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This position supports the product services group for the logistics center. This group provides both first and second level engineering support for our customers, who include the Federal Aviation Administration National Air Space, US Forest Service, and the Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection.
Learn more about this agency09/25/2024 to 10/09/2024
$108,601 - $168,362 per year
Salary includes locality pay of 16.82%.
FV J
1 vacancy in the following location:
Yes—This position is not remote. Telework is authorized for situational and emergencies according to agency policy.
50% or less - The job may require up to 50% travel.
No
Permanent
Full-time
Excepted
NA
No
No
Yes - The person selected for this position may be required to file a financial disclosure statement within 30 days of entry on duty. FAA policy limits certain outside employment and financial investments in aviation-related companies. See https://www.faa.gov/jobs/workinghere/financial-disclosure-requirements.
Yes - This position is represented by AFGE 2282: Aero Center Consolidated.
AAC-ATO-24-AJWL541-92087
811123500
Current or former competitive service federal employees.
Current excepted service federal employees.
Also open to former permanent excepted service federal employees eligible under an interchange agreement. Current or former permanent federal employees must have met a one year probationary period or trial period in the competitive or excepted service. Applications will be accepted from preference eligibles and veterans who are honorably discharged from the Armed Forces after completing at least 3 years of continuous active duty service.
Uses professional Computer Engineering principles in design work: field Inspections: reviewing contractors work; collecting and analyzing data; performing trend analysis; engineering testing; writing technical/management reports; root cause analysis; and recommending improvements to the design or operation of systems, equipment or processes as it relates to FAA Logistics Center (FAALC), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) projects. Prepares periodic written reports for FAALC management. Plans and accomplishes highly complex and challenging projects/programs and other work activities under the minimal direction of a manager, project/program manager, team leader, or more experienced engineer.
May act as a principal technical specialist or as a project/program manager or team leader for large work activities. Applies comprehensive experience and knowledge of engineering principles, theories, and concepts to existing or proposed projects to satisfy customer needs/requirements. Will use experience and advanced knowledge of engineering principles, theories and concepts to develop plans and techniques to improve programs and policies including reverse engineering projects. Must interact with other disciplines to develop, integrate and implement solutions to diverse, complex problems.
Provides engineering support of large projects and monitors resources to accomplish complex engineering tasks which may involve supporting several projects simultaneously. Works closely with other Product Group and team managers to implement FAALC business goals, engineering requirements, policies and procedures that are required to support CBP systems and subsystems. Support includes identifying customer requirements and decision-making processes. Guidelines include organization policies, precedents, requirements, orders, short and long-term planning documents; professional, scientific, technical and academic texts, publications, manuals, work instructions, and presentations; local, state and federal laws and regulations; contract and contractor proposals.
Broad policies and objectives provide general guidance for addressing issues but allow considerable discretion to develop new and innovative approaches. Draws on experience to solve unusual problems and may create new solutions and policy interpretations as the situation requires. Provides policy guidance and instruction to others, both internally and externally.
Contacts are internal and external to the organizational unit but will include contacts with customers, contractors, and external organizations. Contacts are typically intended to share information, provide data, and/or written analysis, or to discuss the status of assignment. Contacts are made to resolve operational performance deficiencies; to recommend operational and system requirements; to explain or defend issues; to participate in interdisciplinary teams; to obtain or provide Information; to provide technical and professional guidance.
Work is reviewed periodically, typically at major milestones and at completion, for technical compliance and alignment with the requirements of the project or other work activity.
Work activities typically support and may be vital to the success of projects or activities of one or more organizational units, subdivisions, and LOB/SOs. In some areas, the work may affect the safety and security of customers.
This position requires involvement with and access to classified materials involving Customs & Border Protection Law Enforcement systems, projects, programs, files, drawings and data. The applicant will be required to successfully complete a high-risk security level clearance (i.e. Background Investigation).
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. (transcripts required)
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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.
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IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE BASIC REQUIREMENT:
To Qualify at the FV-J (GS/FG 14) level, you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least (1) one year of specialized experience equivalent to FV-I (FG/GS-13) level. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position.
Specialized Experience includes experience with field Inspections, reviewing contractors work; collecting and analyzing data; performing trend analysis; engineering testing; writing technical/management reports; identifying problems and recommending improvements to the design or operation of systems, equipment or processes; provide engineering support, guidance, and policy to customers in situations requiring high levels of reliability and security; plans and accomplishes complex and challenging projects/programs; skill in acting as a lead for large work activities.
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Quality Ranking Factor (QRF): Well qualified applicants will demonstrate experience providing lighting, grounding and bonding support for electronic surveillance systems and network equipment within their resume.
Applicants should provide examples of Specialized Experience in their Work History. Qualifications must be met by the closing date of the announcement.
This position has a positive education requirement: Applicants must submit a copy of their college or university transcripts(s) and certificates by the closing date of announcement to verify qualifications. If selected, an official transcript will be required prior to appointment. You may upload these documents with your application in USAJOBS or fax it to fax number provided in the announcement (please include announcement number on each page).
