General Engineer

Summary This position is located in the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Plains Area (PA), National Bio & Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF) in Manhattan, KS. In this position, you will ensure all NBAF systems and facilities are functional, ensuring the maintenance, replacement and repair are accomplished and documentation is updated and available. Responsibilities Works with the Engineering Project Manager Supervisor in providing support in the planning, design, construction, and maintenance of NBAF facilities and systems projects. Provides multi-disciplinary engineering resource and project support for facility operations including maintenance, repair, and construction of NBAF infrastructure for architectural, civil, electrical, and mechanical components. Reviews and analyzes technical reports for coordination and recommendation. Serves as a project manager and Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) for all assigned projects. Monitors and proposes solutions to inquiries about work order status, equipment maintenance history, trouble reports, and other preventive maintenance questions. Plans and prioritizes the sequence, direction, and progress of contracted work and often devises solutions and actions to resolve issues, conditions, and problems. Implements financial management and budget procedures to prepare financial estimates and budgets related to facilities and systems design and repair. Qualifications Basic Requirements: 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: 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. 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. 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. 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.) Experience and Skills Experience in multidisciplinary engineering projects that include architectural, civil, electrical, and mechanical components is required. Strong written and oral communication skills. Ability to prepare and review technical reports, perform project management tasks, and implement financial management and budget procedures. Knowledge of and ability to apply engineering principles to the design, construction, and maintenance of facilities and equipment. Familiarity with contract administration, including the role of a Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR), and experience with troubleshooting and preventive maintenance. Capability to work effectively in a team environment and coordinate with multiple stakeholders to ensure project success. #J-18808-Ljbffr