- Position Title
- Interdisciplinary General Engineer/Physical Scientist
- Agency
- Department of Energy - Agency Wide
- Announcement Number
- 24-FE-00494-12480066-IMP Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Friday, July 19, 2024 to Monday, July 29, 2024
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Eligibilities
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Are you a current career/career-conditional federal employee at the Department of Energy applying for a PROMOTION to a position with a higher grade/pay band or higher promotion potential than you previously held on a permanent basis?
Note: also select "Yes" if applying for a change-to-lower grade (CTLG) to a position with higher promotion potential than you previously held on a permanent basis.
Check the REQUIRED DOCUMENTS section in the job announcement for instructions to support your eligibility to apply for this vacancy.
Note: also select "Yes" if applying for a change-to-lower grade (CTLG) to a position with higher promotion potential than you previously held on a permanent basis.
Check the REQUIRED DOCUMENTS section in the job announcement for instructions to support your eligibility to apply for this vacancy.
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Are you a current career/career-conditional federal employee at the Department of Energy applying for a REASSIGNMENT, CHANGE-TO-LOWER GRADE, or REPROMOTION and you currently or previously held a position with the same grade/pay band or higher and the same or higher promotion potential on a permanent basis?
Check the REQUIRED DOCUMENTS section in the job announcement for instructions to support your eligibility to apply for this vacancy.
Check the REQUIRED DOCUMENTS section in the job announcement for instructions to support your eligibility to apply for this vacancy.
Preferences
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Select the series you want to be considered for. You must choose at least one series.
Conditions of Employment
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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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, son-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 you served under a Political Appointment in the Federal Government within the last five (5) years?
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Please list the title, agency and dates of the appointments
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I declare under penalty of perjury, that all statements contained in this application and any accompanying documents are true and correct, with full knowledge that all statements made in this application are subject to investigation and that any false or dishonest answer to any question may be grounds for disqualification and loss of consideration.
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Are you currently receiving an annuity from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) for FERS or CSRS service as a retired U.S. Federal civilian employee?
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When this departmental element completes their selections, the remaining list of qualified candidates may be shared with hiring managers and Human Resources specialists within the Department of Energy who are hiring for similar positions. Please opt-in here if you would like your name, application material, and assessment results shared with additional departmental elements within the Department of Energy. There is no guarantee of further consideration, and you can continue to explore other job opportunity announcements.
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This position requires the incumbent to submit a Financial Disclosure Statement, OGE-450, Executive Branch Personnel Confidential Financial Disclosure Report upon entering the position and annually (5CFR Part 2634, Subpart I USOGE, 6/08). Are you willing to comply with this requirement?
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Instructions: To provide the hiring manager an opportunity to consider your accomplishments, you may submit/attach copies of your performance appraisals and/or incentive award justification as part of your application by uploading these documents into USA Staffing.
All current Federal employees must have at least a fully successful or equivalent performance rating or higher, to be considered for competitive placement. Competitive Federal employees who have a current unacceptable performance rating will be excluded from consideration.
All current Federal employees must have at least a fully successful or equivalent performance rating or higher, to be considered for competitive placement. Competitive Federal employees who have a current unacceptable performance rating will be excluded from consideration.
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Have you received awards or been recognized as part of your annual performance appraisal for work that was based on one or more of the competencies described in this vacancy announcement?
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This position is eligible for full-time remote work. If selected, I understand that I will be required to sign a remote work agreement after entry into the position. Further, I understand that work may only be performed from a location in the U.S.
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I understand that the responses in this questionnaire must be fully supported in my online resume. I further understand that my resume must provide detailed descriptions and/or examples of my knowledge and competencies as required in the vacancy announcement, and that my failure to do so may result in my being rated "ineligible" or "not qualified" for this position.
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I have read this Vacancy Announcement thoroughly and understand that supplemental documentation may be required. I further understand that I will not be considered if my supplemental documentation is not received in the Servicing Personnel Office by the closing date of the announcement.
Assessment 1
Thank you for your interest in the Interdisciplinary General Engineer/Physical Scientist position with Department of Energy. Your resume and the responses you provide to this assessment questionnaire will be used to determine if you are among the best qualified for this position. Your responses are subject to verification. Please review your responses for accuracy before you submit your application.
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801 - Choose one answer that best describes your education and/or experience.
2.
1301 - Choose one answer that best describes your education and/or experience.
3.
GS-15 - Choose the answer that best describes your experience.
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Please indicate what position(s) on your resume supports this response (such as title, organization & date). If not applicable, put N/A.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
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Administer authoritative leadership and/or direction to pioneering engineering and/or scientific development efforts in order to achieve new and innovative capabilities relative to the use of energy resources, environmental cleanup or development of new technologies, and the impacts of energy production on society or the national economy.
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Utilize extensive technical and programmatic knowledge to identify trends, cause-effect relationships and preclude problems.
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Develop long range plans with intermediate goals and resource requirements, taking into consideration financial and technical constraints.
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Develop budget scenarios for multi-year program plans.
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Evaluate programs for progress against established goals and to identify potential problems and initiates, or recommends, as appropriate, corrective or preventive actions to avoid or minimize problems.
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Manage programs and/or projects of outstanding scope, difficulty and complexity that enable accomplishment of organizational missions and goals.
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Present at major professional conferences, meetings, technology and working groups and private industry in order to provide up-to-date information pertaining to scientific development within the industry.
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Convey technical information and/or industry updates to leadership, in relation to engineering or physical science programs.
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Serve as a recognized technical authority in the engineering or physical science profession.
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Serve as an authoritative consultant to top level management officials and to a broad consortium of engineering or physical science experts outside of the organization.
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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.