Job Summary
This position is located with the Civil Design Section, Engineering Branch, Engineering & Technical Services Division. This is a direct hire solicitation. This is an open continuous announcement. The first cut-off date is 02/03/2020.Other certificates may be issued as needed. Another certificate will be issued after the closing date of 06/25/2020.
Major Duties
- Responsible for designing a variety of civil works flood control and navigation projects, including flood control dams, diversion channels, roads, tunnels, debris basins, levees, channels, appurtenances, etc.
- Advises Branch Chief of the Section's work in relation to broader programs and furnishes periodic work progress reports.
- Develops action plans to advance the Office's Equal Employment Opportunity program.
- Carries out position management responsibilities for organizing and controlling work assignments to promote maximum productivity and effectiveness, while keeping costs at a minimum.
- Plans and schedules the work of the Section on a long range basis.
- Make final determinations on design adequacy.
- Conducts field visits to resolve unique problems encountered during construction, and special planning to implement new program requirements and procedures.
- Reviews pending projects and coordinates with Branch Chief, other Section Chiefs and Technical Directors to recommend which should be designed by in-house staff.
Qualifications
US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the education and 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. GS-13: Basic Requirement for Civil Engineer, GS-0810: A. I have a bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor?s degree (or higher degree) in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (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. (Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts.)
B. I have a combination of education and 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. I am currently registered as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT), or licensed 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. (Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts.)
C. I have a combination of education and 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. I have 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, or Puerto Rico. (Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts.)
D. I have a combination of education and 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. I have successfully completed at least 60 semester hours or 90 quarter hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences that included the courses specified in A above. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program. (Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts.)
E. I have a combination of education and 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. I have successfully completed 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, and have 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: You must attach a copy of your transcripts.) AND Specialized Experience: I possess at least one year of specialized experience directly related to this occupation equivalent to the GS-12 level in the Federal service which includes applying professional civil engineering skills related to the planning and design of civil works projects and production of construction plans and specifications for civil works and dredging projects. You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:
Civil EngineeringLeadershipProject Management
Pay Range
$111,286.00 - $144,676.00