General Engineer/Landscape Architect/Architect/Civil Engineer/Mechanical Engineer (Project Manager)

This position located in Denali National Park and Preserve or in Anchorage, AK, in the Maintenance Division. Incumbent may select either duty location. If duty stationed in Anchorage, you will be required to travel to Denali up to 5 nights per month.

The position is responsible to apply technical expertise for construction, rehabilitation, and maintenance of all facilities at Denali National Park and Preserve (DENA).

Qualifications:

Requirements Continued...
This probationary period is an extension of the appointment process and therefore requires the agency to determine if continued employment would advance the public interest, meet the organization goals and mission of the agency, and/or otherwise promote the efficiency of the service. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, the agency will consider:

• your performance and conduct;
• the needs and interests of the agency;
• whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and
• whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.

Under applicable law, the employment of an individual serving a probationary or trial period automatically terminates when that period ends unless the agency affirmatively certifies, in writing, that the individual's employment should continue and that their appointment should be finalized. In the absence of agency action to affirmatively certify continued employment beyond the probationary or trial period, such appointments are terminated.

Upon completion of your probationary period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-06/08/2026-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement.

Credit will be given for all appropriate qualifying experience. To receive credit for experience, your resume MUST clearly indicate the nature of the duties and responsibilities for each position, starting and ending dates of employment (month/year), and the resume must reflect full and/or part-time or total number of hours worked (i.e., work 40 hours a week, rather than indicating full-time). If part-time, the hours must be annotated to be able to pro-rate the amount of qualified specialized experience.

To qualify for the Project Manager GS-12 position, you must meet following requirements in order to be eligible for this position:

Selective Placement Factor: This position requires the incumbent to possess and maintain a license as a registered Professional Engineer or Architecture license from a state or territory of the United States. Candidates who do not meet this requirement by close of this announcement will receive no further consideration for this position. ** Note - the Professional Engineering or Architecture license must be attached to the application package.

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You must meet one of the following Basic Requirements (in one or more of the below job series) in order to be eligible for this position:

General Engineer - Civil Engineer - Mechanical Engineer: GS-0801/0810/0830:
A degree in 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) 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 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) , or licensure as a Professional Engineer (PE) by any State, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico. 2. Written Test -- Evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE)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, maybe 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

Landscape Architect: GS-0807:A degree in landscape architecture or landscape design.
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A combination of education and experience. For each year short of graduation, the applicant must have had 1 year of experience under professional leadership and guidance of such character and diversity as to be a satisfactory substitute for the required education. This experience must have included original landscape design.


** See Education Section for additional qualification requirements**

Responsibilities:

The major duties of the Project Manager position include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Apply technical expertise to Identify, quantify, and develop solutions in response to complex issues or maintenance requirements for DENA facilities.
• Develop estimates, scope of work and technical criteria to provide the substance for the contract packages assembled by the incumbent, and subsequently, the project work overseen by this position in the capacity of Contracting Officer's Representative (COR).
• Formulation and queueing of accurate project funding requests in electronic facility management systems of the National Park Service (NPS) for the purpose of obtaining funding and authorization for the work.
• Utilization of best practices and technical knowledge are requisite for development and continual maintenance of a multi-year programmatic facility management program by the incumbent for the purpose in reducing the FCI and ensuring maximum life-cycles for the park's facilities.
• Guidance and support are provided by this position to inform DENA management and agency partners' prioritization of the broader work output direction. Supervision of technical staff in the fields of work that support the output goals of this position.

Physical Demands: The work requires some physical exertion, such as long periods of standing, or recurring and considerable walking, stooping, bending, crouching, and climbing such as in performing regular and periodic construction activities, field inspections, or to observe and study work operations in an industrial, storage, or comparable work area. Incumbent may carry light items such as books, instruments, and other similar materials.

Depending on project assignments, the work may require periodic to frequent travel of up to five continuous working days, and driving a motor vehicle long distances to reach remote parks.

Working Conditions: The work is usually performed in an office setting. The work area involves everyday risks or discomforts requiring safety precautions typical of offices or meeting and training rooms. The incumbent maybe required to travel to work sites which can involve occasional exposure to conditions in production facilities, laboratories, or construction sites requiring normal safety precautions.

The incumbent may be required to participate in safety training such as fall protection, respiratory mask fit testing, or confined space entry training, as required by individual projects, to allow safe and thorough assessment of existing facilities and/or new construction.

Salary : $103,755