Summary

The USACE Europe District, Programs and Project Management Division, Environmental Branch, seeks a GS-12 Project Engineer. The incumbent coordinates European military installation projects (planning, design, construction, RAM) across all life cycle phases, leveraging engineering expertise.

Position Overview

Pay Scale & Grade:

GS-12

Location:

Wiesbaden, Germany - 1 Vacancy

Remote Job:

No

Telework Eligible:

Situational/Unscheduled Telework only

Work Schedule:

Full-time

Travel Required:

25% or less — Up to 25% Temporary Duty Travel (TDY) may be required.

Relocation expenses reimbursed:

Relocation (PCS) expenses may be authorized (subject to available budget) if the selecting official determines the relocation is in the best interests of the government.

Appointment Type:

Permanent

Work schedule:

Full-time

Service:
Competitive

Promotion potential:

None

Supervisory status:

No

Security clearance:

Not required

Drug test:
Not required

Financial disclosure:

Yes — Confidential Financial Disclosure Report (OGE-450) required.

Duties

• Leads and coordinates full lifecycle project development, including scope, budgets, schedules, procurement, and resource allocation; prepares project management plans and funding justifications; ensures financial reporting compliance; and develops and reviews technical scopes and contract deliverables for fuels projects.

• Prepares and releases corporate group actions; secures timely funds for changes and adjusts budgets; ensures technically adequate studies and project documents; and coordinates with using agencies to define functional requirements, project scope, and design criteria.

• Prepares service schedules and cost estimates; initiates RFPs; supports contract negotiation, selection, and performance monitoring; reviews payments and progress; negotiates lost design effort; and participates in final contractor performance ratings.

• Coordinates and reviews work orders and plans for compliance and functional adequacy; manages schedules, costs, and progress; identifies and resolves issues to prevent delays; coordinates submittals and project development activities with agencies, stakeholders, and technical or managerial channels.

• Serve as the subject matter expert for fuels-related projects reviewing service order/work requests, providing recommendations to resolve stakeholder requirements, ensuring safe, completion of work, in accordance with the approved scope of work and meeting quality requirements.

• Perform tasks intended to efficiently coordinate the multitude of engineering steps required to plan, design and construct repair and maintenance projects for fuels systems and facilities within time and budget constraints.

• Serve as the point of contact for field office, stakeholders, internal leadership, and higher headquarters, for all assigned work.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: This job opportunity is open to CURRENT, PERMANENT USACE EMPLOYEES ONLY.

Conditions of Employment

• Applications must be submitted after 12:01 AM (EST) of the posted Job Posting Open Date and before 11:45 PM (EST) of the posted Job Posting Close Date to receive consideration.

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.

• Applicants must comply with the Exceptional Family Member Program requirements as outlined in the DoD Instruction 1315.19.

• Must be able to satisfy the requirements of the 26JUL12 DODI 1400.25 V1230, DoD Civilian Personnel Management System: Employment in Foreign Areas and Employee Return Rights. Visit http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/140025v1230.pdf.

• U.S. citizens overseas under ordinarily resident status are not eligible for appointment under the Status of Forces Agreement.

• A valid driver's license in one of the 50 U.S. states or possessions is required.

• Hiring incentives may be authorized (subject to available budget).

• Must be willing and able to obtain and maintain a valid US Tourist and Official passport for the duration of employment.

• Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.

• You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship.

• Direct Deposit of Pay is required.

Additional Information

• This is an Engineers and Scientists Career Field position.

• The initial length of this overseas tour is 36 months.

• Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement.

• Locality pay does not apply in the overseas area.

• If an employee brings a child to an overseas location and that child is entitled to attend a DoD school on a space-required basis in accordance with DoDEA Regulation 1342.13, the DoDEA and the Military Department responsible for providing related services will ensure that the child, if eligible for special education, receives a free appropriate public education, including related services pursuant to DoDI 1342.12 and DoDM 1342.12.

• If an employee brings an infant or toddler (up to 3 years of age) to an overseas location, and that infant or toddler, but for the child's age, is entitled to attend the DoDEA on a space-required basis in accordance with DoDEA Regulation 1342.13, then the Military Department responsible for EIS will provide the infant or toddler with the required EIS in accordance with the eligibility criteria consistent with DoDI 1342.12 and DoDM 1342.12.

• Employees (and family members) who require medical or dental care in the overseas location will be responsible for obtaining and paying for such care. Access for civilian employees and their families to military medical and dental treatment facilities is on a space-available and reimbursable basis only.

