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PC0000 DEFENSE CONTRACT MGT - COST AND PRICING

Lead General Engineer

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Lead General Engineer Department of Defense Defense Contract Management Agency DCMA Cost and Pricing (PC) Summary See below for important informion regarding this job. Additional vacancies may be filled from this announcement. See Additional Informion section for duty locions and salary informion Learn more about this agency Summary See below for important informion regarding this job. Additional vacancies may be filled from this announcement. See Additional Informion section for duty locions and salary informion Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Locion 1 vacancy in the following locions: Luke AFB, AZ Carson, CA Denver, CO Saint Petersburg, FL Indianapolis, IN Hanscom AFB, MA Philadelphia, PA Fort Worth, TX No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $125,776
  • $190,627 per year Pay scale & grade GS 14 Promotion potential None Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel
  • You may be expected to travel for this position.
Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series 0801 General Engineering Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union No Drug test No Security clearance Secret Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number
DCMA-PC-26-13073647-DH
Control number 886191300 This job is open to Help The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Military spouses Military spouses of active duty service members or whose spouse is 100 percent disabled or died on active duty. Clarificion from the agency This announcement is open to All U.S. Citizens, and is being filled under the Direct Hire Authority (DHA) for Certain Personnel of the Department of Defense. Videos Duties Help Serve as a technical expert in the DCMA Cost and Pricing Regional Command, Commercial Item Group performing Commercial Item determinion reviews. Interface with supervisory chain recommending best practices, challenges in processes, identifies areas of potential training needs and serves as an advisor to the CIG leadership chain addressing commercial acquisition challenges. Provide technical direction to implement agency engineering policy, competency management processes, and surveillance operions processes with particular emphasis on commercial items and price reasonableness for supplies and services. Implements agency engineering policies and formuling, determining, and establishing Commercial Item Group procedures which support agency policy. Provide in-depth technical analysis, engineering market research, manufacturing process research, engineering price reasonableness assessments, and engineering support to negotiions. Requirements Help Conditions of employment Must be a U.S. citizen
Security Requirements:
Non-Critical Sensitive with Secret Access Appointment is subject to the completion of a favorable suitability or fitness determinion, where reciprocity cannot be applied; unfavorably adjudiced background checks grounds for removal.
Selective Service Requirement:
Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service. Qualificions To qualify for a Lead General Engineer, your resume and supporting documention must support: A.
Basic Requirement:
A Bachelor's Degree or higher in professional engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) be in a school of engineering with least one program accredited by the Accredition Board for Engineering and Technology (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 A 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 professional 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 : A. Professional Registrion or Licensure
  • Current registrion as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT), 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. B. Written Test
  • Evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) 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. C. Specified academic courses
  • Successful completion of least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mhemical, and engineering sciences and in engineering th included the courses specified in the Basic Requirements above. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of a professional engineering curriculum as described in the Basic Requirements above. D. 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. AND B.
Specialized Experience:
One year of specialized experience th equipped you with the particular competencies to successfully perform the duties of the position and is directly in or reled to this position. To qualify the GS-14 level, applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 level or equivalent under other pay systems in the Federal service, military or prive sector. Applicants must meet eligibility requirements including time-in-grade (General Schedule (GS) positions only), time-after-competitive appointment, minimum qualificions, and any other regulory requirements by the cut-off/closing de of the announcement.
Creditable specialized experience includes:
Leading teams, assigning workload, reviewing/approving work products, training, guiding, coaching and mentoring team members providing them the necessary tools/resources to perform their job duties/responsibilities. Applying, technical expertise in advanced engineering theories, principles, concepts, standards, and methods. Conducting market research and analysis in order to determine if a product/service included in a prime or subcontract proposal sisfies the
FAR 2.101
commercial definition. Coordining with contracting functions delivering technical pricing informion to support fair and reasonable pricing. Recommending solutions to improve organizion and administrive procedures and work processes. Briefing senior level officials on organizional performance measurements. Using effective oral and written communicions and the use of office automion products to prepare and make formal and informal presentions of observions and recommendions developed during engineering surveillance activities. Educion Substitution of educion may not be used in lieu of specialized experience for this grade level. If the position has a minimum educion requirement you MUST provide transcripts (unofficial are acceptable the time of applicion) to support your educional claims. Or, if you are using educion to qualify in lieu of specialized experience you MUST provide transcripts (unofficial are acceptable the time of applicion) to support your educional claims. The transcripts must include your name, the name of the college or university, class/course list, completed number of credits/hours, and the de degree conferred (if applicable). Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion. Licenses must be current time of applicion.
