Supervisory General Engineer

Full Job Description

Joining the Secret Service, Office of Technical Operations will allow you to provide a technically secure environment at the White House, Vice Presidential Residence, and any locations where the President or Vice President may temporarily reside.

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To be considered qualified for this position you must meet the following qualification requirements for the respective grade level in which you are applying. 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), 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) 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).

IN ADDITION TO MEETING THE BASIC REQUIREMENTS ABOVE, YOU MUST ALSO MEET THE FOLLOWING MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: You qualify for the GS-15 level (starting salary $143,913.00) if you possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-14 level performing duties such as: Recommending resolutions of engineering issues to attain organizational goals/objectives and technology development.

Reviewing and analyzing project schedules, technical and managerial reports, financial reports, and other pertinent data to determine status of programs.

Preparing detailed technical and operational specifications, prepares all justifications and evaluation criteria for procurement.

Supporting and executing specialized research and development efforts to develop new processes or techniques to enhance the ability to perform organizational missions.

Time-in-Grade Requirements: Under competitive merit promotion procedures, any individual who is currently holding, or who has held within the previous 52 weeks, a General Schedule position under a non-temporary appointment in the competitive or excepted service, must meet "time-in-grade" requirements (have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade of the grade for which you are applying).

Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to current competitive service employees applying for a Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment.

NOTE: All current or former Federal employees must provide a copy of their SF-50, "Notice of Personnel Action" that indicates proof of status and time-in-grade eligibility.

The SF-50 must include your position, title, series, grade, step, tenure (1 or 2), and type of service (Competitive or Excepted). You may need to submit more than one SF-50 to comply.

The qualification requirements listed above must be met by the closing date of this announcement.

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.

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees.

If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office.

Major Duties:

The selectee will serve as a Supervisory General Engineer in the Office of Technical Operations.

Typical work assignments include: Establishes program priorities, performance metrics, and investment strategies that shape agency-wide technical capabilities supporting mission-essential and nationally significant protective operations.

Serves as a principal engineering authority and senior technical advisor to USSS and DHS leadership, providing expert judgment on the feasibility, cost, and risk implications of national-level protective technology initiatives.

Maintains oversight of the lifecycle management of all technical systems under the branch's jurisdiction, including acquisition, configuration control, sustainment, and modernization.

Leads strategic workforce planning, recruitment, and succession management efforts to maintain a world-class cadre of engineers, scientists, and technical specialists supporting national protective missions.

Provides executive-level guidance on organizational change initiatives and directs process improvements that increase program efficiency and effectiveness.

Apply for this exciting opportunity to lead program and project planning, coordination, management, and quality assurance across diverse and interconnected technical domains.

This Supervisory General Engineer position starts at a salary of $169,279.00, GS-15, step 1 with potential to $197,200.00 GS-15 step 10.