• Medical and dental care may be provided by host nation providers. The availability and level of care at host nation medical and dental facilities will vary by location.

• Selectees may receive certain foreign area benefits such as: Living Quarters Allowance (LQA) or government quarters, home leave, etc. Selectees will have their eligibility for foreign area benefits determined at the time of hire in accordance with Department of State Standardized Regulation (DSSR) and DoDI 1400.25 volume 1250.

• For positions in a foreign country, that country's laws or international agreements may have a direct impact on the ability of an employee's same sex domestic partner or spouse to accompany the employee and receive certain benefits. If you believe you may be affected by these laws and agreements, you should familiarize yourself with relevant information and direct questions concerning a specific country (Foreign Duty Location) to the appropriate Army Human Resources point of contact prior to the acceptance of employment and your entrance on duty.

• Defense National Relocation Program will not be authorized.

• When you perform a Civilian Permanent Change of Station (PCS) with the government, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) considers the majority of your entitlements to be taxable. Visit https://www.dfas.mil/civilianemployees/civrelo/Civilian-Moving-Expenses-Tax-Deduction/ for more information.

• Payment of Permanent Change of Station (PCS) costs is authorized, subject to the provisions of the Joint Travel Regulations.

Basic Requirement for Engineer:
A. Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (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

B. 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), 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) examination, or any other written test required for professional registration, by an engineering licensure board in the various States, the District of Columbia, Guam, or 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 includes the courses specified in A above. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program.

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 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.

Basic Requirement for Architect:
A. Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in architecture or in a related field that included 60 semester hours of course work in architecture or related disciplines of which at least (1) 30 semester hours were in architectural design, and (2) 6 semester hours were in each of the following: structural technology, properties of materials and methods of construction, and environmental control systems.

OR

B. Combination of Education and Experience: College-level education, training, and/or technical experience that furnished (1) a thorough knowledge of the arts and sciences underlying professional architecture, and (2) a good understanding, both theoretical and practical, of the architectural principles, methods, and techniques and their applications to the design and construction or improvement of buildings. The adequacy of such background must be demonstrated by at least one of the following: (1) Related Curriculum - Degree in architectural engineering provided the completed course work in architectural engineering provided knowledge, skills, and abilities substantially equivalent to those provided in the courses specified in statement A above, or (2) Experience: 1 year of experience in an architect's office or in architectural work for each year short of graduation from a program of study in architecture. In the absence of any college courses, 5 years of such experience is required. This experience must have demonstrated that you have acquired a thorough knowledge of the fundamental principles and theories of professional architecture.

How you will be evaluated

Once the announcement has closed, a review of your application will be used to determine whether you meet the qualification requirements listed on this announcement.

Management and the Human Resources Office will review your resume to ensure you meet the hiring eligibility and qualification requirements listed in this announcement. You will be rated based on the information provided in your resume, along with your supporting documentation.

If, after reviewing your resume and/or supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications and/or experience, you may lose consideration for this position. Please follow all instructions carefully when applying. Errors or omissions may affect your eligibility.

If selected, you may be required to provide additional supporting documentation.

Your complete application includes your resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and documents which prove your eligibility to apply. If you fail to provide these documents, you will be marked as having an incomplete application package, and you will not be considered any further.

1. Your resume:

• Your resume must be two pages or less and must support the specialized experience described in this announcement. Resumes exceeding two pages will be removed from consideration.

• For each relevant work experience, make sure you include the employer's name, job title, start and end dates (include month and year), for qualifications purposes, the number of hours worked per week, and a brief description that shows you can perform the tasks at the required level listed in the job announcement. If your resume does not contain this information, your application may be marked as incomplete, and you may not receive consideration for this position.

• Use plain language. Avoid using acronyms and terms that are not easily understood. The hiring agency will not make assumptions about what's in your resume.

• If your resume includes a photograph or other inappropriate material or content, it will not be used to make eligibility and qualification determinations, and you may not be considered for this vacancy.

• For additional information, to include formatting tips, see: What to include in your resume.

2. Other supporting documents:

• At this time, you do not need to provide additional documents (college transcripts, DD-214, professional certifications). However, a USACE HR representative may request such copies in the future. Please be prepared to produce such documents upon request. See: Transcripts and Licenses

NOTE: Resumes submitted as part of the application, as well as supplemental documents provided upon request, may be shared beyond the Human Resources Office. Some supplemental documents such as military orders and marriage certificates may contain personal information for someone other than you. You may sanitize these documents to remove another person's personal information before providing them. You may be asked to provide an un-sanitized version of the documents if you are selected to confirm your eligibility.