Civil Engineer

Job description

• • Duties
    
    Summary
    
    You will serve as a CIVIL ENGINEER in the Facilities Management & Sustainment Division of NAVFAC SOUTHWEST.
    
    Responsibilities
    
    • • You will serve as a technical leader for airfield and roadway paving.
      • You will provide technical direction for all services provided by the various business lines on the Integrated Product Teams and Installations with the main focus on civil engineering pavement issues.
      • You will provide input to training plans and provides training and mentoring to technical staff and personnel in other business lines.
      • You will serve as chairperson or member of A-E selection boards and Technical Evaluation Boards (TEB) and as senior technical advisor for Source Selection Boards.
      • You will manage IQ contracts and may function as the Contracting Officers Technical Representative for services provided by consultants.
      • You will serve as point of contact for vendors and manufacturers associations review of products and information and their application to business lines.
    
    
    Travel Required
    
    Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position.
    
    Supervisory status
    
    No
    
    Promotion Potential
    
    13
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  • Requirements
    
    Conditions of Employment
    
    • • Must be a US Citizen.
      • Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
      • Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
      • New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit www.dhs.gov/E-Verify/.
      • Generally, current federal employees applying for GS jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower grade level. This requirement is called time-in-grade. Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
      • You will be required to obtain and maintain a current Professional Engineer (PE) license.
      • You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final Secret security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
      • This position is covered under the Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA). You must be certified as a Career Field Facilities Engineering Level III. Certification is required within 24 months of appointment.
      • This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.
      • You will be required to complete ethics orientation within three months of appointment and submit a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report, OGE-450, within 30 days of appointment.
      • You will be required to obtain and maintain a current valid state driver?s license.
      • You will be required to complete a satisfactory background investigation.
    
    
    Qualifications
    
    This position has a selective placement factor that will be used to screen out ineligible candidates. The selective placement factor is: You must currently be a licensed Professional Engineer (PE) if applying for the 0810 series. Your license or registration must be held in a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United States.
    
    In addition to the Basic Requirements for this position, your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of Specializeed experience at or equivalent to the GS-12 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector
    
    Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website:
    
    Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.
    
    Education
    
    Applicants must meet the following positive education qualifications requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual: Applicants must have successfully completed a bachelor's degree (or higher) in engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree (or higher) 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. Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position.
    
    OR
    
    Applicants must have a combination of 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: (I) 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; or (II) 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; or (III) Specified academic courses: Successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences and in engineering that included the courses specified in the basic requirements under paragraph A (above). The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program as described in paragraph A (above); or (IV) 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 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.
    
    Additional information
    
    This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program.
    
    Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement.
    
    A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments.
    
    If you are unable to apply online and request information about the Alternate Application process, please contact the Department of Navy's Employment Information Center.
    
    Federal annuitant information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy information may be found at:
    
    Recruitment incentives may be authorized to eligible new hires.
    
    A relocation incentive is generally a single payment intended to offset some of the relocation costs experienced by the selectee. A relocation incentive may or may not be authorized.
    
    PCS is not authorized.
    
    This position is eligible for part time, full time or ad-hoc telework at the discretion of management.
    
    Work requires regular and recurring field inspections, investigations, or surveys in which there is considerable amount of walking, stooping, bending, and climbing.
    Work is performed primarily in an office setting with occasional site visits to construction sites.
    
    The work involves moderate risks or discomforts that require special safety precautions while in the presence of construction operations and operating equipment. Employees may be required to use protective clothing or gear, such as "hard-hats", coats, boots, goggles, gloves, or shields.
    
    Work requires the employee to drive a vehicle. A valid state driver's license is required. Work requires overnight travel away from the normal duty station.
    
    This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.
    
    Required travel is 15%.
    
    How You Will Be Evaluated
    
    You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
    
    In order to qualify for this position, your resume must provide sufficient experience and/or education, knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the duties of the specific position for which you are being considered. Your resume is the key means we have for evaluating your skills, knowledge, and abilities as they relate to this position. Therefore, we encourage you to be clear and specific when describing your experience.
    
    You Will Be Rated Based On The Information Provided In Your Resume And Responses To The Occupational Questionnaire, Along With Your Supporting Documentation To Determine Your Ability To Demonstrate The Following Competencies
    
    When the application process is complete, we will review your resume to ensure you meet the hiring eligibility and qualification requirements listed in this announcement.
    
    • CIVIL ENGINEERING
    • ENGINEERING PROJECT MANAGEMENT
    • INFLUENCING/NEGOTIATING
    • PROBLEM SOLVING
      
    You should list any relevant performance appraisals and incentive awards in your resume as that information may be taken into consideration during the selection process. If selected, you may be required to provide supporting documentation.
    
    If after reviewing your resume and supporting documentation, a determination is made that you inflated your qualifications and/or experience, your score may be adjusted to more accurately reflect your abilities or you may be found ineligible/not qualified.
    
    Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating or consideration for employment.
    
    All eligibility, qualifications, and time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
    
    Background checks and security clearance
    
    Security clearance
    
    Drug test required
    
    No
  • Required Documents
    
    A COMPLETE RESUME IS REQUIRED. Your resume must show relevant experience (cover letter optional) where you worked, job title, duties and accomplishments, employer's name and address, supervisor's name and phone number, starting and end dates (Mo/Yr), hours per week & salary. If you are a current Federal employee or previous Federal employee, provide your pay plan, series and grade level i.e. GS-0201-09. Note: Only the last resume received will be reviewed.
    
    YOU ARE REQUIRED TO DOCUMENT IN YOUR APPLICATION PACKAGE EVIDENCE THAT SUPPORTS YOUR ELIGIBILITY AND QUALIFICATION CLAIMS. You are strongly encouraged to upload the applicable documents with your application package. These documents will assist the staffing specialist in determining your eligibility and qualifications, but are not required at the time of application. If you do not upload the suggested documents, then you must document in your resume the information needed to determine your eligibility. If you are selected, these documents will be requested at the time of tentative job offer to verify eligibility and qualifications. You will have 2 business days to submit these documents before a job offer is rescinded.
    
    DOES THIS POSITION REQUIRE A LICENSE OR CERTIFICATE? You are strongly encouraged to provide a copy of your license or certificate in your application package. It is also acceptable to document your license number and the name of the licensing authority in your resume.
    
    Applicants Can Verify Accreditation At The Following Website
    
    ARE YOU QUALIFYING BASED ON EDUCATION or A COMBINATION OF EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE. You must provide sufficient documentation of your education in your resume. You are strongly encouraged to provide a copy of transcripts or degrees in your application package. It is also acceptable to document your applicable course listing in your resume (course number, credits earned, etc...). You may submit a copy of your degree(s) if specific coursework does not have to be verified. Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
    
    ARE YOU AN ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE MEMBER? Active Duty Service Members are required to submit a statement of service printed on command letterhead and signed by the command. The statement of service must provide the branch of service, rate/rank, all dates of service, the expected date of discharge and anticipated character of service (Honorable, General, etc.).
    
    Documents submitted as part of the application package, to include supplemental documents, may be shared beyond the Human Resources Office. Some supplemental documents contain personal information such as SSN and DOB and some documents such as military orders and marriage certificates may contain personal information for someone other than you. You may sanitize these documents to remove said personal information before you submit your application. You may be asked to provide an un-sanitized version of the documents if you are selected to confirm your eligibility.
    
    If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:
    
    Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from
    
    Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
  • Benefits
    
    A career with the U.S. Government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding.
    
    Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time, or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.
  • How to Apply
    
    Click the Apply Online button to create an account or log in to your existing USAJOBS account.
    
    To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Application Package which includes:
  • Complete resume with relevant experience where you worked, job title, duties and accomplishments, employer's name and address, supervisor's name and phone number, starting and end dates (Mo/Yr), hours per week and salary. If you are a current or previous federal employee, provide your pay plan, series and grade level (e.g. GS-0201-09).
  • Complete assessment questionnaire. For a quick preview of the assessment questionnaire click here:
  • Supporting documentation
    Failure to submit a complete application package will result in an ineligible rating and loss of consideration.

• • Your complete application (resume, assessment questionnaire, and all supporting documents) must be received by 11:59 pm Eastern Standard Time (EST) on 01/31/2019. Applications received after 01/31/2019 may result in an ineligible rating and loss of consideration. If more than one resume is received, only the last resume received and processed will be reviewed.

• • NOTE: To check the status of your application or return to a previous or incomplete application, log into your USAJOBS account:

• • You are encouraged to apply online. Applying online will allow you to review and track the status of your application.

• • Do not email or send hard copy resumes/applications to the Contact Information or Agency Information listed in this vacancy announcement. All resumes/applications received at the addresses listed in the Contact Information or Agency Information will be destroyed and will not be considered for this vacancy announcement.

• • It is the applicant's responsibility to verify that all information in their resume and documents are legible and accurate. HR will not modify answers/documents submitted by an applicant.

• • Agency contact information

• • Department of Navy EIC

• • Phone

• • Email

• • Address

• • NAVFAC SOUTHWEST

• • 1220 Pacific Highway Bldg 127

• • San Diego, CA 92132

• • US

• • Next steps

• • When the application process is complete, your application will be reviewed to determine if you meet the hiring eligibility and qualification requirements for which you requested consideration. You will be rated based on the information provided in your resume and responses to the questionnaire, along with your supporting documentation to determine your level of knowledge, skill, and ability related to the job requirements.

• Best qualified applicants will be referred to the hiring manager. The hiring manager may choose to conduct interviews. Once the selection is made, you will receive a notification of the decision.
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