INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNITY PLANNER/ENGINEER/ARCHITECT with Security Clearance

Summary You will serve as a Senior Facility Planner in the Asset Management (AM) Business Line of NAVFAC SOUTHWEST
Duties
• You will develop and maintain project criteria, schedules, and budgets in conformance with project and customer requirements.
• You will compose technical reports for management providing updates on the status of master plans.
• You will consult with clients regarding facility planning product line deliverables to help meet command mission, goals, and objectives.
• You will evaluate architecture and engineering construction projects to recommend and implement initiatives for improvements
Requirements Conditions of Employment
• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check
To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Generally, current federal employees applying for GS jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower grade level
This requirement is called time-in-grade
Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• This is a bargaining unit position.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain a current valid United States driver's license
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty
Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal
• This position is covered under the Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA)
Certification in the Acquisition Functional Area and category assigned to the position is required within established category timeframes.
• You will be required to complete training, obtain, and maintain a government credit card for travel and travel-related purchases.
• This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites
You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.
• You will be required to complete ethics orientation within three months of appointment and submit a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report, OGE-450, within 30 days of appointment.
• I am a current registered Professional Engineer (PE), Architect (RA) in a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United States.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain a current PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER'S license for 0807/0810 series or ARCHITECT registration for 0808 series
Qualifications 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) if applying for the 0807/0810 series
You must be a Registered Architect (RA) if applying for the 0808 series
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
You MUST provide a copy of your current license/registration with your application
A copy of a wall certificate that does not have an expiration date will not serve to verify this requirement
In addition to meeting the Basic Requirements, your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-12 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) Applying planning criteria to execute and/or oversee Shore Infrastructure Planning, to include regional, installation and area development plans; 2) Applying knowledge of planning criteria, as well as master planning, facility planning, economic analyses, explosive safety siting, Asset Evaluations, Basic Facility Requirements, and space management; 3) Executing Project Planning Documents, such as Military Construction (MILCON) and Special Project planning documentation (DD Form 1391), Basic Facility Requirements (BFRs), Asset Evaluations (AEs), Facility Planning Documents, (FPDs), and economic analyses; 4) Providing technical references, guidance, training, and mentorship to colleagues and Public Works Department (PWD) staff; and 5) Completing Asset Evaluations, Basic Facility Requirements, Facility Planning Documents, MILCON and Special Project submissions using computer application software (e.g
Excel, FRAME tool, iNFADS, SFPS, WAWF, CPARS, AutoCAD, ECONPAK, ie FACMAN, and EPG)
NOTE: THIS INFORMATION MUST BE SUPPORTED IN YOUR RESUME TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THE POSITION 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 https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/architecture-series-0808/ https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/landscape-architecture-series-0807/ https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0000/community-planning-series-0020/ 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
Applicants for the 0020 series must meet the following basic education requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual: A
You have successfully completed a community planning degree, or a degree in a related discipline such as urban affairs, architecture, landscape architecture, engineering, sociology, geography, economics, political science, or public administration that included at least 12 semester hours in the planning process, socioeconomic and physical elements of planning, urban and regional economic analysis, and development finance
OR B
You have a combination of education and experience where you have successfully completed a community planning degree, or a degree in a related discipline such as urban affairs, architecture, landscape architecture, engineering, sociology, geography, economics, political science, or public administration and have one (1) year of work experience in community planning acquired under the supervision and guidance of a community planner
OR C
You have a combination of education and experience where your courses were equivalent to a major in community planning , urban affairs, architecture, landscape architecture, engineering, sociology, geography, economics, political science, or public administration; or a combination of related courses totaling at least 24 semester hours in any combination of the listed disciplines of which at least 12 semester hours were in the planning process, and socioeconomic and physical elements of planning, plus appropriate experience or additional education
Applicants for the 0807 series must meet the following basic education requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual: A
You have a bachelor's or higher degree from an accredited college or university in a landscape architecture or landscape design OR successful completion of a 5-year program of study of at least 160 semester hours leading to a bachelor's degree in landscape architecture in an accredited college or university
OR B
You have a combination of college-level education, training, and/or technical experience -- for each year short of graduation, you have had 1 year of experience under professional leadership and guidance of such character and diversity as to be a satisfactory substitute for the required education
This experience included original landscape design
Education Applicants for the 0810 series must meet the following basic education requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual: A
Successful completion of a professional engineering degree
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
Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position
OR B
Current registration as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT), or licensure as a Profes

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