Environmental Engineer GEMS TCF- Recent Graduate

Preference eligible veterans who were precluded from applying due to their military service obligation begin their 2-year eligibility period upon release or discharge from active duty. Eligibility for these veterans cannot exceed 6 years from the date on which the degree (certification and/or career/technical program) was completed.

BASIC REQUIREMENT: (Transcripts and documentation required)
A 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)3 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
A 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 (e.g., 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 Boards 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
-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 above.
- Related curriculum- Successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree in engineering technology or in an appropriate professional field, e.g., 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, e.g., in interdisciplinary positions. (The above examples of related curricula are not all-inclusive.)

And, you must also meet one of the following Minimum Qualification requirements:

GS-7: Possess superior academic achievement gained at the baccalaureate level in engineering for graduates of a Professional Engineering Curriculum. Superior academic achievement is based on (1) Class Standing: Applicant must be in the upper third of the graduating class in the college, university, or major subdivision, such as the College of Liberal Arts or the School of Business Administration, based on completed courses; or (2) Grade-Point Average (GPA): Applicants must have a grade-point average of 3.0 or higher out of a possible 4.0 (B or better) as recorded on their official transcript, or as computed based on 4 years of education, or as computed based on courses completed during the final 2 years of the curriculum; or 3.5 or higher out of a possible 4.0 (B+ or better) based on the average of required courses completed in the major field or the required courses in the major field completed during the final 2 years of the curriculum; or (3) Honor Society Membership: Applicants can be considered eligible based on membership in one of the national scholastic honor societies listed by the Association of College Honor Societies. Agencies considering eligibility based on any society not included in the following list must ensure that the honor society meets the minimum requirements of the Association of College Honor Societies. Membership in a freshman honor society cannot be used to meet the requirements of this provision. NOTE: Grade-point averages should be rounded to one decimal place. For example, 2.95 should be rounded to a 3.0 and 2.94 should be rounded to 2.9. (Transcripts Required) Or Possess one full year of graduate level education that provided the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the General Engineer.
Or

Possess one (1) full year of specialized experience that equipped you with the particular knowledge, skill, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the - Environmental Engineer - TCF Trainee. To be creditable, this experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade (GS-05) level in Federal Service. Specialized experience includes: non-routine engineering work that required and was characterized by (1) professional knowledge of engineering; (2) professional ability to apply such
knowledge to engineering problems; and (3) positive and continuing development of professional knowledge and
ability. Professional knowledge of engineering is defined as the comprehensive, in-depth knowledge of mathematical,
physical, and engineering sciences applicable to a specialty field of engineering that characterizes a full 4-year
professional engineering curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree, or the equivalent. Professional ability to apply
engineering knowledge is defined as the ability to (a) apply fundamental and diversified professional engineering
concepts, theories, and practices to achieve engineering objectives with versatility, judgment, and perception; (b)
adapt and apply methods and techniques of related scientific disciplines; and (c) organize, analyze, interpret, and
evaluate scientific data in the solution of engineering problems. Professional work in engineering, like that in other
professions, is marked by continuing personal effort to keep abreast of the advancing and changing discipline.
Continuing education in engineering and related fields is an important element of full professional competence as an
engineer that should be considered in evaluating the qualifications of applicants for professional engineering
positions.
Or
You possess equivalent combinations graduate level education and experience. (Transcripts Required)