Position(s) will be filled under the Department of the Army Pathways Intern Program. Click here for more information on Pathways program participation. The Department of the Army Pathways Interns may be converted to a permanent position within 120 days of successful completion of the program.
This intern position is designed to prepare a student trainee for employment after graduation in the Professional Engineering occupation. Interns will be assigned to one or more higher graded specialists who will assign tasks designed to increase familiarity with the target occupation, in a real world work
environment.
This opportunity follows a standard promotional path:
Internship at the GS-03 (typically college students with Sophomore standing) may have promotion potential up to the GS-09 as a Pathways Intern.
After completion of Internship requirements, conversion to the entry-level for the target occupation is up to GS-09. The actual grade level at the time of conversion depends on academic achievement and other factors.
The entry-level position will have a target full performance level, such as GS-11. Progression from the entry-level to the full performance level for this occupation will depend on successful completion of all requirements for promotion. Promotions may be considered after a year at each grade level, but are not guaranteed to occur on a specific time
schedule.
See eligibility requirements for conversion to a permanent or term position in the "Other Information" section below.
Who May Apply:
Students who are eligible for participation in the Department of the Army Internship Program
Positions are open to current students pursuing a qualifying degree or certificate in an accredited school, college (including 4-year colleges/universities, community colleges, and junior colleges); professional, technical, vocational, and trade school; advanced degree programs; or other qualifying educational institution.
Summary
About the Position:
Position(s) will be filled under the Department of the Army Pathways Intern Program. Click here for more information on Pathways program participation. The Department of the Army Pathways Interns may be converted to a permanent position within 120 days of successful completion of the program.
This intern position is designed to prepare a student trainee for employment after graduation in the Professional Engineering occupation. Interns will be assigned to one or more higher graded specialists who will assign tasks designed to increase familiarity with the target occupation, in a real world work
environment.
This opportunity follows a standard promotional path:
Internship at the GS-03 (typically college students with Sophomore standing) may have promotion potential up to the GS-09 as a Pathways Intern.
After completion of Internship requirements, conversion to the entry-level for the target occupation is up to GS-09. The actual grade level at the time of conversion depends on academic achievement and other factors.
The entry-level position will have a target full performance level, such as GS-11. Progression from the entry-level to the full performance level for this occupation will depend on successful completion of all requirements for promotion. Promotions may be considered after a year at each grade level, but are not guaranteed to occur on a specific time
schedule.
See eligibility requirements for conversion to a permanent or term position in the "Other Information" section below.
Who May Apply:
Students who are eligible for participation in the Department of the Army Internship Program
Positions are open to current students pursuing a qualifying degree or certificate in an accredited school, college (including 4-year colleges/universities, community colleges, and junior colleges); professional, technical, vocational, and trade school; advanced degree programs; or other qualifying educational institution.
As an intern, you will be assigned to a senior specialist or group of specialists. You will be assigned tasks designed to familiarize you with different aspects of the occupation. Tasks will vary depending on the senior specialist's current workload, but may include the following:
Perform research related to Mechanical Engineering.
Use Microstation and/or AutoCAD.
Use ArcGIS, a Geographic Information System.
Utilize engineering concepts such as design, construction,
and/or maintenance of roads, buildings, bridges, rivers, dams, and/or levees.
Compute quantities of earth and/or various structural items
by arithmetic or mathematical formulas.
Create maps, charts, and/or graphs to present mechanical
engineering data.
Review reports or documents for sufficiency of data.
Copy or alter mechanical engineering data.
Conduct field inspections and/or project site visits.
Collaborate with mechanical engineers and other engineering
personnel to identify and solve developmental issues.
Use Microsoft programs such as Outlooks, Word, Excel, etc.
Produce written technical materials that are appropriate for
the intended audience.
Solve basic arithmetic equations using addition,
subtraction, multiplication, and division.
Plot points on a graph to find relationships in data.
Convert fractions to decimals.
Compute the area of a figure using provided dimensions.
Male applicants born after December 31, 1959 must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship at the time of your conversion to permanent employment.
The duration of a Pathways appointment is a trial period.
Direct Deposit of Pay is Required.
Conditions of Employment:
You must be a student to be in good standing and maintain a
cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 2.0.
You must be able to routinely travel back and forth daily to
the duty station in St. Louis, Missouri.
You may work part-time as school schedule requires. Work
hours are flexible and will typically be Monday - Friday.
You must be at least 16 years of age.
You must be a U.S. Citizen.
