This position serves as Director of the Office of State Programs in the Office of Pipeline Safety (PHP), located within the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA).
As a Supervisory General Engineer (State Program Director), you will: Develop and implement the Department's policy for Federal natural gas and hazardous liquid pipeline safety laws carried out through State programs. Direct the Grant-In-Aid Program, including agreements with States for Federal funds to support intrastate pipeline safety programs, and maintain state program manuals and their appropriate applications and certifications of participating state agencies.
Resolve state financial audit findings and follow-up on actions to correct deficiencies in conjunction with the Office of Pipeline Associate Administrator, assigned cognizant agent, State Comptrollers, and/or audit officials.
Review and certify current and pending state pipeline safety regulations, negotiate with states regarding their pipeline safety regulations to establish such things as the one-call damage prevention program and additional jurisdictions regarding certification of state pipeline operators. Develop and implement program, procedural, guidelines and methods for evaluation of State agency performance.
The Ideal Candidate Statement: PHMSA desires a candidate with a proven record of managing a pipeline program related to the transportation of natural gas, petroleum, and other hazardous materials by State regulated pipelines. A candidate who consistently manages and maximizes personnel potential through delegation, coaching, empowerment, and accountability.
The candidate must be capable of adapting quickly to complexities and challenges and possess sound judgement and willingness to make decisions during stressful environments.
MANDATORY EDUCATION 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.
<B>OR</b> 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) 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 bachelor's 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 bachelor's 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 engineering-type experience, e.g., in interdisciplinary positions. (The above examples of related curricula are not all inclusive). All applicants must meet the education requirements under A or B to qualify for applying to an engineering position. Transcripts are required for this position.
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This position is with Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, Department of Transportation.
The posted pay range is $150359 – $170618/yr.
This position is eligible for telework.
This position requires a Other security clearance.
Applications close on 2026-09-27.
This is a Full Time position.
This position is open under the 'Fed Transition' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government
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