General Engineer - Banknote Development, Quality, and Manufacturing

This position is located at Bureau of Engraving and Printing, within the Deputy Director - Chief Operating Officer. As a General Engineer - Banknote Development, Quality, and Manufacturing, you will apply mechanical, electrical, industrial engineering or other engineering knowledge and skills required to sustain and improve processes related to banknote development, product quality, and manufacturing.

The following are the duties of this position at the GS-13. If you are selected at a lower grade level, you will have the opportunity to learn to perform all these duties, and will receive training to help you grow in this position. As a General Engineer - Banknote Development, Quality, and Manufacturing, you will: Serve as a consultant and expert advisor to Bureau components' efforts to continually improve their engineering and manufacturing quality performance; Analyze, solve problems, and improve all aspects of the banknote development and production process; Perform root-cause analysis and other problem-solving activities to identify effective corrective actions and engineering process improvements; Prepare technical recommendations that include the impact of projects on product development and manufacturing operations; and Provide expert advice to the engineering supervisor in direct support of the Chief Operating Officer's strategic objective to secure the most optimal printing equipment/software and/or material to integrate into the printing process.

You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For the GS-11, you must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-09 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes: Analyzing data trends; AND Conducting root cause analysis. OR You may substitute education for specialized experience as follows: 3 years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree; OR Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree OR You may qualify by a combination of experience and education.

To combine education and experience, the total percentage of experience at the required grade level compared to the requirement, as well as the percentage of completed education compared to the requirement must equal at least 100 percent. Only graduate level education in excess of the first 36 semester hours (54 quarter hours) may be combined to be considered for qualifying education.