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Summary

What is The Facilities Management & Security Services (FMSS) Division? FACILITIES MANAGEMENT & SECURITY SERVICES (FMSS) DIVISION customers are IRS employees. FMSS identifies and delivers value-added, cost efficient, shared service solutions, that facilitate the success of the IRS mission.


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Responsibilities

WHAT DOES AN ELECTRICAL ENGINEER DO? As an Electrical Engineer you will be responsible for planning, coordinating and executing, data analysis, resource management and preparing briefings, reports and recommendations. In this role, you will design, coordinate and provide technical consulting for a broad range of electrical engineering projects, applying technical expertise to the identification, planning, acquisition, design and installation of unique electrical power, communication and computer systems. You will assess the ramifications, advisability and impact of electrical engineering projects, providing information and recommending actions to proactively prevent problems. In this position you will be required to develop contract specifications or scopes of work for contract work performed and serve as electrical engineering technical expert.


As an Electrical Building Management Specialist you will:

• Analyze, plan, program, and coordinate projects including scope of work, designs, specifications, advisability and functional impact analysis, feasibility studies, budget and cost estimates, and scheduling.
• Review, evaluate, correct and approve design concepts, contract specifications, cost proposals including direct labor and other costs, and materials submitted for completeness, accuracy, adherence to standards, code compliance and effectiveness for project.
• Advise key officials for electrical engineering standards.
• Initiate electrical engineering projects, which require innovative and original concepts to enhance the customer's improvement programs for general and special purpose type space as well as preparing and presenting status reports on assigned projects.
• Monitor contractor's performance of technical aspects of contract to assure that performance is strictly within the terms, conditions, and scope of contract.
• Review contractor invoices and certify acceptance and recommend payments if they accurately reflect contract deliverables completed and accepted.
• Conduct field investigations to obtain technical information and to inspect construction in progress to ensure compliance with contract documents.

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Travel Required

Not required

Supervisory status
No

Promotion Potential
13

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

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• Must be a U. S. Citizen or National
• IRS Employees with Career or Career Conditional Appointment

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Qualifications

You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement.


BASIC REQUIREMENTS: (All grade levels)


Four (4) year course of study in an accredited college or university leading to a bachelor's or higher professional engineering degree. The curriculum must: 1) be in a school of engineering 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. OR

A combination of education and experience. The education must include courses equivalent to a major in engineering, as shown above. To be qualifying your experience must be sufficient to demonstrate: Thorough knowledge of the physical and mathematical sciences underlying professional 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.

This must be demonstrated by meeting one (1) of the following:

1. 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.
2. Written Test showing evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) examination, or any other written test required for professional registration.
3. Successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences that included the courses specified in the basic requirements.
4. 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 that you have had at least 1 year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance.

In addition to the above, you must meet the requirements described below:

GS-13 LEVEL: You must have 1 year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes:

• Experience sufficient to demonstrate broad professional knowledge of electrical engineering concepts, methods and techniques in order to develop, plan, and design highly technical alteration and construction projects;
• Experience applying the electrical engineering practices in the design and construction of buildings and facilities;
• Experience working in all stages of the construction process, some of these include: preliminary planning and budgeting, consultant selection, fee negotiation, programming, schematic design, construction document preparation, and equipment installation;
• Accomplishment making use of industry standard software programs in order to prepare, review and provide comments on already prepared design documents.
• Your experience should also demonstrate knowledge of a variety of architectural/engineering functions (mechanical, electrical, structural, etc.) practices and policies in order to review, evaluate, and assist with negotiations on submittals from design and construction contractors.
• Experience with the design, maintenance and operational reliability review of uninterruptible power supple (UPS), Generator, Switchgear and distribution systems that support data center operations.
• Experience with the investigation of data center infrastructure failures and the development of associated corrective actions.

To be qualifying your experience must be sufficient to demonstrate broad professional knowledge of electrical engineering concepts, methods and techniques in order to develop, plan, and design highly technical alteration and construction projects.

- The experience may have been gained in the public sector, private sector or VolunteerService . One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-time work is considered on a prorated basis.
- To ensure full credit for your work experience, please indicate dates of employment by month/year, and indicate number of hours worked per week, on your resume.

