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Select the appropriate answer to each of the following questions based on your background and experience that demonstrates your ability to perform the duties of this position. When answering the assessment, remember that your experience and education are subject to verification by investigation. You may be asked to provide specific examples or documentation of experience or education as proof to support your answers, or you may be required to verify a response by a practical demonstration of your claimed ability to perform a task.
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Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
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Do you possess a degree in professional engineering? 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. (TRANSCRIPTS REQUIRED)
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Do you have a sufficient 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 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. The adequacy of such background must be demonstrated by one of the following:
- 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.
- 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. Applicants who have passed the EIT examination and have completed all the requirements for either (a) a bachelor's degree in engineering technology (BET) from an accredited college of university that included 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences, or (b) a BET from a program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) may be rated eligible for certain engineering positions at GS-5. Eligibility is limited to positions that are within or closely related to the specialty field of the engineering technology program. Applicants for positions that involve highly technical research, development, or similar functions requiring an advanced level of competence in basic science must meet the basic requirements in paragraph A. 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.
- 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 in paragraph A.
- 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. (The above examples of related curricula are not all-inclusive.) (TRANSCRIPTS/SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION/DETAILED FEDERAL RESUME REQUIRED)
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Do you possess at least one (1) full year of specialized experience that equipped you with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the duties of this position at the GS-13 grade level? This experience must have been equivalent to at least the GS-12 level in Federal service. Examples of specialized experience include: experience on land development projects and related cemetery planning, design, and construction concepts; reviewing preliminary engineering reports and related design documents (drawings and specifications); experience negotiating with Architects and Engineers in the preparation of design documents; and developing and revising agency engineering standards; experience with the contracting process to include writing specifications for projects, performing quality assurance reviews; experience with engineering practices involving construction, planning, cost factoring, energy applications, and standard trade practices. Evidence of this specialized experience must be supported by detailed documentation of like duties performed in positions held on your resume. You also need to provide work experience information such as hours per week, salary, and starting/ending dates of employment (month and year format) to establish you have one (1) full year of specialized experience at the required grade level).
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Time-in-Grade Restriction - 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. These applicants must have held the GS-12 grade or higher for a year in order to meet this requirement for the GS-13 level of this vacancy. The grade may have been in any occupation but must have been held in the Federal service.
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Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
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Provide professional engineering expertise in other areas such as, special studies, cost comparisons, landscape plans, and general operating expense program.
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Review and evaluate renovation drawings and work to ensure compliance.
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Perform research and studies in connection with various associated problems and furnish detailed written reports adding recommendations.
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Develop preliminary and working drawings for site, civil, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and other systems, along with some architectural designs.
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Prepare construction drawings using computer-aided design (CAD) software.
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Perform as the Project Engineer during the construction phase.
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Review master plans, environmental impact statements, construction documents, and design documents prepared by Architectural Engineering (A/E) firms or other entities to determine completeness, engineering compliance with standards and codes, constructability, and maintainability.
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Conduct surveys to assess the condition of facilities, infrastructure, and site assets; identifies deficiencies; recommends corrective actions utilizing either in-house resources/staff and/or procured solutions.
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Perform field investigations to gain firsthand knowledge and to gather architectural and engineering data necessary to document conditions for design, construction, and engineering records.
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Collect data, review and assist in the development of the annual and five-year plan construction and maintenance program.
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Develop cost estimates for planning and budget stages using available bid experience, empirical cost data or other guides, making adaptations and adjustments for locality cost site differences, square footage differences, variations in materials, escalation and inflation factors, etc.
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Serve as a general project engineer responsible for the engineering analysis, development, design and the preparation of complete plans and specifications for new engineering projects.
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Assist the supervisory general engineer in the oversight of construction projects.
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Coordinate with financial program administrators and make adjustments to project scopes and estimates.
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Identify, create, assemble, coordinate, and review material for projects.
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Prepare needs assessments, review appropriate technical specifications, prepare required documentation, and execute contracts.
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Assist with pre-bid site visits and inspections with contractors and government personnel.
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Administer contracts, procurement, and acquisition segments to include development and writing of contract work statements, review of contract work statements, technical evaluations of contractor proposals, vendor negotiation of goods and/or services, agreement of associated costs, deliverable timetables; field surveys of projects, and monitoring contractor performance and invoice payments.
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Facilitate work change orders, work stop orders, and/or default action.
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Write and/or assemble detailed specifications for construction and/or renovation projects.
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Assist, provide written and verbal guidance, and monitor Contracting Officer's Representatives.
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Communicate data collection, train, and advise on the interpretation, implementation of, and compliance with environmental engineering policy directives and programs that embrace a range of subjects directly or indirectly concerned with public safety and/or the protection of natural resources.
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Review environmental impact statements.
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Research possible sources of energy conservation and incorporate them into the basic design criteria.
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