General Engineer

Summary

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The primary purpose of this position is to provide developmental experience designed to broaden the skills and/or enhance the leadership perspective of an identified high-potential mid-level manager/executive; it is not a continuing position assignment duration is NTE 36 months.

Duties

DUTY 1:

Performs career-broadening assignments designed to enhance and develop leadership competencies and business skills in the civil engineer functional community. Responsible for reviewing Weapons Generation Facilities (WGF) design drawings to ensure requirements are captured appropriately and for participating in associated MILCON design reviews and charrettes. Develops publishes manages and contributes to AFNWC studies plans analyses and initiatives for the organization. These assignments will drive overall engineering installation facility and infrastructure programs for the organization or be directly involved in integrating these areas / requirements with unique operational and mission requirements for the command to include existing and emerging or new mission areas. Leadership assignments involve planning and direction of a variety of programs integrating AFNWC and AFGSC mission-based requirements with CE core areas such as professional engineering installations facilities infrastructure environment energy planning and readiness.

DUTY 2:

Performs career-broadening assignments involved in program development and evaluation. Incumbent is part of PI directorate providing program management for acquisition of Weapons Generation Facilities (WGF) and other nuclear weapon related MILCON facilities enabling nuclear enterprise warfighters i.e. AFGSC. Provides a unique link between the warfighting commands mission focus and the Air Force Civil Engineer functional community and its capabilities. Supports the integration of mission requirements with Civil Engineer competencies in professional
engineering planning facilities energy infrastructure etc. to aid mission resiliency assurance mission expansion emerging requirements or otherwise managing the commands assets. Evaluates (or manages programs or teams that evaluate) infrastructure facilities environmental assets real property and related programs supporting or directly related to the AFNWC/PI mission. Manages and provides innovative leadership in development refinement integration and implementation of associated plans and programs.

DUTY 3:

Carries out special projects and assignments designed specifically to meet the broadening intent of the position. Prepares special studies and various documents as required to meet unique requirements projects or taskers of the command; develops and presents oral presentations leads and/or serves on steering committees or similar groups. Advises and briefs command senior leadership on program issues and results and provides logical courses of action. Provides responsive and timely support to customers and actively supports achievement of goals and objectives. Develops prepares or provides assistance in the creation of papers briefings or other presentations for both internal and external consumption (may include other agencies professional or research organizations etc.). Identifies and interprets broad general guidance to allow for development and dissemination of accurate program information. Provides guidance to staff members and contractors to ensure success of programs.

DUTY 4:

Represents AFNWC/PI and serves as a member of internal and external governance boards/working groups such as the WGF Action Group and WGF Executive Steering Group that address priorities opportunities and challenges and produce cooperative solutions. Represents Commanders intent mission interest and organizational priorities in official business with internal and external contacts. Maintains liaison with professional associations and federal agencies (e.g. Joint Engineer Board DoD Department of Energy Environmental Protection Agency General Service Administrations etc. as required). Participates in other associated meetings seminars and conferences sponsored by the Command AF or other agencies and national programs of interest and properly conveys the AFNWC position on the issues presented. Serves as a subject matter expert integrating organizational and Civil Engineer perspectives. Reviews proposed legislation or regulation impacts on programmatic areas.

DUTY 5:

Develops and provides expertise on developments within the Air Force Civil Engineer functional area and provides related consultant and advisor services to the Command. Mentors and develops junior engineers within AFNWC/PI. Attends meetings seminars and workshops and takes other steps to develop and retain cutting-edge knowledge on emerging issues and processes in the Air Force Civil Engineer functional area and community. Maintains currency with advancements in technologies industry practices and academia. Responsible for providing significant and innovative recommendations for advancing programs. Ensures strategy aligns with and supports AF strategic guidance and initiatives. Establishes develops and maintains effective working relationships with organizations that interface with the organization.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Mobility is a condition of employment; employee must sign an Air Force-wide mobility agreement.
• Employee must be able to obtain and maintain a TOP SECRET/SCI Eligible security clearance as a condition of employment.
• If authorized PCS will be paid IAW JTR and AF Regulations. If receiving an authorized PCS you may be subject to completing/signing a CONUS agreement. More information on PCS requirements may be found at: cost will be paid IAW Career Broadening Policy under this agreement.
• Career Broadening positions are managed by AFPC/DPZ and are centrally funded.
• Positions are established specifically to provide developmental experience designed to broaden the skills and/or enhance the leadership perspective of a high-potential mid-level manager.
• Career Broadening also provides training and developmental opportunities at various organizational levels.
• These assignments offer the qualified candidate a unique assignment in that the candidates brings certain experience to the assignment while gaining new experiences in a different work environment.
• TEMPORARY PROMOTION: If the position is filled as a temporary promotion upon completion of the career broadening assignment the temporary promotion may lead to permanent promotion without further competition.
• This position has been identified as a designated position under the AF Drug Testing Plan. Incumbent of this position is subject to the possibility of random drug testing.
• Employee may be required to travel TDY to perform assigned duties on commercial or military aircraft.
• Employee may be required to work other than normal duty hours to provide direct support to leadership conferences or special initiatives or programs related to the AFNWC mission.
• Disclosure of Political Appointments
• This position offers a $10000 relocation incentive.

Qualifications

In order to qualify you must meet the specialized experience requirements described in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards for General Schedule Professional and Scientific Positions.

BASIC REQUIREMENT OR INDIVIDUAL OCCUPATIONAL 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 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

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 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 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 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 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.)

FEDERAL TIME-IN-GRADE (TIG) REQUIREMENT FOR GENERAL SCHEDULE (GS) POSITIONS: Applicants must have served at least 52 weeks at the GS-13 or higher grade (or equivalent in an alternate pay system) within the Federal Civil Service to be considered for referral. TIG applies if you are in a current GS position or held a GS position within the previous 52 weeks.

KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES (KSAs): Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge skills abilities and/or competencies in the following areas:

1. Knowledge and mastery of professional engineering principles theories procedures and applications and skill in using those principles and applications to meet mission requirements.
2. Knowledge and mastery of a broad range of methods techniques and processes used in Air Force Civil Engineering and the ability to integrate asset management project/program management planning and acquisition in the following fields: Real Estate Environmental Installation Management/Planning Facilities Operations or Engineering/Architecture.
3. Knowledge of the AF Corporate Structure Federal Planning Programming and Budgeting System and acquisition processes and contracting provisions.
4. Skill in evaluating state-of-the-art technologies and incorporating these into the planning or design budgeting programming life cycle operation maintenance repair upgrade and cost estimates of installations natural and built infrastructure.
5. Ability to gather assemble and analyze facts draw conclusions conduct analysis devise recommended solutions and package the entire process in briefings papers or reports suitable for top management use and decision making.
6. Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing to negotiate complex issues and maintain good working relations.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Additional information

PCS restrictions : An employee selected to make a PCS to a Career Broadening assignment is restricted from making a second PCS for 12 months.

Defense National Relocation Program may or may not be authorized.

Direct Deposit : All federal employees are required to have direct deposit.

Incentives : A relocation incentive of $10000 will be used.

Disabled veteran leave is available to a federal employee hired on/after 5 Nov 2016 who is a veteran with a service-connected disability rating of 30% or more. For more information click here.

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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:

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