Civil Engineer

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Letterkenny Army Depot, Department of the Army

Job Summary

This position is located at Letterkenny Army Depot in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, with the Directorate of Public Works (DPW). THIS IS A DIRECT HIRE AUTHORITY ANNOUNCEMENT.

Major Duties

  • Prepare design criteria for new construction, modifications, and/or repairs to existing facilities and utility systems.
  • Assist in preparation of project justifications for submission to higher authorities or state agencies for approval.
  • Perform field surveys using standard surveying equipment.
  • Operate computer-aided design and drafting equipment in the development of plans and/or specifications.
  • Provide technical review for bids on construction projects under consideration for award.

Qualifications

Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. All U.S. Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or 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 EDUCATION REQUIREMENT:

To qualify for this position you must meet the basic education requirements listed below for a General Engineer-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. OR B. Combination of Education and Experience: College-level education, training, and/or technical experience that furnished (1) a thoroughknowledge of the physical and mathematical sciences underlying engineering, and (2) a good understanding, both theoretical and practical, ofthe engineering sciences and techniques and their applications to one of the branches of engineering. The adequacy of such background mustbe 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. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE:

In addition to meeting the basic education requirement above, you must also meet the specialized experience requirements. To qualify based on your experience, your resume must describe at least one year of experience which prepared you to do the work in this job. Specialized experience is defined as: 1) performing engineering work in the preparation of specifications for construction projects for buildings, utilities systems, roads, and ground improvements; 2) preparing design criteria for interior utilities such as air conditioning, heating, plumbing, and electrical systems; and 3) reviewing plans prepared by architect-engineers for technical adequacy and compliance with standards for construction and repair projects. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the Federal service (GS-11). Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-11).

Pay Range

$86,335.00 - $112,240.00

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End Date: 

Friday, April 3, 2020