RK-W07602 US ARMY ENGINEER DISTRICT FORT WORTH (DOA)
Fire Protection Engineer
RK-W07602 US ARMY ENGINEER DISTRICT FORT WORTH (DOA), Little Rock, Arkansas, United States, 72208
Summary
This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Certain Personnel of the DoD Workforce to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service.
About the Position This position is with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Southwestern Division, Ft. Worth District with duty stations in Fort Worth, TX; Little Rock, AR; Galveston, TX; Tulsa, OK; and Winchester, VA.
*NOTE*
See "Additional Information" section regarding incentives.
Overview Open & closing dates: 10/17/2025 to 10/27/2025.
Salary
$105,383 to $137,000 per year.
Salary posted is a range for the general RUS duty station localities and will be adjusted to the locality of selectee’s physical duty location.
Locations
Little Rock, AR
Tulsa, OK
Fort Worth, TX
Galveston, TX
Winchester, VA
Telework Eligibility Yes—As determined by the agency policy.
Travel Occasional travel – You may be expected to travel for this position.
Relocation Expenses Yes—You may qualify for reimbursement of relocation expenses in accordance with agency policy. A Recruitment/Relocation Incentive MAY be offered, depending on funding availability and management discretion. An Incentive must be requested by selected applicant at the time of the tentative job offer and approved prior to hire. An Incentive requires a signed service agreement.
Appointment Type Permanent
Work Schedule Full-time
Service
Competitive
Promotion potential: None
Job family (Series): 0804 Fire Protection Engineering
Supervisory Status No
Security Clearance Other
Job Sensitivity and Risk
Non‑sensitive (NS)/Low Risk
Trust determination process: Suitability/Fitness
Duties
Develop/draft original plans, design criteria, design drawings, and technical specifications and prepare the design analysis for all fire prevention, fire protection, and life safety features of the project design work.
Review studies, scopes of work, and preliminary and final design plans prepared both in‑house and by A‑Es; to assure the technical accuracy of those portions relative to fire prevention, fire protection, and life safety.
Provide expert technical guidance on design to other personnel on the interpretation, rationale, and applicability of codes, regulations, design criteria, and other material in the area of fire prevention, fire protection, and life safety.
Visit construction sites in the district to assist in the interpretation of the design intent for the fire prevention, fire protection, and life safety features of the projects.
Requirements
Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
The incumbent must have a current Fire Protection Engineer License. (PLEASE SUBMIT A COPY OF YOUR FPE LICENSE WITH YOUR APPLICATION PACKAGE)
Qualifications Who May Apply: US Citizens
In order to qualify, you must meet the education and experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document.
Basic Requirement for an Engineer:
A. Degree: Bachelor’s degree (or higher degree) in engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: 1) lead to a bachelor’s degree (or higher degree) in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET); 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. Combination of Education and Experience: College‑level education, training, and/or technical experience that furnished a thorough knowledge of the physical and mathematical sciences underlying engineering, and 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:
Professional registration or licensure – Current registration as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT), 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.
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, or Puerto Rico.
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 A above. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program.
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 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.
In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below.
Specialized Experience:
One year of specialized experience which includes at least two of the following duties: 1) Developing design specifications for fire prevention, fire protection and/or life safety for construction projects; AND/OR 2) Reviewing final design plan aspects relative to fire prevention, fire protection and/or life safety; AND/OR 3) Working with the A‑E and/or in‑house personnel to resolve any problems that arise during project development. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS‑12).
Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone–no substitution of education for experience is permitted.
Education FOREIGN EDUCATION:
If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.
Additional Information
Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre‑Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship.
One year trial/probationary period may be required.
Direct Deposit of Pay is required.
Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees.
If you have retired from federal service and you are interested in employment as a reemployed annuitant, see the information in the Reemployed Annuitant information sheet.
This is a(n) Engineers & Scientists (Construction) Career Field position.
Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement.
Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement.
When you perform a Civilian Permanent Change of Station (PCS) with the government, the IRS considers the majority of your entitlements to be taxable. Visit https://www.dfas.mil/civilianemployees/civrelo/Civilian-Moving-Expenses-Tax-Deduction.htm for more information.
