Mechanical Engineer

As a Mechanical Engineer, you will provide professional mechanical engineering support to acquisition and supply functions for assigned items. Location of position: Federal Acquisition Service (FAS), Office of Shared Services Delivery, Office of Supply management, Global Supply Service Center Division. Duty location to be determined after selection is made. We are currently filling one vacancy, but additional vacancies may be filled as needed.

The duty location will be determined at the time of selection in one of the following locations: Washington, DC; Kansas City, MO; Fort Worth, TX; Lakewood, CO; Tacoma, WA; Atlanta, GA; New York, NY; Boston, MA; San Francisco, CA; Philadelphia, PA; Chicago, IL; Raleigh, NC; Norfolk, VA; or Houston, TX. The Office of Shared Services Delivery strives to deliver high-quality, reliable shared services that support our workforce and enable mission success across Federal Acquisition Services (FAS). The Office of Supply Management provides essential procurement and property services, including General Services Administration (GSA) Global Supply, Customer Supply Centers (retail stores), personal property management, and access to commercial platforms. We ensure federal agencies have the products and services they need by managing inventory, streamlining procurement processes, and maintaining accessible retail and online supply channels. As a Mechanical Engineer you will be responsible for the following duties: Provide professional mechanical engineering support to Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) acquisition and supply functions for assigned items; develop new specifications and standards and modify existing specifications and standards for assigned items. Review proposed and existing military specifications and standards used in FAS procurement; present findings and recommendations for preparing activities; develop and maintain contract support documents, commercial item descriptions and item purchase descriptions to maximize potential bidder interest and enhance competition. Provide technical assistance to FAS contracting activities as well as user activities upon request, including review of technical proposals submitted in response to competitive procurement procedures; inspection of pre-production samples; review of findings and determinations in support of noncompetitive procurement; evaluations of quality complaints to ascertain if probable cause is specification related; evaluations of other post contractual matters; recommendation of most appropriate methods of supply; identification of candidate items for conversion from Multiple Award Schedules to competitive, Single Award Schedules or term contracts; and administration of Qualified Products Lists. Act as the agency representative to industry for assigned commodity areas (i.e., serves on technical industry standards committees; clarify and interpret government specifications and standards, etc.). Develop products within the program area for national and worldwide support of other federal agencies, including analyzing characteristic data on new or improved commodities.

If selected, you must meet the following conditions: Current or Former Political Appointees: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C or Non­Career SES employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the HR Office. Failure to disclose this information could result in disciplinary action including removal from Federal Service. Serve a one year probationary period, if required. Undergo and pass a background investigation (Tier 1 investigation level). Have your identity and work status eligibility verified if you are not a GSA employee. We will use the Department of Homeland Security's e-Verify system for this. Any discrepancies must be resolved as a condition of continued employment.

Note: If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html