Summary
The position is organizationally located in the Architect of the Capitol (AOC), Office of the Chief of Operations, Director, Utilities and Power Plant Operations, Assistant Director, Utility Services Division, Utility Distribution Branch. The incumbent serves as Supervisory General Engineer, Utility Distribution Branch, and provides leadership and management of operations, maintenance and repair of utility distribution systems and tunnels involved in distributing steam and chilled water.
This job is open to
Clarification from the agency
Applications will be accepted from all U.S. Citizens.
Please be advised that federal retired annuitant candidates may only be considered as a temporary employee if the role can be filled in that capacity.
Duties
The incumbent performs progressively greater responsibility in matters of management on a gradual basis to assist the Director in developing and executing plans to accomplish strategic goals and organizational objectives, setting clear priorities, and coordinating with senior leadership to integrate short and long-range planning goals and objectives and advances the mission of the CPP and the AOC.
Supervisory and Managerial Responsibilities 100%
- Provides supervision of the Utility Distribution Branch staff to ensure all utility distribution systems are properly operated and maintained.
- Provides guidance on engineering standards and code requirements. Develops engineering solutions to technical problems, which are incapable of being resolved by subordinates.
- Performs administrative and technical supervisory functions for subordinates. Assigns duties to and evaluates employee performance.
- Manages the Utility Distribution Branch’s budget and staffing workload, including scheduling.
- Develops performance requirements for subordinates and ensure a mutual understanding of the performance standards.
- Provides for employee skills enrichment through job-related coaching, mentoring, and training.
- Performs planning necessary to accomplish technical, professional engineering, and maintenance functions for programs essential to utility distribution daily operations.
- Manages and supports daily maintenance activities such as planning, coordinating, and controlling utility distribution maintenance and repairs in accordance with written requirements, procedures, and schedules.
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Responsible for the acquisition, installation, maintenance, repair and operation of utility distribution systems and equipment. Performs related management, engineering and other support work. Specifically, this includes:
- Acquisition, accountability and disposal of equipment;
- Planning and programming of total requirements for the maintenance, repair and efficiency of utility services;
- Maintenance and repair of structures and associated equipment; and
- Furnishing engineering service and activities.
- Manages contractor support for the Utility Distribution Branch, including duties as a Contracting Officer Technical Representative (COTR).
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Accomplishes long and short-range planning for replacing equipment, including contingency operations for potential emergency conditions. Oversees development and time phasing of operations and maintenance of facility and construction programs to ensure assimilation into the overall installation program.
- Represents the Capitol Power Plant at meetings and conferences with internal AOC organizations and customer tenant organizations.
- Determines operational trends and forecast requirements. Determines and coordinates acquisition and use of money, workforce, equipment, and material.
- Provides technical instructions and information on project management, engineering, and other technical requirements and assigns phases of projects to subordinate engineers, engineering technicians, program managers, and specialists.
- Establishes technical engineering and operational processes, criteria and functions.
- Develops and maintains effective operations, maintenance and engineering staff relationships with tenant organizations being served.
- The incumbent is responsible for utilizing a thorough knowledge of and compliance with all OSHA safety rules and regulations to ensure that work progresses in a safe manner and initiates or takes corrective action on unsafe conditions in managed areas.
Requirements
Conditions of Employment
- A citizen of the United States;
- A person who is lawfully admitted for permanent residence and is seeking citizenship as outlined in 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)(B);
- A person who is admitted as a refugee under 8 U.S.C. 1157 or is granted asylum under 8 U.S.C. 1158 and has filed a declaration of intention to become a lawful permanent resident and then a citizen when eligible;
- A person who owes allegiance to the United States (nationals of American Samoa, Swains Island, and the Northern Mariana Islands, and nationals who meet other requirements described in 8 U.S.C. 1408); or
- You must be able to pass a drug test and background check.
- Your resume and question responses must demonstrate the job-related KSAs.
- You must meet the definition of specialized experience.
Qualifications
You must meet the United States Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) qualification requirements (including specialized experience and/or educational requirements) for the advertised position. You must meet all eligibility and qualifications requirements by the closing date of the job announcement. Additional information on the qualification requirements is outlined in the OPM Qualifications Standards Handbook of General Schedule Positions. It is available for your review on the OPM website at OPM qualification standards
Specialized experience: is experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level.
Candidates for the GS-14 grade level must have at least 52 weeks of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower GS-13 grade level in the Federal service.
Specialized experience is defined as having experience:
(1) Professional knowledge as an engineer performing design, installation, maintenance and repair of systems for the AOC and CPP involving the oversight of contractors and direction for a wide variety of professional, technical, and tradecraft work of in-house engineers and engineering technicians and through subordinate supervisors;
(2) Professional knowledge as an Engineer to perform planning, review designs and execute operational maintenance, construction and renovation projects, as well as preventive maintenance and repair involving the oversight of contractors and the direction of contract employees;
(3) Demonstrates the ability to develop strategic, long-range plans;
(4) Demonstrated skills in managing and supervising subordinates.
