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This position serves as Dredge Contract Inspector supporting navigation and lake projects throughout the Lakes and Rivers Division. Responsible for conducting various types of field surveys utilizing multiple equipment platforms, collecting, processing and analyzing date and presenting in the required formats for delivery to end users. This position is located in located in Huntington WV.
Major Duties
- Directs maintenance dredging field activities.
- Ensures accomplishment of dredging in compliance with all pertinent Federal and State water quality standards, dredge and fill standards, and/or permit requirements.
- Maintains records relating to navigation projects, channel conditions, pre and post dredging operations.
- Conducts a variety of surveys ranging in accuracy up to first order work.
- Inspects or directs the inspection of the major navigation waterways during bad ice conditions to collect information concerning ice location and position of tows.
- Evaluates equipment problems and determines when repairs are needed and assures that they are accomplished.
- Initiates and manages automated equipment and software
- Participates in recovery and investigative efforts connected with marine accidents affecting or involving navigable channels.
- Operates survey boats to perform necessary hydro-graphic and reconnaissance surveys requiring a high degree of skill in operating in swift or shallow water.
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 EmployeesInteragency Career Transition Assistance PlanPriority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) EligibleVeterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the 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. For GS-09: One year of specialized experience which includes preparing plans and reports to document progress of project activities; maintain files regarding the inspection reports of projects; process survey results and enter into automated software and use software programs to enter data regarding project updates. For GS-10: One year of specialized experience which includes preparing layouts for civil engineer designs; communicate with internal/external stakeholders to improve schedule solutions; utilize computerized drafting and design software to process survey data and develop base maps and drawings and use scheduling software programs to monitor projects. For GS-11: One year of specialized experience which includes plan and execute drawings; utilize computerized drafting and design software to process survey data and develop base maps and drawings; and use scheduling software programs to monitor projects; manage automated equipment and software; direct dredge inspections. You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:
Data Systems and ManagementDecision MakingDesign Documentation ReviewDredging Operation and Equipment MaintenanceOral CommunicationSurveying Time in Grade Requirement: Time in Grade Requirement for the GS-09 Grade Level: 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-08. Time in Grade Requirement for the GS-10 Grade Level: 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. Time in Grade Requirement for the GS-11 Grade Level: 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-10. To be referred, applicants must meet applicable time-in-grade and specialized experience requirements within 30 calendar days after the closing date of the announcement.
Pay Range
$51,440.00 - $80,912.00