Mechanical Engineer Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Meet the basic requirements for engineers through a degree in professional engineering or a qualifying combination of college-level education, training, and/or technical experience.
• Have one year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-11 in the Federal service.
• Specialized experience must include coordinating projects or substantial portions of projects, balancing scope/quality, schedule, and/or budget, requiring multiple engineering disciplines from project initiation through closeout.
• Specialized experience must include assisting mechanical engineers in developing technical documentation and specifications in support of commodity acquisition.
• Submit college or university transcripts and certificates by the announcement closing date; an official transcript is required before appointment if selected.
• Be a U.S. citizen or national (including residents of American Samoa and Swains Island).
• Meet all eligibility criteria within 30 days of the closing date.
• Register with Selective Service if a male born after December 31, 1959.
• Meet time-in-grade requirements within 30 days of the closing date, if applicable.
• Pass a Tier 1 background investigation.
• If not a GSA employee, have identity and work-status eligibility verified through E-Verify and resolve any discrepancies as a condition of continued employment.
• Disclose current or recent political-appointee service as described in the posting; OPM authorization is required for offers to current or former political appointees.
• Serve a one-year probationary period if required.
• If using foreign education to qualify, provide a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with transcripts.
• Submit a resume no longer than two pages that provides sufficient information to evaluate qualifications.

Responsibilities

• Provide professional mechanical engineering support to FAS acquisition and supply functions for assigned items.
• Develop new specifications and standards and modify existing specifications and standards for assigned items.
• Review proposed and existing military specifications and standards used in FAS procurement, and present findings and recommendations to preparing activities.
• Develop and maintain contract support documents, commercial item descriptions, and item purchase descriptions to maximize bidder interest and enhance competition.
• Provide technical assistance to FAS contracting and user activities, including reviewing technical proposals submitted in competitive procurements.
• Inspect pre-production samples and review findings and determinations supporting noncompetitive procurement.
• Evaluate quality complaints to determine whether probable causes are specification-related, and evaluate other post-contractual matters.
• Recommend appropriate methods of supply and identify candidate items for conversion from Multiple Award Schedules to competitive, Single Award Schedules, or term contracts.
• Administer Qualified Products Lists.
• Represent the agency to industry in assigned commodity areas, including serving on technical industry standards committees and clarifying and interpreting government specifications and standards.
• Develop products for national and worldwide support of other federal agencies, including analyzing characteristic data on new or improved commodities.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Sick leave and vacation time
• 11 paid holidays per year
• Thrift Savings Plan
• Transit subsidies
• Child care subsidies
• Flexible spending accounts
• Long-term care insurance
• Training and development
• Potential recruitment incentive for new federal employees
• Potential relocation incentive for current federal employees
• Potential credit toward vacation leave for new federal employees