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Civil Engineer

Department of Transportation
Federal Aviation Administration
Air Traffic Organization, Technical Operations, Facilities and Engineering Services, AJW-2E1
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Summary

Incumbent applies experience and basic knowledge of civil engineering principles, theories and concepts in accomplishing site adaptation of standard engineering designs to accommodate local NAS requirements.

Overview

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Open & closing dates
05/28/2025 to 06/17/2025
Salary
$52,998 to - $118,696 per year

Salary above will include the applicable locality pay below: Burlington, MA & Nashua, NH (32.58%), Queens, NY (37.95%), Atlanta, GA (23.79%).

Pay scale & grade
FV G - I
Locations
Many vacancies in the following locations:
College Park, GA
Burlington, MA
Nashua, NH
Queens, NY
Telework eligible
Yes—Situational telework may be permitted in accordance with agency policy.
Travel Required
76% or greater - The job may require 76% or more travel.
Relocation expenses reimbursed
No
Appointment type
Permanent
Work schedule
Full-time
Service
Excepted
Promotion potential
NA
Job family (Series)
Supervisory status
No
Security clearance
Other
Drug test
No
Bargaining unit status
Yes - This position is represented by NATCA: Engineers & Architects.
Announcement number
AEA-ATO-25-BKY-95286
Control number
837617700

This job is open to

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Clarification from the agency

Also open to former permanent excepted service employees eligible under and interchange agreement. Current or former permanent federal employees must have met an one year probationary period or trial period in the competitive or excepted service. Applications will also be accepted from preference eligibles and veterans who are honorably discharged from the Armed Forces after completing at least 3 years of continuous active duty service.

Duties

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Duties at the G band:
Performs civil engineering duties and exercises appropriate judgment in analyzing and developing solutions to civil engineering problems and project objectives. Coordinates with a manager, project/program manager, team leader, or more experienced engineer to plan time to accomplish assignments. Conducts site surveys and provides input in determining site selections. Works with senior level engineers to develop engineering schematics, drawings, and specifications. Works within established policies and procedures to develop project schedules, project work plans and assesses impacts resulting from changes in budget, new requirements and technology. Coordinates technical information and guidance to field engineers. Prepares required documentation (e.g. work releases, implementation engineering plans, independent government cost estimates) for use by senior engineers in project implementation. Assist in the environmental and safety process for projects assigned. Works in a team environment and collaborates, communicates and coordinates with others in the execution of projects in Engineering Services. In some areas, the work may affect the safety and security of the NAS.

Duties at the H band:
Applies experience and advanced know1edge on moderate to complex projects, to assist journey level engineers in performing the full range of activities associated with project execution including developing engineering designs and site adaptations of standard engineering designs, preparing engineering cost estimates, interfacing with logistics on contract awards and modifications, monitoring contractor performance for quality assurance, reviewing and approving schedules, approving contractor submittal/drawings, ensuring compliance with safety/environmental standards and risk mitigation guidelines, and maintenance of project material inventories.

Assists in the inspection of ongoing and completed work; technical review of engineering packages.

Assists higher graded engineers in planning, designing, constructing of National Airspace Systems (NAS) facilities and structures.

On small to moderate projects, performs these functions personally and serves as a Contracting Officer Representative (COR), providing input on engineering aspects of contractual issues.

Duties at the I band:
Applies experience and advanced civil engineering principles, theories and concepts applicable to assigned design and installation of navigation and landing aid projects; such as instrument landing systems and approach lighting systems. Understands how civil engineering interacts with and is affected by other engineering disciplines and considers the interactions and impacts of all disciplines on assigned projects. Defines, plans and organizes assigned resources to accomplish organizational objectives.

Develops engineering designs and site adaptations of standard engineering designs. Conducts site surveys for facilities and systems, as well as; developing and coordinating project scope, cost estimates, facility and NAS risk mitigation, project schedules, resource requirements and project closeout for assigned projects.

