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Interdisciplinary Engineer

Department of Defense
Defense Contract Management Agency
DCMA East (P6)
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Summary

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Additional vacancies may be filled from this announcement.

Overview

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Open & closing dates
09/25/2024 to 10/07/2024
Salary
$89,515 to - $116,366 per year
Pay scale & grade
GS 12
Location
1 vacancy in the following location:
Pittsfield, MA
1 vacancy
Remote job
No
Telework eligible
Yes—as determined by the agency policy.
Travel Required
25% or less - You may be expected to travel for this position.
Relocation expenses reimbursed
Yes—You may qualify for reimbursement of relocation expenses in accordance with agency policy.
Appointment type
Permanent
Work schedule
Full-time
Service
Competitive
Promotion potential
None
Supervisory status
No
Security clearance
Secret
Drug test
No
Financial disclosure
No
Bargaining unit status
Yes
Announcement number
DCMA-P6-24-12554495-DH
Control number
811291500

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Clarification from the agency

This announcement is open to All U.S. Citizens, and is being filled under the Direct Hire Authority (DHA) for Certain Personnel of the Department of Defense.

Duties

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  • Conducts engineering surveillance, performs process reviews, and provides engineering support and predictive analysis in accordance with agency policies.
  • Analyzes contractor performance data for trends, identify issues, influence resolution in the areas of manufacturing engineering, supply chain management, industrial analysis, and EVM.
  • Evaluates technical merits of progress payment requests, IR and D projects, and repair efforts.
  • Provides Technical Support to Negotiation and performs technical analysis reviews for major defense acquisition program contract proposals.
  • Analyzes contractor proposals' basis of estimates for direct labor, materials, special tooling and special test equipment, and other direct costs.
  • Assesses the contractor's ability to achieve technical objectives as stated in proposals.
  • Analyzes the technical aspects within contractor proposals including amounts and types of labor hours, facilities, production capabilities, program management and support efforts.
  • Evaluates and recommends approval/disapproval of waivers, deviations, and engineering change proposals.
  • Provides technical recommendations on substantive changes in contractor's design, development, plans and schedules, and engineering/production management systems.
  • Participates as team member on engineering and multi-functional teams.
  • Conducts Contract Receipt and Review (CRR) functions related to contract cost, schedule and performance for key contract requirements.
  • Analyzes contractor earned value management (EVM) cost reports and schedules to formulate independent assessment; documents and reports associated results and compliance in accordance with requirements.
  • Performs all work in accordance with agency policies, standards, metrics and standard operating procedures for effective contract administration of Department of Defense (DoD) acquisitions

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

  • Must be a U.S. citizen
  • Security Requirements: Non-Critical Sensitive with Secret Access
  • Appointment is subject to the completion of a favorable suitability or fitness determination, where reciprocity cannot be applied; unfavorably adjudicated background checks will be grounds for removal.
  • Selective Service Requirement: Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service.

Qualifications

To qualify for an Interdisciplinary Engineer, your resume and supporting documentation must support:

A. Basic Requirement: A Bachelor's Degree or higher in professional engineering. To be acceptable, the program must:
(1) be in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and
Technology (ABET) as a professional engineering curriculum; 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

A 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 professional 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:

A. 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.

B. 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.

C. 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 above. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of a
professional engineering curriculum as described in the Basic Requirements above.

D. 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.

AND

B. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience that equipped you with the particular competencies to
successfully perform the duties of the position and is directly in or related to this position. To qualify at the GS-12
level, applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 level or equivalent under
other pay systems in the Federal service, military or private sector. Applicants must meet eligibility requirements
including minimum qualifications, and any other regulatory requirements by the cut-off/closing date of the announcement. Creditable
specialized experience includes:

  • Providing engineering technical support for the administration of contracts.
  • Providing surveillance of contractor engineering management systems and making associated recommendations in the areas of EVM analysis, risk management, research, design, development, production, and test processes.
  • Performing technical analyses of cost proposals and associated manufacturing, production, and support processes.
  • Analyzing contractor performance data for systems engineering, software engineering, manufacturing engineering, supply chain management, industrial analysis, and Earned Value Management (EVM).
  • Performing EVM predictive analysis using authorized review and analysis tools to evaluate contractor performance reports and schedules.
  • Providing program support in accordance to policies and customer agreements through the delivery of analytical artifacts, metrics reporting, and driving of PST monitoring of risks and issues.

Education

Substitution of education may not be used in lieu of specialized experience for this grade level.

If the position has a minimum education requirement you MUST provide transcripts (unofficial are acceptable at the time of application) to support your educational claims. Or, if you are using education to qualify in lieu of specialized experience you MUST provide transcripts (unofficial are acceptable at the time of application) to support your educational claims. The transcripts must include your name, the name of the college or university, class/course list, completed number of credits/hours, and the date degree conferred (if applicable). Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Licenses must be current at time of application.

GRADUATE EDUCATION: One academic year of graduate education is considered to be the number of credits hours that your graduate school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study. Such study may have been performed on a full-time or part-time basis. If you cannot obtain your graduate school's definition of one year of graduate study, 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) should be considered as satisfying the requirement for one year of full-time graduate study.

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show that the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university.

Additional information

  • This position does not meet criteria for appointment of Reemployed Annuitants. The DoD criteria for hiring Reemployed Annuitants can be found at: https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/140025/1400.25-V300.pdf
  • Tour of Duty: 1st Shift
  • FLSA: Exempt
  • Bargaining Unit: Yes
  • Selectee may be required to serve a trial/probationary period.
  • Recruitment/Relocation/Retention Incentive may be authorized at Management's discretion.
  • Permanent Change of Station (PCS) expenses may be paid in accordance with the Joint Travel Regulation (JTR). When you perform a civilian PCS with the government, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) considers the majority of your entitlements to be taxable. Visit https://www.dfas.mil/civilianemployees/civrelo/Civilian-Moving-Expenses-Tax-Deduction/ for more information.
  • Acquisition, Technology & Logistics (AT&L) NON-CAP: Position requires DoD Acquisition Engineering and Technical Management, Foundational certification within required timeframes. Selectee must also achieve 80 hours of Continuous Learning Points (CLPs) every 2-years. Click here for more details and Resources.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your eligibility and/or score.

Direct Hire Evaluation: Once the application process is complete, a review of your application will be made to ensure you meet the job requirements. This vacancy will be filled through OPM's Direct Hire Authority. All applicants who meet the basic qualification requirements will be forwarded to the Selecting Official for consideration. The rule of Three, Veteran's Preference and traditional rating and ranking of applicants do not apply to this vacancy. We will evaluate your application for basic eligibility and to determine if your experience meets the basic qualification requirements described in the announcement. All applicants who meet the qualifications and other basic requirement are eligible for referral and selection consideration. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating.

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