Job Summary

This position is located on the White Mountain National Forest, Public Services Team in Campton, New Hampshire. The position may be filled at either the GS-9 or GS-11 level with a target grade of GS-11. The primary purpose of this position is to perform a variety of duties requiring professional civil engineering expertise on transportation projects. For more information about this position, please contact W. Scott Lees, Jr. P.E. email: warren.s.lees@usda.gov phone: 603-348-0133.

Major Duties

Qualifications

In order to qualify, you must meet the eligibility and qualifications requirements as defined below by the closing date of the announcement. For more information on the qualifications for this position, visit the Office of Personnel Management's General Schedule Qualification Standards. Your application and resume must clearly show that you possess the experience requirements. Transcripts must be provided for qualifications based on education. Provide course descriptions as necessary. Basic Requirement: See Education Section for the Basic Education Requirement for this position. In addition to meeting the basic requirement, you must also possess experience and/or directly related education in the amounts listed below. Specialized Experience Requirement: For the GS-09: You must have one year specialized experience equivalent to the GS-07 in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as one or more of the following: Assisted in the design and development of routine construction drawings and specifications for projects with straightforward technical characteristics; Assisted with site visits to ensure construction was conducted in accordance with established contract specifications; and/or Assisted in gathering data used to monitor the progress of contractors in achieving contract requirements and project milestones such as performing basic surveys and investigations to establish baseline data used to initiate a requirements review. OR 2 years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a master's degree or master's or equivalent graduate degree (coursework directly related to the position being filled). OR successful completion of a 5-year program of study of at least 160 semester hours leading to a bachelor's degree in engineering and 1 year of appropriate professional experience; OR a combination of superior academic achievement and 1 year of appropriate professional experience; OR or an appropriate combination of specialized experience and education (only graduate education in excess of 18 semester hours may be used to qualify applicants for this grade level). Professional engineering experience is defined as nonroutine engineering work that required and was characterized by (1) professional knowledge of engineering; (2) professional ability to apply such knowledge to engineering problems; and (3) positive and continuing development of professional knowledge and ability. For the GS-11: You must have one year specialized experience equivalent to the GS-09 in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as one or more of the following: Monitored day-to-day performance of an engineering contract by reviewing drawings for accuracy and adequacy, and evaluated requests for routine design deviations; prepared civil engineering design criteria for smaller or less complex projects, including portions of structures such as bridges, retained walls, or structural pavement sections; planned and conducted engineering projects according to clear and specified objectives such as developed technical data on materials, sizes, dimensions, and quantities and costs of materials to be incorporated in formal specifications; and/or performed routine engineering safety related assessments, such as compliance with existing Federal and State laws, and organization safety regulations. OR 3 years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree, or have received a Ph.D. degree, or equivalent doctoral degree (coursework directly related to position being filled). OR a combination of graduate-level education (beyond what is required for a master's degree, i.e., more than 36 semester hours leading to a PhD) and specialized experience equivalent to the GS-09 level directly related to this position that together meets the qualification requirements for this position. 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. TIME IN GRADE REQUIREMENT: If you are a current federal employee in the General Schedule (GS) pay plan and applying for a promotion opportunity, you must meet time-in-grade (TIG) requirements of 52 weeks of service at the next lower grade level in the normal line of progression for the position being filled. This requirement must be met by the closing date of this announcement.

Pay Range

$59,316.00 - $83,210.00

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