Interdisciplinary Lead Engineer, GS-0810/0819 - 13 (88144)
US Army Corps of Engineers · Pittsburgh, PA · 1 mo ago
EngineeringFull-time
We need to produce HTML fragment with sections: About the role (maybe Position Overview/Duties), Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. We need to parse the posting.
We have:
- Position Overview/Duties: includes introduction and position description. So we can put that under headings and
About the role
or maybePosition Overview/Duties
but spec says use headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we map content accordingly. We need to extract responsibilities: from the duties: "Function as a Lead Engineer coordinating and leading multiple teams of interdisciplinary engineers, and technicians engaged primarily with the preparation of designs, plans and specifications, and cost estimates for a variety of civil works projects or one major civil works project. Participate in the development of civil engineering criteria and provide assistance for developing Corps criteria for unusual and complex civil engineering problems. Coordinate with local agencies, city and state governments, industry, utility companies, agencies, etc. in assuring their technical concerns are being satisfied to the fullest extent possible. Prepare reports and maintain records of work accomplishment and administrative information, and coordinate the preparation, presentation, and communication of work-related information to the supervisor. Resolve simple, informal complaints of employees and refer others, such as formal grievances and appeals, to the supervisor or an appropriate management official." That's responsibilities. Requirements: maybe basic requirement for Lead Engineer: education etc. Also experience requirement: at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-12 level. Also conditions: registration as Professional Engineer required, US Citizenship, travel up to 15%, Confidential Financial Disclosure, etc. Also "One year trial/probationary period may be required." Also "Submission of a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report (OGE450) is required upon entry and annually thereafter." Also "This position requires registration as a Professional Engineer." Also "You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship." Also "This position may be eligible for situational telework only, including emergency and OPM prescribed 'Unscheduled Telework'." Also "All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement." Also "Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement." Also "Direct deposit of pay is required." Also "Payment of Permanent Change of Station (PCS) costs may be authorized, based on a determination that a PCS move is in the Government interest. A Recruitment or Relocation Incentive may be authorized." Also "Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, are required to register for Selective Service prior to appointment." Also "Nepotism: Under the provisions of 5 USC 3110, an individual may not be appointed into a position if the position is under the supervisory chain of command of a relative." Also "Applications must be submitted after 12:01 AM (EST) of the posted Job Posting Open Date and before 11:59 PM (EST) of the posted Job Posting Close Date to receive consideration. Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement. Point of contact for this announcement is Melissa Thomas" (but we should drop application instructions? The instruction says remove application instructions. That includes point of contact? Probably yes. Also "Your Resume" etc is application instructions; remove. Also EEO boilerplate etc remove. We need to keep substantive info: responsibilities, requirements (education, experience, licensure, citizenship, travel, financial disclosure, probation period, telework eligibility, etc). Also maybe Benefits: we have "Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement." Also "Direct deposit of pay is required." Also "Payment of Permanent Change of Station (PCS) costs may be authorized... A Recruitment or Relocation Incentive may be authorized." Also maybe "Situational telework" could be a benefit? It's more a work arrangement. Could be under Benefits or Schedule? The spec says include Benefits, Pay, Schedule sections only if posting actually states them. We have salary info (locality pay). That's Pay. We have direct deposit requirement (maybe not a benefit). We have PCS costs and recruitment/relocation incentive (that's a benefit). Also maybe telework eligibility could be considered a benefit or schedule? It's a work arrangement; maybe schedule? But spec says Schedule section only if posting actually states schedule (like work hours, shift). Not present. So we can omit Schedule. Benefits: PCS costs, recruitment/relocation incentive, maybe situational telework? Not sure. The spec says "never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them." So we need to see if posting states benefits explicitly. It mentions "Payment of Permanent Change of Station (PCS) costs may be authorized, based on a determination that a PCS move is in the Government interest. A Recruitment or Relocation Incentive may be authorized." That's a benefit. Also maybe "Direct deposit of pay is required" is not a benefit but a requirement. Also "Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement" is pay. So we will have Pay section with that sentence. Benefits section with PCS costs and recruitment/relocation incentive. Also maybe "situational telework only" could be considered a benefit? It's a work arrangement; but not explicitly a benefit. I'd keep it under Benefits? Might be stretching. Safer to include only explicit benefits: PCS costs and recruitment/relocation incentive. Also maybe "Direct deposit of pay is required" is not a benefit. Qualifications: we have education requirements, experience requirement, licensure requirement, citizenship, etc. Could split into Requirements and Qualifications? The spec says we can have both sections. We need to avoid duplication. Let's decide: - About the role: position overview/duties (intro). - Responsibilities: list of duties (the bullet points we extracted). - Requirements: maybe the experience requirement, citizenship, travel, financial disclosure, probation period, telework eligibility, selective service, nepotism, etc. Or we could put education/experience/licensure under Qualifications. Let's see typical usage: Requirements often are mandatory items like citizenship, clearance, etc. Qualifications often education/experience. But we can decide. We need to avoid thin sections. Let's combine education/experience/licensure into Qualifications. Requirements can be things like citizenship, travel, financial disclosure, probation period, telework, selective service, nepotism, etc. That seems reasonable. Skills: maybe not explicitly listed; we could omit Skills section if no specific skills listed. The posting mentions "lead multiple-disciplined teams", "preparing designs, plans and specifications, cost estimates", "reviewing and providing direction on preliminary and final plans", etc. Those are more responsibilities than skills. Could list skills like "team leadership", "engineering design", "cost estimating", "coordination with agencies", "report preparation", etc. But we should not invent details. Better to omit Skills if not explicitly stated as a list. The spec says "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So we can omit Skills. Thus sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Qualifications, Requirements, Benefits, Pay. Now we need to format with headings and - for lists,
for prose.
