ARCHITECT/ENGINEER (TITLE 32)

Clarification from the agency

The area of consideration for this position is CAT 1 (Areas 1-4) (Air). Applications will only be accepted from current military members of the North Carolina Air National Guard, or members of either the Air Force Reserve, Active Duty Air Force, or another state's Air National Guard, who are willing and eligible to join the North Carolina Air National Guard.

As a Architect/Engineer, GS-0808-12, you will be responsible for the acquisition, construction, maintenance, repair, and operating of real property facilities, and provide related management, engineering, and other support work; specifically, this includes acquisition, accountability, and disposal of real estate; planning and programming of total requirements for the maintenance, repair, and construction of facilities including financial management of facility programs; provision of basic utility services; maintenance and repair of structures and associated equipment; furnishing snow removal, pest control, fire prevention, and engineering services activities; exercise authority in planning, directing, controlling and coordinating architectural/engineering activities; direct total operations through subordinate civilian supervisory and non-supervisory personnel; plan, schedule and assign work; establish and monitor internal controls; and ensure uniform application of regulations, policies, directives, and professional engineering practices; utilize program and planning documents in determining real property facility requirements for programmed units and activities within the installation; accomplish long and short range planning for replacement of facilities or equipment including contingency operations for potential war or domestic emergency conditions; oversee development and time phasing of operations and maintenance of real property facility and construction programs to ensure assimilation into the overall installation program; represent the Base Architect/Engineer at meetings and conferences with HQ ANG and intermediate command staff, Commanders and staff representatives of tenant organizations, Division and District Engineer representatives of the Corps of Engineers and Naval Facilities Engineering Command, metropolitan airports commission staff; FAA, Veterans Administration, highway department representatives; Federal, state, and city Environmental Protection Agency representatives; coordinate on plans, exchange information, recommend policy or procedures and keeps apprised of new architecture and engineering developments; make decisions in line with prior ANG Base policy and planning, such as priority of new construction, acceptance of completed work, facility disposal, real estate acquisition, utilization, or disposal actions; determine operational trends and forecast requirements; determine and coordinate acquisition and use of money, manpower, equipment and material; plan required organizational structures to establish the essential functional elements necessary to carry out architectural/engineering responsibilities most effectively and economically; delegate authority, ensure coordination, and develop new managerial methods and techniques to increase program effectiveness and decrease costs; provide technical instructions and information on architectural/engineering and other technical requirements and assign phases of projects to subordinate architects, engineers, engineering technicians, and draftsmen; review work accomplishment during progress and upon completion direct changes to achieve technically accurate and adequate layout and design computations, specifications, and estimates; establish technical engineering/architectural processes, criteria, and functions; prepare or direct the preparation of engineering/architectural drawings, specifications and independent cost estimates for the construction, modification and maintenance of a wide variety of military buildings, structures, pavements, grounds, and utilities systems; review architectural drawings, sketches, and specifications for technical adequacy, constructability, maintainability, operability, and interpretation in terms of requirements for manpower, supplies, and equipment; participate as technical consultant and government engineering/architectural representative in conferences with Architectural-Engineering firms to insure that completed designs meet Air Force requirements in terms of technical sufficiency and economical use of funds and materials; through subordinate supervisors, directs approximately twenty-five or more civilian and military employees engaged in readiness, Crash-Fire-Rescue engineering design, explosive ordnance disposal engineering, and operational facility maintenance duties, is responsible for providing training and facilities for the OJT and proficiency training of approximately 100 drill status officers and airmen; develop and maintain effective engineering staff relationships with base and tenant organizations; present briefings on acquisitions, construction, operation, maintenance, and financial management concerning real property facilities; identify and discusses problems as well as corrective actions being taken, program status, including fiscal aspects of the engineering portion of the annual budget, and related matters of interest to the Commander and his staff; perform other duties as assigned.

Conditions of employment

• NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERSHIP IS REQUIRED. If you are not sure you are eligible for military membership, please contact a National Guard recruiter prior to applying for this position.
• This is an excepted service position that requires membership in a compatible military assignment in the employing state's National Guard, required prior to the effective date of placement.
• Selectee will be required to wear the military uniform.
• Acceptance of an excepted service position constitutes concurrence with these requirements as a condition of employment.
• Applicants who are not currently a member of the National Guard must be eligible for immediate membership and employment in the National Guard in the military grade listed in this announcement.
• Males born after 31 December 1959 must be registered for Selective Service.
• Federal employment suitability as determined by a background investigation.
• Participation in direct deposit is mandatory.
• You may be required to successfully complete a 1- or 2- year probation/trail period to assess performance, conduct, agency needs, public interest, and efficiency. Employment ends unless certified in writing that it advances the agencies interest.
• This position is covered by the Domestic Violence Misdemeanor Amendment (30 Sep 96) of the Gun Control Act (Lautenberg Amendment) of 1968. An individual convicted of a qualifying crime of domestic violence may not perform the duties of this position.

Qualifications

GENERAL EXPERIENCE:

Degree: 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

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: Professional registration, Written Test, Specified academic courses and Related curriculum.

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.

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. 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.

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.

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)

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Must have at least 1 year (12 months) of experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

Once the announcement has closed, your resume and supporting documentation will be used to determine if you meet the qualifications listed on this announcement. If you are minimally qualified, your resume and supporting documentation will be compared to your responses on the assessment questionnaire to determine your level of experience. If you rate yourself higher than is supported by your application package, your responses may be adjusted and/or you may be excluded from consideration for this position. If you are found to be among the top qualified candidates, you will be referred to the selecting official for employment consideration.

Your qualifications will be evaluated on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities and other characteristics):

To apply for this position, you must submit a complete Application Package which includes:

1. Your resume showing work schedule, hours worked per week, dates (including Month and Year, e.g., 02/2017, Feb 2017, etc.) of employment and duties performed.

2. You may contact the positions POC before the closing date to request a review of your resume prior to submitting on USA Jobs.

3. Other supporting document: Transcripts

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