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This is a bargaining unit position. This position is represented by AFGE. Please note that as provided for in the AFGE/VA Master Agreement the FIRST area of consideration for this position will be permanent employees of the local facility in which this position is being filled, the SECOND area of consideration will be employees at other VA facilities, and the THIRD area of consideration will be all other eligibles.

Operates one or more types of heavy equipment with multiple hand and foot controls, such a as a backhoe, to dig, push, pull, pile, and load earth. For example, the operator uses equipment that is fitted with a front-end loader to maneuver to a specific spot to transfer material from the ground into a dump truck. The equipment is used as a tool for the purpose of digging multiple graves and preparing grave sites for first and subsequent interments. Landscapes grave sites by clearing brush, tree stumps, and rocks and cleaning underdeveloped land. Adjusts attachments for proper level, angle, and depth, according to the work to be done and they type of equipment used. Work is generally done on flat or rolling terrain, at new or previously landscape grave sites with simple terrain problems.

Operates backhoe in place to excavate earth composed of dirt, rock, sand, and/or clay from grave sites. Digs graves on level ground and hillsides above or below the frost line under widely varying conditions, subject to contact with mud, ice, snow, rock, hand-pan clay, and tree stumps. Uses equipment to dig ditches in occupied grave sites for the placement of French drains and to backfill and tamp grave sites following burials.

Work schedule: May be required to work Monday through Friday to include occasional weekends. Due to the mission of the National Cemetery, the cemetery cannot be closed for more than 2 consecutive days at any given time. Additionally, when a Federal holiday falls on a Monday or Friday, staff may be required to work on that holiday or a Saturday. All staff is required to work Memorial Day each year. Staff will be required to work overtime, weekends and holidays when necessary to meet the needs of the cemetery. Occasionally staff may be called back to the facility to perform emergency overtime work.
Compressed/Flexible Schedule: Not Available Not Available

Position Description Title/PD#: Engineering Eqpt Operator/ PD136400
The full performance level of this position is WG - 08.

Relocation Expenses: Not Authorized
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Financial Disclosure Report: Not Required

DR-0854/1550/2210-III

• Provides direction, guidance, and supervision for all activities within the directorate that directly and indirectly support the accomplishment of JWAC.
• Directs work through first-level subordinate supervisors planning, organizing, and managing long range strategic planning, IT, business development policies, regulations and changes thereto to reflect changing or new IT and/or development initiatives.
• Exercises final authority for the organization's policy and accountability for the success of the specific line or staff function directed.
• Provides advice and expert knowledge to the JP Director as well as JWAC senior leadership. Develops integration plans and executes Technical Point of Contact/financial duties for contract efforts, as required. Mentors personnel in the application of new capabilities to current projects.
• Responsible for communicating impact of, gaining commitment for, and ensuring consideration of directorate initiatives, policies, and recommendations.
• Meets with key customer and coordinating officials to assess customer satisfaction, explain organization policy and procedures, and resolve problems that arise.
• Prepares and presents reports and briefings on status of branch initiatives and/or recommends action to key internal and/or external elements.
• Represents JWAC at meetings, conferences and trainings in order to keep abreast of issues affecting the organization; ensures project plans and objectives are on target; resolves technical conflicts; and serves on technical groups or committees.
• Identifies funding requirements to support development activities.

• You will accomplish and coordinate planning and technical services to identify existing or develop technical work documents which define detailed requirements necessary to accomplish authorized work for assigned projects.
• You will possibly serve as a Technical Work Leader for a section or project providing technical direction to other employees who are responsible for technical planning and scheduling of complex assignments.
• You will accomplish and direct job planning and engineering services to prepare or revise work definition documents (summaries) which define authorized work boundaries, work scope and man-hours required for work accomplishment.
• You will coordinate assigned engineering and planning work within the project team and with related work in other sections or branches.
• You will provide services to accomplish troubleshooting, analyzing and resolving technical, administrative, financial and scheduling problems related to assigned work.
• You will provide expertise and training on industrial planning and estimating processes, as needed.

• You will develop and apply specific technical expertise in the field of construction.
• You will apply general knowledge of various types of construction contracts, project delivery methods, and various agency laws and regulations.
• You will provide engineering support services in the field of construction contracts between military personnel and private contractors.
• You will support the management and administration of complex and challenging construction projects in various locations with critical and time-sensitive missions and functions.

At the GS-4 level, you will:

• Assists in the performance of other standardized support duties such as the collection of literature references and the organization of files.
• Assists with routine steps in science studies and regulatory/compliance work.
• Supports higher-graded staff in planning for program management of environmental programs.
• Select appropriate methods and procedures for assignments based upon previous assignments or instructions.

At the GS-5 level, you will:

• Completes developmental assignments that expand the employee’s understanding of concepts, underlying principles, and program requirements and procedures.
• Assists with summary of environmental program information data for use in preparing reports and program evaluations.
• Performs routine tasks in science studies of a standard nature on regulatory and compliance issues and problems.
• Supports higher-graded staff in planning for program management of environmental programs.

One or more positions may be filled (in the organization advertised and/or in other organizations), if appropriate to the position.

