Engineer (Program Examiner) - Interdisciplinary.

Office of Management and Budget; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Office of Management and Budget is seeking a highly skilled analyst to conduct research, analysis, and evaluation of complex data across science, engineering, and program domains. The role involves preparing reports and presentations for both technical and non-technical audiences.

The position encompasses cost estimation, cost-benefit analyses, ROI assessments, and developing recommendations related to budgetary resources, working with interdisciplinary teams to inform policy and program

Qualifications

• All applicants must meet one of the Individual Occupational Requirements (IOR) outlined below in education to be considered minimally qualified.
• UNOFFICIAL TRANSCRIPTS REQUIRED AT TIME OF APPLICATION.

Responsibilities

• Conducts research, analysis, and evaluation of complex scientific, technical, and programmatic data.
• Prepares reports and presentations summarizing findings for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Conducts cost estimation, cost-benefit, ROI analyses, and other programmatic evaluations for science and technology initiatives.
• Collaborates with interdisciplinary teams to facilitate exchange of scientific, engineering, and budgetary information.
• Translates data and analysis into budgetary and public policy development and budgetary decision making.

Job description

Duties

• Conducts research, analysis, and evaluation of complex scientific, technical, and programmatic data in relevant fields, applying advanced knowledge of scientific and engineering principles, theories, and methodologies to an array of quantitative and qualitative information.
• Prepares reports and presentations summarizing findings, conclusions, and recommendations for both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Conducts cost estimation, cost-benefit, return on investment analyses, and other programmatic evaluations for science and technology-based initiatives and develop recommendations related to the use of budgetary resources.
• Collaborates with interdisciplinary teams, stakeholders, and subject matter experts to facilitate the exchange of scientific, engineering, and budgetary information.
• Translates scientific and engineering data and analysis into budgetary and public policy development, budgetary oversight, program and project evaluation, regulatory and legislative assessments, and budgetary decision making.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. citizen or national
• Selective Service registration is required if you are a male born after December 31, 1959.
• Subject to pre-employment and random drug tests.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Executive Office of the President will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit www.dhs.gov/E-Verify/.
• May be required to successfully complete a one year probationary period.
• 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.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• RELOCATION EXPENSES WILL NOT BE PAID
• This is a Drug Testing Designated Position (DTDP) and is covered by the Executive Office of the President Drug-Free Workplace Program.
• More than one selection may be made from this announcement.

Qualifications

ALL QUALIFICATIONS MUST BE MET BY THE CLOSING DATE OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.

BASIC INDIVIDUAL OCCUPATIONAL REQUIREMENTS (IOR)

All applicants must meet one of the following individual occupational requirements (IOR) requirements outlined below and continued in the education section to be considered minimally qualified for this position.

UNOFFICIAL TRANSCRIPTS REQUIRED AT TIME OF APPLICATION.

Physics Series 1310:

A: Degree: physics; or related degree that included at least 24 semester hours in physics.

or

B: Combination of education and experience -- courses equivalent to a major in physics totaling at least 24 semester hours, plus appropriate experience or additional education.

In either A or B above, the courses must have included a fundamental course in general physics and, in addition, courses in any two of the following: electricity and magnetism, heat, light, mechanics, modern physics, and sound.

Chemistry Series 1320:

A: Degree: physical sciences, life sciences, or engineering that included 30 semester hours in chemistry, supplemented by course work in mathematics through differential and integral calculus, and at least 6 semester hours of physics.

or

B: Combination of education and experience -- course work equivalent to a major as shown in A above, including at least 30 semester hours in chemistry, supplemented by mathematics through differential and integral calculus, and at least 6 semester hours of physics, plus appropriate experience or additional education.

Mathematics Series 1520:

A: Degree with a major study in mathematics; or the equivalent of a major that included at least 24 semester hours in mathematics. The total course work must have included differential and integral calculus and, in addition, four advanced mathematics courses requiring calculus or equivalent mathematics courses as a prerequisite.

or

B: Combination of education with courses equivalent to a major in mathematics (including at least 24 semester hours in mathematics), as shown, plus appropriate experience or additional education. The total course work must have included differential and integral calculus and, in addition, four advanced mathematics courses requiring calculus or equivalent mathematics courses as a prerequisite.

• AND-

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Specialized experience is experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. The specialized experience must demonstrate one year of full-time work experience, or the equivalent if part-time (for example, an employee working 20 hours per week for a 12-month period should be credited with 6 months of experience). Experience may have been obtained in either the federal service or its equivalent with state or local government, the private sector, or nongovernmental organizations.

GS-11 level

To qualify for the GS-11 grade level, applicants must possess at least one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade of a GS-9 or equivalent band level of responsibility in Federal Service which includes: 1. Evaluating technical studies, research findings, cost estimates, or program data to identify operational, policy, or budget implications; and 2. Preparing analytical reports and presenting technical findings to management or other stakeholders.

OR

A Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree, 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree, or a LL.M. that is related to the position being filled.

