General Engineer

U.S. Air Force Academy; Colorado Springs (CO); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

U.S. Air Force Academy seeks an engineer at HQ MAJCOM level to coordinate USAFA programs with higher headquarters, manage strategic initiatives, and oversee implementation of civil engineering programs and projects.

The role requires advanced engineering knowledge and experience with policy, budget, and standards pertinent to Air Force facilities. Applicants should meet OPM standards for General Schedule positions and possess related registrations or licensure where applicable.

Qualifications

• ABET-accredited engineering program or equivalent in engineering sciences.
• Bachelor's degree in engineering with coursework in core engineering areas.
• Professional registration/licensure or FE exam required or eligible.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate USAFA programs with higher headquarters.
• Manage strategic initiatives and program budgets.
• Oversee implementation of civil/engineering programs and projects.

Skills

Policy & program knowledge

Budget & funding validation

Engineering fundamentals

Qualitative & quantitative analysis

Air Force Civil Engineer knowledge

Education

ABET-accredited engineering program

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Job description

PRIMARY PURPOSE OF POSITION:

To serve as HQ USAFA engineer (MAJCOM equivalent) coordinating USAFA programs with higher headquarters, managing strategic initiatives, and overseeing implementation of programs and projects.

In order to qualify, you must meet the basic requirements described in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards for General Schedule Positions, Professional and Scientific Positions

BASIC REQUIREMENT OR INDIVIDUAL OCCUPATIONAL 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.

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.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE:

Applicants must have at least one (1) year of specialized experience at the next lower grade GS-12, or equivalent in other pay systems.

• having a mastery of engineering concepts, principles, and practices sufficient to identify and implement policy, program, budget, standards, funding validation model and procedures relating to civil engineering facility maintenance, repair and construction, complex studies, contracts, long- and short-range plans and program development.
• Applying new technological developments, methodologies, and research findings to broad studies of an unprecedented nature.
• Knowledge of related fields of industrial, structural, civil, mechanical stationary, and electrical engineering.
• Utilize a wide range of qualitative and/or quantitative methods in order to assess and improve complex engineering processes and systems.
• Knowledge of Air Force Civil Engineer