Civil Engineer

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Department of the Army

Job Summary

U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, GALVESTON DISTRICT, ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION DIVISION, NORTHERN AREA OFFICE, HOUSTON RESIDENT OFFICE, DUTY LOCATION: PORT ARTHUR, TX RELOCATION/RECRUITMENT INCENTIVE OF UP TO 25% OF ONE YEAR SALARY MAY BE OFFERED TO SELECTEE

Major Duties

  • Serve as leader and project engineer for assigned construction and operation and maintenance contracts.
  • Coordinates subordinate engineers, inspectors and surveyors in field surveillance and contract administration for a large number of contracts assigned to the Area Office
  • Thoroughly reviews plans and specifications, formulates and consolidates recommendations submitted by others and presents recommended changes to facilitate or improve construction during preaward technical review.
  • Reads and interprets plans and specifications to insure conformance of field construction and dredging with their intent
  • Plans and assigns work to field inspection force and survey crews and keeps them informed of proposed contractor operations.
  • Maintains liaison with contractor's representatives to keep updated on construction schedules and for planning inspections' services to meet contract requirements.

Qualifications

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. RELOCATION/RECRUITMENT INCENTIVE:Incentive may be offered to Selectee of this position. Selectee must sign a three (3) year period of service (POS) agreement before assignment to the new position. Employee must agree to complete the 3 year period of service in the new position. Employee must physically relocate to the new duty station before the Relocation Incentive will be paid. If Employee wishes to terminate their POS Agreement, Recoupment procedures will be initiated.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 Civil 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); 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.ORB. 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), 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, or 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 A above. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program.

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 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:Your resume must describe at least one year of specialized experience which prepared you to do the work in this job. Specialized experience GS-11: Experience with: 1.) Conduct studies and/or analysis for civil design features. 2.) Inspect construction sites to determine the viability of proposed design(s). Specialized experience GS-12: Experience with: 1) Experience working full range of engineering duties involved in, developing, justifying, and reviewing design criteria for construction, modification and maintenance of facilities. 2). experience in construction contract administration such as contract modifications and negotiating with contractors. You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:

Building and ConstructionCivil EngineeringCommunicationsContracting/ProcurementGeneral EngineeringOral CommunicationProject Planning, Design, and Construction

Pay Range

$64,009.00 - $83,210.00

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End Date: 

Monday, February 3, 2020