General Engineer

Summary

Organizational Location: This position is with the Department of Homeland Security, within U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Facilities and Asset Management, Mission Support Facilities Division, 1 vacancy located in the following locations: Euless, TX Indianapolis, IN Washington, DC Aliso Viejo, CA

Duties

This position is located within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Enterprise Services (ES), Office of Facilities & Asset Management (OFAM), Mission Support Facilities Division (MSF), Enterprise Facilities Support (EFS) Program Management Office (PMO). EFS is responsible for planning, developing, and managing programs, projects, facilities, and infrastructure that support CBP mission facility requirements nationwide. This position starts at a salary of $106,437.00 (GS-13, Step 1) to $138,370.00 (GS-13, Step 10). Typical work assignments include: Overseeing technical studies, design activities, and construction efforts for CBP/OFAM engineering projects. Managing project planning, funding coordination, tracking, scheduling, execution, and closeout for assigned engineering or construction projects. Coordinating with customers and stakeholders to develop and validate project requirements that support operational needs and applicable design standards. Providing engineering solutions for project requirements involving mechanical, electrical, civil, or industrial engineering issues. Supporting contract administration for construction and alteration projects by preparing scopes of work, cost estimates, procurement documents, and monitoring contractor performance.

Qualifications

This position has an Individual Occupational Requirement (IOR). Basic Requirement(s): A. Degree in Engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by ABET; or (2) include differential and integral calculus and courses (more advanced than first-year physics and chemistry) in (5) five of the following (7) 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. -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: Professional Registration or Licensure: Current registration as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT)1, 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. Written Test: Evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE)2 examination or any other written test required for professional registration by an engineering licensure board in the various States, the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico. 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 the basic requirements under paragraph A. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program as described in paragraph A. 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 bachelor's 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. ALONG WITH THE BASIC REQUIREMENT/IOR LISTED ABOVE, YOU MUST POSSESS AT LEAST ONE (1) YEAR OF SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE AS DESCRIBED BELOW TO QUALIFY BASED ON EXPERIENCE. Experience GS-13: You qualify for the GS-13 grade level if you possess 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level, performing duties such as: Reviewing design drawings, engineering specifications, project plans, or technical documents for accuracy, completeness, compliance, or needed changes. Developing or updating project requirements, scopes of work, cost estimates, schedules, or other documents used to define construction or engineering project needs. Managing engineering project scope, schedules, budgets, risks, records, or change requests to keep work aligned with approved requirements. Coordinating with customers, contractors, technical staff, or other stakeholders to validate requirements, resolve project issues, obtain required approvals, and support timely project completion. NOTE: Your resume must explicitly indicate how you meet this requirement, otherwise you will be found ineligible. Please see the "Required Documents" section below for additional resume requirements. 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). 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 qualification requirements, including education if applicable to this position, subject to verification at any stage of the application process by 11/04/2026. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office. Background Investigation: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is a federal law enforcement agency that requires all applicants to undergo a thorough background investigation prior to employment in order to promote the agency's core values of vigilance, service to country, and integrity. During the screening and/or background investigation process, you will be asked questions regarding any felony criminal convictions or current felony charges, the use of illegal drugs (e.g., marijuana, cocaine, heroin, LSD, methamphetamines, ecstasy), and the use of non-prescribed controlled substances including any experimentation, possession, sale, receipt, manufacture, cultivation, production, transfer, shipping, trafficking, or distribution