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General Engineer
Customs and Border Protection · Indianapolis, Indiana and 3 more · Closes tomorrow

1 Check you can apply
2 Resume and documents
3 Apply on USAJOBS
4 After you apply

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1 Check you can apply You are here

Who can apply: Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL), The public.

Open to U.S. citizens, nationals, and people who owe allegiance to the U.S. Career transition eligibles (CTAP, ICTAP, or the Reemployment Priority List) may also apply, and these are former federal employees whose job or agency was eliminated.

Experience: You need at least 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level, in addition to the basic engineering requirement. Qualifying work includes reviewing engineering drawings and specifications, developing scopes of work and cost estimates, managing project scope and budgets, and coordinating with contractors and stakeholders.

Education: A bachelor's degree in engineering from a program accredited by ABET, or a degree with calculus and at least five of seven listed engineering science or physics courses (such as statics, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, and materials). Other options include current Engineer Intern or Engineer in Training registration, a Professional Engineer license, passing the Fundamentals of Engineering exam, at least 60 semester hours of science and engineering courses, or a related science degree plus 1 year of professional engineering experience.

Experience can be paid or unpaid, volunteer work included: if it matches the duties, it counts. The full rules are in the announcement.

2 Resume and documents

Write a federal resume for this job. For each job you held, give the month and year you started and ended, your hours per week and what you did, using the words of the experience the announcement asks for. Many announcements accept resumes of up to 2 pages: check this one.

Resume ready: dates, hours per week, duties Resume in English, PDF preferred, no password, two pages maximum Full legal name, phone number, and job dates in MM/DD/YY format on resume Hours worked per week, job title, series, grade, and salary for each job on resume Answers to the online vacancy questionnaire College transcripts, unofficial copies accepted now, or a list of coursework from the school Proof of CTAP, ICTAP, or RPL eligibility if you claim priority SF-50 forms if you are a current or former federal employee Initial and termination SF-50 forms if you are a former political appointee

3 Apply on USAJOBS

Closes tomorrow (November 4, until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time).

You sign in to USAJOBS with a Login.gov account, answer the questionnaire and upload your documents, then you submit. Answer the questionnaire honestly: your resume must show what you claim.

How they rate you: Applicants are first checked to see if they meet the minimum qualifications and basic requirements. Those who qualify are sent to the hiring manager, who may interview them and use extra selection criteria. Questionnaire essays are not scored, but applicants are encouraged to answer them.

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4 After you apply

In USAJOBS, under Applications, you can see where your application stands: received, reviewed, referred to the hiring manager or not, then selected or not. It can take a few weeks.

For the interview, prepare three examples with the STAR method: the Situation, the Task, what you did (Action) and the Result.

If they choose you: a tentative offer, then a background check, then the final offer with your start date.

Tips for this job:

Your resume must clearly show your specialized experience with dates, hours per week, job title, series, grade, and salary, or you may be found ineligible.
Keep your resume to two pages or less, and upload it as a PDF without password protection.
Have unofficial transcripts or a course list ready, since degree or coursework requirements are checked.

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