Electrical Engineer - New York, United States - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Description

Summary 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.

Responsibilities Serve as specialist and consultant on the development of designs, specifications, and cost estimates for large and complicated electrical systems, resolving novel, technical state-of-the-art, and unusual electrical engineering matters.

Provide specialized electrical engineering advice on complex electrical engineering design and construction matters, code compliance, and on policy and guidance materials.

Provide significant and innovative recommendations for advancing electrical engineering methods to execute significant projects of the District's military and civil construction program.

Review proposals prepared by contractors, architect/engineers and/or USACE personnel regarding modifications or changes, and substitutions of material, systems, or equipment.

Conduct on-site inspections of the construction/installation electrical systems to identify problems and devise or initiate alternative courses of action.

Maintain a senior designers' level of expertise in the governing electrical code, standards, engineering regulations, electrical Unified Facilities Codes, energy requirements for LEED, and capabilities for building commissioning support.

Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications Hiring incentives may be authorized.


Who May Apply:
US Citizens In order 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 Electrical Engineer:
A


Degree:
Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in engineering.

To be acceptable, the program must:
(1) 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 (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 oe 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, or 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 A above.

The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program. 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 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.

In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below:

Specialized Experience:
One year of specialized experience which includes: 1) electrical system design for new commercial buildings or civil works projects, and/or design of electrical system upgrades to existing facilities; 2) experience with power system analysis, such as load analysis, fault analysis, lighting calculations, voltage drop calculations, or generator sizing; 3) reviewing and analyzing complex electrical engineering plans, specifications, cost estimates, and design analyses; 4) reviewing or preparing contract modifications or changes for electrical, telecommunication, or security components during construction; and 5) experience with renewable energy and/or LEED design.

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

(Specialized experience must be clearly evidenced in your resume to be considered for this position) Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify.

For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience aloneno substitution of education for experience is permitted.


SELECTIVE PLACEMENT FACTOR:
You must possess a current (non-expired), valid Professional Engineering (PE) License in good standing issued by any one of the 50 states, or its territories

(Note:

Attach a copy of your non-expired license to your application package. Failure to include this document will result in an ineligible rating.) Education


FOREIGN 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.


For further information, visit:

d.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/ 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.

Permanent Change of Station (PCS) allowances are not authorized, subject to the provisions of the Joint Travel Regulations and an agency determination that a PCS move is not the Government Interest.

Relocation Incentive Maybe Authorized. Recruitment Incentive May be Authorized.


About the Position:
This position serves as the Electrical Engineering technical lead in the Engineering Division Design Branch.

The technical lead serves a electrical designer of construction plans and specifications, a design reviewer, and an expert in electrical support to the field for construction issues, operational troubleshooting, and condition evaluation for a variety of complex industrial, commercial, and civil works projects throughout the New York District's area of responsibility.

PE License required. Public transportation subsidy.