Fire Protection Engineer

Fire Protection Engineer Smithsonian Institution Summary The Smithsonian Institution is the world's largest museum, educion, and research complex, with 21 museums and the Nional Zoo. The responsibility of the Fire Protection Division (FPD), Office of Safety, Health, and Environmental Management (OSHEM) is to develop and coordine a comprehensive Smithsonian (SI) Fire Protection Program, which includes fire engineering and fire prevention. Learn more about this agency Summary The Smithsonian Institution is the world's largest museum, educion, and research complex, with 21 museums and the Nional Zoo. The responsibility of the Fire Protection Division (FPD), Office of Safety, Health, and Environmental Management (OSHEM) is to develop and coordine a comprehensive Smithsonian (SI) Fire Protection Program, which includes fire engineering and fire prevention. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted this month

• Apply by 07/09/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on July 9, 2026 Locion Few vacancies in the following locion: Washington, DC FEW vacancies No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $85,447
• $158,322 per year Pay scale & grade GS 11
• 13 Promotion potential 13 Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time
• Full-Time, Permanent Travel Required Occasional travel
• Occasional travel may be required. Appointment type Permanent
• Federal Occupions and job series 0804 Fire Protection Engineering Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union No Drug test No Security clearance Not Required Position sensitivity and risk Modere Risk (MR) Jobs require a background check and some require a security clearance .

The type depends on the job. Background check type Suitability/Fitness Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number 26A-SB-313939-DEU-OSHEM Control number 871516400 This job is open to Help The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Clarificion from the agency This position is open to all U.S. Citizens or U.S. Nionals.

Note:

Federal employees with permanent stus or individuals eligible for special appointing authorities may also apply to Job Announcement # 26A-SB-313939-MPA-OSHEM More than one selection may be made from this announcement. Duties Help The Fire Protection Engineer will opere and maintain all buildings and spaces to protect Smithsonian employees, property, and mission from losses th may be incurred in the event of a fire. In this position, you will: Review design and construction project drawings and specificions to evalue adequacy of both fire protection and life safety to a wide variety of building and occupancy types. Apply current nional building and fire codes in developing prescriptive and performance-based approaches to solving various fire protection and life safety issues. Develop fire protection and life safety policies and programs based on established standards and tailored to the needs of an organizion or jurisdiction. Provide fire protection/life safety training and presentions to diverse groups, both large and small. Prepare reports using proper grammar and context. Prepare technical reports the conclusion of inspections of SI facilities. Requirements Help Conditions of employment Pass Pre-employment Background Investigion May need to complete a Probionary Period Maintain a Bank Account for Direct Deposit/Electronic Transfer Males born after 12/31/59 must be registered with Selective Service. Conditions of Employment Qualificion requirements must be met by the closing de of the announcement. For informion on qualificion requirements, see Qualificion Standards Handbook for General Schedule Positions on OPM website .

Qualificions Basic Educion Requirement 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 as a professional engineering curriculum; 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 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.

In addition to the basic educion requirement above:

Experience:

GS-11: You qualify for this position if you have one year of specialized experience equivalent to least the GS-9 level in the Federal Service or comparable pay band system. For this position specialized experience is defined as: Applying fire protection engineering principles in design review and construction oversight; Conducting risk assessment surveys; Performing, or evaluing performance-based engineering analyses; and Preparing fire protection engineering reports.

Or Educion:

Three full years of progressively higher-level gradue educion leading to a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree directly reled to this position may be substituted to meet the experience requirements. Or a

Combinion:

Educion and experience may be combined to meet the basic qualificions. For a full explanion of this option please see the Qualificion Standards . Special Instructions for

Foreign Educion:

If you are qualifying by educion and/or you have educion completed in a foreign college/university described above, it is your responsibility to provide transcripts and proof of U.S. accredition for foreign study. For instructions on where to fax these documents, see the "Required Documents" section of this announcement. GS-12: You qualify for this position if you possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to least the GS-11 level in the Federal Service or comparable pay band system. For this position specialized experience is defined as: Conducting fire safety surveys of a variety of buildings; Applying a broad range of fire and building codes and standards to various types of facilities; Developing risk assessments; Applying fire protection principles and techniques, including the use of performance-based engineering analysis to solve complex fire protection issues; Reviewing drawings and specificions for building construction and renovion to ensure compliance with current standards for fire protection and life safety. GS-13: You qualify for this position if you possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to least the GS-12 level in the Federal Service or comparable pay band system. For this position specialized experience is defined as: Conducting fire safety surveys of a variety of buildings; applying abroad range of fire and building codes and standards to various types of facilities; Developing risk assessments; Applying fire protection principles and techniques, including the use of performance-based engineering analysis to independently solve complex fire protection issues; Reviewing drawings and specificions for building construction and renovion to ensure compliance with current standards for fire protection and life safety; and Serving as a consultant on fire protection and prevention to upper levels of management, engineers, and other personnel. Your resume must be no more than two (2) pages and should clearly demonstre how your experience aligns with the responsibilities and specialized experience required for this position. Do not copy language directly from the vacancy announcement, as you deemed ineligible for considerion. Instead, provide detailed, descriptive informion about your actual experience. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience th transles directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Part-time and/or unpaid experience reled to this position considered to determine the total number of years and months of experience. Be sure to note the number of paid or unpaid hours worked each week.

