General Engineer
As a General Engineer working in Facilities Management Service (Projects) for the VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System, your duties will include development of and review of contract plans and specifications for projects. The projects include, but are not limited to, Non-recurring Maintenance (NRM), Minor Projects, In-House Designed Projects, Tenant Improvement projects in leased space, etc. The incumbent serves as a technical advisor in the development and submission of the Five-Year Facility Plan and Five-year Energy Management Plan as requested. The incumbent also provides professional engineering support to all organization elements of the VA Southern Nevada healthcare System. Duties as listed are not all inclusive:
Prepares designs and specifications for hospital systems which typically involve systems for medical and dental facilities, technical and research laboratories, industrial facilities and office buildings. Evaluates building space utilization reassignments for the potential impact on building mechanical, electrical and structural systems. Generates clear, correct and detailed drawings and specifications for new construction or modification of existing systems for small to medium-size (up to $10M) new construction, repair and maintenance projects. Prepares and submits detailed cost estimates for competitive bidding for a variety of assigned projects. Reviews technical designs (drawings, specifications and cost estimates) prepared by engineering firms for:
conformance with design criteria, stated goals and pertinent codes and standards; accuracy and completeness; construct ability; quality of design and economy; and provides recommendations for changes as needed. Performs a wide range of quality assurance duties to support construction, repair and maintenance contracts including pre-bid quality assurance tasks, quality assurance inspections and performance of certain contract administration functions. Monitors maintenance, inspections, testing and reporting of all hospital utility systems to support TJC and OSJA requirements. Work schedule:
Mon - Friday, 7:
30 - 4:
00 or 8:
00 - 4:
30. Compressed/Flexible Schedule:
Not Available. Telework:
Not Available. Virtual:
This is not a virtual position. Position Description Title/PD#:
General Engineer/ 043520 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives:
Not Authorized. Financial Disclosure Report:
Not Required. To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 10/27/2020 Time-In-Grade Requirement:
Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-12 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-11. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. Note:
Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. Note:
Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below:
In applying for this General Engineer position, do you possess a bachelor's degree in professional engineering from an accredited college or university? To be acceptable, the curriculum must,1. Be in a school of engineering with at least one curriculum 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. (TRANSCRIPT REQUIRED) The adequacy of such background must be demonstrated by one of the following:
1. Professional registration - Current registration as a professional engineer 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. (DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED) Do you possess documentation of professional registration? 2. Written Test - Evidence of having successfully passed the Engineer-in-Training (EIT) examination, or the written test required for professional registration, which is administered by the Boards of Engineering Examiners in the various States, the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico. Because of the diversity in kind and quality of BET programs, graduates of other BET programs are required to complete at least 1 year of additional education or highly technical work experience of such nature as to provide reasonable assurance of the possession of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required for professional engineering competence. The adequacy of this background must be demonstrated by passing the EIT examination. (DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED) Do you possess documentation of the written test requirement? 3. 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. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of a professional engineering curriculum as described above. (DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED) 4. Related curriculum - Successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree in engineering technology or in an appropriate professional field, e.g., physics, chemistry, architecture, computer science, mathematics, hydrology, or geology, may be accepted in lieu of a 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. (DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED) (The above examples of related curricula are not all-inclusive.) SPECIALIZED
Experience:
Do you possess at least one (1) year of specialized experience related to the duties of this General Engineer position? Specialized experience is experience that equipped you with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the General Engineer position, and that is typically in or related to the duties of this position. Specialized experience includes, managing engineering projects and construction programs which includes a broad background of engineering training, education and experience in interpreting, organizing, executing and coordinating assignments which include the design, modification or development of a variety of complex layouts, and utility systems. This specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service. For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at http:
//www.opm.gov/qualifications . You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position:
CommunicationCritical ThinkingGeneral EngineeringProject Management 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; religions; 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. Note:
A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. Physical Requirements:
The work places no special physical demands on the employee. The work includes some walking, standing, sitting, bending, climbing, crawling or reaching to inspect buildings at various stages of construction. The work involves the normal day to day activities found in any construction project, i.e., open excavations, formwork, structural steel, etc. For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https:
//www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.
Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
Prepares designs and specifications for hospital systems which typically involve systems for medical and dental facilities, technical and research laboratories, industrial facilities and office buildings. Evaluates building space utilization reassignments for the potential impact on building mechanical, electrical and structural systems. Generates clear, correct and detailed drawings and specifications for new construction or modification of existing systems for small to medium-size (up to $10M) new construction, repair and maintenance projects. Prepares and submits detailed cost estimates for competitive bidding for a variety of assigned projects. Reviews technical designs (drawings, specifications and cost estimates) prepared by engineering firms for:
conformance with design criteria, stated goals and pertinent codes and standards; accuracy and completeness; construct ability; quality of design and economy; and provides recommendations for changes as needed. Performs a wide range of quality assurance duties to support construction, repair and maintenance contracts including pre-bid quality assurance tasks, quality assurance inspections and performance of certain contract administration functions. Monitors maintenance, inspections, testing and reporting of all hospital utility systems to support TJC and OSJA requirements. Work schedule:
Mon - Friday, 7:
30 - 4:
00 or 8:
00 - 4:
30. Compressed/Flexible Schedule:
Not Available. Telework:
Not Available. Virtual:
This is not a virtual position. Position Description Title/PD#:
General Engineer/ 043520 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives:
Not Authorized. Financial Disclosure Report:
Not Required. To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 10/27/2020 Time-In-Grade Requirement:
Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-12 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-11. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. Note:
Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. Note:
Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below:
In applying for this General Engineer position, do you possess a bachelor's degree in professional engineering from an accredited college or university? To be acceptable, the curriculum must,1. Be in a school of engineering with at least one curriculum 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. (TRANSCRIPT REQUIRED) The adequacy of such background must be demonstrated by one of the following:
1. Professional registration - Current registration as a professional engineer 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. (DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED) Do you possess documentation of professional registration? 2. Written Test - Evidence of having successfully passed the Engineer-in-Training (EIT) examination, or the written test required for professional registration, which is administered by the Boards of Engineering Examiners in the various States, the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico. Because of the diversity in kind and quality of BET programs, graduates of other BET programs are required to complete at least 1 year of additional education or highly technical work experience of such nature as to provide reasonable assurance of the possession of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required for professional engineering competence. The adequacy of this background must be demonstrated by passing the EIT examination. (DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED) Do you possess documentation of the written test requirement? 3. 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. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of a professional engineering curriculum as described above. (DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED) 4. Related curriculum - Successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree in engineering technology or in an appropriate professional field, e.g., physics, chemistry, architecture, computer science, mathematics, hydrology, or geology, may be accepted in lieu of a 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. (DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED) (The above examples of related curricula are not all-inclusive.) SPECIALIZED
Experience:
Do you possess at least one (1) year of specialized experience related to the duties of this General Engineer position? Specialized experience is experience that equipped you with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the General Engineer position, and that is typically in or related to the duties of this position. Specialized experience includes, managing engineering projects and construction programs which includes a broad background of engineering training, education and experience in interpreting, organizing, executing and coordinating assignments which include the design, modification or development of a variety of complex layouts, and utility systems. This specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service. For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at http:
//www.opm.gov/qualifications . You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position:
CommunicationCritical ThinkingGeneral EngineeringProject Management 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; religions; 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. Note:
A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. Physical Requirements:
The work places no special physical demands on the employee. The work includes some walking, standing, sitting, bending, climbing, crawling or reaching to inspect buildings at various stages of construction. The work involves the normal day to day activities found in any construction project, i.e., open excavations, formwork, structural steel, etc. For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https:
//www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.
- Department:
0801 General Engineering - Salary Range:
$77,865 to $101,230 per year
Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
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