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Reclamation is seeking a career professional looking for an opportunity to capitalize on his/her expertise as a Civil Engineer (Geotechnical). You can make a difference in the West by assisting in meeting increasing water demands while protecting the environment.
Major Duties
-Uses knowledge of soil and rock mechanics and earth and rock fill dam design, plus working knowledge of general civil engineering, geology, structures, hydraulic, hazardous waste containment, construction, and specialized software as required by the geotechnical projects assigned. Responsible for detailed planning, development, and completion of assigned geotechnical engineering design projects. Prepares specifications paragraphs and drawings to address the geotechnical aspects of assigned projects.
-Responsible for various geotechnical analyses for the solution of a wide variety of problems related to design, construction, operations, and rehabilitation of embankment dams and reservoirs and the various concrete and underground structures. Provide key technical information for and/or participate in risk analyses for static (internal erosion), seismic, and hydrologic potential failure modes for embankment dams. Participates in the development and oversight of field exploration programs and geotechnical laboratory investigations.
-Performs the duties of team leader for assigned projects. Responsible for formulating schedules and budgets. Serves as team leader on any one of a variety of types of studies that are pertinent to and contribute to Reclamation’s mission of objections. Directs the work of engineers and technician to the given project and is responsible for the coordination of work.
-Prepares reports on designs developed for project planning and construction purposes. Prepares technical memoranda to support decisions related to the analysis, design, and construction of embankment structures or geotechnical work on non-embankment structures. Orally presents finding of risk analyses, final designs, and other technical issues.
Qualifications
SELECTIVE PLACEMENT FACTOR: This position requires a current, valid Professional Engineering License.Failure to provide proof of such license will cause you to be rated ineligible for this position.MINIMUM QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:Applications must first meet the Basic Education Qualification Requirements listed below:BASIC REQUIREMENTS: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.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)1, 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)2 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 the courses 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:DEFINITION OF SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE:GS-12: One year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to at least the GS-11 level in the Federal service.To meet specialized experience, your resume must describe experience that demonstrates the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities as follows: Specialized experience for this position includes experience performinggeotechnical engineering analysis and geotechnical design on embankment dams.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
$103,669.00 - $123,523.00