Qualifications
The ideal candidate for this internship is enrolled as a Sophomore in a baccalaureate program, and has declared a major directly related to Mechanical Engineering.
To qualify for a Pathways Internship at the GS-03, students must have completed one full academic year of post-high school study. One full academic year is the number of credit hours determined by the college, university, or school to represent one year of full-time study. One year of full-time academic study is defined as 30 semester hours, 45 quarter hours, or the equivalent in a college or university.
You must be in good academic standing with a cumulative 2.0 grade point average.
You must be enrolled or accepted for enrollment in a technical or vocational school, 2-year or 4-year college or university, graduate or professional school, at a qualifying educational institution on a half-time or full-time basis pursuing a qualifying degree or certificate in Mechanical Engineering.
You must provide transcripts and proof of enrollment/acceptance letter.
YOu must provide detailed resume showing your eligibility for this position.
You are required to sign a Pathways Participant Agreement.
You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency (knowledge, skills, abilities) in the following areas:
Mechanical Engineering
Engineering Data Collection
Communication
Basic Math
Education
This is a student internship opportunity. Your transcripts are a required part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document.
This internship prepares students for conversion to the Professional Engineering occupation. This occupation has specific educational requirements for entry, and applicants for the intern program must show evidence their planned academic program will meet those requirements. In order to be converted to the target occupation, student must meet all education and/or experience required for that occupation.
Only degrees from an accredited college or university recognized by the Department of Education are acceptable to meet positive education requirements or to substitute education for experience. For additional information, please go to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and U.S. Department of Education websites at - http://www.opm.gov/qualifications and http://www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html.
Foreign education must be evaluated for U.S. equivalency in order to be considered for this position. Please include this information in your resume.
Additional information
Eligibility
requirements for conversion to a permanent position. Interns must:
Be a U.S. Citizen
Complete at least 640 hours of work experience acquired through
the Internship Program;
Complete their degree or certificate requirements
Meet the Office of Personnel Management's qualification standard,
including any applicable positive education requirement and/or selective
placement factors and any other designated special qualifications requirements
and conditions of employment (e.g. medical standards) appropriate for the
specific competitive service position to which the Intern will be converted;
Successfully complete all the requirements of the Internship
Program as defined in the agency-participant agreement; and,
Perform their job successfully as documented through performance
evaluations and/or completion of an Individual Development Plan (IDP)
The nature of this appointment does not guarantee conversion
to a career/career-conditional appointment.
Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement.
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. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.
Department of the Army Pathways Interns receive many of the same benefits as permanent civil service employees. The Department of Defense offers excellent benefits programs some of which may include:
Comprehensive health and life insurance(length of employment and time in pay status conditions apply for interns)
Competitive salaries
Generous retirement programs (interns are eligible to participate in retirement programs after conversion to permanent or Term employment)
Paid holidays, sick leave, and vacation time
Flexible work environment
Paid employment-related training and education
Possible student loan repayment
Payment of licenses, certification, and academic degrees as applicable
Bonuses, incentives, and awards as appropriate for the job.
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 you will be evaluated
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Your application package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) will be reviewed to verify that you meet the basic eligibility and qualification requirements. Your responses to the questionnaire will be used to evaluate your relevant personal, educational, and work experiences. If you apply more than once or if you update your original application, only the most recently submitted resume will be considered.
It is the policy of the Government not to deny employment simply because an individual has been unemployed or has had financial difficulties that have arisen through no fault of the individual. Information about an individual's employment experience will be used only to determine the person's qualifications and to assess his or her relative level of knowledge, skills, and abilities. Although an individual's personal conduct may be relevant in any employment decision, including conduct during periods of unemployment or evidence of dishonesty in handling financial matters, financial difficulty that has arisen through no fault of the individual will generally not itself be the basis of an unfavorable suitability or fitness determination.
Basis for Rating: Qualified candidates will be assigned to one of three quality categories: Best Qualified, Highly Qualified and Qualified. Veteran preference eligibles are listed ahead of non-preference eligibles within each quality category
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. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.
Department of the Army Pathways Interns receive many of the same benefits as permanent civil service employees. The Department of Defense offers excellent benefits programs some of which may include:
Comprehensive health and life insurance(length of employment and time in pay status conditions apply for interns)
Competitive salaries
Generous retirement programs (interns are eligible to participate in retirement programs after conversion to permanent or Term employment)
Paid holidays, sick leave, and vacation time
Flexible work environment
Paid employment-related training and education
Possible student loan repayment
Payment of licenses, certification, and academic degrees as applicable
Bonuses, incentives, and awards as appropriate for the job.
