Resident Engineer for Construction Division

About the Position:

This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Certain Personnel of DoD Workforce to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service.

You will serve as a Resident Engineer for the Construction Division, responsible for the administration, management, and engineering supervision over civil works, military, and construction projects.

Key Responsibilities:

• Delegated authority to determine long-range work plans and schedules to implement the goals and objectives of the construction programs.
• Ensure essential information and documentation is disseminated to render appropriate management decisions affecting the Resident Office organization or projects assigned to the Resident Office.
• Maintain continuous contact with and render advice and assistance to field personnel and contractors on construction problems arising during construction.
• Evaluate construction program activities to ascertain if objectives are met and that proper and effective control of construction operations is maintained.
• Review or direct the review of plans and specifications, practicability of design, and clearness of detail; shop drawings, contract requirements, adequacy of equipment, and feasibility of installation; contractors' schedule for proper phasing.
• Review work results for adequacy and adherence to construction schedules and render advice and decisions on controversial technical matters.
• Develop performance appraisal standards for employees, soliciting employee participation in development of performance objectives.
• Plan and assign work, establishing priorities and deadlines, considering relative difficulty of work and capabilities of employees.

Requirements:

US Citizens are eligible to apply.

To qualify, you must meet the education and 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 for Engineer:

A Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in engineering is required.

To be acceptable, the program must lead to a bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET); OR 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:

• Statics, dynamics
• Strength of materials (stress-strain relationships)
• Fluid mechanics, hydraulics
• Thermodynamics
• Electrical fields and circuits
• Nature and properties of materials (relating particle and aggregate structure to properties)
• Any other comparable area of fundamental engineering science or physics, such as optics, heat transfer, soil mechanics, or electronics

Combination of Education and Experience:

College-level education, training, and/or technical experience that furnished a thorough knowledge of the physical and mathematical sciences underlying engineering, and 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:

• Professional registration or licensure
• Written Test
• Specified academic courses
• Related curriculum

Basic Requirement for Architect:

A Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in architecture or in a related field that included 60 semester hours of course work in architecture or related disciplines of which at least semester hours were in architectural design, and (2) 6 semester hours were in each of the following: structural technology, properties of materials and methods of construction, and environmental control systems.

OR B.

Combination of Education and Experience:

College-level education, training, and/or technical experience that furnished a thorough knowledge of the arts and sciences underlying professional architecture, and a good understanding, both theoretical and practical, of the architectural principles, methods, and techniques and their applications to the design and construction or improvement of buildings.

The adequacy of such background must be demonstrated by at least one of the following:

• Related Curriculum
• Experience: 1 year of experience in an architect's office or in architectural work for each year short of graduation from a program of study in architecture.

Selective Placement Factor:

This position requires possession of a current, valid Professional Engineering (PE) or Registered Architect (RA) License in good standing issued by any one of the 50 states, or its territories.

You must include a copy of your current (not just the initial Registration or certificate) Professional Engineer or Architect License/Registration showing the expiration date with your application package.

Failure to include this document will result in an incomplete application and you will be given no further consideration.

Specialized Experience:

GS-13: (1) Managing/administering vertical (facility & building) construction projects; (2) Conducting field inspections of construction projects to assess contractor's work performance and/or compliance with contract documents such as plans and specifications; (3) Preparing or reviewing requests for information, submittals, schedules, payments, scopes of work, cost estimates, and/or analysis of contractor proposals; (4) Conducting negotiations and/or meetings with contractors, stakeholders, or other project team members; (5) Supervisory experience of directing teams.

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

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify.

For this job, you must meet the specialized qualification requirement using experience alone, no substitution of education for experience is permitted.

Education:

If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university.

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Additional Information:

Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.

You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship.

One year trial/probationary period may be required.

Direct Deposit of Pay is required.

This position requires you to submit a Public Financial Disclosure Report (OGE 278) or a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report (OGE450) upon entry, and annually thereafter.

Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees.

If you have retired from federal service and you are interested in employment as a reemployed annuitant, see the information in the Reemployed Annuitant information sheet.

This is a Career Program (CP) 1- Engineers and Scientists position.

Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement.

Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement.

When you perform a Civilian Permanent Change of Station (PCS) with the government, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) considers the majority of your entitlements to be taxable.

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Permanent Change of Station (PCS) allowances may be authorized, subject to the provisions of the Joint Travel Regulations and an agency determination that a PCS move is in the Government Interest.

Recruitment or Relocation Incentives MAY be authorized.

Student Loan Repayment Incentive MAY be authorized.

Advanced Leave Accrual Incentive MAY be authorized.

Advanced In-hire Incentive MAY be authorized.

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