Supervisory General Engineer

Smithsonian; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

The Smithsonian Institution’s Reliability Engineering Branch in the Asset Management Division seeks a qualified engineer to lead maintenance and reliability initiatives across SI properties in Washington, DC.

You will develop maintenance engineering strategies, provide technical guidance to leadership, and help prioritize resources to support facility operations and ensure system reliability across the heritage and research campus.

Qualifications

• ABET-accredited engineering degree required or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• One year of specialized engineering experience at GS-13 level or equivalent.
• Professional registration or licensure (EI/EIT/PE) evidence acceptable for qualification.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineers and engineering technicians in maintenance and reliability projects.
• Develop maintenance engineering and asset life-cycle management strategies.
• Provide technical engineering guidance to leadership and stakeholders.
• Prioritize resources and work requirements to support facility operations and organizational goals.

Skills

Leadership of engineers and technicans

Maintenance and reliability

Asset life-cycle management

Technical guidance to leadership

Resource prioritization

Education

ABET-accredited engineering degree

Professional licensure or registration (EI/EIT/PE)

Written FE examination

Combination of education and experience

Job description

The Smithsonian Institution is the world’s largest museum, education, and research complex, with 21 museums and the National Zoo. This position is located in the Reliability Engineering Branch (REB), Asset Management Division (AMD), Office of Facilities Management and Reliability (OFMR). OFMR provides reliability engineering and systems life cycle care responsibilities for all SI properties.

You must meet these Basic Education Requirements:(You must submit a copy of your transcript to show evidence of meeting this requirement in order to receive further consideration)

1. 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.

OR

1. 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:
2. 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.
3. Written Test-- Evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE)2 examination or any other written test required for professional 1 For more information about EI and EIT registration requirements, please visit the National Society of Professional Engineers website at: http://www.nspe.org. 2 The FE examination is not administered by the U. S. Office of Personnel Management. For more information, please visit: http://www.nspe.org/Licensure/HowtoGetLicensed/index.html. 2 registration by an engineering licensure board in the various States, the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico.
4. 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.
5. 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.)

In addition to the basic qualification requirement above:

Experience: You qualify for this position if you have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-13 level in the Federal Service. For this position, specialized experience is defined as leading engineers and engineering technicians in maintenance and reliability projects; developing maintenance engineering and asset life‑cycle management strategies; providing technical engineering guidance to leadership and stakeholders; and prioritizing resources and work requirements to support facility operations and organizational goals.

Your resume must be no more than two (2) pages and should clearly demonstrate how your experience aligns with the responsibilities and specialized experience required for this position. Do not copy language directly from the vacancy announcement, as you will be deemed ineligible for consideration. Instead, provide detailed, descriptive information about your actual experience.

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.

Part‑time and/or unpaid experience related to this position will be considered to determine the total number of years and months of experience. Be sure to note the number of paid or unpaid hours worked each week.

Special Instructions for Foreign Education: If you are qualifying by education and/or you have education completed in a foreign college/university described above, it is your responsibility to provide transcripts and proof of U.S. accreditation for foreign study. For instructions on where to fax these documents, see the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.

Or a Combination: Education and experience may be combined to meet the basic qualifications; For a full explanation of this option please see the Qualification Standards.

In aneffort to streamline our hiring process, SI employees whose current position of record is in the same job series (801) and who are in a (Federal competitive )as this advertised position, are not required to submit a transcript with your application package. However, if selected, you will be required to provide a copy of your transcript before your start date in the position.

Time-in-Grade Requirements: Under competitive merit promotion procedures, anyindividual who is currently holding, or who has held within the previous 52 weeks, a GeneralSchedule position under a non‑temporary appointment in the competitive or excepted service,must meet "time-in-grade" requirements (have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade of thegrade for which you are applying).