Job Title: General Engineer - SV-0801-J
Department: Department Of Homeland Security
Agency: Transportation Security Administration
Job Announcement Number:HQ-OPT-12-488006
SALARY RANGE: $88,648.00 to $137,402.00 / Per Year
OPEN PERIOD: Wednesday, May 16, 2012 to Tuesday, June 05, 2012
SERIES & GRADE: SV-0801-J
POSITION INFORMATION: Full Time - Permanent
PROMOTION POTENTIAL:J
DUTY LOCATIONS: 1 vacancy(s) in the following locations: Arlington, VA, US
Department: Department Of Homeland Security
Agency: Transportation Security Administration
Job Announcement Number:HQ-OPT-12-488006
SALARY RANGE: $88,648.00 to $137,402.00 / Per Year
OPEN PERIOD: Wednesday, May 16, 2012 to Tuesday, June 05, 2012
SERIES & GRADE: SV-0801-J
POSITION INFORMATION: Full Time - Permanent
PROMOTION POTENTIAL:J
DUTY LOCATIONS: 1 vacancy(s) in the following locations: Arlington, VA, US
WHO MAY BE CONSIDERED: Open to all U.S. Citizens.
The salary listed includes Locality Pay of 24.22%.
This position is located in Arlington, VA.
The salary listed includes Locality Pay of 24.22%.
This position is located in Arlington, VA.
JOB DESCRIPTION:
Do you desire to protect American interests and secure our Nation while building a meaningful and rewarding career? If so, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is calling. DHS components work collectively to prevent terrorism, secure borders, enforce and administer immigration laws, safeguard cyberspace and ensure resilience to disasters. The vitality and magnitude of this mission is achieved by a diverse workforce spanning hundreds of occupations. Make an impact; join DHS.
Securing Travel, Protecting People -At the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), you will serve in a high-stakes environment to safeguard the American way of life. In cities, towns, and country-sides across the nation, you will be on the front line of the Department of Homeland Security's TSA team as they secure airports, seaports, railroads, highways, and public transit systems, thus protecting our transportation infrastructure and ensuring freedom of movement for people and commerce. For additional information about our agency, please visit http://www.tsa.gov/join/index.shtm
Securing Travel, Protecting People -At the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), you will serve in a high-stakes environment to safeguard the American way of life. In cities, towns, and country-sides across the nation, you will be on the front line of the Department of Homeland Security's TSA team as they secure airports, seaports, railroads, highways, and public transit systems, thus protecting our transportation infrastructure and ensuring freedom of movement for people and commerce. For additional information about our agency, please visit http://www.tsa.gov/join/index.shtm
KEY REQUIREMENTS:
You must possess U.S. Citizenship or be a U.S. National.
You must complete a favorable Background Investigation (BI).
You must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance.
You must obtain certification as a COTR within six months of appointment.
You must have/obtain Program Mgr. Level II Certification within 18 months.
DUTIES:
If selected for this position, you will serve as a General Engineer for the Equipment Branch within the Office of Security Capabilities, Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Department of Homeland Security (DHS). You will be the lead Contracting Officer's Technical Representative and oversee the technical aspects of contracts. This includes overseeing source selection, technical requirements and evaluations, and legal requirements.
You must possess U.S. Citizenship or be a U.S. National.
You must complete a favorable Background Investigation (BI).
You must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance.
You must obtain certification as a COTR within six months of appointment.
You must have/obtain Program Mgr. Level II Certification within 18 months.
DUTIES:
If selected for this position, you will serve as a General Engineer for the Equipment Branch within the Office of Security Capabilities, Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Department of Homeland Security (DHS). You will be the lead Contracting Officer's Technical Representative and oversee the technical aspects of contracts. This includes overseeing source selection, technical requirements and evaluations, and legal requirements.
Duties include:
Managing and overseeing Technical Interchange Meetings. Drafting, reviewing, and editing engineering reports and contract documents for final review prior to external distribution. Serving as project lead for planning, coordinating, and conducting highly complex and challenging engineering projects and studies related to baggage screening equipment, specifically, Explosive Detection Systems.
Developing, integrating and implementing solutions to highly complex and challenging engineering problems. Formulating recommendations, policies and plans to solve these problems and interpreting conditions. Preparing, reviewing, and at times, approving organizational reports or policies for internal and external distribution.
Representing TSA as a senior technical point of contact on assigned equipment. Presenting briefings to obtain consensus or approval for engineering analyses. Providing advice and guidance to key management officials.