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.
The documents you are required to submit vary based on whether or not you are eligible for preference in federal employment. A complete description of preference categories and the associated required documents is in the Applicant Checklist (External).
All applicants: Official or unofficial transcripts and enrollment verification for high school, college (including 4-year colleges/universities, community colleges, and junior colleges); professional, technical, vocational, and trade school; advanced degree programs; or other qualifying educational institution pursuing a qualifying degree or certificate with their application. If you provide an unofficial transcript at the time of application and you are selected, you will be asked for official versions prior to appointment.
Applicants claiming Veterans Preference or Military Spouse preference (MSP): to verify your preference claim you MUST submit supporting documents with your application package.
If you are currently serving on active duty: You MUST submit a certification from the armed forces that certifies you are expected to be discharged or released from active duty service in the armed forces under honorable conditions not later than 120 days after the date you apply to this opportunity. If you supply a certification at this stage, your preference/eligibility will be verified prior to appointment. More information about Veteran's Preference is located on the Feds Hire Vets website. Please upload veteran's documents under the appropriate category.
If you fail to provide required documents, you will be marked as having an incomplete application package and will not be considered any further.
PLEASE NOTE: All documents submitted as part of the application package may be shared beyond the Human Resources Office. Some supplemental documents like military orders and marriage certificates may contain personal information for other than the applicant. You may protect the privacy of others by sanitizing (that is, marking through or over personally identifiable information such as a social security number) to remove such personal information before submitting the application. You may be asked to provide an un-sanitized version of the documents upon selection to confirm eligibility.
If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:
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.
To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Application Package which includes:
Your resume: If you submit a resume with inappropriate material e.g. photos, you will not be considered for this vacancy. Your resume may be submitted in any format. For qualifications determinations your resume must contain hours worked per week and the dates of employment (i.e., HRS per week and month/year to month/year or month/year to present). Resumes that do not contain this information will be marked as insufficient and applicants may not receive consideration for this position.
Your responses to the questionnaire
Your transcripts
Additional required documents (see Required Documents section below)
The complete Application Package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on Monday, March 20, 2017.
To begin the process, click the Apply Online button to create an account or log in to your existing USAJOBS account. Follow the prompts to complete the questionnaire. Please ensure you click the Submit My Answers button at the end of the process.
To fax supporting documents you are unable to upload, complete this cover page using the following Vacancy ID 1920041. Fax your documents to 1-478-757-3144.
If you cannot apply online, you will need to provide the same information obtained in the online process. You will need three documents to complete this process: the Occupational Questionnaire, the scan response form: U.S. Office of Personnel Management Occupational Questionnaire (OPM Form 1203-FX), and a separate document described in item #3 below.
View Occupational Questionnaire. Use this information to guide you in completing the OPM Form 1203-FX. Note that you may be instructed to leave some responses blank on the scan response form.
On a separate document, please identify which position(s) on your resume (include title, organization, and employment dates) support any response of "E" ("I am considered an expert in performing this task....").
Fax the completed OPM Form 1203-FX, along with your required and supporting documents, to 1-478-757-3144. Your OPM Form 1203-FX will serve as a cover page for your fax transmission.
PLEASE NOTE: The numbering on the OPM Form 1203-FX will not match the Occupational Questionnaire. Section 25 of the OPM Form 1203-FX continuously numbers from number one, while the Questionnaire starts each section of questions with number one. When entering your responses please continue regardless of number sequence. This issue has been identified and will be resolved as soon as possible.
It is your responsibility to verify that information entered, uploaded, or faxed (i.e., resume) is complete, accurate, and submitted by the closing date. Uploaded documents may take up to one hour to clear the virus scan. Faxed documents must be completely transmitted by 11:59p.m. Eastern Standard Time on the closing date of the announcement.
The Department of the Army provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the servicing civilian personnel unit. Requests for reasonable accommodations are reviewed on a case-by-case basis.
DA SWR USACE St Louis
Please contact by email
Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005
Next steps
Once the application process is complete, a review of your application will be made to ensure you meet the program requirements. Your resume, transcripts, and other supporting documents will be reviewed and compared to your responses to the online questionnaire. Eligible applicants will be placed into the ideal, strong, and eligible categories.
Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating.
To check the status of your application or return to a previous or incomplete application, log into your USAJOBS account, select My Applications, and click on the more information link under the application status for this position.
For questions regarding the status of your
application, eligibility or qualifications determination contact: USARMY.APG.CHRA-NE.MBX.APPLICANTHELP@MAIL.MIL
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
The documents you are required to submit vary based on whether or not you are eligible for preference in federal employment. A complete description of preference categories and the associated required documents is in the Applicant Checklist (External).
