Supervisory Interdisciplinary (Area Engineer).

US Army Corps of Engineers; Kansas City (MO); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

The US Army Corps of Engineers in Kansas City seeks an experienced Area engineer to develop long- and short-range plans, set work schedules, assign priorities, and direct staff on civil works and military facilities projects.

You will coordinate with using agencies, contractors, and higher echelons to ensure timely project completion, review shop drawings, and provide contracting authority to negotiate contracts and changes while upholding safety and regulatory compliance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or architecture with ABET accreditation criteria or equivalent.
• Professional registration/licensure (PE or Architect) required as selective placement factor.
• Experience coordinating multisector construction, contracts, and staff in a supervisory capacity.

Responsibilities

• Develop long- and short-range plans and set work schedules.
• Direct staff and supervise supervisory actions including training and safety compliance.
• Coordinate with using agencies, contractors, and higher echelons to ensure timely project completion.
• Review shop drawings and provide contracting authority to negotiate contracts and changes.
• Conduct site inspections and ensure compliance with regulations and deadlines.

Skills

Area engineer responsibilities

Contracting coordination

Supervisory management

Architect/Engineer coordination

Site inspections

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Professional Engineering (PE) license

Architect registration

Job description

Duties

• Serve as the Area engineer, developing long and short range plans, setting work schedules, assigning priorities and directing staff.
• Direct all supervisory actions, including training, performance awards, position management, grievance resolution, EEO compliance, and strict adherence to safety standards.
• Serve as the primary point of contact with using agencies, contractors, the District Office, and higher echelons to ensure timely project completion.
• Coordinate and review the work of Architect-Engineers, resolves field differences, lead meetings to resolve contract issues and negotiate changes.
• Conduct periodic site inspections to evaluate engineering and technical phases of problem cases, recommending necessary adjustments to meet local requirements or deadlines.
• Review and approve shop drawings associated with construction projects in strict accordance with existing regulations.
• Provide contracting authority to negotiate, modify, and execute civil works and A/E construction contracts.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Temporary Duty travel up to 40% of the time.
• Financial Disclosure (OGE-450) is required upon appointment and annually thereafter.
• DAWIA Certification in Contracting within 36 months of appointment.
• 1 year Supervisory Probationary Period may be required.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret Security Clearance.
• Mobility agreement is required.
• Valid State Drivers License in order to serve as an incidental motor vehicle operator is required.

Qualifications

This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for DHA for Certain Personnel of the DoD Workforce to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service.

• This announcement is NOT intended for current, permanent Army employees. Current, permanent Army employees who would like to be consider for this time-limited assignment should instead apply to Announcement # **

Please see "Additional Information" section below for further details.

Who May Apply

Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See

In order to qualify, you must meet the education and experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is

Minimum Qualifications

This position has selective placement factor which must be met prior to employment and for continued employment.

Selective Placement Factor: Must possess and maintain professional Registration as a Registered Architect or Professional Engineering (P.E.) License.

Specialized Experience

One year of specialized experience which includes: 1.) managing and overseeing diverse, multi-disciplinary construction activities, including civil works, military facilities, and Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste (HTRW) remediation projects; 2.) serving as an Administrative Contracting Officer or in an equivalent technical contract administration role; 3.) performing comprehensive supervisory and administrative management duties over a technical or engineering workforce; and 4.) serving as a technical coordinator between using agencies, architect-engineers, prime contractors, and higher headquarters. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-13).

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.

• In addition to meeting the minimum qualification requirements, you must also meet the basic requirements listed in the "Education" Section listed below:***

You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:

Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-13).

Basic Requirement for a Civil, Electrical, General or Mechanical Engineer:

• Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (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
• 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 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, or 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 A above. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program.
• 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 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.

Basic Requirement For An Architect

• Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in architecture or in a related field that included 60 semester hours of course work in architecture or related disciplines of which at least (1) 30 semester hours were in architectural design, and (2) 6 semester hours were in each of the following: structural technology, properties of materials and methods of construction, and environmental control systems.
• Combination of Education and Experience: College-level education, training, and/or technical experience that furnished (1) a thorough knowledge of the arts and sciences underlying professional architecture, and (2) a good understanding, both theoretical and practical, of the architectural principles, methods, and techniques and their applications to the design and construction or improvement of buildings. The adequacy of such background must be demonstrated by at least one of the following: (1) Related Curriculum - Degree in architectural engineering provided the completed course work in architectural engineering provided knowledge, skills, and abilities substantially equivalent to those provided in the courses specified in statement A above, or (2) Experience: 1 year of experience in an architect's office or in architectural work for each year short of graduation from a program of study in architecture. In the absence of any college courses, 5