This job originated on www.usajobs.gov. For the full announcement and to apply, visit www.usajobs.gov/job/479423600. Only resumes submitted according to the instructions on the job announcement listed at www.usajobs.gov will be considered.
Note: This position is also being announced under Delegated Examining procedures to all US citizens and nationals under the announcement AF17D0034.
Serves as an electrical engineer with specialty involving planning, designing, constructing, operating, maintaining, and developing of electrical equipment and systems used to power aircraft hangers and administrative buildings.
To receive consideration, you must submit a resume and answer NASA-specific questions. The NASA questions appear after you submit your resume and are transferred to the NASA web site. If you successfully apply, USAJOBS will show your application status as 'Received'. If your status is 'Application Status Not Available', you have not successfully applied. Do not rely on a USAJOBS email to confirm successful application. Only an email from NASA confirms a successful application.
09/14/2017 to 10/05/2017
$96,698 - $125,706 per year
GS 13
1 vacancy in the following location:
Permanent
Full-time - Full Time
13
No
AF17C0047
479423600
Current or former competitive service federal employees.
Family members of a federal employee or uniformed service member who is or was, working overseas.
Develops, manages, prioritizes, and executes Electrical System Discrepancy/Deficiency Correction Plan, which involves discrepancy/deficiency identification, resolution, and correction. Performs independent studies and assessments to evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of operations and maintenance, and recommends improvements to management.
Responsible for design and configuration of electrical distribution systems. Provides interpretation of national codes and standards. Reviews and approves facility project documents pertaining to all electrical systems. Determines final acceptance or rejection of electric system installations and modifications to assure adequate safety of personnel, facilities, equipment, aircraft, and space vehicles. Evaluates and approves all electricity system requirements for operational procedures, preventive maintenance tasks, inspection plans, repairs, corrections, tests, and priorities. Performs site walk-downs and witnesses acceptance tests of electrical distribution, substations, switch yards, generators, and uninterruptible power supply systems to ensure contract and code compliance, with emphasis on safety in aircraft hangars and reliability for data centers. Provides consultations with technicians, engineers, safety professionals, facility managers, security officers, and management. Participates in preliminary and critical design reviews. Reviews processes and procedures and provides guidance for problem resolution. Seeks technical expertise and coordination with other Agencies and professional organizations. Reviews and comments on Agency Electrical Safety Program.
Performs duties as a Facility Project Manager and accomplishes varied and complex project management duties in conjunction with leading project teams and making decisions for assigned facility projects. Ensures projects progress successfully through all major phases: planning, design, construction, activation, and finally to operations and maintenance. Manages repair projects, modification projects, and Construction of Facilities projects to ensure improvements are effective and result in reliable operational condition for facility improvements. Manages significant facility projects, and/or elements of facility projects that encompass or involve electrical systems. Assigned projects may include other engineering disciplines and varying levels of complexity. Performs periodic review and analysis to assess achievement of project milestones and major goals. Provides progress and status reports to management. Provides safety and electrical technology analysis for special projects, future projects, and advance planning of new systems. Maintains liaison with stakeholders, managers, engineers and inspectors, who are expert in related fields, in order to coordinate multi-system installations and keep projects correctly scoped, on schedule, within budget, and executed safely. Serves on master planning team as electrical distribution subject matter expert.
Complies with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and NASA FAR Supplement and will not make contractual agreements, commitments, or modifications that involve prices, quantities, quality, or delivery schedules without Contracting Officers authority. Provides insight and metrics for evaluation of the Facility Operations and Maintenance Services Contractor. Accepts, modifies, or rejects preventive maintenance tasks plans, predictive testing and inspection plans, completed preventive maintenance task reports, testing and inspection results, and other related contract deliverables for electrical systems. Accepts, modifies, or rejects completed Architect-Engineering (A-E) Firm deliverables and evaluates overall performance. Assesses technical design submissions for compliance with criteria, national codes, and standards. Ensures A-E Contracting Officer Representative (COR) is informed of acceptable and unacceptable outcomes, followed by recommendations for resolution. Accepts, modifies, or rejects completed installations on construction projects and contracts. Reports progress and/or problems. Where deficiencies are noted, directs necessary changes, resolves controversial problems, assures conformance to plans and specifications, and furnishes other assistance as required. Ensures construction COR is informed of acceptable and unacceptable outcomes, followed by recommendations for resolution.
U.S. citizenship is required.Under Executive Order 11935, only United States citizens and nationals (residents of American Samoa and Swains Island) may compete for civil service jobs. Agencies are permitted to hire noncitizens only in very limited circumstances where there are no qualified citizens available for the position.
Basic Education Requirement: A bachelor's degree from an ABET accredited college or university with major study in engineering, physical science, mathematics, life sciences, computer science, or other field of science.
Degrees in engineering technology are not considered to be qualifying for this position.
Individuals who have special priority selection rights under the Agency Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) or the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) must be well qualified for the position to receive consideration for special priority selection. See 'How You Will Be Evaluated' for definition of well qualified. Federal employees seeking CTAP/ICTAP consideration must indicate their eligibility when applying for a position. The USAJOBS resume asks you to identify your ICTAP eligibility; the NASA Supplemental Information asks you to identify your CTAP eligibility. If you are selected for the position, you must be prepared to submit proof that you meet the requirements for CTAP/ICTAP. This includes a copy of the agency notice, a copy of their most recent Performance Rating and a copy of their most recent SF-50 noting current position, grade level, and duty location.
Qualified NASA term employees who have term conversion eligibility under the NASA Flexibility Act of 2004 will be referred and considered equally with other NASA permanent employees under internal competitive placement procedures.
Your USAJOBS account asks you to assign a name to each of your resumes. When you apply to a NASA position, we will show you the text of the resume you have submitted, but we do not maintain the name you have assigned to that resume. If you wish to keep track of that information, we recommend you make note of it at the time you apply.
Fair Employment Opportunities for Applicants
NASA Credit for National Service
As a condition of employment, male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must certify that they have registered with the Selective Service System, or are exempt from having to do so under the Selective Service Law.
Time in Grade Requirement: If you have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks, you must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the GS-12 grade (or equivalent) by the closing date of this announcement.
The payment of relocation expenses is not authorized.
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Resumes will be rated by an automated system (Resumix) that matches the competencies extracted from the candidate's resume to the competencies identified by the selecting official for the position. Candidates will be evaluated on the competencies they possess that are directly related to the duties of the job, as described in this announcement. Candidates should refer to NASA's Applicant Guide for assistance in developing a complete resume. NASA will not accept separate KSA statement.
A category rating method will be used to evaluate candidates. All candidates will be assigned to either a 70, 80, or 90 pt. quality category based on the degree to which their competencies meet the position requirements. All candidates in the 90 pt group, which is the highest quality category, may be referred for consideration. A human resources specialist will validate the qualifications of those candidates eligible to be referred to the selecting official. In certain instances when a large candidate pool exists within the highest quality category, additional weighting of scores may occur to further distinguish best qualified candidates. For the purpose of the Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) and the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP), candidates rated in the top quality category are considered well-qualified.
NASA's application process has been specifically developed to ensure that we only ask you for the information we absolutely need to evaluate your qualifications and eligibility. In order to apply for this position, you only need to submit your resume and answer the screening questions and supplemental information. No additional documentation is accepted at the time of application. (For example you need not submit narrative 'KSA' statements; they are not required and will not be evaluated.) In this way we allow you to focus on preparing a resume that best describes your background and abilities. For assistance in preparing your resume, consult the Applicant Guide.
Nothing further is required until requested by the Human Resources Office. At that point, we may ask you to submit documentation to support statements made in your resume. For example, we may ask you to provide academic transcripts or proof of Federal employment status. If you are claiming veterans' preference, we may ask you to submit proof of veterans preference (DD-214, and, if claiming 10-point preference, SF-15 plus proof required by that form). If you fail to provide the required documents within the stated time period, we may withdraw a job offer and/or remove you from further consideration.
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.
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.
This vacancy is being filled through NASA STARS, an automated Staffing and Recruitment System. NASA partners with USAJOBS in providing a seamless application process. Before you begin the application process, please read the vacancy announcement carefully and have all required information available. You may begin the process of submitting your resume by clicking on the 'Apply Online' link. In order to be considered, you must submit a resume completed on the USAJOBS site. When completing your USAJOBS resume, please remember that NASA limits resumes to approximately 32,000 characters including spaces. NASA does not accept resumes uploaded to USAJOBS from a second source or documents attached through USAJOBS' document attachment feature. Once you submit your resume to NASA, you will be asked to complete a short series of additional questions. You must finish the entire process in order to have a complete application package and receive consideration. Your answers will not be saved unless you finish the entire application. You may edit a previously-submitted application, if the announcement is still open.
If you are unable to apply electronically for this position, submit your resume and supplemental questions to:
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
4200 Rideout Road
Resume Operations Center/Mailstop: HS50
Marshall Space Flight Center, AL 35812
DO NOT submit your resume directly to the Center advertising this vacancy. Mailed resumes must be received by the close of business on the closing date of the announcement. Hard copy resumes requirements are provided at: Hard Copy Resume Requirements. If you are a first time applicant, we recommend that you review NASA's Applicant Guide to ensure that you are providing a complete resume. Failure to submit the supplemental data and a resume that contains all of the required information may result in loss of consideration for positions in which you are interested.
All applications must be received no later than midnight Eastern Time on the closing date of the announcement.
Candidates for NASA positions are evaluated using our automated staffing and recruitment system, NASA STARS, which compares your skills and experience as described in your resume with the requirements of the position. If you are found to be a highly qualified candidate, you will be referred to the selecting official for further consideration. (In some cases, individuals with priority for special consideration must be considered and selected before other candidates.) Whether or not you are contacted for an interview depends upon the location of the position and the judgment of the selecting official. If you are a current federal employee and are contacted for an interview, you may be asked to provide a copy of your most recent performance appraisal narrative summary.
At NASA, we pride ourselves on efficient and timely recruitment actions, and you can normally expect to learn the outcome of the selection process in a fairly short period of time. In addition, to ensure that you can measure progress for yourself, NASA provides you with regularly updated information on the status of the vacancy announcement.
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
This job originated on www.usajobs.gov. For the full announcement and to apply, visit www.usajobs.gov/job/479423600. Only resumes submitted according to the instructions on the job announcement listed at www.usajobs.gov will be considered.
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