Supervisory General Engineer

• Serves as the senior technical authority for the maintenance repair and modernization of power plant systems electrical distribution systems and specialized machinery from an engineering perspective.
• Develops and executes operating budgets for all three branches including funding for equipment replacement spare parts and labor.
• Directs coordinates and oversees the work of three branches through subordinate supervisors or leaders.
• Provides advice to senior colleagues and/or agency officials responsible for the broad program operations.
• Ensures all operations comply with GPO standards and all industry environmental standards.

• You must be a current Career or Career Conditional GPO employee to apply.
• Selectee may be required to pass preemployment requirements prior to appointment.
• Selectee must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret Clearance.
• Selectee may be required to serve a one year supervisory probationary period.
• TIME-IN-GRADE REQUIREMENTS: Applicants must meet time-in-grade requirements to be considered eligible. Applicants must have served 1 year at the next lower grade level or equivalent grade level of federal service to qualify
• Physical Demands: The work is primarily sedentary but requires regular visits to power plants substations machine/electrical shops. Occasional strenuous activity (climbing stairs navigating tight spaces) may be required during site inspections.
• Work Conditions: Office environment with frequent exposure to industrial settings (noise high heat electrical hazards). Safety equipment (hard hat safety glasses steel-toed boots) is required in designated areas.
• The position is considered essential personnel.

To qualify for the Supervisory General Engineer PGyou must meet the following requirements:

Basic Requirements:

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:1. Professional registration or licensure -- Current registration as an Engineer Intern (EI) Engineer in Training (EIT)1 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.2. Written Test -- Evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE)2 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.3. 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.4. 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. (The above examples of related curricula are not all-inclusive.)

Note: An applicant who meets the basic requirements as specified in A or B above except as noted under B.1. may qualify for positions in any branch of engineering unless selective factors indicate otherwise.

Minimum Qualifications for the Supervisory General Engineer PGone year of experience equivalent to the PG-13 grade level in the Federal Service related to the work of the position and meet the specialized experience that includes: 1. Applying engineering theories principles concepts standards and methods. 2. Reviewing policies and determining their effect on programs. 3. Handling budget decisions for various programs at the organization.
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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies knowledge and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience including volunteer experience.

All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement (09/08/2026) to be considered.