Supervisor General Engineer Job in Albuquerque, NM

Vacancy No. DHA-25-12618021-CAWV-DM Department Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs
Salary $104,498.00 to $135,851.00 Grade 13 to 13
Perm/Temp Permanent FT/PT Full-time
Open Date 11/22/2024 Close Date 12/6/2024
Job Link Apply Online Who may apply Public
Locations:
Albuquerque, NM


Summary

This position is located in the Indian Affairs, Office of Facilities, Property and Safety Management, Division of Facilities Management and Construction (DFMC), Branch of Planning and Design. The mission of the DFMC is to ensure the efficient and effective stewardship of resources for new construction, renovation, and maintenance of Bureau-funded facilities, for the Bureau of Indian Education; Bureau of Indian Affairs Office of Justice Services; and BIA administrative programs.

This job is open to

Clarification from the agency

ALL U.S. CITIZENS. DIRECT HIRE AUTHORITY: These positions will be filled using Direct Hire Authority for this occupation. CTAP and ICTAP candidates in the local commuting area.

Duties

  • Provides guidance and oversight to the national Indian Affairs-wide design and construction programs.
  • Provides operational oversight of pre-planning, planning, and design of all renovations, major improvements and repairs of complex, large dollar value, high profile capital investment projects in Indian Affairs funded facilities.
  • Plans work, sets priorities, assigns work and evaluates performance, counsels on technical and administrative matters.
  • Interviews perspective candidates, recommends and assigns new employees work, hears and resolves complaints, affects minor disciplinary measures, and identifies developmental and training needs to subordinates.
  • Develops business cases and has overall program oversight of project schedules, cost estimates, budgets, technical reviews of designs, shop drawings, specifications, contractor performance.
  • Ensures conformance with contract provisions and standards, and contractor requests for modification.
  • Leads meetings with planning and design mangers, environmental and technical engineering staff that are responsible and accountable for accomplishments, milestones, tasks, and action items of action plans.
  • Ensures managers and technical staff understand contents of action plans and determines progress.
  • Evaluates planning documents and designs for conformance to established programs of requirement, codes and standards compliance, energy efficiency, constructability, and overall functionality.
  • Consults with stakeholders, makes all required corrections and changes to the design as determined to necessary.
  • Develops and manages relative priorities and implantation plans for replacement and FI and R projects in accordance with division plans and goals.
  • Coordinates with Branch of Asset Management for the development of the Housing Needs Analysis. Reviews Facility Condition Index with Branch of Asset Management team.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

  • U.S. Citizenship Required
  • You will be required to have federal payments made by Direct Deposit
  • You may be required to successfully complete a probationary/trial period
  • A background security investigation will be required for all new hires. Appointment will be subject to the applicant's successful completion of a background security investigation and favorable adjudication.
  • If you are a male applicant 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.
  • This announcement will be used to fill vacancies utilizing the Direct-Hire Authority (5CFR 337.201). Category rating, veteran's preference, and traditional rating and ranking of applicants do NOT apply for this vacancy.
  • Indian Preference applies - Preference in filing vacancies is given to qualified Indian candidates in accordance with the Indian Preference Act of 1934 (Title25, USC Section 472).
  • Incumbent is required to operate a government motor vehicle, must possess a valid driver's license, and have safe driving record within the 4 year immediately preceding submittal of GSA Form 3607.
  • Will be required to file an OGE-450, Confidential Financial Disclosure Report Form in accordance with 5 CFR Part 2634, Subpart I.
  • Additional selections may be made from this announcement if identical vacancies occur in the same location within 90 days from the closing date.
  • The full performance level of this position is GS-13.
  • This is a supervisory position. Under provision of the Civil Service Reform Act, first-time supervisors are required to serve a one year supervisory probationary period before their appointment becomes final.
  • Supervisors who do not satisfactorily complete their probationary period will be returned to positions of no lower grade and pay than those they occupied before assuming their supervisory assignment.
  • Indian Affairs has determined that the duties of the position are suitable for telework and the selectee may be allowed to telework with supervisor approval.
  • You must possess a license or registration as a Professional Engineer. Your license or registration must be held in a state, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United States.
  • All applicants must submit copies of a full set of transcripts and Professional Engineer license along with their applicant to verify qualification requirements.
  • This position is required to annually complete the OGE-450 Confidential Financial Disclosure Report and have the document approved by the ethics officer.

Qualifications

Specialized Experience:

GS-13: To qualify at the GS-13 grade level, you must have at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-12 grade level performing of the following: (1) Managing a facilities planning and design program; (2) Preparing or reviewing planning and design cost estimates and/or budgets; (3) Presenting program information orally and in writing; and (4) Assigning work to subordinates in an engineering or architectural field.

Selective Placement Factor Requirement: This position has the following Selective Placement Factors that will be used to screen candidates: Registration as a Professional Engineer is required. Your license or registration must be held in a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United States.

All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.

Education

If you are qualifying based on your education, you MUST provide transcripts or other documentation to support your educational claims. Unless otherwise stated: (1) official or unofficial transcripts are acceptable, or (2) you may submit a list with all of your courses, grades, semester, year, and credit for the course. All materials must be submitted by the closing date of the announcement.

If more than 10 percent of your undergraduate course work (credit hours) were taken on a pass/fail basis, your claim of superior academic achievement must be based upon class standing or membership in an honor society.

