Lead Electrical Engineer
What you'd do
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Major duties
Produce and/or oversee production of quality contract drawings, specifications, design calculations, and design analysis for In-House Full Design or Design-Build projects. Perform and/or oversee quality, cross-discipline, independent technical reviews of projects, studies, or reports for code, installation specific, and DoD criteria, and contract compliance. Identify, distribute, and balance workload and tasks among employees in accordance with established workflow, skill level and/or occupational specialization. Monitors the engineering aspects of all Mobile District designs to insure their completeness and technical adequacy. Directs electrical engineers in Engineering Division on the approach to the more technically complex electrical engineering design problems. Ensures compliance with Quality Control and Assurance processes and procedures involving the electrical engineering aspects of all Mobile District designs. Acts as mentor and assists junior engineers in their career development. Leads assigned team members and developing electrical engineers in general in assessing strengths and weaknesses and provides leadership in exploring alternatives and determining what improvements can be made. Monitors and reports on the status and progress of work, checking on work in progress and reviewing completed work. Reports to the supervisor periodically on team and individual work accomplishments, problems, progress in mastering tasks and work processes, and individual and team training needs. Estimate and report to the team on progress of meeting milestones and deadlines for completion of assignments, projects and tasks, and ensure team members are aware of and participate in planning for achievement of team goals and objectives.
What you need to qualify
This announcement uses the Direct Hiring Authority for Certain Personnel in the Department of Defense workforce to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to certain positions in the competitive service. Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or 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. Qualifications: In order to qualify, you must meet the Basic OPM qualification requirements found at: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/files/all-professional-engineering-positions-0800.pdf In addition to meeting the basic requirement above you must also meet the following qualification requirements listed below: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes: One year of specialized experience which includes: 1) Provide oversight for electrical engineering projects; 2) Advise on problems that arise during the design process as they pertain to electrical systems/features; 3) Maintain leadership to team members on the development of electrical engineering design projects. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-12). 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 specialized experience alone--no substitution of education for specialized experience is permitted.
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