GENERAL ENGINEER
What you'd do
You will serve as a GENERAL ENGINEER (UTILITIES AND ENERGY MANAGER) in NAV FACILITIES ENGINEERING COMMAND SE. This position at NAVFAC Southeast, advances your career in a challenging, yet flexible environment where YOU truly make a difference! Be part of an organization that values YOUR unique skillset, fosters YOUR professional development, and gives YOU the opportunity to grow into tomorrow's leader. You don't need to be active duty military to serve your country!
Major duties
You will perform engineering oversight of utilities infrastructure to include conceptual plans for expansion of new capabilities and maintenance of existing capabilities. You will plan, budget for, and monitor large-scale utility construction projects to ensure compliance with applicable objectives, standards, and requirements. You will perform technical engineering inspections, studies, and audits of existing infrastructure to facilitate maintenance and service expansion. You will make timely and effective recommendations based on potential implications of findings or conclusions. You will apply principles, methods, and tools for developing, scheduling, coordinating, monitoring, evaluating, and managing engineering projects and resources, including technical performance. You will create reports from interpreting plans, specifications, and engineering drawings, while applying modern developments, current literature, and resources of information regarding utility engineering. You will develop long range major maintenance plans for all utility systems. You will formulate and implement energy management strategies for process and equipment improvement.
What you need to qualify
Your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) Executing Specific Tasks: Responsible for performing specific administrative and technical tasks for utility contracts and projects, ensuring compliance with terms under the guidance of a senior engineer or manager. 2) System Analysis: They analyze aspects of utility systems, such as short-circuit currents, system voltage levels, and power system impedances, to support broader system studies. 3) Supporting Project Management: The employee would assist in developing project scopes, preparing cost estimates, and performing design reviews, but a GS-12 would have the final oversight and approval authority. 4) Data and Performance Monitoring: A key developmental activity involves using data systems to track contract activities and develop reports for performance monitoring. 5) Problem Resolution: Analyzing and resolving specific, assigned operational and maintenance problems, while a GS-12 would be expected to handle more complex and novel issues independently. NOTE: THIS INFORMATION MUST BE SUPPORTED IN YOUR RESUME TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THE POSITION. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series AND https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/files/all-professional-engineering-positions-0800.pdf Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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.
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