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Cost Engineering Subject Matter Expert

Serve as an interdisciplinary Cost Engineering subject matter expert in the national Mandatory Center of Expertise for Cost Engineering.

• Responsible for developing and coordinating cost engineering products, practices and standards for Civil Works and Military Construction (MILCON) projects.
• Utilize, and train others in using, cost engineering software supported in the Tri-Service Automated Cost Engineering Systems (TRACES).
• Provides expert advice on all matters pertaining to the cost engineering and cost estimating of Civil Works and Military Construction (MILCON) projects.
• Develop and participate in briefings and other senior level meetings to articulate issues with cost estimates developed by others that require certification by the national mandatory center of expertise for Cost Engineering.
• Work closely with staff members of various engineering disciplines across several organizations.

Requirements Conditions of employment

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Current state registration as Professional Engineer (PE), or certification as a Tri-Service Certified Cost Engineering (TCCE) or Tri0Service Certified Cost Consultant (TCCC) is required. (MUST upload proof).
• This position requires a secret security clearance.
• Must possess or obtain and maintain a valid state Driver's License in one of the 50 U.S. states or possessions to operate vehicles.
• Annual Financial Disclosure Statement OGE Form 450 is required.
• This position may require official travel/temporary duty (TDY) up to 30% of the time via air, water, or land.
• MUST upload transcripts or approved alternative for meeting basic educational requirements listed below.

Qualifications Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is available.

BASIC EDUCATION REQUIREMENT for Civil / Environmental / Mechanical / Electrical Engineer: A. Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (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. (Must upload transcripts showing date degree was awarded).

OR 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), 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, or 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 A above. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program. 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 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.

In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below: GS-14 SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: One year of specialized experience which includes 1) preparing construction cost estimates for all phases of Civil Works and Military Construction (MILCON) projects using the Tri-Service Automated Cost Engineering System (TRACES) software and/or similar computing tools or software programs/systems AND 2) providing guidance to less experienced personnel on multi-disciplinary teams associated with Civil Works and/or Military Construction (MILCON) projects. (Must thoroughly document both areas of expertise and will specifically reference how TRACES, or alternate, has been used). This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-13). Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.

SELECTIVE PLACEMENT FACTOR: Current state registration as Professional Engineer (PE), or certification as a Tri-Service Certified Cost Engineer (TCCE) or a Tri-Service Certified Cost Consultant (TCCC) is a requirement of this position. (MUST upload document to confirm earned/active. Extra tip: add license/certificate number to your resume).

• Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
• You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship.
• This position requires a 1 year probationary period during which the agency evaluates your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In making this determination, the agency may consider your performance and conduct; agency needs and interests; whether your continued employment supports organizational or Government goals; and whether it promotes the efficiency of the Federal service. Continued employment requires written certification that it advances the public interest.
• Direct Deposit of Pay is required.
• This position requires you to submit a Public Financial Disclosure Report (OGE 278) or a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report (OGE450) upon entry, and annually thereafter.
• Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees.
• If you have retired from federal service and you are interested in employment as a reemployed annuitant, see the information in the information sheet.
• This is a Construction, Engineering, and Infrastructure Career Field position.
• Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement.
• Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement.
• When you perform a Civilian Permanent Change of Station (PCS) with the government, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) considers the majority of your entitlements to be taxable. Visit for more information.
• Permanent Change of Station (PCS) allowances may be authorized, subject to the provisions of the Joint Travel Regulations and an agency determination that a PCS move is in the Government Interest.
• Must upload current state registration as Professional Engineer (PE), or a certification as a Tri-Service Certified Cost Engineer (TCCE) or Tri-Service Certified Cost Consultant (TCCC).
• Must upload proof basic education, typically transcripts showing date engineering degree earned.
• Must upload SF50 showing at least a year at the GS-13 or higher.
• Must upload customized resume stating specialized experience is met. Keep resume to 2-pages or less .