All applicants: Official or unofficial transcripts and enrollment verification for high school, college (including 4-year colleges/universities, community colleges, and junior colleges); professional, technical, vocational, and trade school; advanced degree programs; or other qualifying educational institution pursuing a qualifying degree or certificate with their application. If you provide an unofficial transcript at the time of application and you are selected, you will be asked for official versions prior to appointment.
Applicants claiming Veterans Preference or Military Spouse preference (MSP): to verify your preference claim you MUST submit supporting documents with your application package.
If you are currently serving on active duty: You MUST submit a certification from the armed forces that certifies you are expected to be discharged or released from active duty service in the armed forces under honorable conditions not later than 120 days after the date you apply to this opportunity. If you supply a certification at this stage, your preference/eligibility will be verified prior to appointment. More information about Veteran's Preference is located on the Feds Hire Vets website. Please upload veteran's documents under the appropriate category.
If you fail to provide required documents, you will be marked as having an incomplete application package and will not be considered any further.
PLEASE NOTE: All documents submitted as part of the application package may be shared beyond the Human Resources Office. Some supplemental documents like military orders and marriage certificates may contain personal information for other than the applicant. You may protect the privacy of others by sanitizing (that is, marking through or over personally identifiable information such as a social security number) to remove such personal information before submitting the application. You may be asked to provide an un-sanitized version of the documents upon selection to confirm eligibility.
If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:
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.
To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Application Package which includes:
Your resume: If you submit a resume with inappropriate material e.g. photos, you will not be considered for this vacancy. Your resume may be submitted in any format. For qualifications determinations your resume must contain hours worked per week and the dates of employment (i.e., HRS per week and month/year to month/year or month/year to present). Resumes that do not contain this information will be marked as insufficient and applicants may not receive consideration for this position.
Your responses to the questionnaire
Your transcripts
Additional required documents (see Required Documents section below)
The complete Application Package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on Monday, March 20, 2017.
To begin the process, click the Apply Online button to create an account or log in to your existing USAJOBS account. Follow the prompts to complete the questionnaire. Please ensure you click the Submit My Answers button at the end of the process.
To fax supporting documents you are unable to upload, complete this cover page using the following Vacancy ID 1920041. Fax your documents to 1-478-757-3144.
If you cannot apply online, you will need to provide the same information obtained in the online process. You will need three documents to complete this process: the Occupational Questionnaire, the scan response form: U.S. Office of Personnel Management Occupational Questionnaire (OPM Form 1203-FX), and a separate document described in item #3 below.
View Occupational Questionnaire. Use this information to guide you in completing the OPM Form 1203-FX. Note that you may be instructed to leave some responses blank on the scan response form.
On a separate document, please identify which position(s) on your resume (include title, organization, and employment dates) support any response of "E" ("I am considered an expert in performing this task....").
Fax the completed OPM Form 1203-FX, along with your required and supporting documents, to 1-478-757-3144. Your OPM Form 1203-FX will serve as a cover page for your fax transmission.
PLEASE NOTE: The numbering on the OPM Form 1203-FX will not match the Occupational Questionnaire. Section 25 of the OPM Form 1203-FX continuously numbers from number one, while the Questionnaire starts each section of questions with number one. When entering your responses please continue regardless of number sequence. This issue has been identified and will be resolved as soon as possible.
It is your responsibility to verify that information entered, uploaded, or faxed (i.e., resume) is complete, accurate, and submitted by the closing date. Uploaded documents may take up to one hour to clear the virus scan. Faxed documents must be completely transmitted by 11:59p.m. Eastern Standard Time on the closing date of the announcement.
The Department of the Army provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the servicing civilian personnel unit. Requests for reasonable accommodations are reviewed on a case-by-case basis.
DA SWR USACE St Louis
Please contact by email
Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005
Next steps
Once the application process is complete, a review of your application will be made to ensure you meet the program requirements. Your resume, transcripts, and other supporting documents will be reviewed and compared to your responses to the online questionnaire. Eligible applicants will be placed into the ideal, strong, and eligible categories.
Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating.
To check the status of your application or return to a previous or incomplete application, log into your USAJOBS account, select My Applications, and click on the more information link under the application status for this position.
For questions regarding the status of your
application, eligibility or qualifications determination contact: USARMY.APG.CHRA-NE.MBX.APPLICANTHELP@MAIL.MIL
Fair and transparent
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
