- Position Title
- General Engineer (DIRECT HIRE)
- Agency
- Department of Energy - Agency Wide
- Announcement Number
- 23-CEC-0801-11761345-DHR Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Monday, December 12, 2022 to Tuesday, April 11, 2023
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Eligibilities
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Do you claim Veterans’ Preference?
Preferences
1.
Select the lowest grade you are willing to accept for this position.
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Do any of your relatives work for the agency to which you are applying? If so, please list any applicable names below. Please enter N/A in the text box, if not Applicable. (Include: father, mother, husband, wife, son, daughter, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, first cousin, nephew, niece, father-in-law, mother-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, stepfather, stepmother, stepson, stepdaughter, stepbrother, stepsister, half brother, and half sister).
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Are you currently serving or have served in the last five (5) years in a Political Appointment in the Federal Government?
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Please list the title, agency and dates of the appointments
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This position requires a security clearance. Failure to obtain and maintain the required security clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal. Are you able to obtain or maintain a security clearance?
This position may have pre-employment requirements and conditions for continued employment. Your answers to the questions in this section will indicate your understanding of, possession of, and the ability to obtain and maintain these requirements and conditions.
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The vacancies filled with this Public Notice have varying levels of security clearance requirements. Which of the following investigative requirements are you willing to obtain and maintain for consideration with the Department of Energy? (Select each that you are willing to accomplish)
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This public notice can be used for filling vacancies with varying supervisory levels. Select all of the supervisory levels you are willing to be considered for. Note: If selected for a supervisory position, you will be required to complete a supervisory probationary period (if not yet completed previously).
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I understand my application expires every 120 days, and I am limited to 4 geographical locations, and it is necessary to re-apply to continue receiving consideration for these positions.
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Term appointments are non-status, nonpermanent appointments of limited duration of more than 1 year, but not more than 4 years. The appointment to a term position does not confer eligibility for promotion, reassignment, or transfer to other positions or the ability to be non-competitively converted to permanent employment. Would you accept a term appointment?
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Temporary appointments are non-status, nonpermanent appointments for a specified period not to exceed 1 year. The appointment may be extended up to a maximum of 1 additional year (24 months of total service). The appointment to a temporary position does not confer eligibility for promotion, reassignment, or transfer to other positions or the ability to be non-competitively converted to permanent employment. Would you accept a temporary position?
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Permanent appointments are status appointments without an ending date. There are two categories for permanent appointments. A permanent career-conditional appointment is the first career-type appointment, and the appointee must complete a 1-year probationary period. A career appointment begins once an employee has completed the probationary period(s) and three years of permanent, substantially continuous creditable service in the competitive service. Would you accept a permanent career-conditional or career appointment?
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I understand I am strongly encouraged to express interest through the DOE Applicant Portal to receive additional consideration. I also understand failure to do so may result in loss of consideration for BIL/IRA positions.
Assessment 1
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Please select the best response on how you meet the required education requirements for the 0801 series.
You must meet the Basic Education Requirement listed below in order to qualify for this series.
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 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:
- 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.
- Written Test -- Evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE)2 examination or any other written test required for professional registration by an engineering licensure board in the various States, the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico.
- 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.
- 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.)
Please select the best response on how you meet the required education requirements for the 0801 series.
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FOR GS-11: You must have one year of experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-09 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience includes:
OR COMBINATION: You may qualify on a combination of education and experience, the total percentage of experience at the required grade level compared to the specialized experience requirement, as well as the percentage of completed education compared to the educational requirement must equal at least 100 percent. Only graduate level education in excess of 36 semester hours (54 quarter hours), may be used to combine education and experience.
Select the answer that best describes your experience and/or education as it directly relates to the experience statement listed in the Qualifications Section of the Vacancy Announcement.
