General Engineer/Architect at DOS, Overseas Buildings Operations
VA
About the Job
Open and Close Dates:
May 03, 2024 - Jun 02, 2024
Marketing Statement:
The men and women of the US Department of State with their skills, character and commitment to public service, are the backbone of America's diplomacy. Personal Services Contractor employees support the foreign policy mission from offices in Washington, DC and worldwide. Join us in helping to shape a freer, more secure and prosperous world as we formulate, represent and implement US foreign policy. Choose from hundreds of career possibilities - there's something for everyone!
Summary:
The PSC positions are located in the Department of State, Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations (OBO), Construction, Facility, and Security Management Directorate (CFSM), Office of Construction Management (CM), and may be assigned to any geographic branches within the Construction Operations Division (CO).
This is a Non-Status, Non-Permanent Position. You do not acquire a competitive or excepted service status from this position.
Major Duties:
The PSC serves as a Construction Executive for highly complex construction projects (several years or more in duration) at overseas diplomatic posts in which major construction challenges are involved, and as an assistant to the Branch Chief/Senior Construction Executive. World-wide projects conducted by CM include: small, medium, and large New Embassy Compounds (NECs) which consist of chancery, warehouse, Marine quarters, perimeter security, compound access control facilities, and major rehabilitation/additions.
- Conducts or coordinates the review of project plans and specifications prior to contract advertisement to determine practicability from construction standpoint for specific site and conditions, whether construction difficulties have been anticipated, and whether materials selected are readily available and local building codes and requirements have been considered.
- Assists the Contracting Officer with and participates in technical evaluations of bids/proposals, and also participates in sources selection panels for Indefinite-Delivery, Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contracts for design/build and design/bid/build awards.
- Reviews project status reports on field construction matters and forwards to Branch Chief/Senior Construction Executive on a defined schedule; highlights problems determined from an architectural/engineering viewpoint and recommends solutions; and provides oral briefings and/or papers on assigned projects to the Branch Chief/Senior Construction Executive and senior management officials throughout OBO (including the OBO Director) and the Department.
- Oversees and manages commissioning activities beginning at the award of the construction contract and continuing until the expiration of the one-year warranty period of the operation and maintenance phase; develops a comprehensive facility commissioning plan at the outset of construction and manages the numerous commissioning activities until such time as facilities are fully functional and accredited; and ensures that the transition period between construction and occupancy will proceed without delay and will provide a complete and usable facility which meets all functional requirements.
Who May Apply:
Job Status:
Full-Time, Non-Permanent-Temporary Non-Status
Duration Appointment:
Non-Permanent, 1 year renewable for up to 4 years.
Conditions of Employment:
Incumbent will be subject to random drug testing.Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance.Statement of Employment & Financial Interest required prior to appointment.Overseas travel may be required.Relocation expenses will NOT be paid.U.S. Citizenship is required.
Education:
Basic Requirements:
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.
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:
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. (The above examples of related curricula are not all-inclusive.)
Note: An applicant who meets the basic requirements as specified in A or B above, except as noted under B.1., may qualify for positions in any branch of engineering unless selective factors indicate otherwise.
Requirements:
Applicants must meet all the required qualification requirements, including education, and any selective placement factors described below by the closing date of this announcement. Education may only be substituted in accordance with the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook. Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order to be credited towards qualifications. Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the education requirements if you can show that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying. Click on the link for a list of accredited organizations recognized as specializing in interpretation of foreign education credentials.
Qualifications:
IN ADDITION to the Basic Requirements above, you MUST also have 1 year of specialized experience that is related to the work of the position, is equivalent to at least the GS-13 level in the Federal service, and demonstrates the following:
- Experience in engineering principles and practices in foreign countries, to ensure that OBO projects are designed and built to the standards of the host country.
- Experience in project and construction management principles, methodology, and processes, including budget and resource control, cost/benefits analysis and risk management.
- Experience in applying, the principles, practices, and management of contract specifications and related programs to continuing and effective development of contracts terms and conditions.
Benefits: