General Engineer

Summary

This position is located at Bureau of Engraving and Printing within the Manufacturing Process Engineering Division DCF Washington DC or Fort Worth TX. As a General Engineer you will apply mechanical electrical and industrial engineering knowledge and skills to sustain and improve existing banknote production processes and to integrate new production equipment and processes into BEP factories. Learn more about this agency

Summary

This position is located at Bureau of Engraving and Printing within the Manufacturing Process Engineering Division DCF Washington DC or Fort Worth TX. As a General Engineer you will apply mechanical electrical and industrial engineering knowledge and skills to sustain and improve existing banknote production processes and to integrate new production equipment and processes into BEP factories. Learn more about this agency

Overview

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Accepting applications Posted today · Apply by 081026 Due by 1159 p.m. ET on August 10 2026

Location Washington DC 1 vacancy Fort Worth TX 1 vacancy No matching locations found.

Work site options Telework eligible Yes-as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocation expenses reimbursed No

Salary 81186 - 158322 per year Pay scale & grade GS 11 - 13 Promotion potential 13 Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job.

Work schedule Full-time

Travel Required 25 or less - You may be expected to travel for this position.

Appointment type Permanent

Occupations and job series 0801 General Engineering

Supervisory status No

Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service

Represented by a union No

Drug test Yes

Security clearance Not Required

Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests.

Announcement number 26-BEP-13007019-DH Control number 878091800

This job is open to Help The public U.S. Citizens Nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.

Career transition CTAP ICTAP RPL Federal employees whose job agency or department was eliminated and are eligible for priority over other applicants.

Clarification from the agency 1. U.S. citizens or U.S. Nationals no prior Federal experience is required. 2. CTAPICTAP eligibles

Duties

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As a General Engineer you will Analyze solve problems and improve all aspects of the banknote production process to sustain and improve safety quality reliability and throughput.

Prepare and analyze large structured and unstructured data sets look for patterns trends and relationships and create visualizations to extract knowledge and insights and implement solutions to solve manufacturing problems.

Design experiments and conduct studies to assess and predict relationships between variables such as the relationship of material characteristics and production process parameters with finished product attributes.

Design document produce assemble test integrate and validate new on-line and off-line inspection systems and other systems in a factory environment to enable banknote production. Independently construct detailed milestone reports on projects that are related to mechanical electrical industrial andor other engineering disciplines.

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Conditions of employment

All newly appointed employees to the competitive or excepted service are subject to a probationary or trial period. During this time your performance conduct and suitability for continued employment will be evaluated. You will not automatically convert to permanent status at the end of the probationary or trial period. Your supervisor must affirmatively determine that continued employment is in the best interest of the Federal service. If no certification is made before the probationary or trial period ends your appointment will be terminated. You are encouraged to actively engage with your supervisor seek feedback and understand role expectations. Additional guidance and support will be provided during onboarding.

Public Trust - Background Investigation will be required. Complete a Declaration for Federal Employment to determine your suitability for Federal employment at the time requested by the agency. Have your salary sent to a financial institution of your choice by Direct DepositElectronic Funds Transfer. Undergo a tax compliance review. If you are a male applicant born after December 31 1959 certify that you have registered with the Selective Service System or are exempt from having to do so. Go through a Personal Identity Verification PIV process that requires two forms of identification from the Form I-9. Federal law requires verification of the identity and employment eligibility of all new hires in the U.S. Obtain and use a government-issued charge card for business-related travel. File a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report within 30 days of appointment and annually from then on. Undergo an income tax verification Submit to a drug test prior to your appointment and random drug testing while you occupy the position.

Key Requirements Click Print Preview to review the entire announcement before applying. Must be U.S. Citizen or U.S. National

Qualifications

You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

Specialized experience for the GS-13 is one year 52 weeks of experience at the GS-12 level or equivalent that is directly related to the position as listed in this announcement and which has equipped the candidate with the particular knowledge skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. Specialized experience is defined as Identifying problems developing solutions or implementing process improvements within a manufacturing environment AND Validating performance of implemented solutions in a manufacturing environment. Examples of this experience may include planning and conducting tests on manufacturing equipment OR measuring performance parameters on equipment OR analyzing data from a manufacturing process. AND Leading teams to solve problems.

Specialized experience for the GS-12 is one year 52 weeks of experience at the GS-11 level or equivalent that is directly related to the position as listed in this announcement and which has equipped the candidate with the particular knowledge skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. Specialized experience is defined as Identifying problems developing solutions or implementing process improvements within a manufacturing environment AND Validating performance of implemented solutions in a manufacturing environment. Examples of this experience may include planning and conducting tests on manufacturing equipment OR measuring performance parameters on equipment analyzing data from a manufacturing process.

Specialized experience for the GS-11 is one year 52 weeks of experience at the GS-9 level or equivalent that is directly related to the position as listed in this announcement and which has equipped the candidate with the particular knowledge skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. Specialized experience is defined as Identifying problems developing solutions or implementing process improvements within a manufacturing environment OR

Education

Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree OR 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree OR LL.M. if related in an accredited college or university OR 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.

Education Requirements

The education generally must be from an accredited or pre-accredited college or university recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. If you are qualifying based on foreign education you must submit proof of creditability of education as evaluated by a credentialing agency. Refer to the OPM instructions.

Basic Requirements

A. Degree Engineering. To be acceptable the program must 1 lead to a bachelors 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