GENERAL ENGINEER -- DIRECT HIRE AUTHORITY

GENERAL ENGINEER

• DIRECT

HIRE AUTHORITY

Department of the Air Force Department of the Air Force

• Agency Wide Air Force Sustainment Center Summary The Air Force offers qualified applicants opportunities to be hired for certain occupions covered by Direct Hire Authorities (DHA).

The use of DHA is a fast-track method of hiring applicants from the public with no prior federal stus using a non-traditional method of recruitment. To find additional informion on "Wh Is DHA" and to view and/or apply to current DHA opportunities listed on Air Force Civilian Service's "Direct Hire Job Board", please click here . Learn more about this agency Summary The Air Force offers qualified applicants opportunities to be hired for certain occupions covered by Direct Hire Authorities (DHA). The use of DHA is a fast-track method of hiring applicants from the public with no prior federal stus using a non-traditional method of recruitment. To find additional informion on "Wh Is DHA" and to view and/or apply to current DHA opportunities listed on Air Force Civilian Service's "Direct Hire Job Board", please click here . Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/12/2026 to 05/18/2026 Salary $102,414

• $158,322 per year This is an acquisition demonstrion project position NH-03 equivalent to a GS-12 to GS-13. Pay scale & grade NH 3 Locion FEW vacancies in the following locion: Fort Belvoir, VA Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required Occasional travel
• You may be expected to travel for this position.

Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Competitive Promotion potential None Job family (Series) 0801 General Engineering Supervisory stus No Security clearance Other Drug test No Financial disclosure No Bargaining unit stus No Announcement number

AFMC-12959667-DPS-FLYER

Control number 868904400 This job is open to Help The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Duties Help For additional informion on direct hire opportunities with the Air Force please click here . The primary purpose of this position is: to serve as a professional engineer with systems engineering responsibility in assigned area(s). Considered the technical expert for the organizion in general engineering assignments concerning (insert functional area

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e., Systems Acquisition); employee provides technical leadership in planning, analyzing, and evaluing efforts used to define total weapons systems/subsystem requirements, transle requirements into design criteria, evalue alternive design approaches, and develop system specificions. Work encompasses several phases of the development process in which the employee guides and evalues the design and development activities of others.

Position Duties:

Performs multidisciplinary professional engineering work involving the applicion of electronics, mechanical, aerospace, and/or other engineering disciplines to determine the business and technical needs of customers in the acquisition. Functions as the organizion's technical specialist in developing system performance requirements, objectives and integrion, and the estimion of time and resources for system design, development, and support. Performs complex and comprehensive analyses and uses systemic, disciplined, quantifiable approaches to determine performance objectives and integrion issues. Serves as a consultant and technical expert to senior subject mter specialists and/or agency officials responsible for broad program operions. Requirements Help Conditions of employment U.S. Citizenship Required Telework may be authorized. If authorized, PCS paid IAW JTR and AF Regulions. If receiving an authorized PCS, you may be subject to completing/signing a CONUS agreement. More informion on PCS requirements, may be found : https://afciviliancareers.com/regulory/ Security clearance requirements are based upon actual position being filled. Locions are not negotiable. The actual duty locions available may be loced on the Air Force Civilian Service website. Random drug testing may be required depending upon the position being filled. Supervisory requirements may be required depending upon the position being filled. Promotion potential may be authorized depending upon position being filled. For additional informion on direct hire opportunities with the Air Force please go to https://afciviliancareers.com/find-a-job/ This Job Opportunity Announcement (JOA) used to form a pool of qualified applicants who considered for direct hire vacancies as they become available. Depending on the type of position (competitive/excepted) you are selected for, you required to serve a 1, 2, or 3-year probionary OR trial period. Upon completion of your probionary/trial period, your employment termined unless you receive certificion, in writing, th your continued employment advances the public interest.

Direct Deposit:

All federal employees are required to have direct deposit. The work requires the incumbent to obtain and maintain the approprie security clearance. Work may occasionally require travel away from the normal duty stion on military or commercial aircraft. An engineering degree the bachelor's level from an institution with an ABET accredited program in Engineering or a closely reled field is highly desired. Qualificions For additional informion on direct hire opportunities with the Air Force please click here .