Education
This position requires a Bachelor’s Degree in professional engineering from a school of engineering with at least one curriculum accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) as a professional engineering curriculum
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A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in a related field, such as architecture, physics, chemistry, computer science, mathematics, hydrology, or geology, provided the applicant has at least one year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision or guidance.
Transcripts must be provided if selected.
Special Instructions for Foreign Education:
Education completed outside of the United States must be deemed equivalent to that gained in conventional/accredited U.S. education programs to be acceptable for Federal employment.
Qualifying education from colleges and universities in foreign countries must be evaluated in terms of equivalency to that acquired in U.S. colleges and universities. Applicants educated in whole or in part of foreign countries must submit sufficient evidence, including transcripts, to an accredited private organization for an equivalency evaluation of course work and degree.
You must provide a copy of the letter containing the results of the equivalency evaluation with a course by course listing if selected.
Benefits
A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.
A variety of health insurance plans; retirement system with investment options; paid holidays; paid sick and annual (vacation) leave; life insurance; incentive systems; subsidized transportation; training and development opportunities, etc.
Selected applicant(s) may be eligible to earn a higher annual leave accrual rate credit towards annual leave accrual based on prior non-Federal or uniformed service work experience. The amount of service credit will be based on specialized experience or qualifying experience that is provided on the applicant profile submitted. As such, if you are a new employee to the Federal Government or a rehire, it is important that you provide a work history that lists all directly related positions held, and it must include the dates of employment (month/day/year).
The Architect of the Capitol offers eligible employees opportunity to participate in the Student Loan Repayment Program.
Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.
How You Will Be Evaluated
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Review your resume and responses carefully. Your eligibility for consideration and qualifications for the position will be determined based upon a review of your detailed resume and your responses to job specific self-assessment questions.
Your resume will be evaluated based on evidence of your ability to demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) for this position, possession of any specialized experience, and how well your background and experience relates to the self-assessment questions in the job announcement. The self-assessment questions relate to the following knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies:
- Supervision
- Contractor Oversight
- Technical Advice and Guidance
- Communication
Your responses to the self-assessment questions serve as the basis for your initial rating. You will receive a numerical score based on your responses to these questions. Next, your responses will be evaluated by a Human Resources Specialist and/or a subject matter expert against the information provided in your resume and optional cover letter. Your resume must support your answers to the self-assessment questions. Falsifying your background, education and/or experience is cause for non-selection or disqualification from further consideration.
Please note that a complete application is required for consideration. (Please review the “Required Documents” section of this job announcement to see what must be included in a complete application). You may preview questions for this vacancy.
Required Documents
The Architect of the Capitol's job application process is designed to ensure that we only ask you for the information that is absolutely needed to evaluate your qualifications and eligibility for the position.
To apply for this position, you only need to submit online the following: a) your resume and 2) answer the online vacancy assessment questionnaire. The online questionnaire contains eligibility and screening questions and other relevant supplemental information. No additional documentation or attachment is required at the time of application.
We ask that you prepare and submit a resume that best describes fully your background experience, skills, abilities, education, training and other relevant credentials. The resume should include dates of employment.
Nothing further is required until it is requested by the staff of the Human Capital Management Division. If additional documentation is required for a position, you will be asked to provide it during the selection process or upon selection. At that point, we may ask you to submit documentation to support statements made in your resume.
For example, we may ask you to provide documents such as college transcripts, copy of diploma or proof of Federal employment status. If the position requires a license or certification, we will ask candidate(s) to provide proof at the time of selection.
If you are claiming veterans' preference, we may ask you to submit proof of Veterans preference (DD-214, and, if claiming 10-point preference, the SF-15 plus proof required by that form).
If you fail to provide the required documents, we will withdraw a tentative job offer made and/or remove you from further consideration.
If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from
schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
How to Apply
You MUST apply online. FORMS RECEIVED BY FAX, EMAIL OR U.S. POSTAL SERVICE DELIVERY WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.
If you are a new user to the USAJOBS Site and have never registered for an account; you will first need to create an account profile with your basic contact information and a resume to begin applying. You must be a registered USAJOBS user AND you must be signed-in to your account in order to apply for this position. For help with setting up an account or for general assistance in using USAJOBS, go to USAJOBS Help Page.
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Next steps
You will receive a notice generated by the USAJOBS System when you have successfully submitted your application. We will review your application and transcript(s) (if you are qualifying based on education) to ensure you meet the basic qualification requirements.
You can check the status of your application by logging into http://www.usajobs.gov. You may also sign up to receive automatic emails anytime the status of your application has changed by logging into your USAJOBS Account, editing your profile and changing the ‘Notification Settings’ to indicate that you want to be notified by email when the status changes. Information regarding the status of your application should be updated in the system within two (2) weeks after the closing date of this job announcement.
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