OR

A combination of graduate level education and specialized experience.

GS-12 level

To qualify for the GS-12 grade level, applicants must possess at least one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade of a GS-11 or equivalent band level of responsibility in Federal Service which includes: 1. Evaluating technical, budgetary, legislative, or regulatory information and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to develop recommendations for leadership; and 2. Performing cost-benefit, return-on-investment, or resource allocation analyses supporting science, engineering, research, or technology initiatives.

GS-13 level

To qualify for the GS-13 grade level, applicants must possess at least one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade of a GS-12 or equivalent band level of responsibility in Federal Service which includes: 1. Performing scientific, engineering, technical, or mathematical analyses involving significant policy, budget, or program issues; 2. Evaluating scientific research, technical programs, and emerging technologies to develop recommendations affecting organizational or government-wide priorities; and 3. Developing recommendations regarding program funding, resource allocation, or strategic priorities based on technical and financial analyses.

GS-14 level

To qualify for the GS-14 grade level, applicants must possess at least one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade of a GS-13 or equivalent band level of responsibility in Federal Service which includes:1. Leading scientific, engineering, technical, or interdisciplinary analyses supporting major organizational, governmental, or national policy initiatives; 2. Evaluating research, engineering, technology, or scientific programs to develop recommendations involving budget formulation, legislative proposals, regulatory actions, or public policy; 3. Advising senior executives or executive leadership on technical, scientific, engineering, and budgetary issues; and 4. Conducting cost-benefit analyses, investment analyses, or resource allocation reviews supporting strategic decision-making.

GS-15 level

To qualify for the GS-15 grade level, applicants must possess at least one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade of a GS-14 or equivalent band level of responsibility in Federal Service which includes:1. Developing and recommending executive-level policy, budget, legislative, or regulatory strategies based extensive scientific, engineering, and quantitative analyses; 2. Providing authoritative technical and strategic advice to senior executives, agency leadership, or other high-level officials on science, engineering, technology, research, or innovation initiatives; 3. Leading cross-agency or government-wide efforts involving scientific, engineering, research, technology, or budget policy development; and 4. Directing complex analytical projects with significant national or government-wide impacts that involve multiple stakeholders and integrate scientific, technical, fiscal, legislative, and policy considerations into executive decision-making.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service program (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.

Education

General Engineering 0801:

Materials Engineering GS-0806:

Basic IOR requirements continued from the Qualifications section:

Mechanical Engineering GS-0830:

Electrical Engineering GS-0850:

Chemical Engineering GS-0893:

• Degree: Engineering. To be acceptable, the curriculum must: (1) be in a school of engineering with at least one curriculum accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) as a professional engineering curriculum; 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

• 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 professional 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:
• Professional Registration: Current registration as a professional engineer by any State, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico. Absent other means of qualifying under this standard, those applicants who achieved 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.
• Written Test: Evidence of having successfully passed the Engineer-in-Training (EIT) examination, or the written test required for professional registration, which is administered by the Boards of Engineering Examiners in the various States, the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico.
• Specified Academic Courses: 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. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of a professional engineering curriculum.
• Related Curriculum: Successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree in engineering technology or in an appropriate professional field, e.g., 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 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.

Geology Series 1350

• Degree: geology, plus 20 additional semester hours in any combination of mathematics, physics, chemistry, biological science, structural, chemical, civil, mining or petroleum engineering, computer science, planetary geology, comparative planetology, geophysics, meteorology, hydrology, oceanography, physical geography, marine geology, and cartography.

or

• Combination of education and experience -- course work as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education.

Evaluation of Experience

Acceptable experience may have been gained through geological field or laboratory work that provided a means of obtaining professional knowledge of the theory and application of the principles of geology and closely related sciences, e.g., geophysics, geochemistry, or hydrology. Such work generally must have involved making close observations, taking samples, handling various types of instruments and equipment, assembling geologic data from source materials, and analysing and reporting findings orally and in writing. Experience that involved only one phase of geology work, e.g., collecting samples, would not be acceptable as providing the required professional knowledge of the theory and principles of geology. In some situations, professional scientific experience in other fields may be accepted in part as professional geological experience. Such experience must have been preceded by appropriate education in geology or by professional geological experience, and must have contributed directly and significantly to the applicant's professional geological competence. Examples include some positions in geophysics, mining engineering, soils science, physical oceanography, hydrology, climatology, biology, analytic or experimental chemistry, metallurgy, and comparable fields where the normal duties or results of investigations have been extended to the solution of geologic problems by the applicant. Ordinary functions of positions such as seismic, computer, petroleum or mining engineer, mine superintendent, or metallurgist generally are not considered professional geological experience. To receive credit for geological experience obtained in positions that are not full‑time professional geological positions, the applicant is responsible for indicating clearly the actual time or percentage of time devoted to geologic duties within such positions, and for giving adequate descriptions of the geologic functions.

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