GENERAL ENGINEER
Company: usagov
Location: Rutherford
Posted on: May 28, 2023
Job Description:
Summary
About the Position: This position is located at Picatinny Arsenal,
NJ. The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM)
Armaments Center is the Army's technology leader and largest
technology developer. DEVCOM AC ensures the dominance of Army
capabilities by creating, integrating, and delivering
technology-enabled solutions to our Soldiers. DEVCOM AC is a major
subordinate command of the U.S. Army Futures Command.
This job is open to
- The public
U.S. Citizens, Nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.
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Duties
- This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing
the DHA to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in
the competitive service.
- Serves as an armaments and/or weapons maintenance engineer at
the journeyman level.
- Collaborates with team members providing support and applying
technical expertise to assigned programs and/or projects related to
the research, design, development, testing, and/or maintenance of
armaments and/or weapon systems.
- Defines, directs, or leads a variety of scientific and
technical investigations requiring theoretical, analytical, and
experimental and design studies during development and
production.
- Studies assignment to ascertain scope, nature and type of
problem; formulates approach and new and improved techniques and
establishes critical performance requirements to accomplish
project.
- Coordinates with senior management, contractors and other
Government agencies as the technical authority and spokesman in
assigned area.
- Attends meeting and conference to obtains and exchange
information.
- Acts as representative of the laboratory at meetings,
conferences or on committees as required with authority to make
decisions and commitments within any established limitations set by
higher authority.
- Performance of duties requires a professional knowledge of
either general, mechanical, electrical, electronics or computer
engineering.
Requirements
Conditions of Employment
- Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness
determination, as determined by a completed background
investigation.
- You must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret security
clearance.
- Business travel is required up to 25%.
- All applicants (including federal employees) are required to
upload official/unofficial college transcripts when applying to
positions with positive education requirements or when intending to
qualify themselves based in whole or part on education.
- College/university transcripts (official/unofficial) MUST
include name of applicant, name of college/university, type of
degree, discipline, and date degree awarded.
- This is an Army Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology
Workforce position. Selectees must meet the position requirements
for Foundational certification in ENGINEERING AND TECHNICAL
MANAGEMENT within 36 months of entry on duty date.
- Three year trial/probationary period may be required.
- Moving expenses are not authorized for this position.
- The duties of this position meet the criteria for compliance
with Federal and Department of the Army Drug Free Workplace
Programs.
- This position is subject to a pre-employment screening, and
random testing thereafter, to include testing based on reasonable
suspicion and testing due to direct involvement with an on-duty
accident.
Qualifications
Who May Apply: US Citizens
The Army Acquisition Workforce is charged with a critical mission
to cultivate innovation, design the impossible, and provide
Soldiers with what they need to be successful. This is done through
people-a workforce of more than 32,000 Army acquisition
professionals from scientists and engineers to accountants and
program managers who turn Army requirements into products and
services, managing everything from cradle to grave. Civilians make
up 96% of the Army Acquisition Workforce, and specialize in one of
six functional areas and serve in over 20 commands stationed around
the globe.
For more information, visit:
https://asc.army.mil/web/recruitment/
In order to qualify, you must meet the education and experience
requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all
qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume
must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based
on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your
application. Additional information about transcripts is in this
document.
To qualify at the DB-02 (GS-05 equivalent entry level), you must
meet the basic requirement below. Applicants who meet the basic
requirements described in the individual occupational requirements
are fully qualified for the specified entry grade.
A. Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in engineering. To
be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree
(or higher 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 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:
- 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.
- 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, or Puerto Rico
- 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 A
above. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the
requirements of an engineering program.
- 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 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.
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.
Education
***NOTE: TRANSCRIPTS ARE REQUIRED even if you are a current federal
employee.***
Only degrees from an accredited college or university recognized by
the Department of Education are acceptable to meet positive
education requirements or to substitute education for experience.
For additional information, please go to the Office of Personnel
Management (OPM) and U.S. Department of Education websites at -
http://www.opm.gov/qualifications and
http://www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html
Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the
required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must
meet the qualification requirement using experience aloneno
substitution of education for experience is permitted.
FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign
colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements,
you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a
private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign
education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to
that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit
has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or
university. For further information, visit:
http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html
Additional information
- Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a
Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service
Registration.
- You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship.
- Extended Probationary Period: The length of the probationary
period for the Engineer and Science (E&E) Occupational Family
will be three years.
- Direct Deposit of Pay is required.
- Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act Career Field
Position. This is an Army Acquisition, Logistics and Technology
Workforce position. Selectee must meet position requirements for
Engineering & Technical Management Foundational Level 1
certification within 36 months as of entrance on duty.
(Certification requirements may be found in the Defense Acquisition
University Catalog at
https://icatalog.dau.edu/onlinecatalog/CareerLvl.aspx) Information
on the Army Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology Workforce may be
found at https://asc.army.mil/.
- This position requires the incumbent be able to obtain and
maintain a determination of eligibility for a Secret security
clearance or access for the duration of employment. A background
investigation and credit check are required.
- Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department
of Defense referral system for displaced employees.
- If you have retired from federal service and you are interested
in employment as a reemployed annuitant, see the information in the
Reemployed Annuitant information sheet.
- This is a Career Field (CF) 16 - Engineers and Scientists
(Non-Construction) position
- Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement.
- Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market
Supplement.
- Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP). If
you are a Federal employee in the competitive service and your
agency has notified you in writing that you are a displaced
employee eligible for ICTAP consideration, you may receive
selection priority for this position. To receive selection
priority, you must: (1) meet ICTAP eligibility criteria (2) be
rated well-qualified for the position and; (3) submit the
appropriate documentation to support your ICTAP eligibility. To be
considered well-qualified and receive selection priority applicants
must satisfy all qualification requirements for the position and
receive a score of 90 or above. Additional information about the
program is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website.
- Payment of Permanent Change of Station (PCS) costs is not
authorized, based on a determination that a PCS move is not in the
Government interest.
- Due to COVID-19, the agency is currently in an expanded
telework posture. If selected, you may be expected to temporarily
telework, even if your home is located outside the local commuting
area. Once employees are permitted to return to the office, you
will be expected to report to the duty station listed on this
announcement within a designated time frame identified by the
organization. At that time, you may be eligible to request to
continue to telework one or more days a pay period depending upon
the terms of the agency's telework policy.
- To ensure compliance with an applicable preliminary nationwide
injunction, which may be supplemented, modified, or vacated,
depending on the course of ongoing litigation, the Federal
Government will take no action to implement or enforce the COVID-19
vaccination requirement pursuant to
Executive Order 14043
- Benefits
A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a
comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your
family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to
make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn
more about federal benefits.
Review our benefits
Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold
and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent.
Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific
benefits offered.
How You Will Be Evaluated
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the
qualifications above.
Once the announcement has closed, a review of your application
package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the
questionnaire) will be used to determine whether you meet the
qualification requirements listed on this announcement.
If, after reviewing your r--sum-- and/or supporting documentation,
a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications
and/or experience, you may lose consideration for this position.
Please follow all instructions carefully when applying, errors or
omissions may affect your eligibility.
You should list any relevant performance appraisals and incentive
awards in your resume as that information may be taken into
consideration during the selection process. If selected, you may be
required to provide supporting documentation.
Veterans and Military Spouses will be considered along with all
other candidates.
- Benefits
A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a
comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your
family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to
make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn
more about federal benefits.
Review our benefits
Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold
and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent.
Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific
benefits offered.
- Required Documents
As a new or existing federal employee, you and your family may have
access to a range of benefits. Your benefits depend on the type of
position you have - whether you're a permanent, part-time,
temporary or an intermittent employee. You may be eligible for the
following benefits, however, check with your agency to make sure
you're eligible under their policies.
The documents you are required to submit vary based on whether or
not you are eligible for preference in federal employment. A
complete description of preference categories and the associated
required documents is in the Applicant Checklist for Public
Announcements.
As described above, your complete application includes your resume,
your responses to the online questionnaire, and documents which
prove your eligibility to apply. If you fail to provide these
documents, you will be marked as having an incomplete application
package and you will not be considered any further.
1. Your resume:
- Your resume may be submitted in any format and must support the
specialized experience described in this announcement.
- If your resume includes a photograph or other inappropriate
material or content, it will not be used to make eligibility and
qualification determinations and you may not be considered for this
vacancy.
- For qualifications determinations your resume must contain
hours worked per week and the dates of employment (i.e., HRS per
week and month/year to month/year or month/year to present). If
your resume does not contain this information, your application may
be marked as incomplete and you may not receive consideration for
this position.
- For additional information see: What to include in your resume.
2. Other supporting documents:
- Cover Letter, optional
- Most recent Performance Appraisal, if applicable
- This position has an individual occupational requirement and/or
allows for substitution of education for experience. If you meet
this requirement based on education you MUST submit a copy of your
transcript with your application package or you will be rated
ineligible. See: Transcripts and Licenses NOTE: Documents submitted
as part of the application package, to include supplemental
documents, may be shared beyond the Human Resources Office. Some
supplemental documents such as military orders and marriage
certificates may contain personal information for someone other
than you. You may sanitize these documents to remove another
person's personal information before you submit your application.
You may be asked to provide an un-sanitized version of the
documents if you are selected to confirm your eligibility.
- How to Apply
To apply for this position, you must complete the online
questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the
Required Documents section above.
The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM
(EST) on 05/29/2023 to receive consideration
- To begin, click Apply to access the online application. You
will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you
do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to create one before
beginning the application
(https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/11966594).
- Follow the prompts to select your r--sum-- and/or other
supporting documents to be included with your application package.
You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to
include in your application before it is submitted. Your uploaded
documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan
process.
- After acknowledging you have reviewed your application package,
complete the Include Personal Information section as you deem
appropriate and click to continue with the application
process.
- You will be taken to the online application which you must
complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online
application, verify the required documentation is included with
your application package, and submit the application. You must
re-select your resume and/or other documents from your USAJOBS
account or your application will be incomplete.
- It is your responsibility to verify that your application
package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the
questionnaire) is complete, accurate, and submitted by the closing
date. Uploaded documents may take up to one hour to clear the virus
scan.
- Additional information on how to complete the online
application process and submit your online application may be found
on the USA Staffing Applicant Resource Center. To verify the status
of your application, log into your USAJOBS account
(https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login), all of your applications
will appear on the Welcome screen. The Application Status will
appear along with the date your application was last updated. For
information on what each Application Status means, visit:
https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/application/status/.
Agency contact information
Army Applicant Help Desk
Website
https://portal.chra.army.mil/hr_public?id=app_inq
Address
FN-W4MKAA US ARMY COMBAT CAPABILITIES DEV CMD DO NOT MAIL Picatinny
Arsenal, NJ 07806 US
Next steps
If you provided an email address, you will receive an email message
acknowledging receipt of your application. Your application package
will be used to determine your eligibility, qualifications, and
quality ranking (as applicable) for this position. If you are
determined to be ineligible or not qualified, your application will
receive no further consideration.
- Fair and Transparent
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent.
Please read the following guidance.
- Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy
- Reasonable accommodation policy
- Financial suitability
- Selective Service
- New employee probationary period
- Signature and false statements
- Privacy Act
- Social security number request Required Documents
The documents you are required to submit vary based on whether or
not you are eligible for preference in federal employment. A
complete description of preference categories and the associated
required documents is in the Applicant Checklist for Public
Announcements.
As described above, your complete application includes your resume,
your responses to the online questionnaire, and documents which
prove your eligibility to apply. If you fail to provide these
documents, you will be marked as having an incomplete application
package and you will not be considered any further.
1. Your resume:
- Your resume may be submitted in any format and must support the
specialized experience described in this announcement.
- If your resume includes a photograph or other inappropriate
material or content, it will not be used to make eligibility and
qualification determinations and you may not be considered for this
vacancy.
- For qualifications determinations your resume must contain
hours worked per week and the dates of employment (i.e., HRS per
week and month/year to month/year or month/year to present). If
your resume does not contain this information, your application may
be marked as incomplete and you may not receive consideration for
this position.
- For additional information see: What to include in your resume.
2. Other supporting documents:
- Cover Letter, optional
- Most recent Performance Appraisal, if applicable
- This position has an individual occupational requirement and/or
allows for substitution of education for experience. If you meet
this requirement based on education you MUST submit a copy of your
transcript with your application package or you will be rated
ineligible. See: Transcripts and Licenses NOTE: Documents submitted
as part of the application package, to include supplemental
documents, may be shared beyond the Human Resources Office. Some
supplemental documents such as military orders and marriage
certificates may contain personal information for someone other
than you. You may sanitize these documents to remove another
person's personal information before you submit your application.
You may be asked to provide an un-sanitized version of the
documents if you are selected to confirm your eligibility.
How to Apply
To apply for this position, you must complete the online
questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the
Required Documents section above.
The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM
(EST) on 05/29/2023 to receive consideration
- To begin, click Apply to access the online application. You
will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you
do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to create one before
beginning the application
(https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/11966594).
- Follow the prompts to select your r--sum-- and/or other
supporting documents to be included with your application package.
You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to
include in your application before it is submitted. Your uploaded
documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan
process.
- After acknowledging you have reviewed your application package,
complete the Include Personal Information section as you deem
appropriate and click to continue with the application
process.
- You will be taken to the online application which you must
complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online
application, verify the required documentation is included with
your application package, and submit the application. You must
re-select your resume and/or other documents from your USAJOBS
account or your application will be incomplete.
- It is your responsibility to verify that your application
package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the
questionnaire) is complete, accurate, and submitted by the closing
date. Uploaded documents may take up to one hour to clear the virus
scan.
- Additional information on how to complete the online
application process and submit your online application may be found
on the USA Staffing Applicant Resource Center. To verify the status
of your application, log into your USAJOBS account
(https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login), all of your applications
will appear on the Welcome screen. The Application Status will
appear along with the date your application was last updated. For
information on what each Application Status means, visit:
https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/application/status/.
Agency contact information
Army Applicant Help Desk
Website
https://portal.chra.army.mil/hr_public?id=app_inq
Address
FN-W4MKAA US ARMY COMBAT CAPABILITIES DEV CMD DO NOT MAIL Picatinny
Arsenal, NJ 07806 US
Next steps
If you provided an email address, you will receive an email message
acknowledging receipt of your application. Your application package
will be used to determine your eligibility, qualifications, and
quality ranking (as applicable) for this position. If you are
determined to be ineligible or not qualified, your application will
receive no further consideration.
Fair & Transparent
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent.
Please read the following guidance.
- Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy
- Reasonable accommodation policy
- Financial suitability
- Selective Service
- New employee probationary period
- Signature and false statements
- Privacy Act
- Social security number request
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