Mechanical Engineer

U.S. Coast Guard; Warwick (RI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

The U.S. Coast Guard Civil Engineering Unit Providence-Product Line in Warwick, Rhode Island is recruiting a GS-0830-12 Mechanical Engineer.

This role requires a bachelor’s degree in engineering (ABET-accredited) or equivalent combination of education and experience, with professional registration or FE/licensure being applicable. The incumbent will work on mechanical engineering tasks for facility construction, repair and maintenance within a DHS environment.

Qualifications

• ABET-accredited program must include calculus and core engineering science areas.
• Combination of education and experience allowed with professional registration or FE/other licensure.
• 60 credit hours in physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Perform mechanical engineering work for facility construction, repair, or maintenance.
• Develop project scopes and cost estimates; review designs, calculations, drawings, and specifications.
• Coordinate engineering projects through design and construction phases.

Skills

Mechanical engineering

Education

ABET-accredited engineering degree or approved alternative

Job description

This vacancy is for a GS - 0830 - 12, Mechanical Engineer located in the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard, CIVIL ENGINEERING UNIT PROVIDENCE-PRODUCT LINE in WARWICK, Rhode Island.

Basic Requirements: This position has a positive Education Requirement in addition to at least one year of Specialized Experience or substitution of education for experience or combination (if applicable) in order to be found minimally qualified. Transcripts must be submitted with your application package. You MUST meet the following requirements:

• A. EDUCATION 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);
    • (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:
  • Professional registration or licensure -- Current registration as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT), 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) 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.

AND In addition to the above basic education requirement to qualify at the GS-12 grade level, your resume must demonstrate at least one (1) full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-11 grade level in the federal or private sector. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the ability, skill, and knowledge to successfully perform the duties of this position and is typically in or related to this line of work.

Examples of specialized experience include performing the following types of tasks on a regular and recurring basis: Performing mechanical engineering work for facility construction, repair, renovation, or maintenance projects; to include developing project scopes and cost estimates; preparing or reviewing mechanical engineering designs, calculations, drawings, and specifications; and coordinating engineering projects through design or construction.

NOTE: All experience statements (i.e., duties, specialized experience, or related applicable assessment) copied from this announcement and pasted into your resume will not be considered as a demonstration of your qualifications for this position.

NOTE: Education cannot be substituted for experience at this grade level.

National Service Experience (i.e., volunteer experience): Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service pr