Supervisory General Engineer/Operations Research Analyst
Summary Securing Travel, Protecting People - At the Transportation Security Administration, you will serve in a high-stakes environment to safeguard the American way of life.
In cities across the country, you would secure airports, seaports, railroads, highways, and/or public transit systems, thus protecting America's transportation infrastructure and ensuring freedom of movement for people and commerce.
For additional information about our agency please:
Click Here Responsibilities This Supervisory General Engineer/Operations Research Analystposition is locatedin the office of Acquisition Program Management (APM), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
The employee is responsible for coordinating and integrating the TSA Systems Integration Facility (TSIF) test and evaluation activities necessary to meet all technical, schedule, and logistic activities.
Establishes appropriate technical approaches; determines economic feasibility; defines test concepts and logistic requirements; derives cost and schedule projections; and conducts cost-effectiveness studies.
as well as configuration management support services, to APM, TSA field elements and other TSA and/or DHS stakeholders.
Serves as the first level manager/supervisor over test and evaluation personnel in TSIF Test Branch supporting high-impact programs.
Conducts/supervises all of the planning and execution for Integrated Developmental Test events for any technology or capability that TSA considers for procurement or formal qualification required to meet the agency mission.
Oversees contracts, develops Statements of Work for acquisitions, oversees the budget.
Establishes and manages contracts supporting TSIF testing activities.
Defines, acquires and allocates budget, staff, and other resources to accomplish objectives for the program or acquires additional resources as needed.
Directs the work of subordinate team members, work includes complex operations or projects based on the objectives of the major component and frequently TSA.
Has regular and recurring contacts with other testing managers, division managers for programs being supported by T (examples being checked baggage, passenger screening), and the Director of Operational Testing for DHS, who has the responsibility of overseeing the testing and evaluation process and making the final decisions on many systems.
Supervisory/Managerial Probationary Period Requirements:
Unless previously completed, you must satisfactorily complete a one-year supervisory probationary period to continue in this supervisory/managerial position.
Requirements Conditions of Employment You must possess US Citizenship or be a US National.
You must have reached the minimum age (18) at the time of application.
You must complete a favorable Background Investigation (BI).
Selective Service registration is required.
See additional Conditions of Employment and Other Information section You must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret Clearance.
Applying to this announcement certifies that you give permission for DHS to share your application with others in DHS for similar positions.
Any offers of employment made pursuant to this announcement will be consistent with all applicable authorities, including Presidential Memoranda, Executive Orders, interpretive US Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and US Office of Personnel Management (OPM) guidance, and Office of Management and Budget plans and policies concerning hiring.
These authorities are subject to change.
Qualifications In addition to the basic requirements, to qualify for the SV-K Pay Band (equivalent to GS-15),you must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the SV-J Pay Band or GS-14 in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private sector.
Specialized experienceis defined as experience is defined as:
applyingmethodologies and strategies, strategic risk assessment, requirements analysis and systems engineering to manage a Testing and Evaluation program; and leading and integratingteam members performing a variety of analytical and engineering functions; and applyingconcepts, methods and practices related to program management for productivity improvement, management controls, and long-range planning.
National Service Experience (ie, volunteer experience):
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (eg, Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (eg, professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social).
Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.
You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees.
If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office.
Resumesmust include the following:
Narrative description of duties with start and end dates (including the month and year) for work experience.
State the number of hours worked in a position (ie full-time or part-time).
If part-time, state the total number of hours worked per week.
Performance level (ie band or grade) You must meet the qualification requirements for this position no later than the closing date of the vacancy announcement.
Education Basic Requirements for all Operations Research Positions:
This position requires a degree in Operations Research; or at least 24 semester hours in a combination of operations research, mathematics, probability, statistics, mathematical logic, science, or subject-matter courses requiring substantial competence in college-level mathematics or statistics.
At least 3 semester hours of the 24 semester hours must have been in calculus.
NOTE:
You MUST provide transcript(s) or documentation with your application to verify that you meet the above basic requirements.
Basic Requirements for all Engineer Positions (must meet A or B):
Bachelor's or higher degree in professional engineering.
To be acceptable, the curriculum must:
(1) be in a school of engineering with at least one curriculum accredited by the Accreditation 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) 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 B.
