Supervisory General Engineer

We are the nation's art museum, home to a renowned collection of over 160,000 works of art from antiquity to today.⁠​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠ Millions of people come through our doors each year—with even more online—making us one of the most visited art museums in the world. Located on the National Mall, admission to the West and East Buildings, Sculpture Garden, special exhibitions, and public programs is always free.

Duties

• The mission of the National Gallery of Art is to serve the United States of America in a national role by preserving, collecting, exhibiting, and fostering the understanding of works of art, at the highest possible museum and scholarly standards. Incumbent's work is integral to fulfilling the Gallery's mission, particularly the preserving and exhibiting aspects of the mission. The incumbent is responsible for assisting the Department Head of Facilities Maintenance in the maintenance of all the Gallery's architectural, civil, and structural systems including all related maintenance and repair projects. Duties for this position include Provides professional engineering expertise for complex building, architectural, civil, and structural projects. Leads and supports the development and execution of the Gallery's comprehensive facilities maintenance, repair, restoration, and alteration programs. Serves as a COR, provides technical guidance to other CORs, reviews contract performance and documentation, develops procurement requirements, analyzes bids, participates in pre-bid meetings, prepares contract modifications, and works with Procurement and Contracts to ensure effective and accountable contract execution. Provides leadership and supervision to staff, supports workforce development and training, promotes safety, manages competing resources and priorities, and ensures the organization has the technical capabilities necessary to accomplish its mission. Coordinates with other Gallery departments, supports special events and organizational requirements, and provides expertise and leadership in addressing complex facilities issues in support of the Gallery's mission.

Qualifications

Basic Requirements: A. Degree: Engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's 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 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 B. 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 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)1, 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 Board's 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)2 examination or any other written test required for professional Specialized Experience Statement: Candidates must possess at least one year of specialized experience, equivalent in responsibility to the GS-13 level in the Federal service or private sector with extensive federal facilities management and engineering experience leading the planning, execution, and oversight of complex maintenance, repair, restoration, alteration, and construction programs involving architectural, civil, structural, and building systems. Additional experience includes supervising multidisciplinary skilled-trades personnel; developing maintenance programs, budgets, scopes of work, specifications, and independent government estimates; managing contractors and COR activities; and coordinating procurement, design, and construction. OPM Qualifications Standard: Individual Occupational Requirements: Professional Engineering Positions. Associated Group standard: Group Coverage Qualification Standard for Professional and Scientific Positions You must meet all qualification and eligibility requirements by the closing date of this announcement. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Announcement details

• Agency: National Gallery of Art (Other Agencies and Independent Organizations)
• Announcement number: NGA-26-230-DE
• Series: 0801 General Engineering
• Pay plan and grade: GS 14
• Pay: $143,913 – $187,093 Per Year
• Open to: Open to the public
• Open period: October 26, 2026 to November 6, 2026 (US Eastern)

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