Job Summary

These are two supervisory positions with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District Regulatory Program. The mission of the Regulatory Program is to protect the Nation's aquatic resources and navigation, while allowing reasonable development through fair and balanced decisions. NW Section Chief may be located in Bemidji, Brainerd, Duluth, or St. Paul, MN. Northeast Section Chief may be located in Green Bay, Brookfield, Hayward, or Stevens Point, WI or St. Paul, MN.

Major Duties

Qualifications

This announcement is open to all qualified US Citizens. 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. 0401 Series Basic Requirements Degree: biological sciences, agriculture, natural resource management, chemistry, or related disciplines appropriate to the position. OR Combination of education and experience: Courses equivalent to a major, as shown above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. 0819 Series 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. 2. Written Test -- Evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE)2 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. 3. 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. 4. 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.) 1301 Series Basic Requirements Degree: physical science, engineering, or mathematics that included 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science such as mechanics, dynamics, properties of materials, and electronics. OR Combination of education and experience: education equivalent to one of the majors shown above that included at least 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science, plus appropriate experience or additional education. Specialized Experience Required for all Series

At least one year equivalent to the next lower grade in the Federal Service (GS-12) that includes: Experience processing complex and/or controversial Section 404 and Section 10 permit reviews, to include review of environmental documents; Experience with wetland and stream delineation in accordance with established Corps methods; Experience completing complex approved Jurisdictional Determinations, to include functional assessment analysis; Experience completing Regulatory permit enforcement and compliance actions and investigations; Experience utilizing verbal and written communication skills to support diverse teams (internal and external) in support of the Regulatory mission; and Knowledge of Minnesota or Wisconsin state wetland and water regulations. This position does not include RCRA/Hazmat type experience. Experience in such tasks as planning work to be accomplished by subordinates; setting priorities and preparing schedules for completion of work; assigning work based on priorities and capabilities of employees; reviewing work for adequacy and accuracy, policy and regulatory compliance and application. You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:

Environmental Law and Regulatory ComplianceEnvironmental PlanningLeadershipOral CommunicationWriting

Pay Range

$91,231.00 - $127,512.00

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