MECHANICAL ENGINEER

Full Job Description

You will serve as a MECHANICAL ENGINEER in the NAVFAC Medical Facilities Design Office of NAVAL FACILITIES ENGINEERING SYSTEMS COMMAND.

This position has a selective placement factor that will be used to screen out ineligible candidates. The selective placement factor is: You must currently be a licensed Professional Engineer (PE).

Your license or registration must be held in a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United States.

In addition to the basic education requirement, your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-13 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.

Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) Serving as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) in providing technical design direction in the acquisition of medical/dental facilities; 2) Providing consultation services in all phases of medical facility acquisition including, but not limited to, research planning, design, construction, and operation and maintenance within the technical programs assigned; 3) Managing the execution of significant medical engineering involving the coordination of multi-faceted teams of engineers and architects in the area of criteria preparation, architect/engineering (A/E) selection, A/E negotiation, consultation during construction, and post-occupancy evaluations.

NOTE: This information must be fully supported in your resume.

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series AND https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/files/all-professional-engineering-positions-0800.pdf Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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. Major Duties:

• You will represent the Director as a subject matter expert for all Military Construction (MILCON) funded medical/dental facilities (DON), Department of Air Force and Department of Veterans Affairs, where NAVFAC is the design agent.
• You will serve as a Senior Medical Facilities Design Manager and advise on all mechanical engineering matters for medical facilities.
• You will provide consultation in other areas of the acquisition of DoN and DoD medical facilities, such as criteria preparation, A/E selection, A/E negotiation, cost estimating validation, and project management.
• You will provide consultation during construction and post occupancy evaluations.