This job originated on www.usajobs.gov. For the full announcement and to apply, visit www.usajobs.gov/job/827766700. Only resumes submitted according to the instructions on the job announcement listed at www.usajobs.gov will be considered.
As the lead General Engineer provides leadership for highly complex and challenging work activities under the minimal direction of a manager. Applies experience and comprehensive knowledge of engineering principles, theories, and concepts in the performance of the following duties and responsibilities:
01/14/2025 to 02/06/2025
$126,282 - $195,774 per year
Salary includes locality pay of 35.84%.
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1 vacancy in the following location:
Yes—as determined by the agency policy.
50% or less - The job may require up to 50% travel.
Yes— - Fixed Rate PCS - Permanent Change of Station (Current Federal Employee) - In accordance with applicable FAA Travel regulations, a fixed relocation payment of $27,000 will be paid. Relocation expenses paid are subject to applicable taxes.
Permanent
Full-time
Excepted
No
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. www.faa.gov/jobs/workinghere/financial-disclosure-requirements
Yes - This position is represented by NATCA: Engineers & Architects.
AWP-ATO-25-BKM6376-93980
827766700
Open to current permanent Air Traffic Organization (ATO), Western Service Area- Engineering Services Employees
Interpret contract scope language and project technical, engineering, or design requirements and render judgment as to whether or not specific projects are within scope of the Technical Support Service Contract (TSSC).
Identify qualify control defects in technical, engineering, or design products or workmanship and provide recommendations to the FAA contracting officer for steps to be taken to remedy defects.
Understand, interpret, develop, write and apply performance metrics as applicable to contractor award fee.
Work with FAA engineers and programs managers both orally and in writing to provide guidance on how to manage use of contract resources to the best advantage of the Government.
Exercise independent review and audit responsibility for Cost Performance Reports and Invoices and the development of recommended resolutions to discrepancies or errors concerning the work ordered by the incumbent.
Serve as the principal expert and consultant to the Region or Service Area and the national TSSC Program Office for the management and audit of TSSC.
Incumbent represents their office on all aspects of the TSSC at national and local level at program status review meetings with the national coordinator and contractor.
Uses various FAA systems to track and report status of funds, budgeted work, invoiced amounts and schedule status for multiple simultaneous FAA projects issued under the contract. These systems include but are not limited to, budgeting and accounting activities which are used to supplement engineering management activities.
Monitor technical work being performed to assure the contractor utilizes personnel meeting requisite qualifications and is using categories of personnel appropriate for the effort required by the Government.
Works with FAA program analysts to process FAA Procurement Requests, invoice review and analysis, and assist in the management of government property.
Reviews and evaluates contractor's work plans in order to assure projects will be accomplished in accordance with accepted engineering standards and practices, and that estimated costs and labor hours are reasonable.
Advises and assists the TSSC National Program Manager in formulating national management decisions regarding TSSC technical procedures, performance, and evaluation criteria.
Serves as the local interface with the contractor on national work release efforts.
Broad policies and objectives provide general guidance for addressing issues, but allow for considerable discretion to develop new and innovative approaches. Provides guidance to lower level staff to solve difficult technical issues. Resolves most problems, but the unique technical problems are resolved with management's intervention or more experienced engineer. Work is reviewed primarily at project completion and to ensure technical compliance and alignment with requirements of the project or other work activity. Work impacts the objectives of one or more major subdivisions and/or LOB's/SO's and may impact on the objectives of the FAA. In some areas, the work may affect the safety and security of customers.
Basic Requirements:
Degree: Professional 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.
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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 section above. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program as described above.
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.)
To qualify for this position, you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to FV-I (FG/GS-13). Specialized experience is experience gained in an 800 Engineer series position that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position.
Specialized experience is: Experience in any discipline of professional engineering work with emphasis on project management skills.
Qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this vacancy announcement.
For additional information on qualification requirements, please visit the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) website at: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/general-engineering-series-0801/
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.
A copy of your unofficial/final college or university transcript MUST accompany your application if you have never held a position in the 800 series with the FAA.
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.
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 Human Resource Specialist as appropriate.
Eligible applicants meeting the minimum qualification requirements 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.
If the Agency decides to interview any qualified employee on the selection list, then all on the list who are qualified must be interviewed.
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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.
If you have NEVER HELD a position in the 800 series within the FAA, a copy of your unofficial/final college or university transcript MUST accompany your application . Only supplemental documentation, e.g. transcripts or veteran's documentation will be accepted in combination with your on-line application. These documents must be uploaded or faxed to (424) 405-7365 on or before the closing date of this announcement. All submitted documents should reference the announcement number. We cannot guarantee timely receipt and assume responsibility for the quality or legibility of the faxes, illegible documents will result in loss of consideration. You only need to submit those items required on the announcement.
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.
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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.
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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.
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This job originated on www.usajobs.gov. For the full announcement and to apply, visit www.usajobs.gov/job/827766700. Only resumes submitted according to the instructions on the job announcement listed at www.usajobs.gov will be considered.