General Engineer Direct Hire - San Mateo, United States - Internal Revenue Service

Description

Duties

WHAT IS THE LARGE BUSINESS AND INTERNATIONAL (LBI)

DIVISION?

A description of the business units can be found at:

Vacancies will be filled in the following specialty areas:

Large Business and International, Director Eastern Compliance, Director of Field Operations, Engineering

The following are the duties of this position at the full working level.

Serves as a technical engineering expert and provides analysis and development of issues that may impact tax compliance strategy and the examination program.

Collaborates in the support of the identification, development, and resolution of engineering and valuation issues.

Conducts field investigations of real and personal property and of documentary and accounting records of a range of individuals and small to large business organizations of varying structural complexity.

Values real and personal property using generally accepted valuation principles, including market data, income and cost approaches to valuation.

Individually, or as a team member, plans and conducts issue examinations using extensive and specialized knowledge of engineering and valuation methods, practices, and investigative audit techniques to examine and resolve various tax issues of individuals and business organizations that may include extensive subsidiaries with operations of national and/or international scope.

Reviews and investigates engineering features of generally substantial and complex issues on assigned tax cases using general engineering principles.

Tax issues associated with industries examined and involving Engineering support typically include:

depreciable life, salvage value, investment tax credit, sales of property, research and experimental activity, casualty loss, contribution of property, valuation of intangible and tangible property in acquisitions, mergers, and liquidations, and other engineering determinations related to the assigned case.

Requirements
Conditions of Employment

Telework Eligible Positions :
Telework eligible positions do not guarantee telework. Employees must meet and sustain IRS telework eligibility requirements (e.g., reporting at least twice a pay period

to your assigned Post of Duty (POD) ) and supervisor's approval to participate in the IRS Telework Program. Employees must also be within a 200-mile radius of their official assigned post-of-duty (POD) while in a telework status.

As a reminder - If you are selected for a position, you are responsible for reporting to your designated POD (location) on the negotiated start date or as directed by management.

Must be a U.S. Citizen or National and provide proof of U.S. Citizenship. (Birth certificate showing birth in the U.S;

Unexpired

U.S. Passport; Certificate of Citizenship or Naturalization; or Report of Birth Abroad of a U.S. Citizen (Form FS-240))
Must successfully complete a background investigation, including a FBI criminal history record check (fingerprint check).

The Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act prohibits the Department of Treasury and its bureaus from requesting an applicant's criminal history record

before

that individual receives a conditional offer of employment.

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and

certain positions are exempt from the provisions of the Fair Chance to Compete Act.

Applicants who believe they have been subjected to a violation of the Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act, may submit a written complaint to the Department of Treasury by email at,

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Qualifications

Federal experience is not required.

The experience may have been gained in the public sector, private sector or One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-timework is considered on a prorated basis.

To ensure full credit for your work experience, please indicate dates of employment by month/year, and indicate number of hours worked per week, on your resume.

You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement.


BASIC REQUIREMENTS:
To qualify for this grade 13 General Engineer position, you must meet the following minimum requirements: Completion of a four-year course of study in an accredited college or university leading to a bachelor's or higher professional engineering degree


The curriculum must:
1) be in a school of engineering 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
A combination of education and experience. The education must include courses equivalent to a major in engineering, as shown above.

To be qualifying your experience must be sufficient to demonstrate:

Thorough knowledge of the physical and mathematical sciences underlying professional 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.

This must be demonstrated by meeting one of the following:

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.

Written Test showing evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) examination, or any other written test required for professional registration.

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.

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 that you have at least 1 year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance.

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


SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE:
GS- 13


LEVEL:

You must have 1 year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service.

Specialized experience for this position includes:

Experience applying fundamental and diversified professional engineering concepts, theories, and practices to achieve engineering objectives with versatility, judgment, and perception; Experience adapting and applying methods and techniques of related scientific disciplines; and organizing, analyzing, interpreting, and evaluating scientific data in the solution of engineering problems.

For more information on qualifications please refer to .

Education

For positions with an education requirement, or if you are qualifying for this position by substituting education or training for experience, submit a copy of your transcripts or equivalent.

An official transcript will be required if you are selected.

A college or university degree generally must be from an accredited (or pre-accredited) college or university recognized by the U.S.

Department of Education. For a list of schools which meet these criteria, please refer to .


FOREIGN EDUCATION:
Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the requirements.

You must show proof the education credentials have been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S.

education program. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying. Click for Foreign Education Credentialing instructions.

