Social Scientist General Engineer Interdisciplinary

We're Looking for a skilled Social Scientist General Engineer Interdisciplinary in the National Institute Of Standards And Technology based in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Read through the job description to see if it matches your current experience.

The Successful Applicant

Basic Requirements (if applying under 0101): Degree: behavioral or social science or related disciplines appropriate to the position. OR Combination of education and experience that provided the applicant with knowledge of one or more of the behavioral or social sciences equivalent to a major in the field. OR Four years of appropriate experience that demonstrated that the applicant has acquired knowledge of one or more of the behavioral or social sciences equivalent to a major in the field. Basic Requirements (if applying under 0801 series): A. Degree in Engineering: To be acceptable the program must: (1) lead to a bachelors degree in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by ABET or (2) include differential and integral calculus and courses (more advanced than firstyear physics and chemistry) in five of the following seven areas of engineering science or physics: (a) statics dynamics (b) strength of materials (stressstrain 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 B. Combination of education and experience: Collegelevel education training and/or technical experience that furnished (1) a thorough knowledge of the physical and mathematical sciences underlying 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: 1. Professional registration or licensure Current registration as an Engineer Intern (EI) Engineer in Training (EIT) or licensure as a Professional Engineer (PE) 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. 2. Written Test Evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) examination or any other written test required for professional registration by an engineering licensure board in the various States the District of Columbia Guam and Puerto Rico. 3. Specified academic courses Successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical mathematical and engineering sciences and that included the courses specified in the basic requirements under paragraph A. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program as described in paragraph A. 4. Related curriculum Successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelors degree in an appropriate scientific field e.g. engineering technology physics chemistry architecture computer science mathematics hydrology or geology may be accepted in lieu of a bachelors 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 engineeringtype experience e.g. in interdisciplinary positions. In addition to the basic requirements above for BOTH the 0101 and 0801 series all applicants must have at least one year (52 weeks) of specialized experience at the GS12 (ZPIII at NIST) grade level. Specialized experience is defined as experience with working closely with and leading multidisciplinary teams to conduct peerreviewed research on the performance failure and recovery of materials components structures systems or communities before and after structural collapses natural disasters or humaninitiated incidents (e.g. wind storms hurricanes fires earthquakes). Experience includes analyzing pre and postevent phases and encompasses resilience planning and recovery within the peerreviewed research. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience including volunteer work done. We will credit all qualifying volunteer experience in your application. The qualification requirements in this vacancy announcement are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook. Applicant Reconsideration

What’s on Offer

The role offers excellent opportunities for top performers to further develop their competencies as a social worker and improving the lives of people.