About the Position: This is a permanent position with Headquarters, US Army Corps of Engineers, Directorate of Civil Works located in the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) building in Washington, DC. This position is a Permanent Full-Time position. This is a developmental position and will be filled at the GS-13 and/or target grade GS-14 level. Management may select at any of the grade levels announced
Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel Workforce Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473 Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the education and 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 in this document. Basic Requirement for Fire Protection 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. 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: Experience required for GS-13: To qualify based on your work experience, your resume must describe at least one year of experience which prepared you to do the work in this job. Specialized experience is defined as: serving as a technical authority on military and civil works facilities fire protection and life safety policies, standards, regulations and principles; interpreting and establishing regulations, criteria and standards pertaining to fire protection; applying knowledge of architectural/engineering fields to solve engineering issues/problems; interpreting regulations and enforcement standards as a result of surveys; investigations and reports; and communicating effectively to persuade and influence key officials or other stakeholders. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-12). Experience required for GS-14: To qualify based on your work experience, your resume must describe at least one year of experience which prepared you to do the work in this job. Specialized experience is defined as: authoritative professional and technical proficiency in the reviews and assessments of fire protection and safety requirements pertaining military and civil works facilities; providing fire protection and safety training within the organization; analyzing quantitative and qualitative techniques to correct, resolve and recommend improvements; and communicating effectively with higher echelon to negotiate, persuade and influence acceptance of policies and methods. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-13). You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Design Fire Engineering Fire/Life Safety Training, Public Education, and Outreach Safety, Security, and Fire Protection GS-13: Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-12). GS-14:Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-13).
Incumbent will serve as the nationally recognized expert in the design of Fire protection systems for facilities.
Incumbent's responsibilities will include performing and providing expert reporting engineering activities for military construction and maintenance projects for installations worldwide.
As technical expert, will develop plans, policies and procedures for accomplishing scientific and technical objectives for global programs and represent the U.S Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) in areas of expertise for fire protection systems.
Incumbent will be responsible for performing analysis and research in the development of criteria related to Department of Defense (DoD) Fire protection systems as used by DoD and contractor engineers world-wide.
Develops and proposes changes to criteria design and construction, and other necessary data to promote technical excellence in fire protection engineering technology.
As the expert, the incumbent provides technical quality assurance and evaluation of studies, designs, specification and/or other related building system installations.
Leads the efforts of the Fire protection Engineering Community of Practice and technical teams for execution of assigned mission in support of USACE and other clients and customers.
Acts a liaison with high level officials and technical personnel.
Conducts briefings and presentations at Federal and industry engineering meetings, conferences and symposiums.