Failure to do so will result in loss of consideration.
Schools must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Accreditation may be verified at the following website: www.ed.gov/accreditation.
Foreign education must be evaluated by a private professional organization specializing in interpretation of foreign education credentials or an accredited U.S. educational institution in terms of equivalence to a degree acquired at an American college or university. A copy of the evaluation results must be included, otherwise your foreign education will not be considered.
KSA INFORMATION
As a part of the Federal-Wide Hiring Reform Initiative (streamlining the hiring process), the FAA is committed to eliminating the use of the Knowledge, Skills and Ability (KSA) narratives from the initial application in the hiring process for all announcements. Therefore, as an applicant for this announcement, you are NOT required to provide a narrative response in the text box listed below each KSA.
In lieu of providing a KSA narrative response in the text box listed below each KSA, in your work history, please include information that provides specific examples of how you meet the response level or answer you chose for each KSA. Your work history examples should be specific and clearly reflect the highest level of ability. Your KSA answers will be evaluated further to validate whether the level that you selected is appropriate based on the work history and experience you provided. Your answers may be adjusted by a HR Specialist as appropriate.
Eligible applicants meeting the minimum qualification requirements and selective factor(s), if applicable, may be further evaluated on the KSA listed in the announcement. Based on this evaluation, applicants will be placed in one of the following categories: score order, category grouping, or alphabetical and referred to the selecting official for consideration.
Make sure your resume includes detailed information to support your qualifications and answers to the job questionnaire.
We may use this vacancy to fill other similar vacant positions.
Position may be subject to a background investigation.
A one-year probationary period may be required.
The U.S. Department of Transportation strives to ensure that equity, transparency, accountability, collaboration, and communication permeate all that we do for the betterment of the Department, the traveling public, and our nation. As such, DOT values a highly diverse workforce of persons who promote a culture of belonging by respecting the personal dignity and worth of each individual and fostering a positive environment where all feel safe and welcome. If these commitments coincide with your personal ideals and professional aspirations, please consider joining the DOT family.
NOTES:
1. Applicants must apply on-line to receive consideration for this vacancy announcement. Faxed, mailed, or emailed applications cannot be accepted.
2. Please ensure you answer all questions and follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may impact your rating or may result in you not being considered for the job.
3. This position is covered by the FAA Core Compensation plan. Additional information about core compensation is available on the following website: Pay & Benefits | Federal Aviation Administration (faa.gov).
4. Some, none, or all applicants may be interviewed.
5. Additional information regarding living in Oklahoma can be found at Home | Oklahoma City - A Better Life (abetterlifeokc.com)
6. To confirm receipt of emailed documents, please contact Kuba Hypes at Kuba.J.Hypes@faa.gov.
Links to Important Information: Locality Pay, COLA
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
IMPORTANT: Applicants may be rated on the extent and quality of experience, education, and training relevant to the duties of the position(s). All answers provided in the on-line process must be substantiated. Ensure that your application package/resume supports your responses.
Notification of Personnel Actions (SF-50) and DD214 (member 4 copy) is required to verify area of consideration. Transcript(s) is required to verify meeting education requirement. Please see below for more information. Supplemental documentation will be accepted in combination with your on-line application. These documents must be uploaded through USAjobs.gov or emailed to 9-AMC-AHFS210@faa.gov on or before the closing date of this announcement. All submitted documents should reference the announcement number.
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
You must apply online to receive consideration. Your application must be submitted by 11:59 PM Eastern Time on the Close Date for it to be accepted. If you are applying for positions associated with FAA registers, your application must be submitted at the time a referral list is created in order to receive consideration for positions associated with a register.
IN DESCRIBING YOUR WORK EXPERIENCE AND/OR EDUCATION, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE OR EDUCATION.
We strongly encourage applicants to utilize the USAJOBS resume builder in the creation of resumes.
Please ensure EACH work history includes ALL of the following information:
Once we receive your complete application, the Human Resources Office will conduct an evaluation of your qualifications. Eligible and qualified candidates will be referred to the hiring manager for consideration. You will be contacted directly if selected for an interview.
For instructions on how to check the status of your application, please go to: USAJOBS Help Guide.
Important - If you make any changes to your application, you must resubmit it. If you make changes to your application and do not resubmit it, your changes will not be considered part of your application package, and only your previously submitted application will be evaluated.
All qualified applicants will be considered regardless of political affiliation, race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, age, disability, or other non-merit factors. DOT provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the agency contact listed in the Agency Contact Information section of this announcement or the hiring manager. An employee with a disability must notify the decision-maker of the accommodation request. Job applicants and employees are required to follow up oral requests in writing. Decisions on granting reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis. Additional information on reasonable accommodations procedures or on EEO Programs is available on Office of Civil Rights (ACR) or by contacting the local FAA Civil Rights Office.
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
This job originated on www.usajobs.gov. For the full announcement and to apply, visit www.usajobs.gov/job/811123500. Only resumes submitted according to the instructions on the job announcement listed at www.usajobs.gov will be considered.
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