One academic year of graduate education is considered to be the number of credits hours your graduate school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study. Such study may have been performed on a full-time or part-time basis. If you cannot obtain your graduate school's definition of one year of graduate study, 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) should be considered as satisfying the requirement for one year of full-time graduate study.

If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education which shows the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: FOREIGN EDUCATION

Additional information

Indian Preference Policy: Preference in filling vacancies is given to qualified Indian candidates in accordance with the Indian Preference Act of 1934 (Title 25, USC Section 472). Verification form BIA-4432 must be submitted with the application if claiming Indian Preference. No other documents will be accepted as proof of Indian Preference.

All new hires earn the beginning salary of their pay grade (Step 1). See 2024 Salary Tables here and select the duty station from Albuquerque, New Mexico to choose the appropriate pay chart. If no specific chart is listed for this geographic location, see the "rest of U.S." chart.

This position has been designated as an Incidental Operator under the Indian Affairs Motor Vehicle Safety Program and requires the incumbent to operate a motor vehicle in order to properly carry out his/her assigned duties but whose principal duties are not operating a motor vehicle and his/her position is not classified as a motor vehicle operator. The incumbent will be required annually to acknowledge and certify possession of a valid state driver's license.

Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) OR Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) Programs provides placement assistance to permanent Federal employees who are surplus, displaced, or involuntarily separated. Applicants claiming CTAP/ICTAP eligibility must submit a copy of their most recent performance appraisal, proof of eligibility, and most current SF50 noting position, grade level, duty location with their application. To be considered under CTAP/ICTAP, applicants must be qualified (i.e., meet the minimum qualification requirements, including any selective placement factors; education, and experience requirements), and be able to perform the duties of the position upon entry. For more information visit: http://www.opm.gov/rif/employee_guides/career_transition.asp

Note: Bargaining Unit Status Dependent on Geographical Location.

TRAVEL AND RELOCATION EXPENSES WILL NOT BE AUTHORIZED. ANY RELOCATION EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH REPORTING FOR DUTY WILL BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE SELECTED EMPLOYEE.

Benefits

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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.

Your resume will be evaluated after the closing date to determine whether you meet the minimum qualification requirements for this position described above.

Under this Direct-Hire announcement, all applicants who meet the minimum requirements at the grade level for which they apply will be forwarded to the Selecting Official for consideration. Veteran's Preference and category rating DO NOT APPLY for this announcement under Direct-Hire Authority regulations.

All qualified candidates will be referred for consideration; the hiring office may conduct interviews at their discretion.

If an applicant's resume is incomplete or does not support the requirements for minimum qualifications or specialized experience a rating of "ineligible" or "not qualified" will be applied and no consideration for employment will be granted.

The job specific questions identified in the assessment questionnaire relate to the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities and other characteristics) required to do the work of this position, therefore, your resume should contain sufficient information to demonstrate possession of these competencies as indicated by your responses to the assessment questions:

  • Contracting/Procurement
  • Financial Management
  • Managing Human Resources
  • Oral Communication
  • Planning and Evaluating
  • Problem Solving


Note: If, after reviewing your resume and/or supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications and or experience, you may be found ineligible. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating. Providing inaccurate information on Federal documents could be grounds for non-selection or disciplinary action up to including removal from the Federal service.

You may preview the assessment questions here in the https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12618021. Additional selections may be made from this announcement if identical vacancies occur within 90 days from the closing date.

Required Documents

The following documents are required for this position:

  • Resume which details work experience including dates worked (mm/yy-mm/yy); position title; position series and grade (if federal service); work schedule; hours worked per week; relevant duties performed; supervisor with contact information, and 3 professional references and contact information (Do not include current/former supervisors), etc. Important! If your resume does not show complete information for each job entry, your application will be considered incomplete. Specifically:
  • On-line Assessment Questionnaire
  • Transcripts (if using education to qualify) - Unofficial transcripts are acceptable; however, an official transcript may be requested at a later time.
  • Form BIA-4432, Verification of Indian Preference for Employment (if claiming Indian Preference).
  • If you are applying under CTAP and ICTAP, you MUST submit proof of eligibility under 5 CFR 330.602(a) for CTAP and 5 CFR 330.704 for ICTAP. This includes a copy of the agency notice, a copy of your most recent performance rating, and a copy of your most recent SF-50 (Notification of Personnel Action) showing your position, grade level, and duty location. Please annotate your application to reflect that you are applying as a CTAP or ICTAP eligible.
If you are unable to apply online, require reasonable accommodation in the application process if you are an applicant with a disability, or need to fax a document you do not have in electronic form, view the following link for information regarding an Alternate Application.

ALL DOCUMENTS MUST BE RECEIVED BY 11:59 PM Eastern Time ON THE CLOSING DATE OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. If your application package is incomplete in any way, you will not be considered for this position, and requests for extensions will not be granted. Please double check your application package before you submit it.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WILL NOT BE SOLICITED OR ACCEPTED BY THIS OFFICE.

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

ONLINE APPLICATION SUBMISSION:

To apply for this position, you must complete the online application and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section below.

To begin, click Apply to access the online application.
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Follow the prompts to select your résumé and/or other supporting documents to be included with your application package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your application before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process.

After acknowledging you have reviewed your application package, complete the Include Personal Information section as you deem appropriate and click to continue with the application process.

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Complete the online application, verify the required documentation is included with your application package, and submit the application.
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Agency contact information

Diane Manzavinos
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12220 Sunrise Valley Dr., Room 4047
Reston, VA 20191
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