Facilities Engineer

This position is located in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Chief Administrative Officer (CAO), Facilities Operation Division (FOD), Inouye Regional Center (IRC), Western Regional Center (WRC), with one vacancy in Honolulu, HI and one in Seattle, WA.

Qualifications:

Qualification requirements in the vacancy announcements are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook, which contains federal qualification standards. This handbook is available on the Office of Personnel Management's website located at: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/

BASIC REQUIREMENTS: This position has a positive Education Requirement in addition to at least one year of Specialized Experience OR substitution of education for experience OR combination (if applicable) in order to be found minimally qualified. Transcripts must be submitted with your application package. You MUST meet the following requirements:

To qualify for the 0801 series:
EDUCATION:

A. Degree: Engineering: To be acceptable, the curriculum 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.

OR

B. 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), 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) 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 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. 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.)

Note: An applicant who meets the basic requirements as specified in A or B above, except as noted under B.1., may qualify for positions in any branch of engineering unless selective factors indicate otherwise.

AND

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the next lower grade level in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular competencies/knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. This experience need not have been in the federal government.

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.

To qualify at the ZP-3 or GS-11 level:
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: In addition to meeting the Basic Requirements above, applicants must also possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the ZP-2 or GS-09 in the Federal service. Specialized experience MUST include all of the following:

• Participating in analyzing or evaluating facility systems or infrastructure to ensure safety and regulatory compliance;
• Providing assistance in maintaining or repairing facility systems or infrastructure for an office such as emergency power systems, heating ventilating and cooling (HVAC), or Building Automated Systems; and
• Participating in the development of contract plans or system specifications for construction and repair projects.

OR

SUBSTITUTION OF EDUCATION: 3 years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree or Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree.

OR

COMBINATION OF EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: A combination of successfully completed graduate-level education and specialized experience may be used to meet the total experience requirements. Note: Only graduate-level education in excess of the amount required for the next lower grade level may be combined with experience.

To qualify at the ZP-4 or GS-13 level:
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: In addition to meeting the Basic Requirements above, applicants must also possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the ZP-3 or GS-12 in the Federal service. Specialized experience MUST include all of the following:

• Analyzing and evaluating facility systems or infrastructure to ensure safety and regulatory compliance;
• Maintaining and conducting repairs for facility systems or infrastructure for an office such as emergency power systems, heating ventilating and cooling (HVAC), or Building Automated Systems; and
• Developing or preparing contract plans or system specifications for construction and repair projects.

Responsibilities:

As a Facilities Engineer, you will perform the following duties:

• Ensure critical infrastructure such as emergency power systems, heating ventilating and cooling (HVAC) and Building Automation Systems are properly maintained, operating and performing in accordance with specifications. Provide quality assurance and oversight of planned maintenance activities ensuring timely and accurate completion of scheduled maintenance and customer generated work requests to achieve maximum performance of key systems, anticipate potential failures or safety issues, and monitor scheduled/phased replacement of facility components.
• Serve as a subject matter expert (SME) with as-built drawings, engineering plans and contract specifications in order to lead technical discussions and immediately address emergent facility infrastructure issues impacting campus operations. Develop requirements, evaluate Architect/Engineer design efforts and provide design quality assurance for construction and repair projects related to specialty facilities such data centers, clean rooms, electronic labs and freezers.
• Provide timely and thorough communication for planned and unplanned outages impacting campus mission. Identify technical requirements, draft statements of work, develop independent government estimates and conduct technical evaluations.
• Serve as Contracting Officer Representative (COR) for the campus Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Contract and multiple service/support contracts or repair/construction projects, providing technical direction and oversight. Responsible for contract documents supporting repair, and O&M and construction activities.

NOTE: These duties are described at the full performance level of the ZP-4; the ZP-3 is developmental leading to such performance.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT:

• ZP-3: Requires a COR Level I certification to be obtained within nine months of Enter on Duty date.
• ZP-4: Requires COR Level III certification within 24 months of Enter on Duty date.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

• This position requires the operation of a Federal motor vehicle. Must be able to obtain & maintain a valid state driver's license to operate a government vehicle in completion of assigned tasks.

Throughout the recruitment and hiring process we will be communicating with you via email; therefore, it is imperative that the email address you provide when applying for this vacancy remains active. Should your email address change, please notify the point of contact identified in the vacancy announcement as soon as possible so that we can update our system.

Salary : $77,964