Interdisciplinary General Engineer-Civil Engineer

US Defense Threat Reduction Agency; Albuquerque (NM); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Defense Threat Reduction Agency in Albuquerque, NM seeks an experienced civil/structural engineer at GS-12/13 level. The role emphasizes project management, overseeing timelines, budgets, and engineering modifications to meet codes.

Qualified candidates will have an ABET-accredited engineering degree or equivalent combination of education and experience; eligibility at GS-12/13. Experience with federal construction standards and ability to interpret federal, state, and local codes is required.

Qualifications

• Experience managing timelines, budgets, and scope of civil/construction projects.
• Ability to apply civil/structural engineering knowledge to design, coordinate, and field technical implementations.
• Familiarity with federal, state, and local codes and regulations.

Responsibilities

• Oversee project management including timelines, budget, and scope for ongoing civil/engineering projects.
• Provide technical input on a broad range of civil engineering standards, methods, and practices.
• Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local codes and regulations during design and fielding.

Skills

Project management

Engineering oversight

Structural mechanics

Code compliance

Education

ABET-accredited engineering degree

Job description

This position is being filled under the memorandum from the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness (USD(P&R)) "Expansion of Direct Hire Authority for Certain Personnel of the Department of Defense," dated August 12,2024.

This position is part of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency. You may qualify at the GS-12, if you fulfill the following qualifications:

One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service as listed below:

• Performing project management and oversight of timelines, budget, and scope of ongoing projects;
• Overseeing civil and construction engineering modifications for standard practices, adapting equipment or techniques to solve a variety of problems;
• General knowledge of structural mechanics and engineering mechanics to design, coordinate and manage technical implementation/fielding, and;
• Providing technical input on a broad range of civil engineering and construction standards, methods, practices, and techniques, and equipment to determine compliance with federal, state, and local codes and regulations.
• (Experience must be clearly demonstrated in your resume)

You may qualify at the GS-13, if you fulfill the following qualifications:

One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service as listed below:

• Leading or directing project management to manage timelines, budget, and scope of ongoing projects;
• Serving as an expert on a broad range of civil and construction engineering duties to modify standard practices, adapt equipment or techniques to solve a variety of problems;
• Providing technical oversight and direction of structural mechanics and engineering mechanics to design, coordinate and manage technical implementation/fielding, and;
• Independently managing a broad range of engineering and construction standards, methods, practices, and techniques, and equipment to determine compliance with federal, state, and local codes and regulations.
• (Experience must be clearly demonstrated in your resume)

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, 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.

In addition to meeting qualifications, your application package must reflect the applicable experience to meet the Individual Occupational Requirements for the 0801/0810, series as listed below:

A. For Engineering series 0801/0810 - 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. For Engineering series 0801/0810 - 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:

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

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.)