Lead Engineer, Over the Horizon Radar Project

Announcement Type

TARP - Direct-Hire Authority (DHA)

Position Type

Term

Position Not To Exceed (NTE) Time

2 years

USACE Organization

Northwestern Division (NWD) - Kansas City District

Locations (City, State)

Kansas City, MO

Position Overview/Duties

Serves as the technical lead for the Over the Horizon Radar project who will use expert technical engineering knowledge and design management competencies to lead a team of in-house and AE engineers and scientists producing design products and supporting reviews during construction.

By USACE definition, mega-projects are complex, involving significant skill and effort in coordinating critical design operations within tight budgets, aggressive schedules, while providing high quality products. Execution of the engineering work requires broad expertise in engineering theory, principles and practices, and exceptional competency in design management to ensure consistency and continuity across the planning, engineering and construction design work. The lead engineer makes decisions and executes and/or directs actions exploring, reconciling, and resolving major uncertainties, unique situations, obscure problems, or conflicting objectives.

Serves As a Coach, Facilitator, And/or Negotiator In Coordinating Team Initiatives And In Consensus Building Activities Among Team Members. In The Overall Management Of The Mega-project, Incumbent Will Accomplish Through Individual And Team Efforts, The Following Functions Likely To Occur In The Assigned Program

• Utilizing a professional knowledge of engineering specialties (civil, geotechnical, hydraulic, hydrologic, structural, mechanical, electrical, etc.), the employee serves as the mega-project Lead Engineer, exercising technical guidance and direction over 20-40 engineers and scientists distributed across the GS-7 to GS-13 grade levels, augmented by AE services, to accomplish highly detailed and technically difficult work.
• Utilizing professional knowledge of USACE guidance and policy related to design, construction and safety, the Lead Engineer will be utilizing professional judgment to ensure that all products meet established USACE guidance and policy.
• The Lead Engineer will be engaged in the development and review of acquisition strategy; development of contract structure; development of contract type; review of project plans and specifications prior to contract advertisement to determine practicability from construction standpoint; whether physical obstructions or other construction difficulties have been anticipated; whether materials selected are readily available.

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• Supports Construction Division by observing and investigating construction at all stages to identify problems, takes timely action to change designs or recommend modifications to designer and/or contract to solve problems such as unforeseen site conditions, design errors or omissions, customer requested changes, or changed criteria. Reviews quality assurance inspection of construction operations for compliance with plans and specifications; interprets plans and specifications; confers with contractor to resolve disputes at Construction’s request.
• Monitors and reports on the status and progress of work, checking on work in progress and reviewing completed work to ensure priorities, methods, deadlines, and quality have been met. Maintains program reference materials, project files, and relevant background documents and makes available policies, procedures, and instructions from the supervisor. Maintains current knowledge to answer questions from team members on procedures, policies, directives, etc. Prepares reports and maintains records of work accomplishments and administrative information and coordinates the preparation and presentation of project.
  
  

Other Conditions and Requirements

Who May Apply: US Citizens

In order to qualify, you must meet the requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.

Selective Placement Factor

The incumbent of this position is required to have a current Professional Engineer license.

Experience Statement

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-13). One year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level in federal service includes:

• Leading complex federal Civil Works, Military, or Environmental engineering designs.
• Leading complex projects completed by a civilian Architecture and Engineering (AE) partner serving as the Designer of Record (DOR).
• Applying risk-informed decision making strategies such as risk registers, cost and schedule risk analyzes, etc.
  
  

Basic Requirement For Engineers

• Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree (or higher 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.
  
  

OR

• 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:
• 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.
• 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, or Puerto Rico.
• 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 A above. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program.
• 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 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.
  
  

Does Position Require Any Of The Following

• Temporary Duty (TDY) or business travel (if so, what percentage?) Yes, 25%
• Possess / obtain and maintain security clearance (if so, what level?) Yes, Secret
• Drug screening (pre-employment and random testing)? No

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• Completion of physical examination (pre-employment and annual)? No
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs.? No
• Mobility agreement (upon entry)? No
• Filing of an OGE Form 450, Financial Disclosure Report (upon entry and annually)? No
• Possess / obtain and maintain a valid state Driver’s License to operate vehicles? Yes
• Shift work to provide coverage on evenings, weekends, holidays, or special situations? No
  
  

Does position require training / certifications prior to employment or within a specified period of time after appointment (if so, list training / certifications): Yes. A current professional engineering license is required.

Hiring incentives such as a recruitment/relocation bonus, service credit for leave, and student loan repayment may be authorized (subject to available budget).

Relocation (PCS) expenses may be authorized (subject to available budget) if the selecting official determines the relocation is in the best interests of the government.

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy: The United States government does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service or other non-merit factor

To learn more, please visit the Office of Equal Opportunity (https://www.eeoc.gov/federal-sector/federal-employees-job-applicants).

Qualifications - Candidates will be evaluated in accordance with OPM General Schedule (GS) Qualification Standards or Federal Wage System (FWS) Qualifications and Job Elements

GS Standards: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/

Reasonable Accommodation

Reasonable accommodation is available to qualified employees with disabilities. You can request a reasonable accommodation at any time during the application process, hiring process or while on the job. Requests are evaluated on a case-by-case basis.