Public Notice for General Engineer (Direct Hire)

Summary

Direct hiring authority for the 0801 series is being used to fill this position. Public Notices serve as a resume repository, and positions may or may not be filled from this announcement.

Duties

The incumbent will perform professional engineering duties/responsibilities of which are to advise on, administer, supervise, or perform research or other professional and scientific work of a special or miscellaneous character that is not specifically classifiable in any other engineering series. The work typically involves: (1) Application of a knowledge of such engineering fundamentals as the strength and strain analysis of engineering materials and structures; (2) Physical and chemical characteristics of engineering materials, such as elastic limits, maximum unit stresses, coefficients of expansion, workability, hardness, tendency to fatigue, resistance to corrosion, engineering adaptability, engineering methods of construction and processing, etc.; or (3) work involving several branches of engineering. The incumbent will perform professional engineering duties/responsibilities of which are to advise on, administer, supervise, or perform research or other professional and scientific work of a special or miscellaneous character that is not specifically classifiable in any other engineering series. The work typically involves: (1) Application of a knowledge of such engineering fundamentals as the strength and strain analysis of engineering materials and structures; (2) Physical and chemical characteristics of engineering materials, such as elastic limits, maximum unit stresses, coefficients of expansion, workability, hardness, tendency to fatigue, resistance to corrosion, engineering adaptability, engineering methods of construction and processing, etc.; or (3) work involving several branches of engineering. Reference U.S. OPM Individual Occupational Requirements for Professional Engineering Positions https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/files/all-professional-engineering-positions-0800.pdf in conjunction with the Group Qualification Standard for Professional & Scientific Positions https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=GS-PROF.

Qualifications

BASIC REQUIREMENTS A. Degree: 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 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 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: 1. 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. 2. 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. 3. 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. 4. 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. (The above examples of related curricula are not all-inclusive). QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE FG/GS-5: You must meet Basic Requirements as stated above. QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE FG/GS-7: In addition to the above Basic Requirements, you must have 1 year of graduate-level education or superior academic achievement or at least 1-year (52 weeks) of Specialized Experience* equivalent to the FG-5 grade level. Specialized Experience may include but not limited to: application of basic engineering theories, concepts, and principles, assisting higher-graded engineers in analyzing engineering technical system requirements; research technical reports to obtain information relating to projects; and applying basic formulas to routine calculations; prepare graphs, curves, and tables for review. QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE FG/GS-9: In addition to the above Basic Requirements, you must have 2 years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a master's degree or master's or equivalent graduate degree; or at least 1-year (52 weeks) of Specialized Experience* equivalent to the FG-7 grade level. Specialized Experience may include but not limited to: providing basic engineering studies; designing and developing improvement(s) where required; applying knowledge of various engineering disciplines to complete or participate in special projects; and performing various duties while working with other senior engineers. QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE FG/GS-11: In addition to the above Basic Requirements, you must have 3 years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree or Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree; or at least 1-year (52 weeks) of Specialized Experience* equivalent to the FG-9 grade level. Specialized Experience may include but not limited to: assisting with engineering maintenance and operations programs; providing professional consultative engineering advice to management or customers; and preparation of project plans, specifications to include labor hour estimates, tasks, & milestones for systems maintenance or repair projects. QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE FG/GS-12: In addition to the above Basic Requirements, you must demonstrate in your application you possess at least 1-year (52 weeks) of Specialized Experience* equivalent to the FG-11 grade level. Specialized Experience may include but not li