Educion Basic Educion Requirement 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 as a professional engineering curriculum; 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 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.

Additional informion This position is not included in the bargaining unit.

Recruitment Incentive:

Recruitment incentive(s) may be authorized for this position. However, approval for incentives are contingent upon various availability. If authorized, certain incentives will require the incumbent to sign a service agreement to remain in the Federal government for a certain time period.

Note:

This stement does not imply nor guarantee an incentive offered and paid. Selections may be made for vacancies across the Smithsonian Institution (SI). By applying to this position, you agree to allow your applicion and other personal informion to be shared with one or more SI hiring officials for employment considerion for same/similar positions within the locion(s) identified in this announcement. 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 The Smithsonian offers a comprehensive benefits package th includes, in part, vacion and sick leave, holidays, health/life insurance, accident insurance, and excellent retirement program options.

Please see Benefits https:

//www.si.edu/OHR/benefits for a complete description. Flexible Spending Accounts

• https://www.fsafeds.com/ Health Insurance
• http://www.opm.gov/insure/health/index.asp Leave
• http://www.opm.gov/oca/leave/index.asp Life Insurance
• http://www.opm.gov/insure/life/index.asp Long Term Care Insurance
• http://www.ltcfeds.com Retirement Program
• https://www.

opm.gov/retirement-services/ How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. Applicants for this position may be evalued in multiple stages. The first stage is an evaluion of your responses to the online multiple-choice questions th assess your experience, educion, and/or training for the job-reled competencies below: Skill in the applicion of fire protection engineering principles, practices, and techniques to independently solve complex fire protection problems. Ability to interpret and apply established codes and standards, and utilize performance-based engineering methods, to a wide variety of situions. Ability to communice orally, articuling complex engineering ideas with diverse groups. Skill in technical writing to produce comprehensive investigive reports and similar written documents, with analyses and recommendions for diverse groups. Applicants who meet or exceed minimum qualificions assigned to one of three cegory groups based on job-reled criteria: Best Cegory

• Meets the minimum qualificion requirements and excels in most of the job-reled competencies above. Better Cegory
• Meets the minimum qualificion requirements and sisfies most of the job-reled competencies above. Good Cegory
• Meets the minimum qualificion requirements but does not sisfy most of the job-reled competencies above to a substantive degree.

This cegory ring process does not add veterans' preference points or apply the "rule of three", but protects the rights of veterans by placing them ahead of non-preference eligibles within each cegory. A selecting official may make selections from the highest quality cegory (Best Cegory) provided no preference eligible in th cegory is passed over to select a non-preference eligible in th cegory unless the requirements of 5 U.S.C. 3317(b) or 3318(b) are sisfied. Preference eligibles who meet minimum qualificion requirements and who have a compensable service-connected disability of least 10 percent must be listed in the highest quality cegory, except when the position being filled is scientific or professional the GS-9 grade level or higher. Applicants who have not submitted a resume in the USAjobs system and/or have not answered all of the vacancy questions will not be considered for this position.

Important Note:

Your resume and supporting documention reviewed by a Subject Mter Expert (SME). If a determinion is made th you have red yourself higher than is supported by your resume, you assigned a ring commensure to your described experience. Your resume should provide sufficient informion regarding how your educion and experience rele to this position, including the major duties and qualificions criteria listed. You may preview questions for this vacancy. Benefits Help The Smithsonian offers a comprehensive benefits package th includes, in part, vacion and sick leave, holidays, health/life insurance, accident insurance, and excellent retirement program options.

Please see Benefits https:

//www.si.edu/OHR/benefits for a complete description. Flexible Spending Accounts

• https://www.fsafeds.com/ Health Insurance
• http://www.opm.gov/insure/health/index.asp Leave
• http://www.opm.gov/oca/leave/index.asp Life Insurance
• http://www.opm.gov/insure/life/index.asp Long Term Care Insurance
• http://www.ltcfeds.com Retirement Program
• https://www.opm.gov/retirement-services/ Required documents Required Documents Help Your applicion package should include the following documents: Resume
• Your resume can be uploaded and tached to your applicion or creed using the USA Jobs on-line resume builder.

Ensure your resume contains the job title (including the occupional series and grade if it is Federal), job-reled qualificions, starting and ending des (month and year), hours worked per week, and hours worked per week, for each employment period. It is your responsibility to ensure all informion is submitted. Failure to include this informion may result in disqualificion for the position. For assistance with creing a resume, please click USAJOBS Help Center

• How do I write a resume for a federal job? Proof of Veteran's Preference
• DD214 (Member 4 Copy), if you are a veteran.

Additionally, applicants claiming 10-point preference must complete Standard Form (SF) 15, Applicion for 10-Point Veteran Preference, as well as additional documention required by the SF-15, such as a VA letter. Unofficial school transcripts, if the position has an educion requirement or if you are using educion to qualify. If selected for the position, you must provide an official transcript before appointment. Proof of U.S. accredition for foreign study, if applicable. 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 Click on the "Apply Online" button on the upper right side of the page.

