Supervisory General Engineer (Ops Supervisor)

These positions are located in the Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS) Region offices. The employee serves as an Operations Supervisor and exercises direction over the activities of region staff to effectively promote, implement, and administer the pipeline safety program of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA).

 

Qualifications:

To meet the minimum qualifications for this position, you must meet the mandatory education and specialized experience requirements.

To qualify for the Grade 14, you must have at least one year of experience equal or equivalent to the GS-13, it must include:

• Experience utilizing engineering concepts, principles, and practices including the design and construction of gas and liquid pipeline failures and structures.
• Experience analyzing pipeline transportation policies in order to resolve problems, draw conclusions, and develop recommendations to improve program operations, program effectiveness, and to meet program objectives.
• Experience utilizing and exploring the principles of risk management and pipeline integrity principles and practices in order to determine critical environmental safety impacts while leading inspections.
• Experience leading a team or managing technical personnel.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (KSAs): Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies in the following areas:

• Safety Engineering: Knowledge of the concepts, principles, theories, and methods to identify, control, mitigate, and eliminate safety hazards in the design and use of facilities, equipment, operations, and work processes.
• Leadership: Influences, motivates, and challenges others; adapts leadership styles to a variety of situations.
• Communications and Media: Knowledge of the production, communication and dissemination of information and ideas to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.

For all types of consideration, experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social).  Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.  You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

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All applicants must meet all qualification requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

Responsibilities:

As a Supervisory General Engineer (Ops Supervisor), you will:

• Supervise the work of a team of region staff engineers (4-8) whose full performance level is GS-13 or higher who perform inspections and other program duties.
• Perform the full range of first-line technical and administrative supervisory responsibilities.
• Interpret and apply Federal regulations and monitoring requirements to the design, construction, maintenance and operation of natural gas and hazardous liquid pipeline systems of operators.
• Lead on-site inspections and conducts investigations of pipeline facilities involved in major accidents or failures, including providing direction and coordination to OPS and/or state teams assigned to major pipeline accidents.
• Develop and recommend to the Region Director initiatives and strategies for implementation at the region and national level to address identified pipeline safety and environmental problems.

The ideal candidate for this position is an experienced Senior General Engineer who is looking for challenging assignments. As an Operations Supervisor for a Region, you will exercise direction over the activities of region staff to effectively promote, implement, and administer the pipeline safety program of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA).

Salary : $108,173