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Reclamation is a contemporary water management agency. Reclamation is best known for Hoover Dam on the Colorado River, Grand Coulee Dam on the Columbia River and Folsom Dam on the American River. Today we are the largest wholesaler of water in the country and the second largest producer of hydroelectric power in the western United States. View our video titled "Traditions, Talent, and Teamwork"here.
Major Duties
Reclamation is seeking a career professional looking for an opportunity to capitalize on his/her experience as a Civil Engineer. You can make a difference in the West by assisting in meeting increasing water demands while protecting the environment.
Would you enjoy serving as a Senior Design Civil Engineer with technical responsibilities? You will be responsible for planning, management and direction of assigned design activities, including preconstruction, construction and specification level design of project features.
Here is a great opportunity to join a great organization with excellent growth potential!
LOCATION: Region 7, Upper Colorado Basin, Four Corners Construction Office, Engineering Division, Design Group, duty stationed in Farmington, New Mexico. For living conditions, click here
MAJOR DUTIES:
-Provides Analysis, guidance , coordination, negotiation, and technical design review and oversight of work of other design engineers with the Four Corners Construction Office, Regional Office, other area offices.
- Develops design data, designs, plans and specifications for a variety of layouts and structures, including buildings, canals, and river intake structures.
- Serves as a team member on architect and engineering (A&E) selection boards, Review of Operation and Maintenance, Technical proposal Evaluation Committees (TPEC).
- Reviews the work of other engineers, technicians and personnel within FCCO, and signing as Technical Approval or Peer Review.
- Utilizes AutoCAD Civil 3D, and other engineering software to prepare designs.
- Reviews and evaluates quantities calculations, contractor submittals, shop drawings for contract performance requirements.
- Provides lead technical review and response for all general and civil related contract submittals during construction.
- Serves as a liason to the Denver Technical Services for design data and design of project facilities.
Physical Demands: Work is primarily sedentary except during occasional field visits when there is some walking, bending, climbing, and driving associated with occasional onsite inspections and collection of field design data. Lifting, carrying and moving objects up to 50 are required.
Additional vacancies may be filled from this vacancy announcement.
Qualifications
Basic Education Requirement --- This position has a mandatory education requirement; you must furnish a copy of your transcript of collegework completed (unofficial copy is acceptable). Transcripts must include the name of the college or university anddate the degree was conferred. Non-submission will result in you beingrated not qualified for the position.MINIMUM EDUCATION:A. Degree: professional engineering. To be acceptable, the curriculum must (1) be in a school of engineering with at least one curriculum accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) as a professional engineering curriculum; 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.-OR-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 professional 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: Current registration as a professional engineer. Proof must be submitted with application. If you have achieved registration by means other than a written test, you will be eligible only for positions that are within or closely related to the specialty field of your registration.2) Written Test: Evidence of having successfully passed the Engineer-in-Training (EIT) examination, or the written test required for professional registration.3) Specified academic courses: Successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical and engineering sciences and in engineering that included the courses specified in the basic requirements. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of a professional engineering curriculum as described in paragraph A.4) Related curriculum: Successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree in engineering technology or in an appropriate professional field, e.g. 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.In addition to meeting the basic education qualification requirement(s) described above, applicants must also possess the following:
Specialized experience must demonstrate the applicant has been equipped with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position, and that is directly related to the work to be performed.GS-12: Your resume must reflect at least one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as civil engineering experience in preparing and/or leading complex designs or management of complex construction projects associated with water treatment plants, pipelines, pumping plants, canal and river intake structures and headworks, water control structures, or dams.This position requires a current valid professional engineering license. Failure to provide proof of this license with your application will make you ineligible.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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
Pay Range
$90,433.00 - $110,287.00