- Assisting or participating in projects that may deal with renewable energy; fossil, energy transmission, energy efficiency, distribution and storage (including electric battery/storage), biomass fields; nuclear energy; or advanced vehicle manufacturing.; AND
- Participating in pre-construction reviews of design calculations, analyses, permits, or specifications.; AND
- Participating in the preparation of information using computer/computer aided software, etc., to solve engineering problems, statements of work, review system design calculations, costs estimates, analyses, drawings, and specifications to ensure compliance with project requirements.
OR COMBINATION: You may qualify on a combination of education and experience, the total percentage of experience at the required grade level compared to the specialized experience requirement, as well as the percentage of completed education compared to the educational requirement must equal at least 100 percent. Only graduate level education in excess of 36 semester hours (54 quarter hours), may be used to combine education and experience.
Select the answer that best describes your experience and/or education as it directly relates to the experience statement listed in the Qualifications Section of the Vacancy Announcement.
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FOR GS-12: You must have one year of experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience includes:
Select the answer that best describes your experience as it directly relates to the experience statement listed in the Qualifications Section of the Vacancy Announcement.
- Applying engineering theories, concepts, principles, standards and methods.; AND
- Assisting in preparing specifications and guides related to technical engineering projects.; AND
- Preparing technical reports as it relates to infrastructure, equipment, or components.; AND
- Assisting in providing project management services for infrastructure maintenance, construction, or improvements for diverse projects (.i.e. renewable energy and fuels, energy efficiency, energy transmission, distribution and storage (including electric battery/storage), and biomass fields; geothermal and hydro-power generation; or hydrogen energy technologies).
Select the answer that best describes your experience as it directly relates to the experience statement listed in the Qualifications Section of the Vacancy Announcement.
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FOR GS-13: You must have one year of experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience includes:
Select the answer that best describes your experience as it directly relates to the experience statement listed in the Qualifications Section of the Vacancy Announcement.
- Applying comprehensive engineering theories, concepts, principles, standards, and methods.; AND
- Producing detailed designs and providing advice on renewable energy; fossil energy, energy efficiency, transmission, distribution and storage (including electric battery/storage), bio-energy; or nuclear energy.; AND
- Negotiating cost of changes with contractor representatives.; AND
- Evaluating and resolving problems and issues affecting the quality, scheduling, budgeting, or progress of work performed in completing projects.
Select the answer that best describes your experience as it directly relates to the experience statement listed in the Qualifications Section of the Vacancy Announcement.
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FOR GS-14: You must have one year of experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility p to the GS-13 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience includes:
Select the answer that best describes your experience as it directly relates to the experience statement listed in the Qualifications Section of the Vacancy Announcement.
- Providing on-site assistance with production, efficiency, environmental compliance, licensing and permitting issues.; AND
- Interpreting technical policy, procedures, design criteria, payment schedules, standards and specifications.; AND
- Leading projects that deal with advanced technology vehicle manufacturing (ATVM), renewable energy, fossil energy, energy efficiency, transmission, distribution and storage (including electric battery/storage), bio-energy, or nuclear energy.; AND
- Advising management personnel involved in the development of project requirements for services, construction, and supplies.
Select the answer that best describes your experience as it directly relates to the experience statement listed in the Qualifications Section of the Vacancy Announcement.
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FOR GS-15: You must have one year of experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility p to the GS-14 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience includes:
- Extending and modifying existing techniques and developing new approaches to provide structurally sound and secure facilities or infrastructure.; AND
- Performing technical reviews to report on operations, production, efficiency, environmental compliance, licensing and permitting issues.; AND
- Preparing project time schedules, costs estimates, reviewing system design calculations, and reviewing drawings and specifications to ensure compliance with project requirements.
NOTE: There is no substitution of education for specialized experience at the GS-15 level.
Select the answer that best describes your experience as it directly relates to the experience statement listed in the Qualifications Section of the Vacancy Announcement.
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Your responses to the Announcement and Assessment Questionnaires, along with your resume and all supporting documentation are subject to evaluation and verification to ensure accuracy. Please take this opportunity to review your responses to ensure their accuracy.