Civil Engineer (Structural

Duties

You will coordinate the response to design-build submittals, construction, contractor technical questions, shop drawing submittals and design revisions. You will analyze structural needs to determine types of facilities or systems most suitable to meet specific structure requirements. You will compose technical correspondence to communicate A-E designs, plans, and objectives to management officials, staff, and customers. You will serve as technical expert and perform design analyses and calculations for specialized structural projects.

You will be responsible for the preparation of final detailed working drawings, comparative cost analysis, Request for Proposals (RFPs), and project specifications for a wide variety of facility types.

This position has a Selective Placement Factor (SPF). You must have a current registration as a Professional Engineer (PE) from any state, the District of Columbia, Guam or Puerto Rico. If you meet this requirement, you must provide a copy of your current registration with your application. A copy of a wall certificate that does not show current registration status will not serve to verify you meet this requirement.

In addition to the SPF, your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-12 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector performing the following duties:

• Providing structural engineering analysis and expertise for designs on a wide range of complex projects on new and existing facilities;
• Preparing work drawings and technical specifications for the structural portion on construction projects;
• Performing field investigations to verify and document existing conditions as a basis for the design for new/existing projects;
• Providing technical specifications and assisting with detailed labor and material cost estimates for use in obtaining project funding for bid evaluation;
• Managing assigned projects from cradle to grave for adherence to budget, schedule, and quality standards.

NOTE:

This information must be fully supported in your resume. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). and https:// and https:// Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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.

Applicants must meet the following basic education requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual:
Successful completion of a professional engineering degree. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree (or higher) 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) electric 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. Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position.

OR 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 more information about EI and EIT registration requirements, please visit the National Society of Professional Engineers website at: http://

OR Evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) examination or any other written test required for professional registration by an engineering…