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Reclamation is seeking a career professional, recent graduate, or graduating student to serve as a staff Civil Engineer responsible for planning, coordinating, and executing water resources civil engineering design and analysis projects including: hydraulic modeling, levees, canals, pipelines, pumps, dredging, irrigation systems, erosion protection, weirs, gates, dams, habitat enhancements, and associated infrastructure. LOCATION: Yuma AZ An incentive of up to $5,000 may be offered.
Major Duties
This is a career development opportunity - at the full performance level, the selectee will:Prepare civil engineering designs and specifications for new features, modifications to existing features, and maintenance work for projects pertaining to water resources/systems engineering (canals, pipelines, drainage systems, pumping systems, dredging, irrigation systems, erosion protection, weirs, gates, levees, dams, habitat enhancements, etc.).Perform hydrologic and hydraulic engineering studies and modeling of surface water using steady state and unsteady flow modeling software.Conduct civil engineering research, investigations, and analysis in support of designs, feasibility studies, comparative analyses, concept plans, value planning studies, value engineering analyses, etc.
Perform inspections of existing water resources and civil engineering infrastructure to assess the condition of the facility and to identify required maintenance needs.
Prepare formal and informal technical engineering reports relative to assigned project work; perform project management for assigned contracts; as well as other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
You must FIRST meet the mandatory education requirement:Basic Requirements: 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 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.
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.
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.
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.) Note: An applicant who meets the basic requirements as specified in A or B above, except as noted under B.1., may qualify for positions in any branch of engineering unless selective factors indicate otherwise.
Applications will be accepted from students who expect to complete qualifying education by June, 2020. ADDITIONALREQUIREMENT: In addition to meeting the MandatoryEducation Qualification Requirements you must meet the required specialized experience:
To qualify for the GS-05 level: Applicants who meet the basic requirements described in the individual occupational requirements are fully qualified for the GS-05 level.
To qualify for the GS-07 level: You must have 1 year of graduate education or superior academic achievement ORone year of full time specialized experience equivalent to the GS-5 grade level. Specialized experience for the GS-07 level is civil engineering experience participating in engineering projects with senior engineer review.
To qualify for the GS-09 level: You must have 2 years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a master’s degree or master’s or equivalent graduate degree OR one year of full time specialized experience equivalent to the GS-7 grade level OR a combination of education and experience. Specialized experience for the GS-09 level is civil engineering experience participating in construction oversight and technical support of structural construction contracts or projects with senior engineer review.To qualify for the GS-11 level: You must have 3 years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree or Ph.Dor equivalent doctoral degree OR one year of full time specialized experience equivalent to the GS-9 grade levelOR a combination of education and experience. Specialized experience for the GS-11 level is experience in oversight and technical support of civil, mechanical, and structural construction contracts including experience in reviewing technical submittals and modifications.Your resume must clearly reflect the experience/education listed above. In determining qualifications, the Human Resources specialist may not make assumptions. If your resume does not clearly reflect the required experience/education, your application will be marked as ineligible. 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
$50,193.00 - $103,044.00