Clarification from the agency

This position is open to current military members of the Active-Duty Air Force, Air Force Reserves and Air National Guard (to include the Wisconsin Air National Guard) that are eligible to enlist in the Wisconsin Air National Guard.

As a SUPERVISORY ARCHITECT/ENGINEER - Title 32, GS-0801-13, you will serve as the ANG Base Architect/Engineer and, as such, plans, directs, supervises and develops all architect/engineering and personnel management activities in the broad areas outlined below regardless of source of funds or methods of accomplishment. Manages all Air Force real property, utilities, and custodial, sanitation, and entomological services. Provides for and manages the maintenance and repair of plant facilities and equipment; fire protection and inspection; recovery from damage to facilities from any cause including decontamination from a chemical, biological, and nuclear incident or direct terrorist and conventional attacks; natural disaster preparedness actions: reporting through the Air Force Operational Reporting System (AIM 55-11) installation damage, and the assistance and funding required to recover the ANG Base. An additional purpose of the position is to provide supervision and management of engineering, services, disaster preparedness and readiness (weapons of mass destruction, chemical, biological and nuclear defense), explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) (where applicable) and crash-fire-rescue (CFR) for the ANG installation including tenant organizations. Supervises, through subordinate supervisors, a sizable work force of professional engineers, architects and highly skilled supervisory and non-supervisory personnel having divergent occupational specialties and representing a wide range of grades. Incumbent performs long term planning and organizational development necessary to accomplish architecture and engineering functions for programs essential to state Air National Guard daily operations, training, and readiness missions.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Plans and organizes facility planning and public works architect and engineering activities and ANG Base-wide responses to natural disasters, terrorist attacks and fire response services in accordance with USAF directed concept of operations.

2. Reviews mission change documents, program guides, regulations and directives, and determines engineering requirements for the construction, alteration, modification, repair and maintenance of all buildings, hangars, nose docks, shops, utility plants, ramp areas, roads and grounds, etc. to provide the installation with the capability for accomplishing the unit mission.

3. Serves as advisor and sole recommending agent to the Commander, and a variety of inter-governmental regulatory agencies on all activities within the scope of the assigned functions.

4. Plans, organizes, and directs the development and implementation of policies and procedures to secure maximum efficiency and economy in total operations, sound organizational structure, and maximum utilization of skills within legal, regulatory and professional engineering requirements established by ANG Base regulations, building, life safety and environmental codes, higher echelon, and funds limitations.

5. Directs and assures submissions of detailed specifications and related engineering and cost data to the ANG Base Contracting Officer or to the United States Property and Fiscal Officer on capabilities required of contractors and related essential data pertaining to ANG Base let and Base administered contracts.

6. Provides technical instructions and information on engineering and other technical requirements and assigns phases of projects to subordinate engineers, engineering technicians, and draftsmen.

7. Establishes technical engineering and architectural, processes, criteria and functions. Prepares or directs the preparation of engineering and architectural drawings, specifications and cost estimates for the construction, modification and maintenance of a wide variety of military buildings, structures, pavements, grounds and utilities systems.

8. Serves as the ANG Base Fire Marshal and exercises full federal authority over the ANG Base's fire protection program.

9. Serves by appointment as the ANG Base environmental coordinator and as such is authorized direct contact with regional offices of the Environmental Protection Agency in order to keep the ANG Base and appropriate committees current on requirements.

10. Through subordinate supervisors, directs approximately 25 or more civilian, state, and military employees engaged in readiness, crash fire- rescue, engineering design, explosive ordnance disposal, engineering and operational facility maintenance duties.

11. Serves as the Air Commander's representative at meetings and conferences with the National Guard Bureau, Headquarters Air Force, and Air National Guard; other federal agencies such as the Corps of Engineers, OMB, FAA, EPA, state, local government and civil bodies, as well as private agencies.

* This is NOT an all-inclusive list of duties. *

Conditions of employment

MILITARY REQUIREMENTS:

Compatible military grade and assignment required prior to the effective date of placement. This is an excepted service position that requires membership in a compatible military assignment in the employing state's National Guard. Applicants who are not currently a member of the National Guard must be eligible for immediate membership. If you are not sure you are eligible for military membership, please contact a National Guard recruiter prior to applying for this position.

Military Grades: O4 through O5

Conditions of Employment:

• Must be able to obtain and maintain the appropriate security clearance of the position.
• This position is covered by the Domestic Violence Misdemeanor Amendment (30 Sep 96) of the Gun Control Act (Lautenberg Amendment) of 1968. An individual convicted of a qualifying crime of domestic violence may not perform the duties of this position.
• Irregular and/or overtime (compensatory) hours may be required to support operational requirements or contingencies or may be required to work hours outside of the normal duty day.
• Federal employment suitability as determined by a background investigation.
• May be required to successfully complete a probationary period.
• "This position is designated as Essential Personnel and may be subject to duty in preparation for, or in response to, a state emergency or disaster declaration. This designation will not exceed 14 calendar days per year unless otherwise approved in advance by the TAG."

Qualifications

GENERAL EXPERIENCE:
A. Degree in one of the following: Engineering, Architecture, or Construction Management.
To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree in a school of engineering or architecture with at least one program accredited by ABET or NAAB; 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
B. 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 engineering, architecture, and/or construction management, 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, architecture, or construction management. 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) or Architect 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.)

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: To qualify for the GS-0801-13 level, applicant must have at least 1-year equivalent to at least next lower grade level experience, education, or training for management, supervision, or performance of (1) planning, designing, construction, and/or maintaining structures and facilities; and (2) investigating, measuring, surveying, and mapping the earth's physical features. Experience with plans and specification for large scale construction projects and/or engineer designs. Experience with design reviews, approving construction plans and construction management.

How you will be evaluated

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

Once the announcement has closed, your resume and supporting documentation will be used to determine if you meet the qualifications listed on this announcement. If you are minimally qualified, your resume and supporting documentation will be compared to your responses on the assessment questionnaire to determine your level of experience. If you rate yourself higher than is supported by your application package, your responses may be adjusted and/or you may be excluded from consideration for this position. If you are found to be among the top qualified candidates, you will be referred to the selecting official for employment consideration.