Mechanical Engineer - Facilities - Mid to Experienced Level (Maryland)

What You'd Actually Do

Key Duties

• Be a part of our mission to protect the national security of the United States, and have a direct impact to enable success in Agency operations.
• As a Facilities Engineer - Mechanical, you will have the opportunity to work directly with mission customers to validate the requirements and unique needs to provide reliable technical solutions.
• With the ever-changing industry and increase of technology complexities to accommodate our workforce, NSA's Installation & Logistics organization needs motivated Mechanical Engineers to provide facilities design expertise, guidance, and support to the development and implementation of facilities solutions that enable capabilities that align with mission driven priorities.
• As a Mechanical Engineer at NSA, responsibilities may include: - Prepare design and construction cost estimates.
• - Development of designs for new and renovated facilities.
• - Prepare engineering technical reports, specifications, and drawings - Provide construction detailing.
• - Perform engineering analysis and calculations.
• - Conduct code analysis.
• - Project management.
• - Facilities planning.
• NOTE: Please include a copy of your college/university transcripts as an attachment to your IC Careers profile prior to applying to this job posting.

Qualifications

• The qualifications listed are the minimum acceptable to be considered for the position.
• Degree must be in Mechanical Engineering or a related field (for example, Construction Engineering, General Engineering, and Architectural Engineering).
• If program is not ABET accredited, it must include specified coursework.* *Specified coursework includes courses in differential and integral calculus and 5 of the following 18 areas: (a) statics or dynamics, (b) strength of materials/stress-strain relationships, (c) fluid mechanics, hydraulics, (d) thermodynamics, (e) electromagnetic fields, (f) nature and properties of materials/relating particle and aggregate structure to properties, (g) solid state electronics, (h) microprocessor applications, (i), computer systems, (j) signal processing, (k) digital design, (l) systems and control theory, (m) circuits or generalized circuits, (n) communication systems, (o) power systems, (p) computer networks, (q) software development, (r) Any other comparable area of fundamental engineering science or physics, such as optics, heat transfer, or soil mechanics.
• Relevant experience must be working in an HVAC or related engineering capacity (for example, heating, cooling, refrigeration, ductwork, piping systems, energy management controls, building management systems, mechanical codes, and indoor air quality standards).
• Additionally, experience may include experience in project management, reading design drawings, facilities design, and using Computer Aided Design and Drafting software as well as other mechanical engineering experience.
• Experience may also include project management.
• FULL PERFORMANCE Entry is with a Bachelor's degree plus 3 years of relevant experience, or a Master's degree plus 1 year of relevant experience, or a Doctoral degree and no experience.
• SENIOR Entry is with a Bachelor's degree plus 6 years of relevant experience, or a Master's degree plus 4 years of relevant experience, or a Doctoral degree plus 2 years.

Benefits

Standard federal benefits including FEHB, FERS pension, TSP with matching, annual and sick leave.