Monitoring and evaluating equipment performance, disposition, acceptance criteria, logistics and safety. Preparing Program Review packages and technical evaluations, and providing contract administration and performance support.
Documenting and implementing quality control and accountability measures for contracts.
Supporting system integration and logistics requirements for all COTR initiatives.
Serving as the principal TSA point of contact for vendors in monitoring and implanting contractual agreements, resolving issues as required.
Coordinating with the Contracting Officer to ensure all contractor required paperwork is complete and that contractors are in compliance on safety, security, labor, and environmental law requirements.
QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:
To qualify for the SV-J Pay Band (equivalent to GS-14), you must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the SV-I Pay Band or GS-13 in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private sector. Specialized experience is defined as experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of this position. Such experience includes work that required experience in defining engineering measurements for checked baggage security screening system design and equipment, specifically explosive detection systems; skill in management of engineering contracts, their implementation and evaluation; and skill in solving engineering problems to align solutions with program and equipment requirements, goals and objectives.
Basic Requirements for all Engineer Positions (must meet A or B):
A. Bachelor's or higher degree in professional engineering. 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.
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 professional 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-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.
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. Applicants who have passed the EIT examination and have completed all the requirements for either (a) a bachelor's degree in engineering technology (BET) from an accredited college of university that included 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences, or (b) a BET from a program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) may be rated eligible for certain engineering positions at GS-5. Eligibility is limited to positions that are within or closely related to the specialty field of the engineering technology program. Applicants for positions that involve highly technical research, development, or similar functions requiring an advanced level of competence in basic science must meet the basic requirements in paragraph A. 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.
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 in paragraph A.
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. (The above examples of related curricula are not all-inclusive.)
NOTE: You MUST provide transcripts or other documentation to support your education claims. Refer to the Required Documents section of his announcement for details. All materials must be submitted by the vacancy announcement closing date.
You must meet the qualification requirements for this position no later than the closing date of the vacancy announcement.
Managing and overseeing Technical Interchange Meetings. Drafting, reviewing, and editing engineering reports and contract documents for final review prior to external distribution. Serving as project lead for planning, coordinating, and conducting highly complex and challenging engineering projects and studies related to baggage screening equipment, specifically, Explosive Detection Systems.
Developing, integrating and implementing solutions to highly complex and challenging engineering problems. Formulating recommendations, policies and plans to solve these problems and interpreting conditions. Preparing, reviewing, and at times, approving organizational reports or policies for internal and external distribution.
Representing TSA as a senior technical point of contact on assigned equipment. Presenting briefings to obtain consensus or approval for engineering analyses. Providing advice and guidance to key management officials.
Monitoring and evaluating equipment performance, disposition, acceptance criteria, logistics and safety. Preparing Program Review packages and technical evaluations, and providing contract administration and performance support.
Documenting and implementing quality control and accountability measures for contracts.
Supporting system integration and logistics requirements for all COTR initiatives.
Serving as the principal TSA point of contact for vendors in monitoring and implanting contractual agreements, resolving issues as required.
Coordinating with the Contracting Officer to ensure all contractor required paperwork is complete and that contractors are in compliance on safety, security, labor, and environmental law requirements.
QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:
To qualify for the SV-J Pay Band (equivalent to GS-14), you must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the SV-I Pay Band or GS-13 in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private sector. Specialized experience is defined as experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of this position. Such experience includes work that required experience in defining engineering measurements for checked baggage security screening system design and equipment, specifically explosive detection systems; skill in management of engineering contracts, their implementation and evaluation; and skill in solving engineering problems to align solutions with program and equipment requirements, goals and objectives.
Basic Requirements for all Engineer Positions (must meet A or B):
A. Bachelor's or higher degree in professional engineering. 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.
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 professional 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-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.
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. Applicants who have passed the EIT examination and have completed all the requirements for either (a) a bachelor's degree in engineering technology (BET) from an accredited college of university that included 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences, or (b) a BET from a program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) may be rated eligible for certain engineering positions at GS-5. Eligibility is limited to positions that are within or closely related to the specialty field of the engineering technology program. Applicants for positions that involve highly technical research, development, or similar functions requiring an advanced level of competence in basic science must meet the basic requirements in paragraph A. 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.
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 in paragraph A.
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. (The above examples of related curricula are not all-inclusive.)
NOTE: You MUST provide transcripts or other documentation to support your education claims. Refer to the Required Documents section of his announcement for details. All materials must be submitted by the vacancy announcement closing date.
You must meet the qualification requirements for this position no later than the closing date of the vacancy announcement.
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