Clarification from the agency

CURRENT PERMANENT MDA CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES and Special Hiring authorities to include: DoD Spouses, Military Spouses, Displaced employees Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan within the local commuting area, DoD Retained Grade eligible (PPP RGP), DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible (PPP MRNG), DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement (PPP DoD MR & NG), PPP DoD MRNG, and Veteran Employment Opportunities Act (VEOA) (C-VEOA).

This position is part of the Department of Defense. The incumbent will be responsible for serving as a general engineer and team lead responsible for planning, programming, and developing facility and infrastructure requirements for deployment and integration of Ballistic Missile Defense Systems (BMDS) elements and functions at new and/or existing Missile Defense Agency (MDA) sites worldwide to support operations and testing.

As a General Engineer at the NH-0801-4 some of your typical work assignments may include:

• Serves as the lead facilities engineer, representing the Director of Facilities Engineering.
• Provides expert support and coordination to elements, project, and program offices for all assigned facilities and infrastructure matters.
• Conducts facility reviews, delivering information briefings, and developing acquisition strategies for the MDA Facilities Engineering Life Cycle.
• Manages Facilities Military Construction (MILCON) projects. This involves participating in the design and solicitation process, providing contract oversight, and leading Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) managing weapon system prime design and construction activities. this role requires establishing and maintaining strong relationships with the Department of Defense's Design/Constructions Agents (NAVFAC/USACE) to develop, coordinate, review, and implement all aspects of facility acquisition plans supporting the construction of approximately $1 billion in Military Construction (MILCON)
• Communicates the agency's position during design reviews and construction solicitation processes, overseeing MILCON and Research, Development, Test & Evaluation(RDT&E) facility requirements, identifying and resolving construction challenges, considering evolving standards, funding, and schedules.
• Develops detailed cost data, including engineering estimates for construction and alternative analyses, to ensure projects stay within budget and meet Agency timelines.
• Reviews, design criteria, programming documents, cost estimates, engineering calculations, engineering studies, schedules, and designs for construction activities.
• Ensures facility products align with program goals and objectives, and oversees the quality assessment process.
• Analyzes and translates Missile Defense System (MDS) strategic concepts and deployment requirements into specific aspects of the facility life cycle (Design, constructions, operations, and sustainment) for capability deployments.
• Provides subject matter expertise on all aspects of facility acquisition and sustainment to staff and functional support to element/program/project offices within MDA, supporting planning and deployment activities.
• Leads and directs a team of facility engineering professionals, including contractors, government stakeholders, and IPT members, to ensure appropriate facility engineering support across MDA's enterprise-wide facilities and infrastructure.
• Ensures recommendations for improved program resource application for integrating MDS facilities, design, construction, site planning, and construction oversight activities are implemented efficiently and within budgetary constraints.
• Applies professional knowledge of engineering principles, methods, and techniques, along with a general understanding of disciplines such as civil, mechanical, electrical, architectural, topographical, geotechnical, environments, and material sciences.
• Collects and analyses data to determine funding requirements and contractor limitations and tasking.
• Oversees the quality assurance assessment process related to MILCON.
• Other duties: Performs other duties as assigned.

Conditions of employment

• Must be a US citizen
• Male born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service
• Resume and supporting documents received by 11:59PM EST will be considered
• Suitable for Federal employment determined by background investigation
• May be required to successfully complete a probationary period
• Work Schedule: Fulltime
• Overtime: Occasionally
• Tour of Duty: Maxi Flex
• Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
• Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Exempt
• Financial Disclosure: Required
• Telework Eligibility: This position is situational telework eligible
• Selective Service Requirement: Please visit http://www.sss.gov for more information
• Employee must obtain/maintain Non-critical Sensitive/Secret security clearance

Qualifications

You may qualify at the NH-04 if you fulfill the following qualifications:

One year of specialized experience equivalent to the NH-03/GS-13 grade level in the Federal service and must meet 2 of the 4 statements to be qualified:

• Applying the principles, methods, and techniques of multiple engineering disciplines to provide facility advice to executive leadership regarding assigned sites and facilities.
• Experience in facilities and systems acquisition, including related design and and planning, to ensure that products meet program goals and objectives.
• Planning, programming, designing, and constructing facilities infrastructure.
• Managing facility construction project budgets and overseeing contracts.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

In addition to meeting qualifications, your application package must reflect the applicable experience to meet the Individual Occupational Requirements for the 0801 series.

A. Degree: 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 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.

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, 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.)

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. For further information, visit: Foreign Education

*NOTE: Failure to provide transcripts will result in you being rated ineligible for this position.

How you will be evaluated

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

Once the application process is complete, a review of your application will be made to ensure you meet the job requirements. To determine if you are qualified for this job, a review of your resume and supporting documentation will be made and compared against your responses to the occupational questionnaire. The numeric rating you receive is based on your responses to the questionnaire. The score is a measure of the degree to which your background matches the knowledge, skills and abilities required of this position. If, after reviewing your resume and or supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications and/or experience, your score can and will be adjusted to more accurately reflect your abilities. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating.

Your qualifications will be evaluated on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities and other characteristics):

• Attention to Detail
• Customer Service
• Decision Making
• Flexibility
• Influencing/Negotiating
• Integrity/Honesty
• Interpersonal Skills
• Learning
• Reasoning
• Self-Management
• Stress Tolerance
• Teamwork

Military Spouse Preference: If you are entitled to military spouse preference, in order to receive this preference you must choose the spousal eligibility in your application package referencing MSP Military Spouse Preference. Your preference entitlement will be verified by the employing agency. If you are claiming military spouse preference and qualified for the position, your name will be placed below preference eligible veteran candidates and above non-preference candidates on a list sent to the hiring manager for employment consideration. To claim Military Spouse Preference (MSP) please complete the Military Spouse PPP Self-Certification Checklist, save the document and attach it to your application package.

Priority Placement Program (PPP) DoD Retained Grade Preference (RGP): In order to receive this preference, you must choose to apply using the "Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference (RGP)" eligibility. If you are claiming RGP and are determined to be Well Qualified (score of 85 or above) for the position, you will be referred to the hiring manager as a priority applicant. Information and required documentation for claiming MSP may be found at the General Applicant Information and Definitions link below. To be eligible as a RGP, you must submit the following supporting documents with your application package: a signed Retained Grade PPP Self-Certification Checklist (DD3145-1 (whs.mil)); a copy of your Notification of Personnel Action (SF-50) effecting the placement in retained grade status; or a copy of the notification letter you received regarding the RIF or classification downgrade.

Appointment of Department of Defense Spouses (NonComp Civ Sp): Are you the spouse of a current Department of Defense, Department of State, or intelligence community employee who is being transferred in the interest of the Government from one official station within the Department to another within the Department for permanent duty? Supporting Documentation: You are required to submit proof of marriage AND permanent change of station (PCS) orders: spouse's PCS orders (showing you as a dependent) and/or copy of marriage certificate. If you are a current or previous Federal employee, please include your most recent SF-50