Mechanical Engineer

Summary

As a Mechanical Engineer, you will provide professional mechanical engineering support to acquisition and supply functions for assigned items. Location of position: Federal Acquisition Service (FAS), Office of Shared Services Delivery, Office of Supply management, Global Supply Service Center Division. Duty location to be determined after selection is made. We are currently filling one vacancy, but additional vacancies may be filled as needed.

Duties

The duty location will be determined at the time of selection in one of the following locations: Washington, DC; Kansas City, MO; Fort Worth, TX; Lakewood, CO; Tacoma, WA; Atlanta, GA; New York, NY; Boston, MA; San Francisco, CA; Philadelphia, PA; Chicago, IL; Raleigh, NC; Norfolk, VA; or Houston, TX. The Office of Shared Services Delivery strives to deliver high-quality, reliable shared services that support our workforce and enable mission success across Federal Acquisition Services (FAS). The Office of Supply Management provides essential procurement and property services, including General Services Administration (GSA) Global Supply, Customer Supply Centers (retail stores), personal property management, and access to commercial platforms. We ensure federal agencies have the products and services they need by managing inventory, streamlining procurement processes, and maintaining accessible retail and online supply channels. As a Mechanical Engineer you will be responsible for the following duties: Provide professional mechanical engineering support to Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) acquisition and supply functions for assigned items; develop new specifications and standards and modify existing specifications and standards for assigned items. Review proposed and existing military specifications and standards used in FAS procurement; present findings and recommendations for preparing activities; develop and maintain contract support documents, commercial item descriptions and item purchase descriptions to maximize potential bidder interest and enhance competition. Provide technical assistance to FAS contracting activities as well as user activities upon request, including review of technical proposals submitted in response to competitive procurement procedures; inspection of pre-production samples; review of findings and determinations in support of noncompetitive procurement; evaluations of quality complaints to ascertain if probable cause is specification related; evaluations of other post contractual matters; recommendation of most appropriate methods of supply; identification of candidate items for conversion from Multiple Award Schedules to competitive, Single Award Schedules or term contracts; and administration of Qualified Products Lists. Act as the agency representative to industry for assigned commodity areas (i.e., serves on technical industry standards committees; clarify and interpret government specifications and standards, etc.). Develop products within the program area for national and worldwide support of other federal agencies, including analyzing characteristic data on new or improved commodities.

Qualifications

To evaluate your qualifications, your resume must clearly demonstrate how you meet the specialized experience described below. Your resume must not exceed two pages. To ensure your qualifications can be fully evaluated, we recommend including the following information: Name, address, telephone number, email address; Job Title (if Federal Service, provide series and grade; if not in GS plan, provide GS equivalent grade); Relevant work experience—should include employer name, job title, start and end dates (month/year), the number of hours worked per week and descriptions that explain how you meet the required qualifications in the job announcement. Education, certifications or licensures—If the job announcement requires any education, certifications or licensures, make sure to include the required information and any required documents like transcripts. Your resume should contain enough information to make a valid determination that you fully meet experience requirements for each grade level you are applying to. If you do not provide enough information for us to determine your qualifications, you may be rated ineligible. If you have volunteered your service through a National Service program (e.g., Peace Corps, Americorps), we encourage you to apply and include this experience on your resume. The GS-12 salary range starts at $90,838.00 per year. If you are a new federal employee, your starting salary will likely be set at the Step 1 of the grade for which you are selected. BASIC REQUIREMENTS FOR ENGINEERS: A Degree in professional engineering OR a combination of college-level education, training, and/or technical experience. For specifics on qualifying education and/or experience - use the following link: Basic Requirements for Engineer Positions. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: In addition to the Basic Requirements listed above, you must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 in the Federal service. Specialized experience is coordinating projects and/or large portions of projects (i.e. balance scope/quality, schedule and/or budget) requiring the services of multiple engineering disciplines from project initiation phase through project closeout; AND assist mechanical engineers developing technical documentations and specifications in support of acquisition of commodities. This position has a positive education requirement: Applicants must submit a copy of their college or university transcript(s) and certificates by the closing date of announcements to verify qualifications. If selected, an official transcript will be required prior to appointment.

Education

Note: If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html

Requirements

• •US Citizenship or National (Residents of American Samoa and Swains Island)
• •Meet all eligibility criteria within 30 days of the closing date
• •Register with the Selective Service if you are a male born after 12/31/1959
• •Meet time-in-grade within 30 days of the closing date, if applicable