Fire Protection Engineer
Job Description
Redstone Arsenal, AL
Position Overview/Duties
This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Certain Personnel of the DoD to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service. About the Position: This is a permanent position with US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Engineering & Support Center, Huntsville, Directorate of Engineering, Mechanical-Electrical Division.
Announcement Type
TARP - Direct-Hire Authority (DHA)
Position Type
Permanent
USACE Organization
South Pacific Division (SPD) - Albuquerque District
Locations (City, State)
Albuquerque, NM
Responsibilities
Duties
- Perform design, review, and oversight services for fire protection and life safety systems.
- Perform a detailed review of design and shop drawings and recommend acceptance testing of building and site fire protection systems being constructed.
- Review major studies, scopes of work, preliminary and final design plans, and specifications prepared in-house or by Architect-Engineer (A-E) firms to ensure technical accuracy of all portions relative to the fire protection specialization.
- Evaluate submittals provided by contractors and A-E firms for compliance with federal accessibility, building, and fire codes.
- Review contractors prepare test plans and participate in acceptance testing of fire protection systems.
- Develop original plans, design analyses, and specifications for fire protection, fire detection, mass notification, and life safety features of design work accomplished in-house.
- Provide detailed design analysis reports in accordance with UFC 3-600-01, Design for Fire Protection Engineering for Facilities, for designs prepared in-house and reviews reports developed by A-E firms.
- Serve as a mentor to other Fire Protection Engineers in the district, division, and other governmental entities as needed.
Job Requirements
Other Conditions and Requirements
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 competitive service.
Minimum Education Requirement: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree (or higher degree) 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.
Minimum Experience Requirement: One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service, which includes reviewing fire alarm and mass notification system shop drawings for contract and code compliance; analyzing electrical engineering (power, lighting, and telecommunication) plans, specifications, and construction submittals for technical accuracy; and performing construction inspections to include acceptance testing and commissioning of fire protection systems.
Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirements using experience alone. No substitution of education for experience is permitted.
Professional Engineer: The duties of this position require the incumbent to possess and maintain a license/registration as a Professional Engineer. This license/registration must be in good standing and issued by any one of the 50 states or its territories.
Qualifications
Candidates will be evaluated IAW OPM Requirements: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/
