Lead Interdisciplinary

Summary

About the Position: You will serve as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) Lead in a team environment providing technical expertise, guidance, and/or oversight for the District's most complex projects related to their expertise. Serves as the principle advisor to the Division Chief regarding all technical matters relating to expertise.

Duties

• Perform assignments and work with the Project Delivery Teams (PDTs) and subject matter Community of Practice (CoP) in developing guidance, performing complex engineering to solve complex problems, and providing technical oversight
• Promote expertise/knowledge transfer through cooperative efforts with less experienced team members.
• Evaluate project site conditions, leads teams to resolution of engineering issues, performs investigations and studies, generates or provides input for plans and specifications, and develops Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and guidance.
• Use complex engineering tools as part of the modeling, design, and document production process.
• Investigate complex projects to determine the problem areas and the recommended solutions.
• Analyze design features for incorporation into project planning and design documents.
• Prepare preliminary and final designs, technical analyses, layouts, and computations for preparation of contract drawings, policy/technical compliance reviews, and coordination with CoP for best practice assurances.
• Conduct site inspections, forms technical conclusions, and provides oral or written reports containing recommendations for action.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the education and experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Basic Requirement for Architect: A. Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in architecture or in a related field that included 60 semester hours of course work in architecture or related disciplines of which at least (1) 30 semester hours were in architectural design, and (2) 6 semester hours were in each of the following: structural technology, properties of materials and methods of construction, and environmental control systems. OR B. Combination of Education and Experience: College-level education, training, and/or technical experience that furnished (1) a thorough knowledge of the arts and sciences underlying professional architecture, and (2) a good understanding, both theoretical and practical, of the architectural principles, methods, and techniques and their applications to the design and construction or improvement of buildings. The adequacy of such background must be demonstrated by at least one of the following: (1) Related Curriculum - Degree in architectural engineering provided the completed course work in architectural engineering provided knowledge, skills, and abilities substantially equivalent to those provided in the courses specified in statement A above, or (2) Experience: 1 year of experience in an architect's office or in architectural work for each year short of graduation from a program of study in architecture. In the absence of any college courses, 5 years of such experience is required. This experience must have demonstrated that you have acquired a thorough knowledge of the fundamental principles and theories of professional architecture. Basic Requirement for Engineer: Civil Engineer (0810), Environmental Engineer (0819), General Engineer (0801),Mechanical Engineer (0830), Electrical Engineer (0850): A. Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET); OR (2) include differential and integral calculus and courses (more advanced than first-year physics and chemistry) in five of the following seven areas of engineering science or physics: (a) statics, dynamics; (b) strength of materials (stress-strain relationships); (c) fluid mechanics, hydraulics; (d) thermodynamics; (e) electrical fields and circuits; (f) nature and properties of materials (relating particle and aggregate structure to properties); and (g) any other comparable area of fundamental engineering science or physics, such as optics, heat transfer, soil mechanics, or electronics. 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 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: 1. Professional registration or licensure - Current registration as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT), or licensure as a Professional Engineer (PE) by any State, the District of Columbia, Gu…

Education

In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below: Specialized Experience GS-13: One year of specialized experience related to include providing technical expertise, guidance, and/or oversight for the District's most complex projects related to their expertise. Serves as a contact regarding all technical matters relating to expertise. Responsible for the technical functions of the most complex projects, which could include planning, studies, models, coordination, and engineering preparation, oversight, review, and documentation of designs associated with projects and/or sub-projects, and/or oversight of tasks related to expertise. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level (GS-12) position in the Federal Service. FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications.