General Engineer (Project Manager)

Summary

The Facilities Branch of the Finance and Facilities Division provides a range of facilities management and real estate support logistic services engineering and design construction planning and management across multiple sections. These sections include the National Capital Region and Field Operations Support Sections in the Washington DC area; Real Property Management Section in Quantico VA (FBI Academy); and Redstone Facilities Services Section in Huntsville AL (FBI Redstone campus).

Duties

GS-13:

• Provide engineering support to facilities systems; driving upgrade projects from concept to completion as required for continuous improvement of the facilities systems to ensure that support and services of the department meet the highest quality standards and performance.
• Review designs including plans specifications and design analyses prepared by architects and engineers for technical adequacy compliance with local and federal regulations and confirmation with existing industry standards and FBI Program of Requirements (POR). Provide guidance to consultants when necessary.
• Author Statements of Work (SOWs) and develop designs to provide engineered solutions to a myriad engineering tasks.
• Perform construction administration duties such as reviewing and answering Request for Information (RFI) reviewing submittals reviewing and producing field reports walking sites and verifying accuracy and compliance of construction with drawings and POR requirements.
• Develop Independent Government Cost Estimates (IGCEs) and review/analyze cost reports project progress measure performance and take necessary corrective actions to maintain agreed-upon schedules and costs.
• Organize and conduct site visits for the purpose of data collection and evaluation of construction progress and compliance with applicable building codes and POR and prepare comprehensive reports and prepare briefings to keep managers and executives advised of project status and accomplishments.
• Participate in quality control and quality assurance during the design and construction phases of the project.

GS-14: (In addition to the above)

• Serve as senior subject matter expert to lead project teams of staff business stakeholders and contract personnel in coordinating and communicating project tasks deadlines and time frames to ensure timely and quality completion of projects.
• Identify priorities and project/team interdependencies; coordinate multiple project schedules and assignments; set expectations provide guidance and training to team members to accomplish the mission; monitor and report the status of work to management in a timely manner.
• Personally prepare or oversee preparation of in-depth technical reports/papers concerning complex engineering matters. Such reports are further used to determine current and long-range program needs of the Bureau.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

Must be a U.S. citizen.

Qualifications

GS-13: Applicant must possess at least one (1) year of SE equivalent to the GS-12 grade level. SE is defined as follows:

• Expert experience in designing and overseeing design and construction of commercial buildings government buildings and data centers and have a strong knowledge of building systems in their area of engineering expertise.
• Expert experience performing and reviewing design of building systems and design calculations in their area of engineering expertise.
• Knowledge of the engineering standards in their area of engineering expertise as well as Federal State and local regulations as well as skill in inspection of construction projects to ensure conformance with these codes and regulations.

GS-14: Applicant must possess at least one (1) year of SE equivalent to the GS-13 grade level. SE is defined as follows:

• Mastery of advanced concepts theories practices and techniques of engineering acquired through a formal bachelors degree program in engineering and through extensive work experience. Must also have a practical understanding of other engineering disciplines such as structural architectural mechanical and electrical sufficient to permit initial judgments or critical evaluations of findings and recommendations of other expert sources consulted.
• Advanced experience in to modifying and adapting standards equipment and techniques to resolve a variety of engineering problems as well as ensure continuation of services without interruption or to prevent excessive downtime.
• Experience in applying new developments and experimental techniques to problems not readily treatable by standard methods.

Education

Positive Education Requirement This position has a specific education requirement; all applicants must verify completion of this basic educational requirement by submitting a copy of their college transcripts by the closing date of the vacancy announcement.

Basic Requirement:

A. Degree: Engineering. To be acceptable the program must: (1) lead to a bachelors 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) other comparable areas of fundamental engineering science or physics such as optics heat transfer soil mechanics or electronics.

OR

B. Combination of education and specialized 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 of 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 Boards 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 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 bachelors 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 bachelors degree in engineering provided the applicant has had at least one 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.

Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the above requirements provided you can show foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States.

Additional information

To attract and retain highly qualified candidates selectees may be eligible for a recruitment incentive of up to 20% or for eligible current federal employees a relocation incentive of up to 15%. Eligibility for a relocation incentive requires proof of a change in residence and an assignment at a worksite in a different geographic area greater than or equal to 50 miles from the prior worksite. Employees must sign a written service agreement completing a specified period of employment with the FBI at the new duty station. Recruitment and relocation incentives cannot be combined.

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government passionate about the ideals of our American republic and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

Required Experience:

IC