Conducts engineering analysis and studies for establishment, sustainment and maintenance projects.

Estimates, manages and accounts for funding of assigned projects, initiates, modifies and assesses task orders/work releases/contracts with TSSC, NISC and others in response to changes in scope, performance and cost. Reviews and approves contractor submittals.

Interfaces with Logistics on contract award, contract modifications and materials acquisitions. Performs the full range of construction and/or installation activities including the conduct of daily operations, overall schedule reviews, drawing approvals, project coordination, safety and environmental requirements. Performs the full range of COR/TOR duties for implementation construction and installation activities.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

  • US Citizenship is required.
  • Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
  • Must submit an SF50 (See Required Documents).
  • This position has a positive education requirement. Transcript(s) required.

Qualifications

BASIC REQUIREMENT:

To qualify for this position, you must have a degree in professional engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's 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.

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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:

  1. Professional registration or licensure -- Current registration as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT)1, 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)2 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.
  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 the basic requirements under paragraph A. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program as described in paragraph A.
  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 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. (The above examples of related curricula are not all-inclusive.)

There is no specialized experience for the FV-G band.

To qualify for this position at the FV-H level, you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to FV-G or FG/GS-5/7/9 level. Specialized experience includes overseeing project budgets and conducting field inspections and preparing reports.

To qualify for this position at the FV-I level, you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to FV-H or FG/GS-11/12 level. Specialized experience includes construction design and managing construction budgets and providing cost estimates.

For additional information on qualification requirements, please visit the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) website at:

https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/files/all-professional-engineering-positions-0800.pdf

Qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this vacancy announcement.


Education

This position has a positive education requirement: Applicants must submit a copy of their college or university transcripts(s) and certificates by the closing date of announcement to verify qualifications. If selected, an official transcript will be required prior to appointment. You may upload these documents with your application in USAJOBS or fax it to fax number provided in the announcement (please include announcement number on each page).

Failure to do so will result in loss of consideration.

Schools must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Accreditation may be verified at the following website: www.ed.gov/accreditation.

Foreign education must be evaluated by a private professional organization specializing in interpretation of foreign education credentials or an accredited U.S. educational institution in terms of equivalence to a degree acquired at an American college or university. A copy of the evaluation results must be included, otherwise your foreign education will not be considered.

For additional information on foreign education visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.

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Additional information

We may use this vacancy to fill other similar vacant positions.
Position may be subject to a background investigation.
A one-year probationary period may be required.

The person selected for this position may be required to file a financial disclosure statement within 30 days of entry on duty. FAA policy limits certain outside employment and financial investments in aviation-related companies. www.faa.gov/jobs/workinghere/financial-disclosure-requirements

Interviews: If the agency decides to interview any qualified employee on the selection list, then all on the list who are qualified must be interviewed.

Requirement for Security Clearance: Selection and placement are contingent upon waiver or completion of satisfactory security requirements. For Low Risk (1), this position requires completion and favorable adjudication of a background investigation prior to appointment, unless a waiver is obtained. Subject to a 5-year period reinvestigation.

FAA's Core Compensation Plan:
This position is covered by the FAA Core Compensation plan. Additional information about core compensation is available on the following website: https://www.faa.gov/jobs/working_here/benefits/

in your work history, please include information that provides specific examples of how you meet the response level or answer you chose for each KSA. Your work history examples should be specific and clearly reflect the highest level of ability. Your KSA answers will be evaluated further to validate whether the level that you selected is appropriate based on the work history and experience you provided. Your answers may be adjusted by a Human Resource Specialist as appropriate.

In lieu of providing a KSA narrative response in the text box listed below each As a part of the Federal-Wide Hiring Reform Initiative (streamlining the hiring process), the FAA is committed to eliminating the use of the Knowledge, Skills and Ability (KSA) narratives from the initial application in the hiring process for all announcements. Therefore, as an applicant for this announcement, you are NOT required to provide a narrative response in the text box listed below each KSA.

One year probationary period may be required.

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



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