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This position is located in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District, Operations Division, Technical Support Branch, Survey Section, Atlantic City Survey Team in Atlantic City, PA. This position is being filled at the GS-10 level and the selectee may be non-competitively promoted to the target grade level (GS-11).
Major Duties
- You will perform hydrographic and typographic surveys to support navigation, engineering, coastal, environmental, planning, and a wide range of other missions.
- Maintain and operate the survey section's Real Time Network (RTN) by ensuring that continuously operating reference stations (CORS) are streaming global navigation satellite system (GNSS) data into cloud based servers.
- Monitor and ensure the integrity of the network solutions. Adjust base station coordinates at each site applying the current National Spatial Reference System coordinates and elevation values.
- Plan and direct field data collection efforts taking into account weather conditions, predicted tides, and general characteristics of the seafloor to include bars, shoals, and the surf zone to ensure safety and integrity of collected data.
- Perform coastal topographic surveying utilizing GNSS receivers, laser scanners, conventional total stations, and other specialized equipment.
- Perform annual beach monitoring hydrographic surveys to ensure overlapping coverage with coastal topographic surveys (wading surveys).
- Operate government vehicles including cars and medium to heavy duty trucks to include towing trailerable vessels and other assets. Operate small vessels less than 26' in length, including a waverunner, to perform surveys.
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. Current Department of Army Civilian EmployeesDomestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel WorkforceInteragency Career Transition Assistance PlanLand Management Workforce Flexibility ActMilitary Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) EligibleVeterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 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. In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below: To qualify based on your work experience, your resume must describe at least one year of experience which prepared you to do the work in this job. Specialized experience is defined as: Experience applying a wide range of specialized methods, techniques, and policies pertaining to the establishment and/or maintenance of a Real Time Network and; Experience conducting hydrographic and/or topographic surveys in accordance with industry standards, principles, and procedures and; Experience utilizing hydrographic and/or topographic tools and equipment.
This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed equivalent to the next lower grade in the federal service (GS-09). You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:
Network ManagementSurveyingTechnical CompetenceTechnology Application 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-09).
Pay Range
$61,363.00 - $79,767.00