Fire Protection Engineer

This position is located in the Architect of the Capitol, Senate Office Buildings, Facilities Support Division. The Fire Protection Engineer serves in a developmental capacity with responsibility for performing professional engineering work to protect life and property from destructive fire. The Fire Protection Engineer will perform a variety of more difficult assignments to develop experience.

TOUR OF DUTY: Monday-Friday 7:00 am to 3:30 pm This position is emergency essential. Depending on the type of emergency, the employee may be required to report to work during emergency situations. Fire Protection Engineering In a developmental capacity, learns theories, principles, practical concepts, processes, and methods of fire prevention and fire phenomena related to fire protection engineering science, engineering design, and the traditional engineering science disciplines. Evaluates the designs of integrated systems involving suppression, detection, and electrical and electronic alarm systems. Designs standards and codes for fire protection engineering techniques and practices; Applies physical science disciplines, advanced mathematics, and/or economics to perform a critical inquiry, analytical reasoning, and scientific methodology. Conducts performance-based modeling and calculations for fire growth and egress and human responses to emergency situations. Oversees fire tests and measurements; and system concepts of fire safety and methods of analysis and evaluation. Fire Prevention Program Management Prevents, identifies, and mitigates fire hazards. Reviews construction work plans and issues system impairment notices and hot work permits as needed. Identifies fire hazards and their risks, the cost of protection, and fire safety designs. Develops, interprets, and promotes fire safety standards. Use quantitative methods to assess aspects of fire and fire safety; Determine and apply scientific principles and theories to fire phenomena. Examines the nature and characteristics of fire phenomena and the associated products of combustion; Determines how fires originate, spread, and are detected, controlled, and/or extinguished. Conducts studies to anticipate and predict fire behavior on materials, structures, machines, and apparatus to protect life and property. Conducts investigations into post fire incidents; Provides specifications for building construction, exit and egress means, and fire protection systems. Conducts activity hazard analyses and surveys corresponding operating activities to assure the proper application of appropriate safeguards and controls; Evaluates new, unique and evolving activities to develop or formulate controls. Serves as Fire Protection advisor to the Fire Electronics Branch and Plumbing Branch. Develops or reviews scopes of work for contracts; Assures contracts that relate to specific Fire Protection related issues are properly written and/or revised; Prepares Government cost estimates; Specifies qualifications of contractor Fire Alarm personnel; Develops incentives and assures inclusion in appropriate contracts and/or partnerships; Reviews, evaluates, and documents contractor performance. The incumbent is responsible for utilizing a thorough knowledge of and compliance with applicable AOC and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) safety rules and regulations to ensure that work progresses in a safe manner and to initiate or take corrective action on unsafe conditions in managed areas. Performs other related duties as assigned.

To be employed by the Architect of the Capitol in a paid position, an individual must meet one of the categories below: A citizen of the United States; A person who is lawfully admitted for permanent residence and is seeking citizenship as outlined in 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)(B); A person who is admitted as a refugee under 8 U.S.C. 1157 or is granted asylum under 8 U.S.C. 1158 and has filed a declaration of intention to become a lawful permanent resident and then a citizen when eligible; A person who owes allegiance to the United States (nationals of American Samoa, Swains Island, and the Northern Mariana Islands, and nationals who meet other requirements described in 8 U.S.C. 1408); or A person who is currently an officer or employee of the Government of the United States.

All Grades: In addition to meeting the specialized experience and/or education requirements for this position, applicants must possess the following: Basic Requirements for Engineers: The Ideal candidate has a Fire Protection Engineering degree. 1. Bachelor's degree in professional engineering: To be creditable, 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) 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: -- statics, dynamics; -- strength of materials (stress-strain relationships); -- fluid mechanics, hydraulics; -- thermodynamics; -- electrical fields and circuits; -- nature and properties of materials (relating particle and aggregate structure to properties); and -- any other comparable area of fundamental engineering science or physics, such as optics, heat transfer, soil mechanics, or electronics. --OR-- 2. 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: (a) current registration as a professional engineer by any State, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico; (b) evidence of having successfully passed the Engineer-in-Training (EIT) examination or the written test required for professional registration; (c) successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences that are fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of a professional engineering curriculum; or (d) successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree in engineering technology or in an appropriate scientific field. Special Instructions for Foreign Education: Education completed outside of the United States must be deemed equivalent to that gained in conventional/accredited U.S. education programs to be acceptable for Federal employment. Qualifying education from colleges and universities in foreign countries must be evaluated in terms of equivalency to that acquired in U.S. colleges and universities. Applicants educated in whole or in part of foreign countries must submit sufficient evidence, including transcripts, to an accredited private organization for an equivalency evaluation of course work and degree. You must provide a copy of the letter containing the results of the equivalency evaluation with a course by course listing if selected.