GRADUATE EDUCATION
One academic year of gradue educion is considered to be the number of credits hours th your gradue school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study. Such study may have been performed on a full-time or part-time basis. If you cannot obtain your gradue school's definition of one year of gradue study, 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) should be considered as sisfying the requirement for one year of full-time gradue study.
FOREIGN EDUCATION
If you are using educion completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualificion requirements, you must show th the educion credentials have been evalued by a prive organizion th specializes in interpretion of foreign educion programs and such educion has been deemed equivalent to th gained in an accredited U.S. educion program; or full credit has been given for the courses a U.S. accredited college or university. Additional informion This position does not meet criteria for appointment of Reemployed Annuitants. The DoD criteria for hiring Reemployed Annuitants can be found : DoDI 1400.25-V300 .
Tour of Duty:
Flexible FLSA:
Exempt Bargaining Unit:
No If selected for an interview, you may be required to provide your last three performance appraisals to the panel. Selectee may be required to serve a trial/probionary period. Acquisition, Technology & Logistics (AT&L)
NON-CAP:
Position requires DoD Acquisition Engineering, Foundional certificion within required timeframes. Selectee must also achieve 80 hours of Continuous Learning Points (CLPs) every 2-years. Click here for more details and Resources . Military spouses working remotely are exempt from in-person work under the conditions explained by OPM's February 12, 2025 memorandum and the March 20, 2025 Frequently Asked Questions . Positions filled any of the locions listed below. Site specific salary informion as follows:
Denver, CO:
$140,239
  • $182,316
Hanscom AFB:
$142,452
  • $185,193
Indianapolis, IN:
$126,947
  • $165,037
Luke AFB:
$131,568
  • $171,043
Saint Petersburg, FL:
$125,776
  • $163,514
Fort Worth, TX:
$136,736
  • 177,762
Philadelphia, PA:
$138,595
  • $180,178
Carson, CA:
$146,632
  • $190,627 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. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your eligibility and/or score.
Direct Hire Evaluion:
Once the applicion process is complete, a review of your applicion made to ensure you meet the job requirements. This vacancy filled through OPM's Direct Hire Authority. All applicants who meet the basic qualificion requirements forwarded to the Selecting Official for considerion. The rule of Three, Veteran's Preference and traditional ring and ranking of applicants do not apply to this vacancy. We will evalue your applicion for basic eligibility and to determine if your experience meets the basic qualificion requirements described in the announcement. All applicants who meet the qualificions and other basic requirement are eligible for referral and selection considerion. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your ring. 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 Required documents for submission vary based on the authority you are using to apply (e.g., applying as a veteran, a current permanent Federal employee, a reinstement, etc). Your complete applicion includes your resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and documents which prove your eligibility to apply. If you fail to provide these documents, you marked as having an incomplete applicion package and you will not be considered any further. The following documents are
REQUIRED
1.
Your resume:
IMPORTANT UPDATE
Your resume must not exceed two (2) pages. If your resume exceeds the two-page limit, you removed from considerion for this announcement. The resume and required supporting documention should provide the minimum qualificions and relevant experience for the announced position. Must include the work schedule, hours worked per week, des of employment, and duties performed. If multiple resumes are submitted by an applicant, only the last resume submitted reviewed for qualificions and referred for selection considerion, if eligible. The resume must not be more than 5MB and should be saved and uploaded as a PDF to maintain formting and number of pages. We also accept GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, RTF, TXT, PDF, ODT or Word (DOC or DOCX). We do not accept PDF portfolio files. Page margins should be 0.5 inches, and font styles must be legible. Consider using 14-point size font for titles and 10-point for the main text. We recommend using a font like Lo, if available. Other widely available options are Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, Open San Source Sans Pro, Roboto or Noro Sans. Additional guidance on writing a federal resume can be found : USAJOBS Help Center
  • How do I write a resume for a federal job?