IDEAL CANDIDATE

The Ideal candide will have extensive knowledge of Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Energy's Sustainment, Restorion, and Modernizion (SRM) and Military Construction Programs (MILCON) reled to fueling facility maintenance, repair and upgrade defined in Unified Facilities Code (UFC) 3-460-01, UFC 3-460-03, reled industry practices, and includes an in-depth knowledge of fuels facility design and construction practices. Additionally a working knowledge of the principles and techniques utilized in the American Petroleum Institute (API) 653 and Steel Tank Institute (STI) 001 above ground tank inspection programs reled to the structural and hydraulic integrity of a fuel tank. Similarly, the candide must have a working knowledge of the API principles/techniques as reles to pipeline integrity as well as a basic understanding of environmental requirements generally applied to fueling facilities.

INDIVIDUAL OCCUPATIONAL REQUIREMENT

Employee needs to meet the educion and specialized experience requirements described in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualificion Standards, Group Coverage Qualificion Standard for Professional and Scientific Positions.

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BASIC REQUIREMENT OR INDIVIDUAL OCCUPATIONAL REQUIREMENT

A.

Degree :

Engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree in a school of engineering with 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) stics, dynamics; (b) strength of merials (stress-strain relionships); (c) fluid mechanics, hydraulics; (d) thermodynamics; (e) electrical fields and circuits; (f) nure and properties of merials (reling particle and aggrege structure to properties); and (g) any other comparable area of fundamental engineering science or physics, such as optics, he transfer, soil mechanics, or electronics. OR B. Combinion of educion and experience

• college-level educion, training, and/or technical experience th furnished (1) a thorough knowledge of the physical and mhemical sciences underlying engineering, and (2) a good understanding, both theoretical and practical, of the engineering sciences and techniques and their applicions to one of the branches of engineering.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE

Applicants must have least one (1) year of specialized experience the next lower broadband NH-02 or equivalent to the next lower grade GS-11 in the Federal Service serving. Examples of specialized experience include performing multidisciplinary professional engineering work involving the applicion of electronics, mechanical, aerospace, and/or other engineering disciplines. Development of engineering methodologies sufficient to apply experimental theories and/or new applicions to issues and provide technical advice and direction in support of weapon systems, subsystems, and/or support equipment.

AND KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

(KSAs): Your qualificions evalued on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies in the following areas: 1. Knowledge of a wide range of multidisciplinary professional engineering concepts, principles, practices, standards, methods, techniques, and merials to effectively apply engineering principles, concepts, and practices to project development, design, construction execution, and advisory services as applies to Air Force fueling facilities. 2. Knowledge of petroleum facility engineering standards, practices, and procedures as they pertain to analyzing the impacts of and developing recommended solutions for identified deficiencies in Air Force fueling facilities. 3. Knowledge of the principles of planning and program management, of applicable regulory code/criteria, implementing regulions, practices, and procedures; and, of other engineering resources used in support of sustainment, restorion, and modernizion programs for Air Force fueling facilities. 4. Ability to use DoD and industry criteria, practices, and standards as well as regulory code/criteria to assess the impact of fuels facility condition assessments and prioritize the resolution of the identified problems considering mission support ramificions. Educion

INDIVIDUAL OCCUPATIONAL REQUIREMENT

Employee needs to meet the educion and specialized experience requirements described in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualificion Standards, Group Coverage Qualificion Standard for Professional and Scientific Positions.

https:

//www.opm.gov/policy-da-oversight/classificion-qualificions/general-schedule-qualificion-standards/0800/files/all-professional-engineering-positions-0800.pdf

BASIC REQUIREMENT OR INDIVIDUAL OCCUPATIONAL REQUIREMENT

A.

Degree :

Engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree in a school of engineering with 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) stics, dynamics; (b) strength of merials (stress-strain relionships); (c) fluid mechanics, hydraulics; (d) thermodynamics; (e) electrical fields and circuits; (f) nure and properties of merials (reling particle and aggrege structure to properties); and (g) any other comparable area of fundamental engineering science or physics, such as optics, he transfer, soil mechanics, or electronics. OR B. Combinion of educion and experience

• college-level educion, training, and/or technical experience th furnished (1) a thorough knowledge of the physical and mhemical sciences underlying engineering, and (2) a good understanding, both theoretical and practical, of the engineering sciences and techniques and their applicions to one of the branches of engineering.

