Summary You will serve as an Electrical Engineer in the Public Works Department (PWD) Portsmouth, Utilities and Energy Management Branch (UEM) of NAVFAC ENGINEERING CMD MID-ATLANTIC. Responsibilities You will assess electrical utility systems in collaboration with tradesmen to identify system vulnerabilities, as well as conservation and resiliency opportunities. You will analyze electrical engineering work performed to determine the factors impact system performance or design specifications. You develop risk-based mitigation strategies (construction, repair projects, studies, etc.) to resolve vulnerabilities and innovative design concepts for improving system reliability and resiliency. You will brief senior leadership on plans to support projects and technical proposals. You will induct all relevant utility requirements, make risk-based priority recommendations, and track requirements through all phases of development from planning to sustainment to ensure high-quality, timely execution. You will prepare utility requirement Statements of Work (SOW), Statements of AE Services (SAES), Independent Government Estimates (IGE), and programming package components, such as project justifications and briefing slides. You will provide technical expertise during execution of relevant projects and studies, to include design submittal reviews, construction submittal reviews, and project close-out verification and testing. You will assess system preventive maintenance program health in terms of code compliance, alignment relative to industry standards, and completion rates, and develop solutions for improving deficiencies. You will actively review utility asset inventory information, map locations, and property record information and coordinate with applicable stakeholders to resolve discrepancies. You will investigate unplanned utility events (outages, etc.), determine causal factors, actions that can be taken to prevent future occurrence, and track actions to ensure completion. You will detect problems to determine root causes for the problems in order to recommend positive corrective action. You will analyze methods of testing to determine effectiveness in the evaluation of systems. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications This position has a selective placement factor that will be used to screen out ineligible candidates. The selective placement factor is: This position requires a current registration as a Professional Engineer (PE) in the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, or any State in the U.S. NOTE: You must submit a copy of your registration with your application to be considered for this position. In addition to the Basic Education Requirements for this position, your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-12 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector performing the following duties: 1) Possesses knowledge of utilities service contracting processes and the electrical utility industry as regulated under the Public Utilities Regulatory Policy Act of 1978 (PURPA) to include the rate intervention process; 2) Negotiates with utility companies, contractors and other organizations on significant and complex matters; 3) Conducts research and comprehends, analyzes, evaluates and applies concepts and engineering/technological developments to resolve utilities contracting and procurement issues as well as to solve engineering problems; 4) Prepares Government Estimates of A&E contracts which include assessing work of all design and engineering disciplines; 5) Plans and directs the activities of other architects, engineers, technicians and planners in order to resolve unusual and complex problems; and 6) Resolves highly complex and difficult problems using innovative and previously untried methods. 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. Education Applicants must meet the following basic education requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual: Successful completion of a professional engineering degree. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree (or higher) in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (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. Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position. OR 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 more information about EI and EIT registration requirements, please visit the National Society of Professional Engineers website at: http://www.nspe.org OR 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 The FE examination is not administered by the U. S. Office of Personnel Management. For more information, please visit: http://www.nspe.org/Licensure/HowtoGetLicensed/index.html. OR Successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences and in engineering that included the courses specified in the basic requirements under paragraph A (above). The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program as described in paragraph A (above) OR Successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelor's 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 bachelor's degree in engineering, provided the applicant has had at least one 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. Additional Information This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program. Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement. This position is eligible for part time, full time or ad-hoc telework at the discretion of management. Recruitment incentives may be authorized to eligible new hires. 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. 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 ICTAP Applicants: To be considered well-qualified and exercise selection priority as an ICTAP candidate, displaced Federal employees must satisfy all qualification requirements for the position and receive a rating in the highly qualified category (score 85) or higher. ICTAP candidates must provide copies of all of the following documentation at the time of application: 1) agency notice; 2) most recent performance appraisal; and 3) most recent SF-50 or notification of personnel action that includes position, grade level, and duty location. Applicants who do not provide this documentation will not receive consideration as an ICTAP candidate. For more information about ICTAP eligibility please review the following link: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/federal-employees/career-transition/ Military Spouse Preference applicants will be placed at the highest grade for which they have applied and are determined Best Qualified (BQ). A BQ military spouse possesses knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies comparable to others who meet the competitive referral criteria for the specific position.