• Determines need for, initiates, and formulates policy, practices, procedures, and methods related to areas of responsibility for the guidance of subordinate staff.
• Negotiates settlement of differences for all construction contracts under engineering and recommends a basis for satisfactory settlements to contracting officer in formal contract construction.
• Recommends changes in program direction as indicated by changing direction from the Regional level, rate of progress toward goals and objectives, and other factors which influence the engineering and safety programs.
• Participates with other staff officers and District Rangers as a team member representing engineering to arrive at recommendations for the engineering organization, engineering programs, and objectives.
• Participates with the Supervisor and other staff officers as a problem-solving team member.
• Makes recommendations for solutions to areas of responsibility and developmental programs, participating also in total Forest activities.
• Gives expert advice about the implementation of proposed policies, plans, and programs.
• Establishes and communicates guidelines and performance requirements to employees; conducts formal performance reviews; and identifies and provides for the developmental and training needs of employees.
• Performs administrative and human resources management functions for the unit; provides advice, counsel, or instruction on both administrative and work matters; and assures full compliance with safety regulations.
• Hears and resolves employee complaints, effects minor disciplinary measures, and recommends action in more serious cases.
• Performs supervisory duties 20% or less of the time.

What will I do in this position if hired?

In this Civil Rights Specialist (Civil Rights Specialist)- Reservist position, you will be a member of the Civil Rights Cadre and will provide administrative support to the Civil Rights Advisor and Lead.

Typical assignments include:

• Assisting in developing and performing research studies and evaluation projects of the implementation of civil rights policies and practices.
• Conducting community outreach and engagement to ensure that the civil rights message is articulated across all disaster designation.
• Preparing civil rights analytical data, staff reports, and memoranda reflecting upon equal protection of the law.

What else do I need to know?

At FEMA, our mission to help people before, during and after disasters; so, every employee at FEMA has a role in emergency management. Every FEMA employee has regular and recurring emergency management responsibilities, though not every position requires routine deployment to disaster sites. All positions are subject to recall around the clock for emergency management operations, which may require irregular work hours, work at locations other than the official duty station, and may include duties other than those specified in the employee's official position description. Travel requirements in support of emergency operations may be extensive in nature (weeks to months), with little advance notice, and may require employees to relocate to emergency sites with physically austere and operationally challenging conditions.

As a Reservist Employee, your role is to support response or recovery efforts. Reservists are intermittent, on-call employees. Please note that this is not a full-time position, and you only are paid when deployed. Deployment frequency and length varies based on disaster response need. Due to the irregular nature of disasters, Reservist employees are not guaranteed regular recurring hours, deployments, or renewal of employment.

The Civilian Reservist Emergency Workforce (CREW) Act protects the job rights of FEMA Reservists while they are deployed to disasters, emergencies, and critical trainings by including FEMA Reservists under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployments Rights Act (USERRA). This means that if you hold another job, you are able to deploy as a FEMA reservist and your job will be protected. It also protects you against penalization, discrimination, or loss of employee benefits as a result of your deployments to disasters, emergencies, and critical trainings. For more information, please visit FEMA.gov/careers or review the USERRA Resources from the Department of Labor.

FEMA is committed to ensuring that its workforce reflect the diversity of the nation. At FEMA, our workforce includes the many identities, races, ethnicities, backgrounds, abilities, ages, cultures, and beliefs of the people it serves. To learn about the ongoing diversity and inclusion efforts, reasonable accommodation process, and the FEMA Core Values, please visit fema.gov.

• You will research, evaluate, and provide feedback on problematic trends and patterns in customer support requirements.
• You will install, configure, troubleshoot, and maintain customer hardware and software.
• You will ensure the rigorous application of information security/information assurance policies, principles, and practices in the delivery of customer support services.
• You will execute IT store RDT/E requirements, including hardware/software ordering, software transfers, shipment receipt, inventory/shipment verification, and reconcile shipping fees.
• You will oversee/perform with in-depth knowledge of mathematical, physical, and engineering work that involves the application of, or research into engineering methods and techniques to store, manipulate, transform or present information.
• You will oversee/perform research on Scientific work that involves the application of, or research into computer science methods and techniques to store, manipulate, transform or present information by means of computer systems.

• Applies computer engineering/science principles to implement comprehensive system designs that integrate hardware, software, communication systems, and networks.
• Formulates, justifies, and executes the organization’s Information Technology (IT) budget.
• Performs the full range of administrative and technical supervisory duties.
• Responsible for defining overall Information Technology (IT) architecture and Software requirements.
• Provides direct support for IT related acquisition programs and collaborates with stakeholders to establish enterprise continuity of operations programs, strategies, and mission assurance.
• Advises and oversees the execution of digital literacy campaigns for the workforce.
• Maintains expert knowledge in IT, software and cyber policies, standards, and industry best practices.
• Directs the implementation or modification of information management systems to conform to changing operational, cybersecurity, and logistical concepts.

