Federal Aviation Administration

Civil Engineer

Miami, FL 33186In-Person
Real Estate & Construction
Less than 5 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in engineering from an ABET-accredited program or equivalent education.
  • Professional registration as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT), or Professional Engineer (PE) in any U.S. jurisdiction.
  • One year of specialized experience in design and management of construction projects at a level equivalent to FV-H/GS-12.
  • Successful completion of relevant engineering courses focusing on physical and mathematical sciences.
  • Demonstrated proficiency in applying engineering concepts and principles.

Responsibilities

  • Manage multiple active construction projects from initiation to close-out.
  • Serve as the primary point of contact for key project stakeholders.
  • Perform technical reviews of engineering packages and contracts.
  • Coordinate procurement activities including ordering and delivery of project materials.
  • Provide technical oversight during all phases of project construction.
  • Conduct construction progress review meetings and prepare corresponding documentation.
  • Evaluate contractor performance and develop project lessons learned.

Benefits

  • Access to a comprehensive benefits package as a federal employee.
  • Eligibility for education and training opportunities.
  • Potential for job security within a permanent position.
  • Health and wellness programs for employees and families.
  • Work-life balance initiatives tailored to government employees.
Full Job Description
Summary

This position serves as a Civil Engineer for EnRoute Construction Center.

Duties

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Serves as the Construction Project Engineer, applying experience and advanced knowledge of engineering theories, principles and concepts to manage multiple active construction projects which vary in size, scope and complexity from project kick-ff through close-out. Typical duties and responsibilities include: serve as the primary point of contact for key project stakeholders; perform technical reviews of engineering packages; coordinate ordering, delivery, and installation of furniture/support equipment; ensure orders are executed and associated procurement requests are issued; provide technical oversight during project construction; review and approve construction schedules on a monthly basis; train and mentor Resident Engineers; interpret contract documents; perform construction site surveys; conduct construction progress review meetings; provide timely follow-up communications (i.e. meetings minutes, site visit reports, etc.); coordinate, schedule and participate in construction inspections including CAi's and JAl's; maintain accurate records of project funding; monitor contractor performance for quality assurance; proactively communicate with Resident Engineers, Contracting Officers, and key project stakeholders to provide timely project status reports; objectively complete contractor evaluations with accurate justifications and examples; and actively develop lessons learned from each project. Serves as a Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) for some assigned projects.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

  • US Citizenship is required.
  • Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
  • Must submit an SF50 (See Required Documents).
  • This position has a positive education requirement. Transcript(s) required.


Qualifications

BASIC REQUIREMENT: In order to qualify for this position at the FV-H/GS-12 you must possess a degree in professional 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 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.

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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:

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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 bachelors 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.)

AND demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to FV-H/FG/GS-12. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position.

Specialized experience includes: Experience with design and management of construction projects.

For additional information on qualification requirements, please visit the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) website at:

http://www.opm.gov/qualifications/Standards/IORs/gs0800/0800

Qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this vacancy announcement.

Education

This position has a positive education requirement: Applicants must submit a copy of their college or university transcripts(s) and certificates by the closing date of announcement to verify qualifications. If selected, an official transcript will be required prior to appointment. You may upload these documents with your application in USAJOBS or fax it to fax number provided in the announcement (please include announcement number on each page).

Failure to do so will result in loss of consideration.

Schools must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Accreditation may be verified at the following website: www.ed.gov/accreditation.

Foreign education must be evaluated by a private professional organization specializing in interpretation of foreign education credentials or an accredited U.S. educational institution in terms of equivalence to a degree acquired at an American college or university. A copy of the evaluation results must be included, otherwise your foreign education will not be considered.

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Additional information

We may use this vacancy to fill other similar vacant positions.

Position may be subject to a background investigation.

A one-year probationary period may be required.

The person selected for this position may be required to file a financial disclosure statement within 30 days of entry on duty. FAA policy limits certain outside employment and financial investments in aviation-related companies. www.faa.gov/jobs/workinghere/financial-disclosure-requirements

As a part of the Federal-Wide Hiring Reform Initiative (streamlining the hiring process), the FAA is committed to eliminating the use of the Knowledge, Skills and Ability (KSA) narratives from the initial application in the hiring process for all announcements. Therefore, as an applicant for this announcement, you are NOT required to provide a narrative response in the text box listed below each Leadership and Management Dimension and Technical Requirement.

In lieu of providing a KSA narrative response in the text box listed below each KSA, in your work history, please include information that provides specific examples of how you meet the response level or answer you chose for each KSA. Your work history examples should be specific and clearly reflect the highest level of ability. Your KSA answers will be evaluated further to validate whether the level that you selected is appropriate based on the work history and experience you provided. Your answers may be adjusted by a Human Resource Specialist as appropriate.

If the Agency decides to interview any qualified employee on the selection list, then all on the list who are qualified must be interviewed.

Appointment type: Permanent Full Time

Security: POS Sen 5 (Moderate Risk).

Substance Testing: Not Required.

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