Job Summary
This position is located with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Eastern Region, Office of the Regional Director, Division of Administration, Division of Transportation in Nashville, Tennessee.
Major Duties
- Serves as a Highway Engineer, providing technical and professional assistance to Tribes and other organizations for development of transportation infrastructure, road maintenance and transportation facilities.
- Serves as Highway Engineer responsible for providing technical assistance to Tribes to establish short and long term goals for transportation facility improvements based on long range transportation plans.
- Monitor and review design work criteria, plans and specifications in conformance with the contract scope of work, design standards and regulations.
- Monitor construction projects to identify problems, changes or recommend corrective actions and ensure contractors abide by applicable acquisition regulations (local/state/federal) and contract requirements.
- Investigate and analyze transportation facilities to identify condition, deferred maintenance needs and identify structural deficiencies.
- Review and prepare reports and make recommendations for acceptance of contract deliverables.
Qualifications
EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS: (OPM Operating Manual, Qualification Standards for Professional and Scientific Positions, GS-800, Individual Occupational requirements for GS-800, All Professional Engineering Positions, GS-801). Basic Requirements for General Engineer, GS-0801: 1. 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.
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2. 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 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 Engineer-in-Training (EIT) examination, or the written test required for professional registration, which is administered by the Boards of Engineering Examiners in the various States, the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico. Applicants who have passed the EIT examination and have completed all the requirements for either (a) a bachelor's degree in engineering technology (BET) from an accredited college of university that included 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences, or (b) a BET from a program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) may be rated eligible for certain engineering positions at GS-5. Eligibility is limited to positions that are within or closely related to the specialty field of the engineering technology program. Applicants for positions that involve highly technical research, development, or similar functions requiring an advanced level of competence in basic science must meet the basic requirements in paragraph A. Because of the diversity in kind and quality of BET programs, graduates of other BET programs are required to complete at least 1 year of additional education or highly technical work experience of such nature as to provide reasonable assurance of the possession of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required for professional engineering competence. The adequacy of this background must be demonstrated by passing the EIT examination.
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. 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 EXPERIENCE REQUIRED: In addition to meeting the basic entry level qualification requirements, applicants must have the following: GS-11: I have 1 year of specialized experience or the equivalent, comparable to at least the GS-9 in the Federal Service (obtained in either the public or private sector). This experience serves as a developmental level highway engineer responsible for assisting with various projects in planning, design, construction, and maintenance. Adheres to design guidelines established by regulations or other approved design guidelines. Assists in the preparation and/or review of specifications and technical requirements for Architectural and Engineering (A&E) contracts. Participates in design review conferences with project designers and Pre Construction meetings. Reviews contractor's construction schedules and quality control measures. Interprets plans and specifications and assures that the contract requirements are satisfied. GS-12: I have at least 1 year of specialized experience or the equivalent, comparable to at least the GS-11 in the Federal Service (obtained in either the public or private sector). Specialized experience includes efficient and effective stewardship of resources for new construction of highways, bridges, reinforced concrete culvert, and other drainage structures; schedule and conduct site visits, project inspections, and project coordination meetings with stakeholders including design professionals, government officials, and transportation end users; experience in theories, principles, practices and techniques of highway, transportation and traffic engineering; provide technical assistance to tribes in engineering design and in construction contract management; responsible for administration of transportation management and safety program activities. All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement. Merit Promotion candidates must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the announcement closing date. Preference in filling vacancies is given to qualified Indian candidates in accordance with the Indian Preference Act of 1934 (title 25, USC Section 472). Additional selections may be made from this announcement if identical vacancies occur in the same location within 90 days from the closing date.
Pay Range
$64,009.00 - $99,741.00