General Engineer

As the General Engineer you will:

• Serve as a Departmental contact with outside individuals and organizations for matters pertaining to the assigned programs/project.
• Evaluate engineering programs/project needs and prepare documentation (i.e., budget, procurement, SOWs, etc.) to support those needs.
• Serve in an advisory and/or consultant capacity to other engineers, staff, and management officials both within and outside of the Department of Energy on unusual, difficult, or controversial technical engineering matters.
• Provide expert opinion and recommendation relative to planning, organizing, and implementing engineering projects and processes.
• Conduct in-depth analysis of technical engineering issues, requirements and developmental efforts to resolve major conflicts, unique issues and engineering uncertainties.
• Develop innovative recommendations for advancing programs and/or methods; and implement significant projects representing an important segment of the Department of Energy mission and operating programs.
• Evaluate and make recommendation on the value and applicability of new or improved technology, strategies, trends and or applications.
• Develop or collaborate in the formulation of new standards, applications, concepts, or theories to change existing knowledge and extending an understanding of phenomena.
• Give presentations on program/project objectives, content, and progress to a variety of professional audiences.
• Attend professional society meetings, other professional symposia, and conferences to remain cognizant of developments in the field and to exchange ideas with other engineers and professionals in related fields.
• Represent the organizational unit in intradepartmental meetings for exchange of information on research, development, demonstration, and evaluation of engineering technologies.
• Prepare and present technical reports at conferences and meetings.