General Engineer

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Summary
Organizational Location: This position is with the Department of Homeland Security, within U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Air and Marine Operations, Tactical Aircraft and Marine Vessel Division located in Washington, D.C. This is a Direct Hire Public Notice. Category Rating, Veterans' Preference and traditional rating and ranking do not apply to this Public Notice.

Duties
Joining Customs & Border Protection (CBP), Air and Marine Operation (AMO), will allow you to utilize your expertise in engineering in overseeing various engineering projects, initiatives, and policies that support the entire Acquisition workforce. This position starts at a salary of $142, GS-14, Step 1) to $185, GS-14, Step 10). Typical duties include: Serving as project leader or subject matter expert and, generally, as the Contracting Officer's Representative for large and complex multi-year projects, as well as other specialized and unique technical projects Preparing technical and logistics support specification requirements and other technical and logistics support documentation, as well as documents required for solicitation packages; evaluating technical proposals; preparing reports; assisting in negotiations; and monitoring the contractor's performance Serving as system owner for highly complex domain awareness systems and maritime and aviation integration efforts, ensuring that systems obtain and maintain accreditation. Planning, coordinating, and evaluating technical reports and analysis in support of highly complex maritime, aviation, domain awareness, and sensor technologies Traveling to field locations and interfacing with other government agencies to coordinate the installation and operation of large and complex domain awareness, surveillance, and communication systems

Requiremennts
You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this position Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered with Selective Service Primary U.S. residency for at least three of the last five years (additional details below) All pre-employment processes will be conducted in English You may be required to pass a background investigation CBP follows the DHS Drug-Free Workplace Plan for drug testing procedures As an employee of CBP, you will be joining a workforce that is dedicated to accomplishing our mission while maintaining the trust of our Nation by strictly adhering to all government ethics standards. Your conduct will be subject to the ethics rules applicable to all Executive Branch employees, and to CBP employees specifically, as well as the criminal conflict of interest statutes. Once you enter on duty, these rules include obtaining approval for outside employment or business activity, to ensure such employment or business activity is not prohibited and does not interfere or conflict with performance of your official duties. Please review further details via the following link. DHS uses E-Verify, an Internet-based system, to confirm the eligibility of all newly hired employees to work in the United States. Learn more about E-Verify including your rights and responsibilities. Bargaining Unit: This position is not covered under the bargaining unit. Security Clearance: You must be able to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret security clearance

Qualifications
Basic Requirement: You must provide supporting documentation in your application to show you meet the basic requirement below. A. Degree: Engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's 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