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Job Title: General Engineer
Sub Agency: Department of Energy
Job Announcement Number: SPRPMO 13-04
Salary Range:  $81,823.00 - $106,369.00/year
Open Period:  Monday, February 11, 2013 to  Monday, March 04, 2013
Series & Grade:  GS-0801-13
Position Information:  Full Time
Duty Locations:  1 vacancy(s) in one of the following locations: New Orleans Metro Area, LA, US, 70123
Who May Be Considered: 
  • Current Federal employees with competitive status
  • Former Federal employees with reinstatement eligibility
  • Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) or Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) eligibles
  • Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) eligibles
Those eligible under a special appointing authority such as VRA (30% or more disabled Veterans) and Schedule A (persons with disabilities)

Job Summary:

This position is located in the Project Engineering Division of the Office of the Assistant Project Manager for Systems and Projects, and reports to the Director, Project Engineering Division. As a General Engineer you will perform or direct engineering projects, studies, and analyses pertaining to all aspects of SPR operations; administer contracts for the expansion and modification of SPR storage sites and distribution systems; provide engineering advice and support to other SPRPMO offices and contract personnel.

Key Requirements:
U.S. Citizenship or Naturalized U.S. Citizen Background and/or Security Investigation required Resume' and supporting documents (See How to Apply) Payments for Permanent Change of Station ARE authorized Position requires a "L" security clearance or the ability to obtain one

Duties: 
As a General Engineer, you will: 
  •  Plan, manage, and perform engineering projects, studies, analyses, design, design reviews, and documentation in support of the operation, maintenance, repair, and modification of SPR facilities 

  • Develop budget estimates for construction projects, including related field engineering and design costs, and monitor contract expenditures 

  • Develop repair, maintenance, modification, and operation concepts, plans, strategies, and schedules; evaluate contractor technical proposals; develop scopes of work and technical provisions for maintenance 

  • Provide expert engineering advice and assistance to SPR officials and specialists

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Qualifications Required: 

To qualify for this position you must meet the (1) Basic Educational Requirements AND (2) Specialized Experience for the series to which you are applying.

 

1. BASIC EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

 

Degree: professional engineering. To be acceptable, the curriculum must: (1) be in a school of engineering with at least one curriculum accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) as a professional engineering curriculum; 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.



The GS-13 position requires one year of specialized experience that is at least equivalent to the GS-12 grade level. 

 

For this position specialized experience is defined as: 

  •  Broad professional knowledge of the principles, practices, and methods in either mechanical, electrical, electronic, or civil engineering
  • Ability to organize, analyze, interpret, and evaluate scientific data in solution of engineering problems
  • Ability to develop alternative solutions to design and operational problems and apply new developments or experimental approaches 
  • Skill in preparing project papers and reports and coordinating program plans and policies

You must meet all of the qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

 

Time-in-Grade: Federal employees must meet time-in-grade requirements for consideration.

  

The U.S. Department of Energy is an EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER.