Supervisory General Engineer Physical Scientist
Job Location:
Oak Ridge, TN - USA
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Job Summary
A successful candidate in this position will support the NNSA Y-12 Field Office (YFO) Assistant Manager for Operations Management providing oversight of the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge TN.
As a Supervisory General Engineer Physical Scientist you will:
- Responsible for management of oversight of nuclear safety production and engineering (e.g. chemical nuclear industrial) functions.
- Responsible for assisting in the management of organization deliverables.
- Provide continuous improvement and excellence in all nuclear safety maintenance and engineering activities. Also interprets and manages policies and requirements.
- Oversight of high hazard operations in the nuclear facility or nuclear weapon assembly and nuclear manufacturing operations.
- Subject to Random Drug Testing
- Must pass a pre-employment drug test.
- Favorable suitability determination required.
- Financial Disclosure is required.
- Must be able to obtain/maintain a Q level Security Clearance.
- You must be a United States Citizen.
- This employer participates in the e-Verify program.
- Males must abide by Selective Service registration requirements.
- Compliance with Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD-12) governing personal identity which will require that you provide two forms of identification.
- A two (2) year trial period may be required. Employees serving on a trial period may be terminated at any time during the trial period for performance conduct or business-related reasons in the interest of Federal service.
- More than one position may be filled from this vacancy announcement.
- Must be able to obtain certification in the DOEs Technical Qualification Program (TQP) within 18 months of start date. This position is covered by the Technical Qualification Program (TQP) which requires the incumbent to acquire and demonstrate competencies identified in the TQP Functional Area Qualification and Field Office specific standards and requires certification of the competencies by NNSA supervision and TQP qualifying officials. Designation as a Senior Technical Safety Manager (STSM)
- Please limit your resume to no more than two (2) pages. If more than two pages are submitted only the first two pages will be reviewed to determine your eligibility and qualifications. Your full resume will be made available to the hiring manager if you are referred.
A qualified candidates online application and resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower NNSA pay band level or GS grade level in the Federal Service i.e.(EN/NN/NQ-03 or GS-13).
Specialized experience for this positions will include the following (you must meet at least 3 of the experience statements listed below to qualify):
1. Experience overseeing or implementing environment safety health and/or quality assurance programs in nuclear or high
hazard facilities to determine contractor compliance and performance to those requirements.
2. Overseeing the planning development implementation and evaluation of functions program elements systems and processes
associated with the delivery of nuclear weapons and components maintenance of equipment and facilities critical to the
nations nuclear weapons enterprise and ensuring nuclear facilities are ready to operate safely and securely.
3. Interpreting safety and engineering policies and requirements for nuclear production sites responsible for implementing
governance cost savings and efficiency improvements in nuclear engineering and safety functions across functional areas.
4. Responsibility for the preparation or oversight of implementation of approval and maintenance of documented safety analysis technical safety requirements and facility safety requirements.
5. Experience planning leading and executing assessments audits and surveillance to ensure that nuclear and high hazard facilities are operated in a safe and efficient manner in accordance with nuclear industry standards.
Your application and resume should demonstrate that you possess the following competencies. Do not provide a separate narrative written statement. Rather you must describe in your application how your past work experience demonstrates that you possess the competencies. identified below. Cite specific examples of employment or experience contained in your resume and describe how this experience has prepared you to successfully perform the duties of this position. DO NOT write see resume in your application!
- Knowledge of the concepts principles and theories of engineering and their practical applications.
- Holds self and others accountable for measurable high-quality timely and cost-effective results. Determines objectives sets priorities and delegates work. Accepts responsibility for mistakes. Complies with established control systems and rules.
- Develops new insights into situations and applies innovative solutions to make organizational improvements; designs and implements new or cutting-edge programs/processes.
- Understands and appropriately applies procedures requirements regulations and policies related to specialized expertise (for example engineering physical science law or accounting); maintains credibility with others on technical matters.
You must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of this announcement.
BASIC REQUIREMENTS: This position may be filled as a 0801 General Engineer or a 1301 Physical Scientist. Each job series requires applicants to meet a Basic Education Requirement in addition to at least one full year of specialized experience as described below. You must meet all qualifications requirements by the closing date of this announcement.
To qualify for the 1301 Physical Scientist:
EDUCATION:
A. Degree: physical science engineering or mathematics that included 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science such as mechanics dynamics properties of materials and electronics.
OR
B. Combination of education and experience: education equivalent to one of the majors shown in A above that included at least 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science plus appropriate experience or additional education.
To qualify for the 0801 General Engineer:
EDUCATION:
A. Degree: Engineering. To be acceptable the program must: (1) lead to a bachelors degree in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by 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 Boards 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 and 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 the basic requirements under paragraph A. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program as described in paragraph A.
- Related curriculum -- Successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelors 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 bachelors 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.
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications; applicants resumes and supporting documentation should only reflect education received from schools accredited by such institutions. Applicants can verify accreditation at the following Website: must submit a copy of your college transcript (unofficial is acceptable) from an accredited institution listing the college/university degree confirmation date(s) and applicable courses for the position you are applying to. Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency (a U.S. private organizations interpretation that such education has been deemed at least equivalent to conventional U.S. education programs) with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education.
If you are selected official transcripts will be required.
There is no substitiution for expere3ince at the EN-04 level.
- Veterans and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply. For more information please visit the links at the bottom of this page or visit the FedsHireVets website.
- More than one selection may be made from this vacancy announcement.
- All positions require successful completion of a background investigation.
- All males born after December 311959 must abide by laws regarding Selective Service registration. To learn more about this law visit the Selective Service web page Who Must Register. If you are not registered and dont have an approved exemption you will not be eligible for employment with the Federal government.
- A Recruitment/Relocation Incentive may be authorized for a highly qualified applicant in accordance with the Agency policy and applicable regulations.
- In accordance with Executive Order 14170 applicants are encouraged to respond to the four short free-response essay questions in the questionnaire. Answers to these questions are not scored or rated. Your answers will be reviewed by the hiring manager and agency leadership if you are referred for selection consideration.
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Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government passionate about the ideals of our American republic and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.
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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 Experience:
Manager
