives on matters of safety, post regulations, coordination of utility outages, and progress of the work.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship required.
• One year of specialized experience which includes:
  • Performing quality assurance inspections to verify workmanship and contract compliance;
  • Reviewing plans and specifications; and
  • Directing the preparation of daily inspection reports.
• 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).

Qualifications

In addition to meeting the basic requirement below, you must also meet the qualification requirements listed.

Basic Requirement for Civil/Mechanical/Electrical Engineer:

• 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:
     • statics, dynamics;
     • strength of materials (stress-strain relationships);
     • fluid mechanics, hydraulics;
     • thermodynamics;
     • electrical fields and circuits;
     • nature and properties of materials (relating particle and aggregate structure to properties); and
     • any other comparable area of fundamental engineering science or physics, such as optics, heat transfer, soil mechanics, or electronics.
• 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:
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Specified academic courses – Successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences that included the courses specified above.
  • 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.

Basic Requirement for Architect:

• Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in architecture or in a related field that included 60 semester hours of course work in architecture or related disciplines of which at least:
  1. 30 semester hours were in architectural design, and
  2. 6 semester hours were in each of the following: structural technology, properties of materials and methods of construction, and environmental control systems.
• Combination of Education and Experience: College-level education, training, and/or technical experience that furnished:
  1. A thorough knowledge of the arts and sciences underlying professional architecture, and
  2. A good understanding, both theoretical and practical, of the architectural principles, methods, and techniques and their applications to the design and construction or improvement of buildings.
  The adequacy of such background must be demonstrated by at least one of the following:
  • Related Curriculum – Degree in architectural engineering provided the completed course work in architectural engineering offered knowledge, skills, and abilities substantially equivalent to those provided in the specified courses, or
  • Experience: 1 year of experience in an architect's office or in architectural work for each year short of graduation from a program of study in architecture. In the absence of any college courses, 5 years of such experience is required.

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.

Benefits

A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time, or intermittent.

The following hiring incentives may be authorized if it is in the best interest of the government, depending on funding availability and at management discretion:

• Advanced In-Hire (offered to new Federal service employees only)
• Advance Leave Accrual (offered to new Federal service employees only)
• Recruitment Incentive (offered to new Federal service employees only)
• Relocation