Supervisory General Engineer

Summary

This vacancy is for a GS-0801-13, Supervisory General Engineer located in the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard, OPERATING LOCATION-SFLC IBCT PORT ENGINEER SECTION 2-ALAMEDA CA in Norfolk County, VA.

Duties

You will serve as an Supervisory General Engineer and be responsible for providing ongoing management continuity and performing a variety of duties that manage requirements for budget, manpower, material, and technical services to support the System. Being a Coast Guard civilian makes you a valuable member of the Coast Guard team. Typical work assignments include: Directly leading a group of approximately seven Coast Guard civilian and active-duty logisticians, who oversee contractors, by providing critical strategic and tactical level guidance to meet current and anticipated needs. Participating with the Branch Chief in planning, directing and budgeting all phases of branch operations and coordinating with counterparts in other branches and units. Coordinating and integrating planning, programming, development, oversight, scheduling, and overall management of resources for multi-phase projects in Coast Guard surface asset sustainment & system updates. These projects most often involve technical Engineering Change/Time Compliant Technical Orders, maintenance development, configuration management, and maintenance effectiveness reviews. Develop and review engineering design changes for the alteration, repair, installation, redesign, or maintenance of complex systems and machinery on Coast Guard vessels. Consulting with management, acquisition and planning personnel in preparing requirements and criteria for complex or high value projects, making recommendations, & resolving technical difficulties. Conducting analysis and apply findings from reviews of literature published within the agency, other agencies, private industry, and research institutions. Evaluating performance and giving advice, counsel, and instructions to subordinate employees, contracted personnel, and cross-team members of the staff and related business units on technical and administrative issues.

Qualifications

Basic Requirements: This position has a positive Education Requirement in addition to at least one year of Specialized Experience or substitution of education for experience or combination (if applicable) in order to be found minimally qualified. Transcripts must be submitted with your application package. You MUST meet the following requirements: EDUCATION: To qualify for this position, applicants must show that they possess a professional knowledge of engineering principles and practices through the following: - Completion of a bachelor's or higher degree in engineering that was from an ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology) accredited school or that included courses in differential and integral calculus and courses (beyond 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 - Registration as a professional engineer by a State, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico. OR - Successfully passing the Engineering-in-Training (EIT) examination, or the written test required for professional registration that is administered by the Boards of Engineering Examiners in the various states, the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico, and completed all the requirements for either (a) bachelor's degree in engineering technology (BET) from an accredited college or university that included at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences, or (b) a BET from an ABET-accredited program. OR - A combination of at least 4 years of college-level education, training, and/or technical experience that included successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences, including the courses listed in paragraph A above. (NOTE: The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of a professional engineering curriculum.) OR - Successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree in engineering technology or in an appropriate professional field (e.g., physics, chemistry, architecture, computer science, mathematics, hydrology, or geology) AND at least 1 year of professional engineering experience under the guidance and supervision of a professional engineer. IN ADDITION to meeting the basic education requirements (above) applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular ability, skill, and knowledge to successfully perform the duties of this position and is typically in or related to this line of work. Applicants applying for the GS-13 level must possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-12 level in the Federal service. Examples of specialized experience include: Specialized experience may include the following: Reflecting experience with surface asset maintenance & logistics. Experience with shipboard engineering, configuration, systems, and general operation. Resolving complex problems that involve coordinating with other groups. Fostering new approaches to solve technical and/or logistical problems. Understanding of Project Management to include; schedule adherence, budgeting and government contractual requirements. Additionally, candidates must have experience reviewing designs, specification, drawings and maintenance requirements across marine engineering systems. NOTE: Education cannot be substituted for experience at this grade level. NOTE: All experience statements (i.e., duties, specialized experience, or occupational assessment questionnaire) copied from this announcement and pasted into your resume will not be considered as a demonstration of your qualifications for this position. National Service Experience (i.e., volunteer experience): 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.

Education

This position does have a positive education requirement. If you are including education on your resume, report only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. See Required Documents section for detail. Are you qualifying based on education? Submit a copy of your college transcript (unofficial is acceptable) from an accredited institution. Once selected & prior to appointment, applicants must provide an official college transcript. Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet Federal qualification requirements if you can show that your foreign education is comparable to education received in accredited educational institutions in the U.S. (see FOREIGN EDUCATION below). College Transcript: If this position requires specific educational course work to qualify, or you are qualifying based in whole or part on education, you are required to provide all unofficial transcripts (undergraduate, graduate, etc.) by the closin