The resume builder can help you cree a resume using these recommendions and uses the informion in your USAJOBS profile to help you get started. To ensure full credit for time worked regarding qualificions determinions your resume must include your work schedule. You are strongly encouraged to ensure your resume contains the number of hours worked per week and the specific des of employment (i.e.,"40 hrs per week; 1/15/2020
  • 1/14/2022" or "30 hrs per week; 1/15/2020
  • Present").
2. Transcripts (must include your name, the name of the college or university, class/course list, completed number of credits/hours, and the de degree conferred (if applicable): Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion. Licenses must be current time of applicion. This position has a degree or educion requirement so you are required to submit a copy of your transcript.
PLEASE REVIEW THE LINK FOR OTHER SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS
needed for proof of eligibility: Supporting Documents 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 To apply for this position, you must complete the online questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section above. To preview the questionnaire, please go to https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13073647 .The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 10/05/2026 to receive considerion . To begin, click Apply Online to access an online applicion. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account or you may need to cree a new account. You taken to an online applicion. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention, and submit the applicion.
NOTE:
Resumes up to a total of two pages accepted. Resumes exceeding two pages removed from considerion. You will receive an email notificion when your applicion has been received for the announcement. If you are required to complete any USA Hire Assessments, you notified after submitting your applicion. The notificion provided in your applicion submission screen and via email. The notificion will include your unique assessment access link to the USA Hire system and the completion deadline. Additionally, in USAJOBS you can click "Track this applicion" to return to your assessment completion notice. Access USA Hire using your unique assessment link. Access is granted through your USAJOBS login credentials. Review all instructions prior to beginning your assessments. You will have the opportunity to request a testing accommodion before beginning the assessments should you have a disability covered under the Rehabilition Act of 1973 as amended. Set aside least 3 hours to take the USA Hire Assessments; however, most applicants complete the assessments in less time. If you need to stop the assessments and continue ler, you can re-use your unique assessment link. Your responses to the USA Hire Assessments reused for one year (in most cases) from the de you complete an assessment. If future applicions you submit require completion of the same assessments, your responses automically reused. Visit the USA Hire Applicant Resource Center for practice assessments and assessment preparion resources https://support-usahire.opm.gov/hc/en-us . To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account, https://www.usajobs.gov , select the Applicion Stus link and then select the More Informion link for this position. The Applicion Stus page will display the stus of your applicion, the documention received and processed, and your responses submitted to the online applicion. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. As required by 5 C.F.R. § 302.106., DLA will provide Section 508 conformant ICT to employees with disabilities. All ICT interfaces with the public reled to vacancy announcements and career transition opportunities must conform to the applicable requirements in the current ICT Standards and Guidelines (36 C.F.R. § 1194). Agency contact informion DHRSStaffing
DCMA EAST
Phone 614-693-6762 DHRSStaffing.

DCMA.East@dla.mil Address
PC0000 DEFENSE CONTRACT MGT
  • COST
AND PRICING 3901 A
Ave Bldg 10500 Fort Lee, VA 23801 US Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. Your applicion evalued by the Human Resources Office to determine your eligibility and qualificions for the position. After the evaluion is complete, you will receive another notificion regarding the stus of your applicion. To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account ( https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login ), all of your applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/applicion/stus/ 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 Required documents for submission vary based on the authority you are using to apply (e.g., applying as a veteran, a current permanent Federal employee, a reinstement, etc). Your complete applicion includes your resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and documents which prove your eligibility to apply. If you fail to provide these documents, you marked as having an incomplete applicion package and you will not be considered any further. The following documents are
REQUIRED
1.
Your resume:
IMPORTANT UPDATE
Your resume must not exceed two (2) pages. If your resume exceeds the two-page limit, you removed from considerion for this announcement. The resume and required supporting documention should provide the minimum qualificions and relevant experience for the announced position. Must include the work schedule, hours worked per week, des of employment, and duties performed. If multiple resumes are submitted by an applicant, only the last resume submitted reviewed for qualificions and referred for selection considerion, if eligible. The resume must not be more than 5MB and should be saved and uploaded as a PDF to maintain formting and number of pages. We also accept GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, RTF, TXT, PDF, ODT or Word (DOC or DOCX). We do not accept PDF portfolio files. Page margins should be 0.5 inches, and font styles must be legible. Consider using 14-point size font for titles and 10-point for the main text. We recommend using a font like Lo, if available. Other widely available options are Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, Open San Source Sans Pro, Roboto or Noro Sans. Additional guidance on writing a federal resume can be found : USAJOBS Help Center
  • How do I write a resume for a federal job?
