Interdisciplinary General Engineering

Air National Guard Units • Portland, OR

1d • Onsite

About The Position

This National Guard position is for an INTERDISCIPLINARY GENERAL ENGINEERING, GS-0801-12, located in the Civil Engineering Squadron at an Air National Guard Wing. The purpose of this position is to provide supervisory (less than 25%) and technical assistance to the Base Architect/Engineer in overseeing and managing the engineering shops and production control function. The role provides technical support and guidance on standard and code requirements to assigned sections, and develops engineered solutions to technical problems that cannot be resolved by subordinates. This requires extensive mathematical and technical calculations in civil, mechanical, electrical, or general engineering, as well as architecture. The incumbent provides subordinate guidance and team leadership to Dual Status and Title 5 employees, and performs planning development for architecture and engineering functions essential to state Air National Guard operations, training, and readiness missions. The position fosters an environment conducive to teaming among service providers and customers to meet state Air National Guard requirements.

Requirements

• Participation in direct deposit is mandatory.
• U.S. citizenship is required.
• This position is covered by the Domestic Violence Misdemeanor Amendment (30 Sep 96) of the Gun Control Act (Lautenberg Amendment) of 1968. An individual convicted of a qualifying crime of domestic violence may not perform the duties of this position.
• The duties of this job may significantly impact the environment. You are responsible to maintain awareness of your environmental responsibilities as dictated by legal and regulatory requirements, your organization, and its changing mission.
• Must be able to establish effective professional working relationships with coworkers and customers, contributing to a cooperative working environment and successful accomplishment of the mission.
• Federal employment suitability required and determined by a background investigation before appointment to position.
• May be required to successfully complete a probationary period.
• Must have a valid driver's license.
• Must be able to obtain/maintain the necessary security clearance for the position.
• May occasionally be required to work other than normal duty hours; shift work and/or overtime may be required.
• This position is designated as Essential Personnel and may be subject to duty in preparation for, or in response to, a state emergency or disaster declaration. This designation will not exceed 14 days per year unless approved in advance by the TAG.
• May be required to travel in military and/or commercial aircraft to perform temporary duty assignments.
• Work involves managing, supervising, leading, and/or performing professional engineering and scientific work.
• Requires knowledge and skills in two or more professional engineering series within the Engineering and Architecture Group, 0800.
• Must have 1-year equivalent to at least next lower grade level experience, education, or training in preparing technical and engineering drawings.
• Experience searching out and developing new or greatly modified methods and approaches to accomplish the Civil Engineering function.
• Experience in coordinating and negotiating with contractors and other personnel regarding engineering and administrative matters.
• Experience supervising and leading others within the Engineering Occupational Series.
• 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 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) 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.) If you are using education to qualify for this position, you must provide transcripts or other documentation to support your Educational claims.

Nice To Haves

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Responsibilities

• Plans and schedules work to promote a smooth flow and even distribution, coordinating with other managers and customers. Identifies and implements changes in priorities. Assigns work to subordinates based on organization priorities, difficulty, and requirements, effectively utilizing staff experience, training, and abilities. Balances workload and provides advice, guidance, and direction on policy, investigative, inspection/exercise, strategic planning, and administrative issues. Structures assignments for effectiveness and economy. Reviews organization mission, functions, and manning. Identifies resource needs and initiates requests for personnel, overtime, equipment, supplies, and training. Provides advice to supervisor on significant work accomplishment issues. Establishes metrics and uses analysis systems to ensure timely actions and reviews. Accepts, amends, or rejects subordinate work. Performs self-assessments and provides detailed reports with corrective actions. Assesses and revises policies and procedures to improve quality, timeliness, and efficiency.
• Responsible for the acquisition, construction, maintenance, repair, and operation of real property facilities, including real estate management, planning and programming for maintenance, repair, and construction of facilities, financial management of facility programs, provision of basic utility services, maintenance and repair of structures and associated equipment, and furnishing snow removal, pest control, fire prevention, and engineering services.
• Represents the Base Architect/Engineer at meetings and conferences with HQ ANG and intermediate command staff, tenant organization representatives, Corps of Engineers and Naval Facilities Engineering Command representatives, metropolitan airports commission staff, FAA, Veterans Administration, highway department representatives, and Federal, state, and city Environmental Protection Agency representatives. Coordinates on plans, exchanges information, recommends policy or procedures, and stays informed of new architecture and engineering developments. Makes decisions in line with prior ANG Base policy and planning regarding new construction, acceptance of completed work, facility disposal, real estate acquisition, utilization, or disposal actions.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package.
• As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding.
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What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level