- Position Title
- General Engineer
- Agency
- DHS Headquarters
- Announcement Number
- IMP-12703324-25-CRSO Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Monday, March 17, 2025 to Friday, March 21, 2025
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Eligibilities
1.
Are you a current or former federal employee displaced from the agency hiring for this position? If yes, confirm:
• you are located in the same local commuting area of the vacancy; AND,
• you are applying to a position that is at or below the grade level of the position from which you were or will be separated; AND,
• you are applying to a position that does not have greater promotion potential than the position from which you were or will be separated; AND,
• your last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or the equivalent.
For more information, review the USAJOBS Help Center.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit supporting documentation such as a Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice or a Proposed Removal/Separation notice to include your latest performance rating (if the notice does not have this information included, you must submit a copy of your most recent performance appraisal) and a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50.
• you are located in the same local commuting area of the vacancy; AND,
• you are applying to a position that is at or below the grade level of the position from which you were or will be separated; AND,
• you are applying to a position that does not have greater promotion potential than the position from which you were or will be separated; AND,
• your last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or the equivalent.
For more information, review the USAJOBS Help Center.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit supporting documentation such as a Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice or a Proposed Removal/Separation notice to include your latest performance rating (if the notice does not have this information included, you must submit a copy of your most recent performance appraisal) and a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50.
2.
Are you a currently employed as a Federal civilian employee with the Department of Homeland Security Headquarters in the Competitive Service (this does not include the following: CISA, TSA, CBP, USCIS, ICE, FEMA, U.S. Secret Service, or U.S. Coast Guard)? who has held or currently holds, a permanent competitive service position in the federal government with lesser promotion potential as this position?
To verify your eligibility as a current DHS Headquarters employee, you must submit a copy of your Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50) or equivalent personnel action form reflecting your permanent, competitive status. Your SF-50 (or equivalent personnel action form) must reflect:
• career or career-conditional (Tenure field is 1 or 2); AND,
• your status is in the competitive service (Position Occupied field is 1).
To verify your eligibility as a current DHS Headquarters employee, you must submit a copy of your Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50) or equivalent personnel action form reflecting your permanent, competitive status. Your SF-50 (or equivalent personnel action form) must reflect:
• career or career-conditional (Tenure field is 1 or 2); AND,
• your status is in the competitive service (Position Occupied field is 1).
3.
Are you a currently employed as a Federal civilian employee with the Department of Homeland Security Headquarters (this does not include the following: CISA, TSA, CBP, USCIS, ICE, FEMA, U.S. Secret Service, or U.S. Coast Guard) who has held or currently holds, a permanent competitive service position in the federal government with equal or higher promotion potential as this position?
To verify your eligibility as a current DHS Headquarters employee, you must submit a copy of your Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50) or equivalent personnel action form reflecting your permanent, competitive status. Your SF-50 (or equivalent personnel action form) must reflect:
• career or career-conditional (Tenure field is 1 or 2); AND,
• your status is in the competitive service (Position Occupied field is 1).
To verify your eligibility as a current DHS Headquarters employee, you must submit a copy of your Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50) or equivalent personnel action form reflecting your permanent, competitive status. Your SF-50 (or equivalent personnel action form) must reflect:
• career or career-conditional (Tenure field is 1 or 2); AND,
• your status is in the competitive service (Position Occupied field is 1).
Preferences
1.
In the last five years (from the closing date of this announcement) have you served, or are you currently serving, as an Executive Branch Political, Schedule C, or Non-career Senior Executive Services appointee? You can find out if you have held one of these appointment types by looking at your SF-50s, in Section 5 where the legal authorities are listed.
- A political appointee is an appointment made by the President without confirmation by the Senate (5 CFR 213.3102(c)) OR an assistant position to a top-level federal official if filled by a person designated by the President as a White House Fellow (5 CFR 213.3102(z)).
- A Schedule C appointee occupies a position excepted from the competitive service by the President, or by the Director of OPM, because of the confidential or policy-determining nature of the position duties (5 CFR 213.3301 and 5 CFR 213.3302).
- A Non-career SES appointee is approved by the White House and serves at the pleasure of the appointing official without time limitations (5 CFR 317 Subpart F).
Conditions of Employment
1.
Financial Disclosure Statement OGE Form 450 is used to assist agencies and employees to avoid conflicts between duties and financial interest. Are you willing to complete the required ethics orientation within three months of appointment and submit a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report, OGE-450, within 30 days of appointment?
2.
Successful completion of a pre-employment drug test (including marijuana) is required. A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if you fail to report to the drug test appointment or fail the test. You will be subject to random testing.
3.
Do you reside within at least 50 miles of the duty location of this position?
Assessment 1
1.
Please select one response that best describes how you meet the basic education requirement for the GS-0801, General Engineer Series.
2.
From the options below, select the one statement that best describes how you meet the minimum qualifications for an Interdisciplinary General Engineer, GS-0801-14. NOTE: Your resume must support your claim of specialized experience, i.e. where, when and how you performed the work, or you may be found ineligible.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided. Please ensure your answer are fully supported in your resume.
For each item, select the one response that most accurately describes your current level of experience and capability using the scale below.
3.
Assesses and evaluates contractor effectiveness and performance in meeting operational and contract requirements.
4.
Monitors the status of contract performance and approval of progress payments.
5.
Reviews and provides recommendations on contractor proposals resulting from change orders, scheduling, resolving problems that have arisen, and verifying deliveries.
6.
Advises on all aspects of facility planning, design and construction engineering.
7.
Builds mechanical, electrical and Information Technology systems.
8.
Plans, coordinates, monitors, and assesses or independently evaluates unique and high complex projects, including evaluation of equipment and systems of significant magnitude, scope, and difficulty.
9.
Identifies, analyzes, specifies, designs, and manages functional and infrastructure requirements.
10.
Identifying problems and determining courses of action with sound judgement of applicable codes, principles, and information to generate and evaluate alternatives.
11.
Makes recommendations and use sound reasoning to analyze information, make correct inferences, and draw accurate conclusions to address changes in programs, technological developments, and events that cannot be predicted, or have conflicting requirements.
12.
Provides authoritative findings, guidance, and recommendations on agency-wide programs.
13.
Translates functional requirements into technical requirements used for logical design, presenting alternative technologies or approaches.
14.
Identifies problems and determines courses of action with sound judgement of applicable codes, principles, and information to generate and evaluate alternatives.
15.
Defines and develops assigned facility projects' scope, requirements and deliverables with stakeholder input.
16.
Provides business case analyses of assigned projects and programs which includes return on investment analysis using the time value of money, present value concepts, quantifying tangible and intangible benefits, and new sources of innovation to address Agency needs, including technology transfer and commercialization.
17.
Ensures that all aspects of architectural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, electrical, structural, civil, construction, communications, maintenance and contracting are considered in each project.
18.
Serves as an agency technical authority for planning, coordinating, and managing existing and new construction programs.
19.
Initiates new projects or activities independently keeps informed of progress in planning, coordinating, and implementing the work and resolving conflicts.
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
20.
I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, all of the information included in this questionnaire is true, correct, and provided in good faith. I understand that if I make an intentional false statement, or commit deception or fraud in this application and its supporting materials, or in any document or interview associated with the examination process, I may be fined or imprisoned (18 U.S.C. 1001); my eligibilities may be canceled; I may be denied an appointment; or I may be removed and debarred from Federal service (5 C.F.R. part 731). I understand that any information I give may be investigated and that responding "No" or providing no response to this item will result in my not being considered for this position.