Additional information

A 1-year probationary period is required.
Have your salary sent to a financial institution of your choice by Direct Deposit/Electronic Funds Transfer.
We may select from this announcement or any other source to fill one or more vacancies. Additional jobs may be filled.
This is a bargaining unit position.

Tour of Duty:

Tour of Duty:
Day Shift - Start and stop times between 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.
Alternative work schedule, staggered work hours or telework may be available.
Relocation expenses - NO
Obtain and use a government-issued charge card for business-related travel.

You may have to file a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report within 30 days of appointment and annually from then on.

Must successfully complete a background investigation, including a FBI criminal history record check (fingerprint check).
#LI-POST

116 Positions to be filled in the locations listed above in this announcement.

Though many locations may be listed, limited to 6 locations, please consider each location carefully when applying.

If you are selected for a position at one of your location selections, that location will become your official post of duty.

This is an open continuous announcement which allows applicants to apply up to the closing date of the announcement, 09/03/2024 .

The announcement will be used to fill an anticipated 116 vacancies. Applicants need to apply by

11:59 pm ET

at the close of the 1st cutoff date

11/13/2023, 02/26/2024

and/or by the closing date

09/03/2024.

Contingent upon funding and space requirements, one or more vacancies may be filled at the locations listed in this announcement as they become available.

This announcement may be amended to include additional cut-off dates within the

12-month

period if needed, not later than 5 days prior to the additional cut-off date or the final selection date.
A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package.

As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding.

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Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent.

Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.

Required Documents

The following documents are required and must be provided with your application. All application materials, including transcripts, must be in English.
Online Application

• Questionnaire

Education

See Education Section above
Registration/License (If Applicable)

- active, current registration/license
High School Diploma

(or equivalent) - If you are 16 or 17 years of age, you


MUST

submit documentation of graduation from high school (or equivalent);
ORcompletion of a formal vocational training program;
ORstatement from school authorities agreeing with your decision to pursue employment rather than continuing your education.

Please note that if you do not provide all required information, as specified in this announcement, you may not be considered for this position (or may not receive the special consideration for which you may be eligible).

How to Apply

This Direct Hire Public Notice is to gather applications that may or may not result in a referral or selection.

Your application will remain active through the open period of this Public Notice. Applicants will be referred on a first in, first out basis.

Those applicants who are applying earlier in the process will stand a much better chance of being referred for consideration in the selection process.

The following instructions outline our application process. You must complete this application process and submit any required documents by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on 09/03/2024 in this announcement. We are available to assist you during business hours (normally 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. ET, Monday - Friday). If applying online poses a hardship, please contact us by noon ET on 09/03/2024.
To preview the Application Questionnaire, please click the following link:

To begin

the application process,

click the "Apply Online" button.

You will be re-directed to USA STAFFING to complete your application process; answer the online questions and submit all required documents.

(To submit supporting documents, import documents from USAJOBS to the appropriate document types. If the document you need was not imported from USAJOBS, you may upload it directly into this application. To protect your privacy, we suggest you first remove your SSN).
To complete , you must click the "Submit Application" button prior to 11:59 PM (ET) on 09/03/2024.

To update your application, including supporting documentation, at any time during the announcement open period, return to your USAJOBS account ().

There you will find a record of your application, the application status, and an option to Update Application. This option will no longer be available once the announcement has closed.

To verify the status of your application both during and after the announcement open period, log into your USAJOBS account:
. All of your applications will appear on the

Welcome

page. The application record in your USAJOBS account provides an

Additional Application Information

page that provides information regarding the documentation you submitted and any correspondence we have sent related to this application. The

Application Status

will appear along with the date your application was last updated. For information on what each

Application Status


means, visit:
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Agency contact information

(ERC) Employee Resource Center

Phone
Email
Website
Address
LBI - Director Eastern Compliance

1111 Constitution Ave NW

Washington, DC 20224


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Next steps

Treasury believes in a working environment that supports inclusion; please view our reasonable accommodation policies and procedures at .

We will provide reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities on a case-by-case basis; please contact us if you require this for any part of the application and hiring process.

Once your application package and online questionnaire is received you will receive an acknowledgement email. You are responsible for checking status updates and notifications in USAJOBS. Hard copy notifications will not be sent to you.

You may check the status of your application for this position at any time by logging onto the USAJOBS "My Account" tab and clicking on "Application Status." For a more detailed update of your application status, you may click on "more information." Please notify us if your contact information changes after the closing date of the announcement.

If your email mailbox is full or blocked (SPAM) you may not receive important communication that could affect your consideration for this position.

Fair & Transparent

The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.

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