Please Note:

You must apply for this position online through the 'Apply Online' button and submit required supplemental documents (if they are relevant to you). Your resume must be no more than two (2) pages. You may submit required documents by uploading them online during the applicion process. The complete applicion package, including any required documents, is due in the Smithsonian Office of Human Resources on the closing de of the announcement by 11:59 PM Eastern Time. If you are unable to apply online, paper applicions may be accepted with prior approval of the Contact Person listed below. Agency contact informion Stephani Brownlee Phone 202-633-6409 BrownleeST@SI.edu Address

SMITHSONIAN

Office of Human Resources

POB 37012, 600

Maryland Avenue, MRC 517 Suite 5060 Washington, District of Columbia 20013-7012 United Stes Next steps At the end of the applicion process you able to cree and save a PDF file th contains your responses to the assessment questions. You may save this file as initial receipt of your applicion. After the job announcement closes, you will receive an email from the Smithsonian with confirmion of receipt. The Smithsonian receives many applicions for each job. Each applicion is reviewed carefully which may take a few weeks. We will send you an e-mail to upde you as we go through phases of the applicion review process. You may also check your applicion stus by logging into www.usajobs.gov and selecting the tab "My USAJOBS;" e-mailing vacancy.info@si.edu; or by contacting the Office of Human Resources Representive listed.

Additional Informion:

Tips on applying for Smithsonian jobs are available https://www.si.edu/OHR/howtoapply . The Smithsonian does not pay relocion expenses but recruitment incentives may be authorized. The Smithsonian Institution is an equal opportunity employer. Additional informion can be found on our website ( www.si.edu/oeesd) . 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 Your applicion package should include the following documents: Resume

• Your resume can be uploaded and tached to your applicion or creed using the USA Jobs on-line resume builder.

Ensure your resume contains the job title (including the occupional series and grade if it is Federal), job-reled qualificions, starting and ending des (month and year), hours worked per week, and hours worked per week, for each employment period. It is your responsibility to ensure all informion is submitted. Failure to include this informion may result in disqualificion for the position. For assistance with creing a resume, please click USAJOBS Help Center

• How do I write a resume for a federal job? Proof of Veteran's Preference
• DD214 (Member 4 Copy), if you are a veteran.

Additionally, applicants claiming 10-point preference must complete Standard Form (SF) 15, Applicion for 10-Point Veteran Preference, as well as additional documention required by the SF-15, such as a VA letter. Unofficial school transcripts, if the position has an educion requirement or if you are using educion to qualify. If selected for the position, you must provide an official transcript before appointment. Proof of U.S. accredition for foreign study, if applicable. 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 Click on the "Apply Online" button on the upper right side of the page.

Please Note:

You must apply for this position online through the 'Apply Online' button and submit required supplemental documents (if they are relevant to you). Your resume must be no more than two (2) pages. You may submit required documents by uploading them online during the applicion process. The complete applicion package, including any required documents, is due in the Smithsonian Office of Human Resources on the closing de of the announcement by 11:59 PM Eastern Time. If you are unable to apply online, paper applicions may be accepted with prior approval of the Contact Person listed below. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Stephani Brownlee Phone 202-633-6409 BrownleeST@SI.edu Address

SMITHSONIAN

Office of Human Resources

POB 37012, 600

Maryland Avenue, MRC 517 Suite 5060 Washington, District of Columbia 20013-7012 United Stes Next steps At the end of the applicion process you able to cree and save a PDF file th contains your responses to the assessment questions. You may save this file as initial receipt of your applicion. After the job announcement closes, you will receive an email from the Smithsonian with confirmion of receipt. The Smithsonian receives many applicions for each job. Each applicion is reviewed carefully which may take a few weeks. We will send you an e-mail to upde you as we go through phases of the applicion review process. You may also check your applicion stus by logging into www.usajobs.gov and selecting the tab "My USAJOBS;" e-mailing vacancy.info@si.edu; or by contacting the Office of Human Resources Representive listed.

Additional Informion:

Tips on applying for Smithsonian jobs are available https://www.si.edu/OHR/howtoapply . The Smithsonian does not pay relocion expenses but recruitment incentives may be authorized. The Smithsonian Institution is an equal opportunity employer. Additional informion can be found on our website ( www.si.edu/oeesd) . 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 Posted this month

• Apply by 07/09/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on July 9, 2026 Locion Few vacancies in the following locion: Washington, DC FEW vacancies No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $85,447
• $158,322 per year Pay scale & grade GS 11
• 13 Promotion potential 13 Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time
• Full-Time, Permanent Travel Required Occasional travel
• Occasional travel may be required. Appointment type Permanent
• Federal Occupions and job series Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union No Drug test No Security clearance Not Required Position sensitivity and risk Jobs require a and some require a .

The type depends on the job. Background check type Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number 26A-SB-313939-DEU-OSHEM Control number 871516400