Fire Protection Engineer

US Architect of the Capitol; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

US Architect of the Capitol is seeking a Fire Protection Engineer in the Senate Office Buildings, Facilities Support Division, to perform professional engineering work protecting lives and property from fire. This developmental role provides exposure to design, documentation, and review tasks related to fire protection systems.

The position requires meeting OPM qualification standards for the General Schedule, with opportunities to work on renovation and new construction projects, and to develop

Qualifications

• Specialized experience in designing fire protection systems for projects.
• Prepare drawings, specs, and documentation for fire protection.
• Review plans for compliance with laws, regs and building codes.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the design of fire protection systems for new construction or renovation projects.
• Prepare technical drawings, specifications, and documentation for fire protection systems.
• Review engineering plans, specifications, and design computations for compliance with codes.

Skills

Fire protection design

Technical drawings

Code compliance

NFPA standards

COTR duties

Education

Engineering degree

Graduate education

Job description

This position is located in the Architect of the Capitol, Senate Office Buildings, Facilities Support Division. The Fire Protection Engineer serves in a developmental capacity with responsibility for performing professional engineering work to protect life and property from destructive fire. The Fire Protection Engineer will perform a variety of more difficult assignments to develop experience.

You must meet the United States Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) qualification requirements (including specialized experience and/or educational requirements) for the advertised position. You must meet all eligibility and qualifications requirements by the closing date of the job announcement.Additional information on the qualification requirements is outlined in the OPM Qualifications Standards Handbook of General Schedule Positions.It is available for your review on the OPM web site at http://www.opm.gov/qualifications

For Engineers:

http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/general-engineering-series-0801/

For the GS-07:

Specialized experience:is experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level.

Specialized experience for this position is defined as having experience in the following:

• Assist in the design of fire protection systems for new construction or renovation projects;
• Prepare technical drawings, specifications, and documentation for fire protection systems;
• Review engineering plans, specifications, and design computations for compliance with laws, regulations, and building codes.

-OR-

1 year of graduate-level education. G raduate Education:Completion of graduate level education in addition to meeting the basic requirements, is qualifying for positions at grade GS-07, if it provided the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work.

An academic year of graduate education is defined as 18 semester hours or 27 quarter hours should be considered as satisfying the 1 year of full-time study requirement or the number of credit hours that the school attended has determined to represent 1 academic year of full-time study.

-OR-

Superior Academic Achievement (S.A.A.) at the baccalaureate level in an engineering program isqualifying for the GS-07, in addition to meeting the basic educational requirements.

S.A.A. is based on (1)class standing, (2)grade-point average, or (3)honor society membership.

1. Class standing Applicants must be in the upper third of the graduating class in the college, university, or major subdivision, such as the College of Liberal Arts or the School of Business Administration, based on completed courses.
2. Grade-point average (G.P.A.) Applicants must have a grade-point average of:
   1. 3.0 or higher out of a possible 4.0 ("B" or better)as recorded on their official transcript, or as computed based on 4 years of education, or as computed based on courses completed during the final 2 years of the curriculum; or
   2. 3.5 or higher out of a possible 4.0 ("B+" or better)based on the average of the required courses completed in the major field or the required courses in the major field completed during the final 2 years of the curriculum
3. Election to membership in a national scholastic honor societylisted by the Association of College Honor Societies. Membership in a freshman honor society cannot be used to meet the requirements of this provision.

-OR-

Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of successfully completed education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%.

For the GS-09:

Candidates for the GS-09 grade level must have at least 52 weeks of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower (GS-07) grade level in the Federal service.

Specialized experience for this position is defined as having experience in the following:

• Understand and prepare fire protection design drawings and specifications;
• Review and evaluate engineering plans, specifications, and calculations for technical adequacy and code compliance;
• Accomplishing developmental assignments utilizing basic techniques, procedures, and methods;
• Assessing fire protection and fire safety designs of various systems, structures and buildings.

- OR -

2 years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a master's degree or master's or equivalent graduate degree.

- OR -

Combination of Graduate Education and Specialized Experience

- Combinations of successfully completed graduate level education and specialized experience may be used to meet total experience requirements. Only graduate level education in excess of the amount required for the next lower grade level may be combined with experience.

For GS-11

Candidates for the GS-11 grade level must have at least 52 weeks of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower (GS-09) grade level in the Federal service.

Specialized experience for this position is defined as having experience in the following:

• Experience assessing and predicting fire hazards and risks;
• Experience preventing, detecting, controlling, and suppressing fire events;
• Experience practicing fire code policy, (e.g. NFPA and UPC);
• Performing routine and regular reoccurring work related to fire engineering;
• Participating in assignments in relation to fire safety;
• Serves as Contracting Officer's Technical Representative (COTR) on assigned projects.

-OR-

3 years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree.

-OR-

Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree

-OR-

Combination of Graduate Education and Specialized Experience

- Combinations of successfully completed graduate level education and specialized experience may be used to meet total experience requirements. Only graduate level education in excess of the amount required for the next lower grade level may be combined with experience.