The adequacy of such background must be demonstred by one of the following: 1. Professional registrion or licensure

• Current registrion as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT)1, or licensure as a Professional Engineer (PE) by any Ste, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico.

Absent other means of qualifying under this standard, those applicants who achieved such registrion by means other than written test (e.g., Ste grandfher or eminence provisions) are eligible only for positions th are within or closely reled to the specialty field of their registrion. For example, an applicant who tains registrion through a Ste Board's eminence provision as a manufacturing engineer typically would be red eligible only for manufacturing engineering positions. 2. Written Test

• Evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering examinion or any other written test required for professional registrion by an engineering licensure board in the various Stes, the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico. 3. Specified academic courses
• Successful completion of least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mhemical, and engineering sciences and th included the courses specified in the basic requirements under paragraph A. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program as described in paragraph A. 4. Reled curriculum
• Successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree in an approprie scientific field, e.

g., engineering technology, physics, chemistry, architecture, computer science, mhemics, hydrology, or geology, may be accepted in lieu of a bachelor's degree in engineering, provided the applicant has had least 1 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. (The above examples of reled curricula are not all inclusive.) In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualificion requirements listed below: Additional informion Please note: Positions in this field/series may or may not be available, depending on current manning. For the most up-to-de notificions on available positions, we recommend candides subscribe and complete their profile here , indicing their position and locion preferences. Disabled veteran leave is available to a Federal employee hired on/after 5 Nov 2016, who is a veteran with a service-connected disability ring of 30% or more. For more informion, click here . Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. For additional informion on direct hire opportunities with the Air Force please click here . Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required documents

Required Documents Help Resume:

Your resume may NOT exceed two pages, and the font size should not be smaller than 10 pts. You will not be considered for this vacancy if your resume is illegible/unreadable. For additional informion on direct hire opportunities with the Air Force please click here . If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help For additional informion on direct hire opportunities with the Air Force please click here . Click

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to complete an applicion and upload resume (PDF or Word Doc) and/or additional documents (Transcripts, certificions, Vet Docs (DD214), SF-50). The vacancy may also be viewed on . To receive additional informion about current and future job openings with AFCS via email notificion, please register www.

Afciviliancareers.com and sign up to "Get Career Updes." Equal Opportunity Employer. U.S. citizenship required. Must be of legal working age. Agency contact informion Total Force Service Center Phone 1-800-525-0102 DO.NOT.EMAIL@CALL.ONLY Address

EHA DHA 550 C

Street West JBSA Randolph

AFB, TX 78150 US

Next steps For additional informion on direct hire opportunities with the Air Force please click here . Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request

Required Documents Help Resume:

Your resume may NOT exceed two pages, and the font size should not be smaller than 10 pts. You will not be considered for this vacancy if your resume is illegible/unreadable. For additional informion on direct hire opportunities with the Air Force please click here . If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help For additional informion on direct hire opportunities with the Air Force please click here . Click

APPLY NOW

to complete an applicion and upload resume (PDF or Word Doc) and/or additional documents (Transcripts, certificions, Vet Docs (DD214), SF-50). The vacancy may also be viewed on . To receive additional informion about current and future job openings with AFCS via email notificion, please register www.

Afciviliancareers.com and sign up to "Get Career Updes." Equal Opportunity Employer. U.S. citizenship required. Must be of legal working age. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Total Force Service Center Phone 1-800-525-0102 DO.NOT.EMAIL@CALL.ONLY Address

EHA DHA 550 C

Street West JBSA Randolph

AFB, TX 78150 US

Next steps For additional informion on direct hire opportunities with the Air Force please click here . Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/12/2026 to 05/18/2026 Salary $102,414

• $158,322 per year This is an acquisition demonstrion project position NH-03 equivalent to a GS-12 to GS-13. Pay scale & grade NH 3 Locion FEW vacancies in the following locion: Fort Belvoir, VA Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required Occasional travel
• You may be expected to travel for this position.

Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Competitive Promotion potential None Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test No Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number

AFMC-12959667-DPS-FLYER

Control number 868904400