Supervisory Civil Engineer

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About the Position: This position is for the Defense Health Agency, Public Health, Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG), MD.

To learn more visit us at: https://phc.amedd.army.mil/Pages/default.aspx This is not a virtual/remote position.

You must live within or be willing to relocate within a commutable distance of the identified duty location (Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD).

This is a Direct Hire Solicitation Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the education/experience requirements described below.

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).

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.

Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Basic Requirement: A. Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher) in engineering.

To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree (or higher) in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (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) 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), or licensure as a Professional Engineer (PE) by any State, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico.

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.

2.

Written Test - Evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) examination, or any other written test required for professional registration, by an engineering licensure board in the various States, the District of Columbia, Guam, or 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 A above.

The courses must be acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program. 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 degree in engineering, provided the applicant has had at least 1 year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance.

There should be either an established plan of intensive training to develop professional engineering competence, or several years of prior professional engineering-type experience.

Specialized Experience Requirement: Your resume must reflect at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level in the federal service which includes: performing on-site inspections; developing status reports; assigning work to subordinates; and directing the execution of facilities engineering.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-12). Major Duties:

• Ensuring safe, efficient facility operations, including emergency services coordination and weather event planning.
• Developing or reviewing technical specifications of each job in order to ensure suitability and adequacy.
• Attending contract and construction coordination meetings with installation and contractor senior personnel.
• Acting as consultant on matters of/or relating to mechanical engineering, Heating/Ventilation/Air-Conditional (HVAC).
• Directing and coordinating the work of assigned subordinate personnel.
• Preparing written performance standards and formal evaluations, policies, procedures and goals.