Supervisory Project Engineer (Acquisition)

Full Job Description

Joining the Secret Service, Office of Training, James J.

Rowley Training Center will allow you to be responsible for planning, programming, and directing the mission of the Operation and Maintenances section within the Facilities Branch.

This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation. Veterans' preference does not apply. For definitions of terms found in this announcement, please click here.

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)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).

IN ADDITION TO MEETING THE BASIC REQUIREMENTS ABOVE, YOU MUST ALSO MEET THE FOLLOWING MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: You qualify for the GS-14 level (starting salary $143,913.00) if you possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 level performing duties such as: Overseeing multi-phase engineering projects and programs.

Reviewing and approving technical design plans, schematics, or sketches of construction or engineering projects.

Providing continuing program management by preparing operational and maintenance specifications guides. and Managing various aspects of engineering budgets and costs associated with projects.

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 Project Engineer (Acquisition) in the Office of Training, James J Rowley Training Center.

Typical work assignments include: Serving as technical authority on all aspects of planning, design, or construction with the USSS.

Advising on the interpretation and implementation of technical policy directives and programs.

Coordinating the planning, design, cost engineering, construction, energy conservation and environmental consideration, etc. for construction project of considerable scope and complexity.

Overseeing the development of statement of works with the Procurement Division to ensure that required services and products are solicited.

Supervising and assigning work to subordinate employees within the Facilities Development, Facilities Operations and Special Project Section.

Apply for this exciting opportunity to impact the agency's ability to ensure the coordination of the training programs and to support the overall mission of the Secret Service This Supervisory Project Engineer (Acquisition) position starts at a salary of $143,913.00, GS-14, step 1, with potential to $187,093.00, GS-14 step 10.