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Located in the Eastern Federal Lands Highway Division (EFLHD), serves as a designer with the responsibility for the development of plans, specifications, and estimates (PS&E) packages relative to the design of highways and bridges. This establishes an open continuous, NTE 12 months, vacancy announcement for Civil Engineer (Highway-Design). We will review applications on as needed basis.
Major Duties
Serving as the Civil Engineer (Highway), you will:
- Complete the highway design engineering on simple to moderately complex projects and perform work activities on more complex projects with appropriate oversight and guidance.
- Generate and evaluate geometric design alternatives and develop sound design concepts.
- Develop Plans, Specifications, and Estimates (PS&E) packages that clearly define the work, are biddable, and emphasize context sensitivity, safety, and constructability.
- Interpret and apply the laws, regulations, policies, and guidance related to standard aspects of highway design.
- Identify, recommend, and/or use appropriate technologies for gathering data during PS&E development.
- Attend meetings with supervisor/designated employee on project highway design matters that involve a wide range of external contacts, including technical representatives of client agencies. Prepare written field review and meeting reports and other technical reports.
The ideal candidate for this position is an engineer with experience developing, monitoring, and adhering to the design, budget, and schedule for roadway construction projects and providing technical assistance from initial scoping through construction support.
RECRUITMENT INCENTIVE MAY BE OFFERED TO SELECTEE OF THIS POSITION.
Qualifications
To qualify for the GS-07on Experience,you must have at least one full year of specializedexperience equal or equivalent to GS-05, it must include: Experience assisting design engineers performing simple projects or portions of projects, such as developing Plans Specifications, and Estimates (PS&E) packages or performing quantity computations.
Experience applying mathematical, physical science and engineering practices. To qualify for the GS-07onEducation, you must have: One fullacademic yearof graduate level education; OR bachelor’s degree with * Superior Academic Achievementhttp://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/g... defined in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook; OR five academic years of pre-professional study. *Superior Academic Achievement.- In the upper one-third of graduating class; OR a GPA of 3.0 or higher out of 4.0, as recorded on official transcript, or based on courses completed during final 2 years of curriculum; OR a GPA of 3.5 or higher out of 4.0, based on average of required courses completed in major or required courses in major completed during the final 2 years of curriculum; OR Honor Society Membership. You can also qualify based on a combination of education and experience. To qualify for the 09onExperience,you must have at least one full year of specializedexperience equal or equivalent to GS-07, it must include: Experience as a design engineer performing a variety of highway design activities such as, developing portions of Plans, Specifications, and Estimates (PS&E) packages, identifying appropriate bid items, performing quantity computations, developing summary tables for project plans and price estimates, selecting and assembling special contract requirements (SCRs), or developing critical path diagrams for determination of construction contract time. To qualify for the GS-09onEducation, you must have: Twofull yearsof progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degreeOR
Master's or equivalent graduate degreeOR
LL.B. or J.D., if related You can also qualify based on a combination of education and experience. 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
$47,264.00 - $74,759.00