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Members of the planning team are professionals in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers with expertise in water resources planning. This position serves as the Planning Team Leader, inclusive of plan formulation, economics, and planning policy and also serves as the senior expert for Civil Works water and related land resource projects within the regional area of a large USACE Engineering Division.
Major Duties
- Serves as technical adviser in providing navigation improvements for commerce and national security needs to execute the coastal and inland navigation mission within the Northwestern Division.
- Develops policy, strategic objectives, and performance metrics and manages execution to facilitate compliance and enable delivery of the mission.
- Provides oversight for the navigation business line for planning, design, construction, operation, and maintenance of civil works projects.
- Develops and promulgates implementation guidance for navigation, floating plant, dredging, channel management, and environmental compliance activities.
- Provides risk assessment and reliability analysis of marine transportation infrastructures on economic, engineering, and environmental challenges of the dredging program to achieve efficient operations and maintenance of systems.
- Reviews decision documents or reports to address all underlying navigation, dredging, inland and coastal, engineering, and environmental conditions and makes recommendations to implement resolution.
Qualifications
Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.
30 Percent or More Disabled VeteransCurrent Department of Army Civilian EmployeesCurrent Permanent Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army)Executive Order (E.O.) 12721Interagency Career Transition Assistance PlanMilitary Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473Non-Department of Defense (DoD) TransferOffice of Personnel Management (OPM) Interchange Agreement EligiblePeople with Disabilities, Schedule APostal Service/Peace Corps and Other Unique AuthoritiesReinstatementVeterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Basic Education Requirement for Biologist series (0401): For the basic education requirement for the Biologist series, please click here. Basic Education Requirement for Engineer series (0810/0819/0830/0850): For the basic education requirement for a General Engineer, please click here. Basic Education Requirement for Physical Scientist (1301): For the basic education requirement for a Physical Scientist, please click here. In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 grade level in the Federal service which includes formulating and executing comprehensive civil works and multi-interdisciplinary strategies and initiatives regarding water resources, navigation, and dredging functions. Specialized experience also includes providing advice on regulatory, procedural, and requirements of navigation programs. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-13). Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this position, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted. You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:
Problem SolvingStrategic ThinkingTechnical Competence Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-13).
Pay Range
$115,050.00 - $149,562.00