General Engineer

As a General Engineer working in Facilities Management Service (Projects) for the VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System,your duties will includedevelopment of and review of contract plans andspecifications for projects. The projects include, but are not limited to, Non-recurring Maintenance (NRM), Minor Projects, In-House Designed Projects, Tenant Improvement projects in leased space, etc. The incumbent serves as a technical advisor in the development and submission of the Five-Year Facility Plan and Five-year Energy Management Plan as requested.The incumbent also provides professional engineering support toall organization elements of the VA Southern Nevada healthcare System.Duties as listed are not all inclusive:

Prepares designs and specifications for hospital systems which typically involve systems for medical and dental facilities, technical and research laboratories, industrial facilities and office buildings.

Evaluates building space utilization reassignments for the potential impact on building mechanical, electrical and structural systems.

Generates clear, correct and detailed drawings and specifications for new construction or modification of existing systems for small to medium-size (up to $10M) new construction, repair and maintenance projects.

Prepares and submits detailed cost estimates for competitive bidding for a variety of assigned projects.

Reviews technical designs (drawings, specifications and cost estimates) prepared by engineering firms for: conformance with design criteria, stated goals and pertinent codes and standards; accuracy and completeness; construct ability; quality of design and economy; and provides recommendations for changes as needed.

Performs a wide range of quality assurance duties to support construction, repair and maintenance contracts including pre-bid quality assurance tasks, quality assurance inspections and performance of certain contract administration functions.

Monitors maintenance, inspections, testing and reporting of all hospital utility systems to support TJC and OSJA requirements.

Location: New VA Hospital – 6900 North Pecos Rd, North Las Vegas, NV 89081 — Schedule 7:30 – 4:00, M-F.

Position Description Title/PD#: 043520

Relocation Expenses: Relocation expenses are notauthorized for this position. Relocation/Recruitment Incentive is not authorized for this position.

BASIC EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

In applying for this Supervisory General Engineer, do you possess a bachelor’s degree in professional engineering from an accredited college or university? To be acceptable, the curriculum must,

1.Be in a school of engineering with at least one curriculum accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) as a professional engineering curriculum; 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. (TRANSCRIPT REQUIRED)

In applying for Supervisory General Engineer, you may also meet the basic requirements by possessing a combination of college level education, training, and/or technical experience that furnished you with; (1) a thorough knowledge of the physical and mathematical sciences underlying professional 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 (TRANSCRIPT REQUIRED) The adequacy of such background must be demonstrated by one of the following:

1.Professional registration – Current registration as a professional engineer 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. (DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED) Do you possess documentation of professional registration?

2. Written Test – Evidence of having successfully passed the Engineer-in-Training (EIT) examination, or the written test required for professional registration, which is administered by the Boards of Engineering Examiners in the various States, the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico. Because of the diversity in kind and quality of BET programs, graduates of other BET programs are required to complete at least 1 year of additional education or highly technical work experience of such nature as to provide reasonable assurance of the possession of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required for professional engineering competence. The adequacy of this background must be demonstrated by passing the EIT examination. (DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED) Do you possess documentation of the written test requirement?

3. Specified academic courses – Successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences and in engineering that included the courses specified in the basic requirements. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of a professional engineering curriculum as described above. (DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED)

4. Related curriculum – Successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelor’s degree in engineering technology or in an appropriate professional field, e.g., 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. (DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED) (The above examples of related curricula are not all-inclusive.)

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE

Do you possess at least one (1) year of specialized experience related to the duties of thisGeneral Engineer position? Specialized experience is experience that equipped you with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of theGeneral Engineer position, and that is typically in or related to the duties of this position. Specialized experience includes, managing engineering projectsand construction programs which includes a broad background of engineering training, education and experience in interpreting, organizing, executing and coordinating assignments which include the design, modification or development of a variety of complex layouts, and utility systems. This specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service.

For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management’s website at http://www.opm.gov/qualifications .

IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE MAY NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. If your resume does not support your questionnaire answers, we will not allow credit for your response(s).

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experinece, including volunteer experience.

Physical Requirements: Extensive walking, climbing laddersand crawling through tight spaces to inspect completed work. Exposure to outside weather conditions, dust, and high noise levels is typical throughout the constructionperiod.

Time-in-grade: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements. For a GS-12 position, you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-11 level.

You must provide a complete Application Package which includes:

1. Resume.

2. Online Questionnaire if applicable. (If faxing in your application, please make sure you fax in your responses also. If you are applying online, then you don’t need to fax in your responses).

3. If prior military service, include all copies of your DD Forms 214 (required). Applicants claiming preference based on service-connected disability, or based on being the spouse or mother of a disabled or deceased Veteran, must also complete and submit an SF 15, Application for 10-Point Veteran Preference (available at http://www.opm.gov/forms/pdf_fill/SF15.pdf ).

4 . If currently, or previously employed in the Federal System, you must include your latest Non-Award SF-50 – Notification of Personnel Action. (required). If you are, or have previously been a Federal Employee and you do not submit your most recent Non-Award SF-50 , you will be found to be not eligible for this position.

5. Copies of Educational Transcripts ( required ).

6. Please use this checklist to make sure you have included other documents required for your application, such as a copy of your transcript (if using education to qualify), documentation to support Veterans Preference claims, or ICTAP/CTAP documentation (for displaced Federal employees). You will not be contacted for additional information.

Veterans’ Preference: When applying for Federal Jobs, eligible Veterans should claim preference on the Occupational Questionnaire in the section provided and provide a legible copy of your DD214(s) and/or documentation related to your active duty service which shows dates of service, character of service (honorable, general, etc.), or dates of impending separation. Additionally, disabled veterans and others eligible for 10-point preference (such as widows or mothers of eligible Veterans) must also submit an SF-15 “Application for 10 Point Veterans Preference” with required proof as stated on the form. For more information, please visit http://www.fedshirevets.gov/job/vetpref/index.aspx .

Faxing Applications or Supporting Documents: You are encouraged to apply online. Applying online will allow you to review and track the status of your application. If you are unable to apply online or unable to upload your supporting documents to your online application, follow the directions located at the following site: Fax Options . The Vacancy ID of the job opportunity announcement is 1965752.

NOTE : If you applied online and your application is complete, do not fax the paper application (1203-FX) as this will overwrite your prior online responses and may result in you being found ineligible.