Combination of education and experience--college-level education, training, and/or technical experience that furnished (1) a thorough knowledge of the physical and mathematical sciences underlying professional engineering, and (2) a good understanding, both theoretical and practical, of the engineering sciences and techniques and their applications to one of the branches of engineering.
The adequacy of such background must be demonstrated by one of the following:
Professional Registration-Current registration as a professional engineer by any State, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico.
Absent other means of qualifying under this standard, those applicants who achieved such registration by means other than written test (eg, State grandfather or eminence provisions) are eligible only for positions that are within or closely related to the specialty field of their registration.
For example, an applicant who attains registration through a State Board's eminence provision as a manufacturing engineer typically would be rated eligible only for manufacturing engineering positions.
Written Test-Evidence of having successfully passed the Engineer-in-Training (EIT) examination, or the written test required for professional registration, which is administered by the Boards of Engineering Examiners in the various States, the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico.
Applicants who have passed the EIT examination and have completed all the requirements for either (a) a bachelor's degree in engineering technology (BET) from an accredited college of university that included 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences, or (b) a BET from a program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) may be rated eligible for certain engineering positions at GS-5.
Eligibility is limited to positions that are within or closely related to the specialty field of the engineering technology program.
Applicants for positions that involve highly technical research, development, or similar functions requiring an advanced level of competence in basic science must meet the basic requirements in paragraph A.
Because of the diversity in kind and quality of BET programs, graduates of other BET programs are required to complete at least 1 year of additional education or highly technical work experience of such nature as to provide reasonable assurance of the possession of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required for professional engineering competence.
The adequacy of this background must be demonstrated by passing the EIT examination.
Specified academic courses-Successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences and in engineering that included the courses specified in the basic requirements.
The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of a professional engineering curriculum as described in paragraph A.
Related curriculum-Successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree in engineering technology or in an appropriate professional field, eg, physics, chemistry, architecture, computer science, mathematics, hydrology, or geology, may be accepted in lieu of a degree in engineering, provided the applicant has had at 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, eg, in interdisciplinary positions.
(The above examples of related curricula are not all-inclusive.
) NOTE:
You MUST provide transcripts or other documentation to support your education claims.
Refer to the Required Documents section of his announcement for details.
All materials must be submitted by the vacancy announcement closing date.
Additional Information Eligibility to apply for other Federal positions:
TSA is an Excepted Service agency exempt from most of Title 5 United States Code, including regulations which apply to displaced Federal employees (CTAP/ICTAP) of other agencies, and employment with TSA does not confer Competitive Status that generally results from selection and service in Competitive Service agencies.
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has established an Interchange Agreement, which allows most permanent TSA employees to apply and be considered for vacancies in Competitive Service agencies.
Information from OPM on this or other Interchange Agreements is available at:
.
To ensure the accomplishment of our mission, DHS requires every employee to be reliable and trustworthy.
To meet those standards, all selected applicants must undergo and successfully pass a background investigation as a condition of placement into this position.
DHS uses E-Verify, an Internet-based system, to confirm the eligibility of all newly hired employees to work in the United States.
Learn more about E-Verify including your rights and responsibilities.
If you receive a conditional offer of employment for this position, you will be required to complete an Optional Form 306, Declaration for Federal Employment, and to sign and certify the accuracy of all information in your application, prior to entry on duty.
False statements on any part of the application may result in withdrawal of offer of employment, dismissal after beginning work, fine, or imprisonment.
TSA employees who are absent for the purpose of performing military duty may apply for any vacancies announced in their absence.
It is the policy of the Government not to deny employment simply because an individual has been unemployed or has had financial difficulties that have arisen through no fault of the individual.
Information about an individual's employment experience will be used only to determine the person's qualifications and to assess his or her relative level of knowledge, skills, and abilities.
Although an individual's personal conduct may be relevant in any employment decision, including conduct during periods of unemployment or evidence of dishonesty in handling financial matters, financial difficulty that has arisen through no fault of the individual will generally not itself be the basis of an unfavorable suitability or fitness determination.
For more information, click here.
Permanent Change of Station (PCS) expenses are not authorized.
Relocation expenses are not authorized.
More than one position may be filled from this announcement.
If you are entering TSA employment on an appointment without time limitations, you must serve a basic trial period unless you have already met the requirement.
TSA policy requires verification of Selective Service registration for male applicants born after 12/31/59.
