USACE OrganizationGreat Lakes and Ohio River Division (LRD) – Chicago District
Announcement TypeTARP – Direct-Hire Authority (DHA)
Position TypePermanent
LocationsChicago, IL
Position Overview / DutiesServes as an electrical engineering specialist responsible for electrical system design and construction support primarily for military construction projects, which includes facilities and electrical utilities.
Assignment Details
- POSITION: Electrical Engineer GS-0850-12
- PERIOD OF ASSIGNMENT: PERMANENT
- DESCRIPTION OF ASSIGNMENT / DUTIES:
- Prepares preliminary and final design studies, assessments, contract drawings, analyses, design documentation reports, design calculations, technical specifications, and labor and material estimates for above systems.
- Reviews electrical portions of contractor/manufacturer shop drawings and equipment submittals to evaluate the adequacy and practicability of the equipment or system design in conformance with contract requirements.
- Makes field trips to construction or manufacturing sites to perform inspections and witness testing to determine contract compliance and quality. Drafts replies to architect‑engineer firms, other USACE Districts/Centers, or contractors/manufacturers regarding the electrical features to set forth the basis for exceptions taken and revisions required in proposed electrical systems.
Other Conditions and Requirements
- APPLICABILITY/AREA OF CONSIDERATION: This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Certain Personnel of the DoD, Section 9905 to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service.
- WHO MAY APPLY: U.S. Citizens
- APPLICANT QUALIFICATIONS:
- Basic Requirement for Electrical Engineer:
- A. Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher) in engineering. To be acceptable, the program must:
- 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);
- 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: statics, dynamics; strength of materials (stress–strain relationships); fluid mechanics, hydraulics; thermodynamics; electrical fields and circuits; nature and properties of materials; and any other comparable area of fundamental engineering science or physics, such as optics, heat transfer, soil mechanics, or electronics.
- B. Combination of Education and Experience: College‑level education, training, and/or technical experience that furnished a thorough knowledge of the physical and mathematical sciences underlying engineering, and 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.
- 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, or 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 A above.
- Related curriculum – 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 degree in engineering, provided the applicant has had at least one year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance.
- Minimum qualifying experience: Specialized Experience – One year of specialized experience with reliability and maintainability analysis of equipment, processes, utilities, facilities, and safety and security systems; and developing/evaluating alternative methods for equipment modifications through new developments within the industry and/or technology.
Experience Requirement: One year of specialized experience including:
- Applying electrical engineering principles to review and evaluate design drawings, specifications, and submittals fo