• You will independently lead or participate as a key analyst in both workplace studies and/or process improvement efforts broad in scope, but most often focused on work performance measurement, methods, and procedures.
• You will conduct audits and evaluations, surveys, stakeholder interviews and focus groups, and collect, analyze, interpret, and correlate large amounts of narrative and statistical data about various process measures.
• You will help employees develop strategies and tactics for data analysis and visualization projects.
• You will draft policy guidance, recommendation and point papers, and brief senior leaders on findings and recommendations for increasing broader organizational effectiveness.
• You will provide a broad scope of support on other projects to include: tracking taskers, developing and tracking execution of financial spend plans, and supporting survey development and analysis.

Incumbent serves as a region-based senior inspector who assists the Team Lead in managing the inspection program. Provides regional program support regarding operational and strategic activities associated with the implementation of the operating reactor inspection, oversight, and assessment programs, including the oversight of inspector qualifications and training; monitoring operational performance (i.e., metrics); and the implementation of continuous improvement activities and initiatives. Leads, plans, conducts, reports, and integrates findings associated with inspections of light-water reactors, in accordance with the NRC Inspection manual, Chapter 2515. Performs a wide variety of lead duties associated with inspection of the engineering, corrective actions and operations of power reactors. Independently plans and determines the scope of inspections to be performed. As a lead inspector or team member, performs routine and complex inspections, allegation reviews, event response inspections, or area of emphasis inspections of reactor facilities to observe and assure conformance to NRC rules and regulations, inspection procedures, and orders. Prepares and coordinates a report of inspection findings to ascertain whether the facility is being operated safely, whether the licensee's performance in cross-cutting areas is effective, and whether regulatory requirements are being satisfied. Integrates inspection findings into overall licensee assessment. Performs miscellaneous duties in support of the region-based inspection program, including enforcement and performance assessment.

• Serve as the DLA Facility Fire Protection Engineering Program Manager with authority and responsibility to administer the DLA Facility Fire Protection Engineering program.
• Serve as the recognized DLA expert and Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ) on all aspects of fire safety and fire protection engineering.
• Primary responsible engineer for interpreting codes for compliance and evaluating elements of risk and mitigations under any deviation from code or policy requirements.
• Plan, evaluate, and execute short- and long-range programs which impact DLA and DoD influence on national issues and policies through interactions and influence through the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD).
• Provide technical oversight of support to DLA field activities, in areas such as code enforcement, fire suppression, detection and notification system engineering, testing and maintenance.
• Planning, policy, methods and procedures to ensure regulatory requirements implementation and execution of the DLA Fire Protection Engineering program, which encompasses all real property facilities world-wide.
• Review of MilCon and renovation projects at an expert level for compliance with applicable fire safety and fire protection criteria.

As an Interdisciplinary Electrical/Electronics Engineer, you will:

• Serve as the designated telecommunications specialist for WAPA's facilities.
• Be responsible for the planning and design of major multi state microwave, mobile radio systems, telephony, telemetry or fiber optic systems necessary for power operations within WAPA.
• Prepare and review designs, drawings, interfaces, and quantity estimates for telecommunication systems used throughout WAPA facilities.
• Prepare technical specifications and evaluations; perform microwave and fixed radio system path profile, antenna heights, and path budget analysis.
• Provide design and engineering consultation for coordination with the Department of Defense, Department of Energy, Department of Interior, Department of Agriculture, the National Telecommunications Information Agency (NTIA), and other entities for microwave and radio telecommunication systems.
• Recommend and review policy, procedures, guidelines, and standards for the design, installation, operations, and maintenance of telecommunication systems.
• Administer and manage WAPA's frequency spectrum program.
• Provide telecommunications related software/database development and support.

As an Interdisciplinary Electrical/Electronics Engineer, you will:

• Serve as the designated telecommunications specialist for WAPA's facilities.
• Be responsible for the planning and design of major multi state microwave, mobile radio systems, telephony, telemetry or fiber optic systems necessary for power operations within WAPA.
• Prepare and review designs, drawings, interfaces, and quantity estimates for telecommunication systems used throughout WAPA facilities.
• Prepare technical specifications and evaluations; perform microwave and fixed radio system path profile, antenna heights, and path budget analysis.
• Provide design and engineering consultation for coordination with the Department of Defense, Department of Energy, Department of Interior, Department of Agriculture, the National Telecommunications Information Agency (NTIA), and other entities for microwave and radio telecommunication systems.
• Recommend and review policy, procedures, guidelines, and standards for the design, installation, operations, and maintenance of telecommunication systems.
• Administer and manage WAPA's frequency spectrum program.
• Provide telecommunications related software/database development and support.

• Serves as the senior engineer in the Engineering Division and as the technical advisor to Directorate of Public Works (DPW).
• Responsible for performing technical, administrative, managerial, and professional work related to contract administration, quality assurance, facility repairs, energy conservation management and oversight, and facility operations and maintenance.
• Provides engineering support for a wide range of garrison projects, including design and review, construction field representation, project development and management, and contracting support.
• Administers, manages, directs, and supports the Contracting Officers Representative (COR) for the multimillion-dollar Base Operations (BASOPS) Maintenance Contract of the Division.
• Represents the requirements and priorities of the operations and maintenance functional area in overall Public Works planning and programming.