For more information click here.
View common definitions of terms found in this announcement.
.
Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
In cities across the country, you would secure airports, seaports, railroads, highways, and/or public transit systems, thus protecting America's transportation infrastructure and ensuring freedom of movement for people and commerce.
For additional information about our agency please:
Click Here Responsibilities This Supervisory General Engineer/Operations Research Analystposition is locatedin the office of Acquisition Program Management (APM), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
The employee is responsible for coordinating and integrating the TSA Systems Integration Facility (TSIF) test and evaluation activities necessary to meet all technical, schedule, and logistic activities.
Establishes appropriate technical approaches; determines economic feasibility; defines test concepts and logistic requirements; derives cost and schedule projections; and conducts cost-effectiveness studies.
as well as configuration management support services, to APM, TSA field elements and other TSA and/or DHS stakeholders.
Serves as the first level manager/supervisor over test and evaluation personnel in TSIF Test Branch supporting high-impact programs.
Conducts/supervises all of the planning and execution for Integrated Developmental Test events for any technology or capability that TSA considers for procurement or formal qualification required to meet the agency mission.
Oversees contracts, develops Statements of Work for acquisitions, oversees the budget.
Establishes and manages contracts supporting TSIF testing activities.
Defines, acquires and allocates budget, staff, and other resources to accomplish objectives for the program or acquires additional resources as needed.
Directs the work of subordinate team members, work includes complex operations or projects based on the objectives of the major component and frequently TSA.
Has regular and recurring contacts with other testing managers, division managers for programs being supported by T (examples being checked baggage, passenger screening), and the Director of Operational Testing for DHS, who has the responsibility of overseeing the testing and evaluation process and making the final decisions on many systems.
Supervisory/Managerial Probationary Period Requirements:
Unless previously completed, you must satisfactorily complete a one-year supervisory probationary period to continue in this supervisory/managerial position.
Requirements Conditions of Employment You must possess US Citizenship or be a US National.
You must have reached the minimum age (18) at the time of application.
You must complete a favorable Background Investigation (BI).
Selective Service registration is required.
See additional Conditions of Employment and Other Information section You must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret Clearance.
Applying to this announcement certifies that you give permission for DHS to share your application with others in DHS for similar positions.
Any offers of employment made pursuant to this announcement will be consistent with all applicable authorities, including Presidential Memoranda, Executive Orders, interpretive US Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and US Office of Personnel Management (OPM) guidance, and Office of Management and Budget plans and policies concerning hiring.
These authorities are subject to change.
Qualifications In addition to the basic requirements, to qualify for the SV-K Pay Band (equivalent to GS-15),you must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the SV-J Pay Band or GS-14 in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private sector.
Specialized experienceis defined as experience is defined as:
applyingmethodologies and strategies, strategic risk assessment, requirements analysis and systems engineering to manage a Testing and Evaluation program; and leading and integratingteam members performing a variety of analytical and engineering functions; and applyingconcepts, methods and practices related to program management for productivity improvement, management controls, and long-range planning.
National Service Experience (ie, volunteer experience):
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (eg, Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (eg, professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social).
Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.
You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees.
If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office.
Resumesmust include the following:
Narrative description of duties with start and end dates (including the month and year) for work experience.
State the number of hours worked in a position (ie full-time or part-time).
If part-time, state the total number of hours worked per week.
Performance level (ie band or grade) You must meet the qualification requirements for this position no later than the closing date of the vacancy announcement.
Education Basic Requirements for all Operations Research Positions:
This position requires a degree in Operations Research; or at least 24 semester hours in a combination of operations research, mathematics, probability, statistics, mathematical logic, science, or subject-matter courses requiring substantial competence in college-level mathematics or statistics.
At least 3 semester hours of the 24 semester hours must have been in calculus.
NOTE:
You MUST provide transcript(s) or documentation with your application to verify that you meet the above basic requirements.
Basic Requirements for all Engineer Positions (must meet A or B):
Bachelor's or higher degree in professional engineering.
To be acceptable, the curriculum must:
(1) be in a school of engineering with at least one curriculum accredited by the Accreditation 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) 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 B.
Combination of education and experience--college-level education, training, and/or technical experience that furnished (1) a thorough knowledge of the physical and mathematical sciences underlying professional engineering, and (2) a good understanding, both theoretical and practical, of the engineering sciences and techniques and their applications to one of the branches of engineering.
The adequacy of such background must be demonstrated by one of the following:
Professional Registration-Current registration as a professional engineer by any State, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico.
Absent other means of qualifying under this standard, those applicants who achieved such registration by means other than written test (eg, State grandfather or eminence provisions) are eligible only for positions that are within or closely related to the specialty field of their registration.
For example, an applicant who attains registration through a State Board's eminence provision as a manufacturing engineer typically would be rated eligible only for manufacturing engineering positions.
Written Test-Evidence of having successfully passed the Engineer-in-Training (EIT) examination, or the written test required for professional registration, which is administered by the Boards of Engineering Examiners in the various States, the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico.
Applicants who have passed the EIT examination and have completed all the requirements for either (a) a bachelor's degree in engineering technology (BET) from an accredited college of university that included 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences, or (b) a BET from a program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) may be rated eligible for certain engineering positions at GS-5.
Eligibility is limited to positions that are within or closely related to the specialty field of the engineering technology program.
Applicants for positions that involve highly technical research, development, or similar functions requiring an advanced level of competence in basic science must meet the basic requirements in paragraph A.
Because of the diversity in kind and quality of BET programs, graduates of other BET programs are required to complete at least 1 year of additional education or highly technical work experience of such nature as to provide reasonable assurance of the possession of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required for professional engineering competence.
The adequacy of this background must be demonstrated by passing the EIT examination.
Specified academic courses-Successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences and in engineering that included the courses specified in the basic requirements.
The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of a professional engineering curriculum as described in paragraph A.
Related curriculum-Successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree in engineering technology or in an appropriate professional field, eg, physics, chemistry, architecture, computer science, mathematics, hydrology, or geology, may be accepted in lieu of a degree in engineering, provided the applicant has had at 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, eg, in interdisciplinary positions.
(The above examples of related curricula are not all-inclusive.
) NOTE:
You MUST provide transcripts or other documentation to support your education claims.
Refer to the Required Documents section of his announcement for details.
All materials must be submitted by the vacancy announcement closing date.
Additional Information Eligibility to apply for other Federal positions:
TSA is an Excepted Service agency exempt from most of Title 5 United States Code, including regulations which apply to displaced Federal employees (CTAP/ICTAP) of other agencies, and employment with TSA does not confer Competitive Status that generally results from selection and service in Competitive Service agencies.
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has established an Interchange Agreement, which allows most permanent TSA employees to apply and be considered for vacancies in Competitive Service agencies.
Information from OPM on this or other Interchange Agreements is available at:
.
To ensure the accomplishment of our mission, DHS requires every employee to be reliable and trustworthy.
To meet those standards, all selected applicants must undergo and successfully pass a background investigation as a condition of placement into this position.
DHS uses E-Verify, an Internet-based system, to confirm the eligibility of all newly hired employees to work in the United States.
Learn more about E-Verify including your rights and responsibilities.
If you receive a conditional offer of employment for this position, you will be required to complete an Optional Form 306, Declaration for Federal Employment, and to sign and certify the accuracy of all information in your application, prior to entry on duty.
False statements on any part of the application may result in withdrawal of offer of employment, dismissal after beginning work, fine, or imprisonment.
TSA employees who are absent for the purpose of performing military duty may apply for any vacancies announced in their absence.
It is the policy of the Government not to deny employment simply because an individual has been unemployed or has had financial difficulties that have arisen through no fault of the individual.
Information about an individual's employment experience will be used only to determine the person's qualifications and to assess his or her relative level of knowledge, skills, and abilities.
Although an individual's personal conduct may be relevant in any employment decision, including conduct during periods of unemployment or evidence of dishonesty in handling financial matters, financial difficulty that has arisen through no fault of the individual will generally not itself be the basis of an unfavorable suitability or fitness determination.
For more information, click here.
Permanent Change of Station (PCS) expenses are not authorized.
Relocation expenses are not authorized.
More than one position may be filled from this announcement.
If you are entering TSA employment on an appointment without time limitations, you must serve a basic trial period unless you have already met the requirement.
TSA policy requires verification of Selective Service registration for male applicants born after 12/31/59.
For more information click here.
View common definitions of terms found in this announcement.
.
Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
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