Interdisciplinary Engineer / Architect / Community Planner

Duties

• You will interpret planning concepts, principles, analytics, and project development initiatives to produce planning products, services, planning criteria, and planning systems.
• You will provide advisory or review services on specific problems, projects, programs, and/or functions related to engineering, architecture, and/or community planning.
• You will analyze the impacts (i.e., benefits and liabilities) of facility projects.
• You will develop plans and objectives including criteria, procedures, and instructions for facilities related projects.
• You will serve as a technical representative on architectural and community planning projects.

Requirements
Conditions of Employment

• Must be a US Citizen.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.
• You will be required to complete ethics orientation within three months of appointment and submit a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report, OGE-450, within 30 days of appointment.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain a current valid United States driver's license.
• This position is covered under the Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA). Certification in the Acquisition Functional Area and category assigned to the position is required within established category timeframes.
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• This position is part of a regionalized command. You may be assigned to a similar position at any site or workstation within the Hampton Roads area as a condition of employment.

Qualifications
For the GS-12: In addition to the Basic Requirements for this position, your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 grade level or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following:

• Applying the principles of architecture and engineering to review engineering proposals or other documents;
• Using office automated systems to administrate facilities management projects.
• Interpreting programs, policies and functions to develop, identify, and prioritize facility management projects;

For the GS-11: In addition to the Basic Requirements for this position, your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-9 grade level or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following:

• Assisting in developing and identifying facility management projects;
• Using office automated systems to support facilities management projects.
• Interpeting the principles of architecture and engineering to draft engineering proposals or other documents;

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: General Schedule Qualification Standards (opm.gov).
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.
Education
Applicants for the GS-11 level that do not meet the specialized experience as described above may qualify with education or a combination of experience and education as follows: You have successfully completed a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree directly related to the position being filled; or you have successfully completed three full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. or equivalent degree directly related to the position being filled; or you have a combination of experience and education as described above that equal at least one hundred percent of the qualification requirements.
All Applicants For GS-11 Or GS-12 Must Meet The Following Basic Requirements Of The Office Of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual
Basic Requirements for the 0020 Community Planner must meet the following Basic Requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual: Community Planning Series 0020 (opm.gov)
Basic Requirements for the 0808 Architect must meet the following Basic Requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual: Architecture Series 0808 (opm.gov)
Basic Requirements for the 0810 Civil and 0830 Mechanical Engineer must meet the following Basic Requirements of the Office of Personnel Management(OPM) Qualification Standards: all-professional-engineering-positions-0800.pdf (opm.gov)
Additional Information
This announcement uses the Certain Personnel of the DoD direct hire authority to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service.
Vacancies filled from this announcement may be filled at any grade level listed.
If selected below the full performance level, you may be noncompetitively promoted to the next higher grade level after meeting all regulatory requirements, and upon the recommendation of management. Promotion is neither implied nor guaranteed.
Certain incentives (such as Recruitment, Relocation or Student Loan Repayment) may be authorized to eligible selectees.
A relocation incentive is generally a single payment intended to offset some of the relocation costs experienced by the selectee. A relocation incentive may be authorized.
This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program.
Several vacancies may be filled.
A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments.
Federal annuitant information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy information may be found at: http://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Documents/CivilianJobs/FedCivAnnuitants.pdf .
Veteran's preference does not apply when selecting individuals under this specific hiring authority. However, if you claim veteran's preference, you will be required to submit supporting documentation with your application as described in the Required Documents section below.