Civil Engineer, Deputy J-4 (GS-0810-14/15), (96430)

Announcement Type

Direct-Hire Authority (DHA)

Position Type

Term

Overseas

Position Not To Exceed (NTE) Time

no less than 9 months NTE 11 months

USACE Organization

South Atlantic Division (SAD) Headquarters

Locations (City, State)

Wiesbaden, Germany

Position Overview/Duties

This announcement is to recruit a Civil Engineer, Deputy J-4 (GS-0810-14/15) for Security Assistance Group deployment to Wiesbaden, Germany and may travel to Ukraine. This position is with the U.S Army. This deployment is for no less than 9 months, not to exceed 11 months. The incumbent will serve as principal and senior advisor and analyst to the Director of Manpower, Personnel and Administration Directorate, with authority and designated responsibilities for and participating in strategic planning, organizing and managing all technical and administrative functions of the Directorate. In the absence of the Director, serves fully as the Director and assumes the Director's responsibilities.  The Directorate has theater-wide responsibility for the planning, direction, and timely execution of Commander plans, goals, & objectives. 

Duties:

Responsible for coordinating general engineering support to include but not limited to facilities and construction.  Serves as the command’s alternative environmental officer, SPOD general engineering support to include but not limited to facilities and construction. Serve as the command’s alternate environmental officer, SPOD experience preferred. Serves as the SAG-U Contracting Officer Representative (COR) to synchronize and supervise Forward Field Service Representatives in Ukraine. Responsibilities include monitoring contractor’s performance, assisting in accountability of contractors, and liaising with partner forces to assist in oversight duties. Represent SAG- and the contracting officers from more than 20 program management offices across all services components, providing contract oversight and ensuring the contractor meets the terms and conditions of the contract.  Advises the SAG-U J4 director and staff on contractor quality assurance surveillance, contract performance evaluation, and reporting to facilitate accomplishment of SAG-U’s mission.  This position has forward requirements.

Other Conditions and Requirements

This job opportunity is open to CURRENT, PERMANENT FEDERAL EMPLOYEES ONLY.

This announcement is open December 06, 2024- December 23, 2024. 

Interested personnel must submit their application though the TARP/YELLO platform and be able to provide a DD-214 (if applicable). 

This opportunity is being announced through the Voluntary Internal Opportunities Program (VIOP). Current, permanent FEDERAL employees with noncompetitive eligibility to be placed in this position are eligible to apply. This Program may only be utilized for noncompetitive placements; to include voluntary reassignments, promotions not-to-exceed 120 days, voluntary changes to lower grade, details, and deployment opportunities. Employees interested in permanent or temporary promotions longer than 120 days must apply through USAJOBS, or other approved merit procedures or hiring authorities. Temporary or term employees and Department of Army Fellows assigned to USACE will not be considered for positions or assignments through VIOP.

Minimum Education/Experience Requirement:

A. 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 

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)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 1For more information about EI and EIT registration requirements, please visit the National Society of Professional Engineers website at: http://www.nspe.org. 2The FE examination is not administered by the U. S. Office of Personnel Management. For more information, please visit: http://www.nspe.org/Licensure/HowtoGetLicensed/index.html. 1 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.) 

And 

1 year equivalent to at least next lower grade level

Other Requirements: 

• Applications must be submitted after 12:01 AM (EST) of the posted Job Posting Open Date and before 11:59 PM (EST) of the posted Job Posting Close Date to receive consideration.
• All positions require the applicant to be a citizen of the United States.
• Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, are required to register for Selective Service prior to appointment.
• A trial or probationary period may be required. 
• A supervisory probationary period may be required.
• Direct deposit of pay is required.
• This position has a Temporary Duty (TDY) or business travel requirement of 30% of the time.
• Must obtain and maintain a valid U.S. Passport 
• You must be able to obtain and maintain a SECRET security clearance.
• This position is subject to a pre-employment drug screening, and random testing thereafter, to include testing based on reasonable suspicion and testing due to direct involvement with an on-duty accident.
• This position requires the completion of a pre-employment Physical Examination and an annual examination thereafter to ensure the continued, required level of physical health and ability or fitness to perform the duties of the position. Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs.
• This position requires a mobility agreement upon entry.
• The incumbent is required to file an OGE Form 450, Financial Disclosure Report upon entering on duty in this position and annually thereafter.
• This position requires that the incumbent possess or obtain and maintain a valid state Driver's License in one of the 50 U.S. states or possessions to operate vehicles
• This position requires shift work to provide coverage on evenings, weekends, holidays, or special situations.

This is an overseas position:

• Overseas positions may have a tour limitation.
• You must be able to satisfy the requirements of the 26 JUL 12 DODI 1400.25 V1230, DoD Civilian Personnel Management System: Employment in Foreign Areas and Employee Return Rights.
• You must complete and sign DD Form 2365, FEB 2000 (DoD Civilian Employee Overseas Emergency-Essential Position Agreement)

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy: The United States government does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service or other non-merit factor

To learn more, please visit the Office of Equal Opportunity (https://www.eeoc.gov/federal-sector/federal-employees-job-applicants).

Qualifications

Candidates will be evaluated IAW OPM Requirements: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data- oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=Group-Standards.

Reasonable Accommodation

Reasonable accommodation is available to qualified employees with disabilities. You can request a reasonable accommodation at any time during the application process, hiring process or while on the job. Requests are evaluated on a case-by-case basis.