General Engineer
What you'd do
This position is located at US Mint,Manufacturing Directorate - Denver - Quality Assurance Division. As a General Engineer, you will be responsible for the planning, development, direction, execution, and implementation of complex manufacturing and engineering processes, methods, standardization and procedures on plant systems.
Major duties
The following are the duties of this position at the GS-13. If you are selected at a lower grade level, you will have the opportunity to learn to perform all these duties, and will receive training to help you grow in this position. Assess the capabilities of the United States Mint in terms of engineering skills and time available to undertake work of given scope and nature; provide budgetary input for construction and facility improvements. Monitor spending on facility projects against budgets and submits requests for changes as needed; estimate the costs of all related services needed to effectively execute plant improvements or machinery relocation, installation, and operation. When needed use this and any other related information to prepare/ provide budgetary input for improvements and acquisition projects/ programs; perform cost-to-benefit and cost-to-need analysis; author sole source justifications; develop and submit requisitions, contracts, PARs, requiring the development of short- and long-range (up to 5 years or more year) plans for production needs and budgetary requirements. Assure that improvements of buildings and associated equipment meet all applicable state, local, OSHA, EPA, and conservation requirements. Lead teams in continuous improvement projects; ensures that incoming inspection procedures (for raw materials and repair parts) are documented properly and followed in practice.
What you need to qualify
You must meet the following requirements within 14 days of the closing date of this announcement. The experience may have been gained in either the public, private sector or volunteer service. One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-time work is considered on a prorated basis. Be sure all experience is documented in your resume by indicating place of employment, job title, length of time performing the duties, and the name and contact information for the supervisor. We must be able to verify this experience in your resume in order for you to receive credit. Specialized Experience: For the GS-13, you must have one year (full 52 weeks) of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position is defined as: - Applying principles, concepts, and process improvement techniques in manufacturing and/or production operations; AND - Independently resolving production, labor, machine, and material conflicts or issues. Specialized Experience: For the GS-12, you must have one year (full 52 weeks) of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position is defined as: -Performing project management with experience of building systems and/or manufacturing processes. AND - Applying principles and concepts of general engineering in order to research, interpret and carry out assignments. In addition to the above requirements, you must meet the following time-in-grade requirement, if applicable: For the GS-13 you must have been at the GS-12 level for 52 weeks. For the GS-12 you must have been at the GS-11 level for 52 weeks.
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