Clarification from the agency

U.S. Citizens. Subject position(s) will be filled through Expedited Hire Authority. All applicants who meet the basic qualification requirements will be forwarded to the Selecting Official for further consideration. The "Rule of Three", Category Rating, Veterans Preference, and traditional rating and ranking of applicants does not apply to this vacancy.

This position serves as a senior Project Manager/Mechanical Engineer and technical specialist responsible for procuring, coordinating and managing the design and construction related services provided by Architectural/Engineering (A/E) firms.  Projects include new construction of CG facilities or repair, maintenance, modification or renovation of existing facilities.

Being a CG civilian makes you a valuable member of the CG team. Typical work assignments include:

• Serving as the subject matter expert in mechanical engineering, coordinating and integrating the planning, programming, development, oversight, scheduling, and overall management of assigned in-house team resources for multi-phase projects.
• Serving as project manager/mechanical engineer in directing design teams of interdisciplinary engineering and architectural specialists to plan and control the advance engineering aspects involved in the design and construction of extensive projects of an unusual and/or unique nature. 
• Guiding and evaluating A/E efforts and assessing technical and project progress in relation to the established schedule and resources allotted.
• Coordinating the development of mechanical engineering system designs for large multi-purpose, multiple-phase projects.
• Consulting with management, planning, contracting, construction and legal personnel in preparing requirements and criteria for complex or high value projects for construction or modification of facilities.
• Applying expert technical knowledge of professional mechanical engineer and scientific concepts, methods, and procedures to analyze and define the requirements of multi-phase projects.

Conditions of employment

• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for Selective Service.
• Unofficial transcripts are required at the time of application.
• This position may require occasional overtime work.
• You must possess and maintain a valid state driver's license.
• A one-year probationary period may be required.

All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement.

Qualifications

Basic Requirements:

1. 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

1. 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:
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.)

Note: An applicant who meets the basic requirements as specified in A or B above, except as noted under B.1., may qualify for positions in any branch of engineering unless selective factors indicate otherwise.

Additional Requirements:  Applicants must possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal Service. 

Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular ability, skill, and knowledge to successfully perform the duties of this position and is typically in or related to this line of work. Examples of specialized experience include: Applying extensive, in-depth knowledge of engineering principles, practices and concepts; technical and administrative responsibilities that include engineering management, program planning, budgeting, and management of personnel and financial resources, and professional knowledge of project management, engineering or architectural concepts, principles and practices for the design, construction, of building projects.

National Service Experience (i.e., volunteer experience): 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.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

We will review your résumé and supporting documentation to ensure you meet the basic qualification requirements. If you meet the minimum qualifications, you will be referred for consideration. The following competencies or knowledge, skills, and abilities are needed to perform this job:

1. Knowledge of the concepts, principles, practices and methodology of the science of Mechanical Engineering.
2. Skill in applying mechanical engineering design theory for site, waterfront, and building developments.
3. Knowledge of the Federal Acquisition procedures  to oversee multi-year, multi-million dollar procurement's of shore and in-water facilities.
4. Ability to apply mechanical engineering, and planning theory, practice, and experience to coordinate mechanical design with all other engineering fields for procurement of new waterfront and site-facilities, utilities, and buildings from planning proposals and schematic design phases.
5. Skill in oral and written communication.