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Supervisory General Engineer
United States Army Installation Management Command · Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland · Closes in 7 days

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: The public.

Open to the public, but only U.S. citizens, nationals, or people who owe allegiance to the U.S. can apply. You must provide proof of U.S. citizenship.

Experience: One year of specialized experience at the GS-12 level. It must include managing complex, non-standard engineering projects or utility systems, serving as a technical liaison between facilities operations and senior management, and developing creative engineering techniques for highly difficult maintenance problems.

Education: A bachelor's degree in engineering from an ABET-accredited program, or a degree in engineering with calculus and advanced science courses as listed in the announcement. Other paths include a current Engineer Intern or Engineer in Training registration, a Professional Engineer license, passing the Fundamentals of Engineering exam, 60 semester hours of qualifying courses, or a related science degree plus 1 year of professional engineering experience. Education cannot replace experience at this grade.

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 of two pages or less showing employer, job title, start and end dates by month and year, and hours worked per week Plain-language descriptions of your duties, without unexplained acronyms College transcripts if you qualify through education Most recent performance appraisal, if applicable Cover letter (optional)

3 Apply on USAJOBS

Closes in 7 days (November 10, 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: Your full application package, including your resume, supporting documents, and questionnaire answers, is reviewed to see if you meet the qualifications. If you inflate your qualifications or experience, you may lose consideration. Errors or missing information may affect your eligibility.

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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, a security clearance (Secret), then the final offer with your start date.

Tips for this job:

Your resume must show the hours per week for each job, or your application may be marked incomplete.
Keep your resume to two pages or less and describe your work in plain language.
If you qualify through education, attach your transcripts or you will be rated ineligible.

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