General Engineer

Summary

Real Property Management Services (RPMA) is responsible for designing, controlling, monitoring, directing and coordinating major Departmental construction projects for the nationwide Facilities and Administrative Services Staff. Incumbent serves as an Engineer in one of the following ABET recognized engineering disciplines; Civil, Mechanical or Electrical, assisting the Assistant Director, RPMS, in the design, construction management, engineering and project management of construction projects.

Duties

• The duties and responsibilities for a General Engineer, GS-0801-13 generally include, but are not limited to, the following: Directs and manages whole projects, elements or phases of projects. Provides engineering analysis for special projects, future projects, and advanced planning of new systems. Participates in preliminary and critical design reviews. Performs planning and design work for substantial multi-phase construction, renovation and improvement projects for a variety of real property facilities, including utility systems. Provides recommendation and guidance to management and various high-level clients on the development of comprehensive planning and acquisition of new major departmental buildings or complexes.

Education

If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements, please see the statements below. You must submit a transcript, which may be unofficial, as long as it contains a full listing of courses, credit earned, grade and grade-point-average, subject area, degree(s) earned, and dates of award. Your transcript must come from a nationally accredited educational institution recognized by the Department of Education. Please do not submit electronic transcripts with documentation security protection. These may prevent our application system from accepting and processing the document. If submitting a foreign transcript, you must have the transcript reviewed by an approved foreign education review organization recognized by the Department of Education. Your transcript must also be in English or have an English translation included. Education must be reviewed and certified by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education, in order for it to be creditable towards your qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from accredited institution. FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the requirements. You must show proof the education credentials have been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in a conventional U.S. education program. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying. For special instructions pertaining to foreign education and a list of organizations that can evaluate foreign education, see the Department of Education website. If you are qualifying on foreign education, you MUST submit proof of creditability of education as evaluated by a credentialing agency. Transcripts must be uploaded with your application to verify education. All documentation must be in English or include an English translation.