Payment of Permanent Change of Station (PCS) costs is authorized, subject to the provisions of the Joint Travel Regulations.
*INCENTIVES*
A Recruitment/Relocation Incentive of up to 25% of the Base Salary, may be offered, depending on funding availability and management discretion. An Incentive must be requested by selected applicant at the time of the tentative job offer and approved prior to hire. An Incentive requires a signed service agreement.
Benefits A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits.
Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full‑time, part‑time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.
How to Apply
Click Apply to access the online application. You must be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to create one before beginning the application (https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12817189).
Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your application package. Your resume must be two pages or less and must support the specialized experience described in this announcement. Resumes exceeding two pages will be removed from consideration.
You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your application before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process.
After acknowledging you have reviewed your application package, complete the Include Personal Information section as you deem appropriate and click to continue with the application process.
You will be taken to the online application which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online application, verify the required documentation is included with your application package, and submit the application. Your resume selected in USAJOBS will be included, but you must re‑select other documents from your USAJOBS account or your application may be incomplete.
It is your responsibility to verify that your application package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) is complete, accurate, and submitted by the closing date.
Additional information on how to complete the online application process and submit your online application may be found on the USA Staffing Applicant Resource Center.
To verify the status of your application, log into your USAJOBS account (https://www.usajobs.gov/applicant/profile/dashboard/). The Application Status will appear along with the date your application was last updated.
Agency Contact Information Army Applicant Help Desk – Website: https://portal.chra.army.mil/hr_public?id=app_inq. Address: RK-W07602 US ARMY ENGINEER DISTRICT FORT WORTH, DO NOT MAIL, Fort Worth, TX 76102, US.
Next Steps If you provided an email address, you will receive an email message acknowledging receipt of your application. Your application package will be used to determine your eligibility, qualifications, and quality ranking (as applicable) for this position. If you are determined to be ineligible or not qualified, your application will receive no further consideration.
Fair and Transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
Criminal history inquiries
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy
Financial suitability
New employee probationary period
Privacy Act
Reasonable accommodation policy
Selective Service Signature and false statements
Social security number request
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About the Position This position is with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Southwestern Division, Ft. Worth District with duty stations in Fort Worth, TX; Little Rock, AR; Galveston, TX; Tulsa, OK; and Winchester, VA.
*NOTE*
See "Additional Information" section regarding incentives.
Overview Open & closing dates: 10/17/2025 to 10/27/2025.
Salary
$105,383 to $137,000 per year.
Salary posted is a range for the general RUS duty station localities and will be adjusted to the locality of selectee’s physical duty location.
Locations
Little Rock, AR
Tulsa, OK
Fort Worth, TX
Galveston, TX
Winchester, VA
Telework Eligibility Yes—As determined by the agency policy.
Travel Occasional travel – You may be expected to travel for this position.
Relocation Expenses Yes—You may qualify for reimbursement of relocation expenses in accordance with agency policy. A Recruitment/Relocation Incentive MAY be offered, depending on funding availability and management discretion. An Incentive must be requested by selected applicant at the time of the tentative job offer and approved prior to hire. An Incentive requires a signed service agreement.
Appointment Type Permanent
Work Schedule Full-time
Service
Competitive
Promotion potential: None
Job family (Series): 0804 Fire Protection Engineering
Supervisory Status No
Security Clearance Other
Job Sensitivity and Risk
Non‑sensitive (NS)/Low Risk
Trust determination process: Suitability/Fitness
Duties
Develop/draft original plans, design criteria, design drawings, and technical specifications and prepare the design analysis for all fire prevention, fire protection, and life safety features of the project design work.
Review studies, scopes of work, and preliminary and final design plans prepared both in‑house and by A‑Es; to assure the technical accuracy of those portions relative to fire prevention, fire protection, and life safety.
Provide expert technical guidance on design to other personnel on the interpretation, rationale, and applicability of codes, regulations, design criteria, and other material in the area of fire prevention, fire protection, and life safety.