In addition to the above requirements, you must meet the following, if applicable:

You must have been at the GS-12 level for 52 weeks (time-in-grade requirement).

Education

Additional information

1 Position is located in The Facilities Management & Security Services (FMSS) Division, A&E Field Design Support. The position may be filled in any of the following locations:

1111 Constitution Ave NW, Washington, DC 20224-0002 (DC0022)

250 Murall Drive, Kearneysville, WV 25430-5200 (WV0191)

POSITION DESCRIPTIONS: GS-13 (94597)
A PM/C SharePoint site is available for IRS Employees at: https://organization.ds.irsnet.gov/sites/HCOETS/PMC/SPDLibrary/SitePages/Home.aspx

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT:

• We may select from this announcement or any other source to fill one or more vacancies.
• This is a bargaining unit position.
• Alternative work schedule, staggered work hours.
• Tour of Duty: Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

How You Will Be Evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

Your application includes your resume, responses to the online questions, and required supporting documents. Please be sure that your resume includes detailed information to support your qualifications for this position; failure to provide sufficient evidence in your resume may result in a "not qualified" determination.

Rating: Your application will be evaluated on the CJEs of the position to be filled per the National Agreement Article 13. Your application will also be rated and ranked among others, based on your responses to the online questions, regarding your experience, education, training, performance appraisals and awards relevant to the duties of this position. IRS employees may obtain most recent awards listing at https://persinfo.web.irs.gov/ . Your rating may be lowered, if your responses to the online questions are not supported by the education and/or experience described in your application.

Referral: If you are among the top qualified candidates, your application may be referred to a selecting official for consideration. You may be required to participate in a selection interview (telephonic and/or in person at the discretion of the Selecting Official in accordance with hiring polices). We will not reimburse costs related to the interview such as travel to and from the interview site. If you are a displaced or surplus Treasury employee eligible for the Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) , you must receive a score of 80 or better to be rated as well qualified to receive special selection priority.

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Background checks and security clearance

Security clearance
Not Required

Drug test required
No

Required Documents

A complete application includes 1. A resume, 2. Vacancy question responses, and 3. Submission of any required documents. Please note that if you do not provide all required information, as specified in this announcement, you will not be considered for this position (or may not receive the special consideration for which you may be eligible).

All applicants are required to submit a resume either by creating one in USAJOBS or uploading one of their own choosing. ( Cover letters are optional). To receive full credit for relevant experience, please list the month/year and number of hours worked for experience listed on your resume. We suggest that you preview the online questions, as you may need to customize your resume to ensure that it supports your responses to these questions. Please view Resume Tips

Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) DOCUMENTATION: If you are a displaced or surplus Treasury employee, click CTAP for eligibility and a detailed list of required documents. IRS CTAP eligibles can apply for jobs within and outside the commuting area.

IRS Reassignment Preference Program (RPP): You must meet the requirements in your RPP notice. Submit a copy of your RPP Notice along with a copy of your most recent annual performance appraisal. Your performance appraisal must have a fully successful or higher overall rating.

PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL/AWARDS: Submit a copy of your most recent completed performance appraisal.

IRS employees: If a revalidated appraisal is used for merit promotion, the supervisor must prepare a narrative for each critical job element that does not have a narrative describing the performance in the appraisal period covered by the rating. Note: If you are a manager or management official, your most recent annual performance appraisal must be used for the overall rating identified.

EDUCATION DOCUMENTATION: If you are qualifying for this position by substituting education or training for experience, submit a copy of your transcripts or equivalent. If the position has specific education requirements and you are currently (or have previously been) in the Federal job series to be filled, there is no need to submit a transcript or equivalent at this time. An official transcript will be required if you are selected. A college or university degree generally must be from an accredited (or pre-accredited) college or university recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. For a list of schools which meet these criteria, please refer to Department of Education Accreditation page . If you are qualifying based on foreign education, you must submit proof of creditability of education as evaluated by a credentialing agency. Refer to the OPM instructions.

If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:

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. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education .

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.