Electrical Engineer

US Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service; Fort Collins (CO); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The Engineering Services Branch of the US Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service seeks a professional to provide architectural and engineering support for planning, design, construction, and related utilities in agency buildings and facilities.

You will assist the project team with technical support on various engineering projects and manage assigned construction projects from planning through to final inspection, ensuring compliance with codes and safety regulations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering from an ABET‑accredited program.
• Professional registration or licensure (EI/EIT/PE) by any state or equivalent.
• FE exam or equivalent required for professional registration consideration.

Responsibilities

• Assist the project team with technical support on engineering projects.
• Manage assigned construction projects from planning through completion.
• Ensure compliance with codes, safety regulations, and agency policies.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Project management

Acquisition planning

Education

Engineering degree (ABET-accredited)

Professional registration/licensure (EI/EIT/PE)

FE exam or equivalent

Job description

The Engineering Services Branch provides professional services of an Architectural and Engineering nature specifically in the areas of planning, design, construction, utilities, alterations, repairs, in agency owned/leased buildings and facilities. If selected you will assist the project team with providing technical support to the various engineering projects and managing assigned construction projects.

Applicants must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of the announcement, including specialized experience and/or education, as defined below.

BASIC REQUIREMENT:

A. 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

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 one of the following:

1. 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.
2. 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.
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 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.
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 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.)

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

FOR THE GS-09 LEVEL:

Applicants must have one year of specialized experience (equivalent to the GS-07 level) that may have been obtained in the private or public (local, county, state, Federal) sectors which demonstrates:

• Performed electrical engineering design and project management for major construction projects, including developing criteria, specifications, and cost estimates from the planning phase through final inspection.
• Monitored and inspected construction to ensure work met electrical design standards, resolved on-site technical issues, documented changes, and ensured compliance with codes, safety regulations, and agency policies.
• Served as a technical expert in acquisition and planning processes, including developing Statements of Work, evaluating contractor proposals, participating on design and construction boards, and advising Contracting Officers during construction.
• Led electrical engineering activities by determining technical requirements and assisting with long and short range planning of construction programs.

OR

Education: Master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position, such as: Engineering.

Equivalent combinations of education and experience are qualifying for this grade level.

TRANSCRIPTS

are required if:

• This position requires specific coursework or a degree in a specific field to be basically qualified.
• You are qualifying for the position based on education.
• You are qualifying for this position based on a combination of experience and education.
• This education must have been successfully completed and obtained from an accredited school, college, or university.

COMBINATION OF EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE AT THE GS-09 GRADE LEVEL:

Applicants may have combinations of successfully completed education and specialized experience to meet total qualification requirements. The total percentages must equal at least 100 percent to qualify for that grade level.

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 and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.