KEY REQUIREMENTS



• You must be a U.S. Citizen and meet specialized experience to qualify.
• Submit application and resume online by 11:59 PM EST on the closing date.
• Provide all required documents by closing date.
• Position is telework eligible.
• Announcement is also advertised merit promotion: NHTSA.NVS-2012-0034.
• Announcement may be used to fill similar positions within 30 days.

Serving as General Engineer, you will:

• Be responsible for planning, conducting, and providing the engineering and technical expertise, on investigations, audits, and other analyses that identify and investigate particular safety recalls that are not being performed in the required manner, on which a safety defect or noncompliance decision was untimely, are not sufficient in remedy to address the safety defect or noncompliance, are not sufficient in scope to address all vehicles or motor vehicle equipment affected by the safety defect or noncompliance, are not being conducted in a timely manner in view of all of the circumstances involved with regard to the particular defect or noncompliance and in the recall campaign, and/or have a completion rate that is less than satisfactory.
• Gather and perform technical analyses of information obtained directly from vehicle owners and operators, manufacturers, and other sources, including NHTSA’s computer-based recalls, complaint and accident files, as well as its own experts in various engineering and technical specialties. 
• Be responsible for planning and conducting investigations, audits, and other analyses to identify and objectively assess the performance of safety recalls as a general matter, and including a wide variety of subcategories and groupings such as, but not limited to, size of recall population, age of vehicles at time of recall, the manufacturer involved, type of vehicle recalled, and type of equipment recalled. 
• Provide the engineering and technical expertise required in the preparation of high-level correspondence to parties outside NHTSA, including the Congress, automotive manufacturers, consumers, and other Federal and State agencies. Communicate with key officials and top personnel from the automotive industry and the general public regarding safety defects. 
• Be prepared and able to expertly perform statistical and other analyses and audits of thousands of safety recalls.  Must have strong and demonstrated experience with relational databases, SQL or other programming languages used to analyze and interpret relational database information, and spreadsheet programs Microsoft Excel and Access 2007.

To meet the minimum qualifications for this position, you must meet the mandatory education and the specialized experience requirements for the grade at which you are requesting consideration.

MANDATORY EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS:

• Successful completion of a professional engineering degree at an accredited university or college.
OR
• Have a combination of college level education or training AND technical experience that has furnished you with (1) a thorough knowledge of the physical and mathematical sciences underlying professional 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 as an engineer.
  2. Evidence of Passing the Engineer-in-Training Written Test.
  3. Successful documented completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences as
     described by OPM.
  4. Successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree in engineering technology or in an appropriate professional field and at least 1 year of professional engineering experience acquired under
     professional engineering supervision and guidance.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT:

• SELECTIVE SERVICE: Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for the Selective Service.
• GOVERNMENT TRAVEL CARD: You must be able to obtain and retain a Government contractor-issued travel card to be used for official business as a condition of employment. If unable to obtain and/or retain a card, you may be subject to removal. Those who fail to meet this condition of employment will have our offer of employment rescinded.
• DEU REQUIREMENTS: Applicants selected under delegated examining procedures may be required to successfully complete a one-year probationary period (unless already completed).  

HOW YOU WILL BE EVALUATED:

If you meet the qualification requirements, your application will be placed in one of four categories: Platinum, Gold, Silver or Bronze, which is based upon your responses to the vacancy questions. Within these categories, applicants eligible for veteran's preference that have provided supporting documents will receive selection priority over non-veterans.  The top rated applications will be reviewed for the quality of your experience, education and training relevant to the position. If your resume does not support the specialized experience or if your application does not support your answers to the Vacancy Specific Questions, your final rating may be modified and/or you may be disqualified from consideration.

Benefits include health and life insurance, annual and sick leave, and retirement benefits. Explore the major benefits offered to most Federal Employees here. This position is telework eligible.

OTHER INFORMATION:

Displaced employees may be eligible for ICTAP or CTAP priority consideration. For more information, please review the OPM Employee's Guide to Career Transition.

NHTSA is a Local 3313 bargaining unit agency.

You must submit a complete application package (including resume, vacancy questions and supporting documents) no later than midnight Eastern Time on the closing date of the announcement.

• To begin, click the Apply Online button on the job announcement.
• Follow the directions to register, submit all required documents and complete the assessment questionnaire.
• You may review your saved application(s) at https://my.usajobs.gov.

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS:

The following documents must be provided by the closing date:

• RESUME - Showing relevant experience and education and fully supporting the required specialized experience.
• COMPLETED QUESTIONNAIRE.
• TRANSCRIPTS - Verifying that you meet the stated education requirements for the series OR an SF-50 showing that you have already qualified and worked in the federal service in this series. The transcripts need not be official. If you are qualifying based on possessing a current Professional Engineer (PE) license, or passing the Engineer in Training (EIT) exam, please provide a copy of PE license or written documented proof of passing the EIT.
• VETERANS: In order to be considered as preference eligible, you must submit a copy of your Certificate of Release or Discharge From Active Duty, DD214. Your DD-214 must show the type of discharge and dates of active duty.  If you are claiming compensably disabled preference eligible, you must submit a copy of your DD214; an Application for 10-point Veteran's Preference,  SF15; and the proof of entitlement of this preference which is normally an official statement, dated 1991 or later, from the Department of Veterans Affairs certifying to the present existence of the service-connected disability and indicating the percentage of your disability. Without this documentation, you will not receive veteran's preference.  Additional information on veterans' preference is available in the Vet's Guide at: http://www.fedshirevets.gov/hire/hrp/vetguide/index.aspx
• SPECIAL APPOINTING AUTHORITY DOCUMENTS: If requesting concurrent consideration for: http://www.opm.gov/hr_practitioners/lawsregulations/appointingauthorities/index.asp#AppointmentsLeading Noncompetitive  Non-competitive (NC) appointment eligibility, (e.g. military spouse or persons with disabilities), you must provide appropriate supporting documentation such as PCS orders describing move & marriage certificate; letter from VA or DD214 describing 100% disability of spouse; letter from State Vocational Office certifying disability, etc.  For more information, visit http://www.fedshirevets.gov/hire/hrp/qaspouse/index.aspx military spouse NC appointments or http://www.opm.gov/disability/PeopleWithDisabilities.asp" Persons with Disabilities NC appointments. Documents are only required if requesting non-competitive consideration.
• DISPLACED EMPLOYEE PLACEMENT DOCUMENTS: - Only required if requesting priority consideration under http://www.opm.gov/ctap/ CTAP/ICTAP</A>.  You must submit ALL of the FOLLOWING: your most recent performance appraisal, the proof of eligibility letter from the Agency and your most current SF-50, displaying current series and grade.  To receive priority consideration, you MUST be deemed well qualified for this vacancy (falling in the Gold Category).

Failure to submit any of the required documents by the closing date of the vacancy will result in your removal from consideration for this position.

AGENCY CONTACT INFO:

WHAT TO EXPECT NEXT:

You may check your application status by logging into your USAJOBS account. Within two weeks of the closing date, your application will be reviewed and rated. Ratings will be determined based on the documents and information received by the closing date. The most highly qualified candidates will be referred to the hiring manager for further consideration. If you are selected for an interview, the hiring manager will contact you directly. Once a hiring decision is made, we will notify all applicants of their final status.