We need to preserve all substantive information, not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include all details from the posting that are relevant to those sections.
Let's extract details:
About the role (Position Overview/Duties): The introductory paragraph: "Function as a Lead Engineer coordinating and leading multiple teams of interdisciplinary engineers, and technicians engaged primarily with the preparation of designs, plans and specifications, and cost estimates for a variety of civil works projects or one major civil works project. Participate in the development of civil engineering criteria and provide assistance for developing Corps criteria for unusual and complex civil engineering problems. Coordinate with local agencies, city and state governments, industry, utility companies, agencies, etc. in assuring their technical concerns are being satisfied to the fullest extent possible. Prepare reports and maintain records of work accomplishment and administrative information, and coordinate the preparation, presentation, and communication of work-related information to the supervisor. Resolve simple, informal complaints of employees and refer others, such as formal grievances and appeals, to the supervisor or an appropriate management official."
That's the overview. We'll put that in a
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Responsibilities: Could be same as above? But we already used overview. Maybe we split: About the role = brief intro; Responsibilities = detailed list of duties. However the overview already includes duties. To avoid duplication, we could treat About the role as a short summary (maybe first sentence) and Responsibilities as the list. But we must preserve all substantive info; we can't omit any. If we split, we need to ensure we don't lose any info. Let's decide: About the role: maybe just the first sentence: "Function as a Lead Engineer coordinating and leading multiple teams of interdisciplinary engineers, and technicians engaged primarily with the preparation of designs, plans and specifications, and cost estimates for a variety of civil works projects or one major civil works project." Then Responsibilities: the rest of the duties as bullet list. That way we keep all info.
But the spec says "use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." So we can have About the role and Responsibilities both.
Thus:
About the role:
Function as a Lead Engineer coordinating and leading multiple teams of interdisciplinary engineers, and technicians engaged primarily with the preparation of designs, plans and specifications, and cost estimates for a variety of civil works projects or one major civil works project.
Responsibilities: - Participate in the development of civil engineering criteria and provide assistance for developing Corps criteria for unusual and complex civil engineering problems.
- Coordinate with local agencies, city and state governments, industry, utility companies, agencies, etc. in assuring their technical concerns are being satisfied to the fullest extent possible.
- Prepare reports and maintain records of work accomplishment and administrative information, and coordinate the preparation, presentation, and communication of work-related information to the supervisor.
- Resolve simple, informal complaints of employees and refer others, such as formal grievances and appeals, to the supervisor or an appropriate management official.
Now Qualifications: includes education requirements, experience requirement, licensure requirement, maybe also "One year trial/probationary period may be required"? That's more a condition. Let's keep Qualifications: education, experience, licensure.
Education: "Basic Requirement for Lead Engineer: 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 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 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
for prose. We need to preserve all substantive information, not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include all details from the posting that are relevant to those sections. Let's extract details: About the role (Position Overview/Duties): The introductory paragraph: "Function as a Lead Engineer coordinating and leading multiple teams of interdisciplinary engineers, and technicians engaged primarily with the preparation of designs, plans and specifications, and cost estimates for a variety of civil works projects or one major civil works project. Participate in the development of civil engineering criteria and provide assistance for developing Corps criteria for unusual and complex civil engineering problems. Coordinate with local agencies, city and state governments, industry, utility companies, agencies, etc. in assuring their technical concerns are being satisfied to the fullest extent possible. Prepare reports and maintain records of work accomplishment and administrative information, and coordinate the preparation, presentation, and communication of work-related information to the supervisor. Resolve simple, informal complaints of employees and refer others, such as formal grievances and appeals, to the supervisor or an appropriate management official." That's the overview. We'll put that in a
. Responsibilities: Could be same as above? But we already used overview. Maybe we split: About the role = brief intro; Responsibilities = detailed list of duties. However the overview already includes duties. To avoid duplication, we could treat About the role as a short summary (maybe first sentence) and Responsibilities as the list. But we must preserve all substantive info; we can't omit any. If we split, we need to ensure we don't lose any info. Let's decide: About the role: maybe just the first sentence: "Function as a Lead Engineer coordinating and leading multiple teams of interdisciplinary engineers, and technicians engaged primarily with the preparation of designs, plans and specifications, and cost estimates for a variety of civil works projects or one major civil works project." Then Responsibilities: the rest of the duties as bullet list. That way we keep all info. But the spec says "use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." So we can have About the role and Responsibilities both. Thus: About the role:
Function as a Lead Engineer coordinating and leading multiple teams of interdisciplinary engineers, and technicians engaged primarily with the preparation of designs, plans and specifications, and cost estimates for a variety of civil works projects or one major civil works project.
Responsibilities:- Participate in the development of civil engineering criteria and provide assistance for developing Corps criteria for unusual and complex civil engineering problems.
- Coordinate with local agencies, city and state governments, industry, utility companies, agencies, etc. in assuring their technical concerns are being satisfied to the fullest extent possible.
- Prepare reports and maintain records of work accomplishment and administrative information, and coordinate the preparation, presentation, and communication of work-related information to the supervisor.
- Resolve simple, informal complaints of employees and refer others, such as formal grievances and appeals, to the supervisor or an appropriate management official.