SUPERVISORY ENGINEER Job in Boise, ID

Vacancy No. ID-12733881-AF-3405 Department Air National Guard Units
Salary $105,383.00 to $137,000.00 Grade 13 to 13
Perm/Temp Permanent FT/PT Full-time
Open Date 5/20/2025 Close Date 6/18/2025
Job Link Apply Online Who may apply Status Candidates
Locations:
Boise, ID


Summary

THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 32 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION.

This National Guard position is for a SUPERVISORY ENGINEER, Position Description Number D2234000 and is part of the ID 124 Civil Engineering, National Guard.

This job is open to

Clarification from the agency

CURRENT MEMBERS OF THE IDAHO AIR / ARMY NATIONAL GUARD OR THE ABILITY TO TRANSFER TO THE IDAHO GUARD.

Duties

1. Directly and through subordinate mangers and/or supervisors, determines unit goals which are the foundation for long and short range planning and execution of all unit programs, and provides a focus for all unit functions and activities. Ensures goals coincide with national and state military strategies and local limitations. Considers factors such as current and future mission needs, political climate, environmental concerns, area demographics, and base operating conditions when making decisions. Provides guidance, resources, and other support similar to Wing and Group military requirements. Manages a force comprised of AGR, Federal, contractor, and state employees. Sets priorities and prepares schedules for completion of work. Plans, develops, and publishes policies and procedures within the established controls of higher command echelons. Assigns work to subordinates based on mission priorities, work requirements, responsibility levels, and the capabilities of employees. Reviews, accepts, amends, or rejects work which was accomplished through subordinate supervisors. Consults with subordinate supervisors and training specialists on employee development and training needs. Ensures provision of such development and training. Makes decisions on work problems presented by subordinate supervisors. Collaborates with leaders of other units to negotiate, determine, and/or coordinate work affecting others not personally supervised. Advises senior officials, at all levels, on current problems involving the organizations' internal/external working relationships and business impacts. Provides solution options on such concerns and maintains effective and efficient working relationships. Coordinates legal and technical criteria and procedures for rendering decisions associated with missions and corollary higher headquarters and cross-functioning agencies. Plans, develops, and executes support annexes to USAF and MAJCOM operating plans. Evaluates and monitors combat readiness of all personnel, with regard to survivability, chemical defense, and weapons qualification. Reviews and integrates support elements with the Operations and Engineering Flights to confirm and validate the units' abilities to survive and operate under varying conditions. If applicable, ensures appropriate service and support are provided to all geographically separated units (GSUs).

2. Oversees and directs the planning, scheduling, and implementation of base operating support programs to meet local mission requirements, as well as federal and state requirements, regulations, and statutes. Exercises managerial and executive level understanding in each supervised discipline to properly assess the success and effectiveness of critical programs necessary to support day-to-day squadron and individual flight operations. Provides administrative management and oversight of assigned Assistant U.S. Property and Fiscal Officers (USP&FO) within civil engineering (real property). Manages Command Post (CP) operations; serves as On-Scene Commander in response to military and civil emergency events; oversees work with state Joint Forces Headquarters (JFHQ) operations, as assigned. Works with Wing Commanders, Mission Support Group Commanders, and RED HORSE Commanders, to advise on policies and procedures affecting the Air National Guard workforce, support infrastructure, and regulatory guidance which affect RED HORSE areas and the Wing.

3. Implements the RED HORSE Designed Operational Capability (DOC) statement and/or the Emergency War Orders (EWO). Develops and implements unit plans for execution of deployments and contingency objectives to meet USAF Air Expeditionary Force (AEF), Expeditionary Combat Support (ECS) requirements, and Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) and/or Combatant Commanders goals. Coordinates required AEF planning and resources with other ANG and USAF units, the National Guard Bureau (NGB), Air Combat Command (ACC), Air Force Civil Engineering Services (AFCESA), and other higher headquarters agencies to support and implement missions. Represents the unit at scheduled national-level planning conferences, to discuss, plan, and commit personnel and materiel resources to sustain AEF/ECS taskings. Manages and directs all activation, mobilization, deployment, demobilization activities, and related functions.

4. Performs other duties as assigned

Requirements

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.
  • May be required to successfully complete a probationary period.
  • Participation in direct deposit is mandatory.
  • Must maintain a (MOS/ASFC) of 32E.
  • Permanent positions require a 12-month trial period.
  • Supervisory positions require a 12-month trial period.

Qualifications

Military Grades: O-4 through O-5

THE FOLLOWING QUALIFICATIONS MUST BE REPRESENTED BY THE CONTENTS OF YOUR RESUME.

Verbiage displayed on your resume or application must contain your own words. You may refer to position descriptions, i.e. the general and specialized experience located within the vacancy announcement, to assist with describing work experience. Resumes or applications received in verbatim will not be considered.

In your resume you will need to address the general and specialized experience listed below. Please use as much detail as needed, giving dates (months and years) of the experience, position title and how the experience was gained. This information is needed to determine if you are qualified for the position.

The USA Jobs resume builder is recommended to ensure full credit is given for the qualification requirements listed below.

GENERAL EXPERIENCE:

  1. Degree: Engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by 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
  1. 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:

1. Professional registration or licensure -- Current registration as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT)1 , 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.
2. Written Test -- Evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE)2 examination or any other written test required for professional registration by an engineering licensure board in the various States, the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico.
3. 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 the basic requirements under paragraph A. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program as described in paragraph A.
4. 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 bachelor's 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: An applicant who meets the basic requirements as specified in A or B above, except as noted under B.1., may qualify for positions in any branch of engineering unless selective factors indicate otherwise.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: GS-12 and above - Must have 1-year equivalent to at least next lower grade level experience, education, or training in preparing technical and engineering drawings. Experience searching out and developing new or greatly modified methods and approaches to accomplish the Civil Engineering function. Experience in coordinating and negotiating with contractors and other personnel regarding engineering and administrative matters. Experience supervising and leading others within the Engineering Occupational Series.

Education

You must meet the following Education requirement to qualify for this position: BS degree in Engineering

You must provide transcripts or other documentation to support your Educational claims. To receive credit for Education, you must provide documentation of proof that you meet the Education requirements for this position.

Additional information

If you are a male applicant who was born after 12/31/1959 and are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Authorization Act of 1986 requires that you be registered or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency (Register | Selective Service System : Selective Service System (sss.gov)).

MORE THAN ONE SELECTION MAY BE MADE FROM THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IF ADDITIONAL IDENTICAL VACANCIES IN THE SAME TITLE, SERIES, GRADE AND UNIT OCCUR.

THE EFFECTIVE/START DATE FOR THIS POSITION WILL BE IAW THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE GUIDANCE ON THE TITLE 32 DUAL STATUS MILITARY TECHNICIAN HIRING FREEZE EXEMPTION DATED 29 MARCH 2025.

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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.

Required Documents

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. Virtual MPF (vMPF) File and DD-214 for Military Service (if applicable).

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

To apply for this position, you must complete the online application/Occupational Questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section below. To view the Occupational Questionnaire, click the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12733881

A complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing date of the announcement to receive consideration.

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Agency contact information

K-Lynn Walker
Address
ID 124 Civil Engineering
4447 S Byrd
Boise, ID 83705
US

Next steps

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