Job Summary
Reclamation is seeking a professional looking for an opportunity to capitalize on his/her expertise as a Civil Engineer (Construction Management). You can make a difference in the West by assisting in meeting increasing water demands while protecting the environment. Responsibilities include reviewing contractor claims, preparing technical analysis reports, coordinating contract administration and other various activities between different projects, liaison engineers, and design staff.
Major Duties
- Coordinates construction related activities between design and field staff, assembles team products in a comprehensive and integrated package; evaluates data submitted by the contractor, and other duties related to contract oversight.
- Prepares and assembles detailed and summary level construction schedules using Primavera P6, reviews contractor-prepared construction schedules and monthly schedule updates.
- Analyzes large complex claims for heavy civil water resource projects, prepares technical analysis reports, and provides technical support during negotiations and when necessary, litigation.
Qualifications
MINIMUM QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:Applicants must first meet the Basic Education Qualification Requirements listed below:A. Degree: Engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor’s degree in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by 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 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, and 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 thecourses specified in the basic requirements under paragraph A. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program as described in paragraph A.
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 bachelor’s 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. (The above examples of related curricula are not all-inclusive.)ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT:In addition to meeting the Basic Education Qualification Requirements, applicants must have additional specialized experience as defined below:
GS-12: One year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to at least the GS-11 level in the Federal Government. Examples of specialized experience include engineering and contract experience providing engineering services such as: construction scheduling utilizing Primavera and/or Microsoft Project, project management, contracting officer’s representative, and/or contract administration for construction contracts in support of design and construction for large heavy civil water resource projects.
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.
Selective Placement Factor: This position requires a current, valid professionalengineering license. Failure to provide proof of the license with your application willmake you ineligible.
Pay Range
$103,669.00 - $123,523.00