The resume builder can help you cree a resume using these recommendions and uses the informion in your USAJOBS profile to help you get started. To ensure full credit for time worked regarding qualificions determinions your resume must include your work schedule. You are strongly encouraged to ensure your resume contains the number of hours worked per week and the specific des of employment (i.e.,"40 hrs per week; 1/15/2020
  • 1/14/2022" or "30 hrs per week; 1/15/2020
  • Present").
2. Transcripts (must include your name, the name of the college or university, class/course list, completed number of credits/hours, and the de degree conferred (if applicable): Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion. Licenses must be current time of applicion. This position has a degree or educion requirement so you are required to submit a copy of your transcript.
PLEASE REVIEW THE LINK FOR OTHER SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS
needed for proof of eligibility: Supporting Documents 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 To apply for this position, you must complete the online questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section above. To preview the questionnaire, please go to https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13073647 .The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 10/05/2026 to receive considerion . To begin, click Apply Online to access an online applicion. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account or you may need to cree a new account. You taken to an online applicion. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention, and submit the applicion.
NOTE:
Resumes up to a total of two pages accepted. Resumes exceeding two pages removed from considerion. You will receive an email notificion when your applicion has been received for the announcement. If you are required to complete any USA Hire Assessments, you notified after submitting your applicion. The notificion provided in your applicion submission screen and via email. The notificion will include your unique assessment access link to the USA Hire system and the completion deadline. Additionally, in USAJOBS you can click "Track this applicion" to return to your assessment completion notice. Access USA Hire using your unique assessment link. Access is granted through your USAJOBS login credentials. Review all instructions prior to beginning your assessments. You will have the opportunity to request a testing accommodion before beginning the assessments should you have a disability covered under the Rehabilition Act of 1973 as amended. Set aside least 3 hours to take the USA Hire Assessments; however, most applicants complete the assessments in less time. If you need to stop the assessments and continue ler, you can re-use your unique assessment link. Your responses to the USA Hire Assessments reused for one year (in most cases) from the de you complete an assessment. If future applicions you submit require completion of the same assessments, your responses automically reused. Visit the USA Hire Applicant Resource Center for practice assessments and assessment preparion resources https://support-usahire.opm.gov/hc/en-us . To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account, https://www.usajobs.gov , select the Applicion Stus link and then select the More Informion link for this position. The Applicion Stus page will display the stus of your applicion, the documention received and processed, and your responses submitted to the online applicion. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. As required by 5 C.F.R. § 302.106., DLA will provide Section 508 conformant ICT to employees with disabilities. All ICT interfaces with the public reled to vacancy announcements and career transition opportunities must conform to the applicable requirements in the current ICT Standards and Guidelines (36 C.F.R. § 1194). Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion DHRSStaffing
DCMA EAST
Phone 614-693-6762 DHRSStaffing.

DCMA.East@dla.mil Address
PC0000 DEFENSE CONTRACT MGT
  • COST
AND PRICING 3901 A
Ave Bldg 10500 Fort Lee, VA 23801 US Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. Your applicion evalued by the Human Resources Office to determine your eligibility and qualificions for the position. After the evaluion is complete, you will receive another notificion regarding the stus of your applicion. To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account ( https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login ), all of your applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/applicion/stus/ 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 Additional locions Indianapolis, IN Hanscom AFB, MA Philadelphia, PA Fort Worth, TX Overview Help Accepting applicions Locion 1 vacancy in the following locions: Luke AFB, AZ Carson, CA Denver, CO Saint Petersburg, FL Indianapolis, IN Hanscom AFB, MA Philadelphia, PA Fort Worth, TX No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $125,776
  • $190,627 per year Pay scale & grade GS 14 Promotion potential None Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel
  • You may be expected to travel for this position.
Appointment type Permanent 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 Secret Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number
DCMA-PC-26-13073647-DH
Control number 886191300

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