Visit construction sites in the district to assist in the interpretation of the design intent for the fire prevention, fire protection, and life safety features of the projects.
Requirements
Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
The incumbent must have a current Fire Protection Engineer License. (PLEASE SUBMIT A COPY OF YOUR FPE LICENSE WITH YOUR APPLICATION PACKAGE)
Qualifications Who May Apply: US Citizens
In order to qualify, you must meet the education and experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document.
Basic Requirement for an Engineer:
A. Degree: Bachelor’s degree (or higher degree) in engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: 1) lead to a bachelor’s degree (or higher degree) in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET); 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. Combination of Education and Experience: College‑level education, training, and/or technical experience that furnished a thorough knowledge of the physical and mathematical sciences underlying engineering, and 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:
Professional registration or licensure – Current registration as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT), 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.
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, or Puerto Rico.
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 A above. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program.
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 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.
In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below.
Specialized Experience:
One year of specialized experience which includes at least two of the following duties: 1) Developing design specifications for fire prevention, fire protection and/or life safety for construction projects; AND/OR 2) Reviewing final design plan aspects relative to fire prevention, fire protection and/or life safety; AND/OR 3) Working with the A‑E and/or in‑house personnel to resolve any problems that arise during project development. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS‑12).
Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone–no substitution of education for experience is permitted.
Education FOREIGN EDUCATION:
If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.
Additional Information
Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre‑Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship.
One year trial/probationary period may be required.
Direct Deposit of Pay is required.
Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees.
If you have retired from federal service and you are interested in employment as a reemployed annuitant, see the information in the Reemployed Annuitant information sheet.
This is a(n) Engineers & Scientists (Construction) Career Field position.
Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement.
Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement.
When you perform a Civilian Permanent Change of Station (PCS) with the government, the IRS considers the majority of your entitlements to be taxable. Visit https://www.dfas.mil/civilianemployees/civrelo/Civilian-Moving-Expenses-Tax-Deduction.htm for more information.
Payment of Permanent Change of Station (PCS) costs is authorized, subject to the provisions of the Joint Travel Regulations.
*INCENTIVES*
A Recruitment/Relocation Incentive of up to 25% of the Base Salary, may be offered, depending on funding availability and management discretion. An Incentive must be requested by selected applicant at the time of the tentative job offer and approved prior to hire. An Incentive requires a signed service agreement.
Benefits A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits.
Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full‑time, part‑time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.
How to Apply
Click Apply to access the online application. You must be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to create one before beginning the application (https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12817189).
Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your application package. Your resume must be two pages or less and must support the specialized experience described in this announcement. Resumes exceeding two pages will be removed from consideration.
You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your application before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process.
After acknowledging you have reviewed your application package, complete the Include Personal Information section as you deem appropriate and click to continue with the application process.
You will be taken to the online application which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online application, verify the required documentation is included with your application package, and submit the application. Your resume selected in USAJOBS will be included, but you must re‑select other documents from your USAJOBS account or your application may be incomplete.
It is your responsibility to verify that your application package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) is complete, accurate, and submitted by the closing date.
Additional information on how to complete the online application process and submit your online application may be found on the USA Staffing Applicant Resource Center.
To verify the status of your application, log into your USAJOBS account (https://www.usajobs.gov/applicant/profile/dashboard/). The Application Status will appear along with the date your application was last updated.
Agency Contact Information Army Applicant Help Desk – Website: https://portal.chra.army.mil/hr_public?id=app_inq. Address: RK-W07602 US ARMY ENGINEER DISTRICT FORT WORTH, DO NOT MAIL, Fort Worth, TX 76102, US.
Next Steps If you provided an email address, you will receive an email message acknowledging receipt of your application. Your application package will be used to determine your eligibility, qualifications, and quality ranking (as applicable) for this position. If you are determined to be ineligible or not qualified, your application will receive no further consideration.
Fair and Transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
Criminal history inquiries
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy
Financial suitability
New employee probationary period
Privacy Act
Reasonable accommodation policy
Selective Service Signature and false statements
Social security number request
#J-18808-Ljbffr