GENERAL ENGINEER with Security Clearance - Corp Christi, TX, United States - Department of the Navy

    Default job background
    Technology / Internet
    Description
    Summary You will serve as a General Engineer in the Utilities and Energy Management Branch in PWD Corpus Christi of NAVFAC ENGINEERING COMMAND SE
    This position at NAVFAC Southeast, advances your career in a challenging, yet flexible environment where YOU truly make a difference Be part of an organization that values YOUR unique skillset, fosters YOUR professional development, and gives YOU the opportunity to grow into tomorrow's leader
    You don't need to be active duty military to serve your country Duties


    • You will identify and analyze problems.
    • You will make timely and effective recommendations based on potential implications of findings or conclusions.
    • You will apply principles, methods, and tools for developing, scheduling, coordinating, monitoring, evaluating, and managing engineering projects and resources, including technical performance.
    • You will clearly articulate, present, and promote varied ideas and issues before a wide range of audiences
    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-• 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 must be registered for Selective Service.
    • 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 wear personal protective equipment such as helmets, gloves, coveralls, glasses, goggles, respirators and safety shoes continuously for the duration of the work shift.
    • 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
    Qualifications Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 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) Identifying and analyzing problems; 2) Making timely and effective recommendations based on potential implications of findings or conclusions; 3) Applying principles, methods, and tools for developing, scheduling, coordinating, monitoring, evaluating, and managing engineering projects and resources, including technical performance; 4) Clearly articulating, presenting, and promoting varied ideas and issues before a wide range of audiences
    Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website:
    AND 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
    Education Applicants must meet the following basic education requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

    Qualifications Standards Manual:
    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 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 more information about EI and EIT registration requirements, please visit the National Society of Professional Engineers website at:
    OR 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, and Puerto Rico The FE examination is not administered by the U
    S
    Office of Personnel Management

    For more information, please visit:
    OR Successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences and in engineering that included the courses specified in the basic requirements under paragraph A (above)

    The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program as described in paragraph A (above) OR 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 one 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
    Additional information This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program
    Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement
    Certain incentives (such as Recruitment, Relocation or Student Loan Repayment) may be authorized to eligible selectees
    A relocation incentive is generally a single payment intended to offset some of the relocation costs experienced by the selectee
    A relocation incentive may be authorized
    This position requires exposure to high noise levels
    This position is subject to work an uncommon tour, including nights, weekends, and holidays to meet mission requirements
    Overtime or night differential pay and/or unusual duty hours may be required
    A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments

    Federal annuitant information:
    The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants
    Policy information may be found at: PPP applicants will be placed at the FPL, if determined Well Qualified (WQ)
    To receive priority consideration, the FPL must be the same grade level or equivalent of the retained grade or the grade held immediately prior to separation

    ICTAP Applicants:
    To be considered well-qualified and exercise selection priority as an ICTAP candidate, displaced Federal employees must satisfy all qualification requirements for the position and receive a rating in the highly qualified category (score 85) or higher
    ICTAP candidates must provide copies of all of the following documentation at the time of application: 1) agency notice; 2) most recent performance appraisal; and 3) most recent SF-50 or notification of personnel action that includes position, grade level, and duty location
    Applicants who do not provide this documentation will not receive consideration as an ICTAP candidate
    For more information about ICTAP eligibility please review the following link: Military Spouse Preference appli