Don’t Delay – Start Your Career Today with FHWA!
The Resource Center is hiring a Structural Civil Engineer (GS-0810-13 – from $103,409 to $167,336 annually) remotely (anywhere within the United States). Apply today by visiting https://www.usajobs.gov/job/824258300 (open to U.S. Citizens only). Alternatively, send your resume and a statement of interest (in the body of your e-mail message) directly to FHWA-RCResumes@dot.gov using the subject “Attention: Structural Civil Engineer Position (GS-0810-13).” This job announcement closes on 12/27/2024 or once 500 applicants apply. Submit your application as soon as possible to receive the best consideration!
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As a Structural Civil Engineer within FHWA’s Resource Center, this position provides nationwide technical assistance and training related to a wide variety of structural engineering topics as related to highway bridge assessment, load rating, design, and construction. The selectee provides exceptional customer service, manages a complex workload, and takes a proactive approach to identify and address customer needs.
As a Structural Civil Engineer, you will:
- Provide authoritative technical advice and serves as a national technical expert in the field of bridge and structures load rating analysis, design, and construction.
- Advise and consult nationally with FHWA Division Offices on the application of design and construction standards. The incumbent is responsible for providing technical guidance on the application of accepted structural engineering practices related to structures load rating analysis, design, and construction.
- Provide professional assistance, technical expertise, and leadership in a wide variety of structural engineering topics to FHWA Division Offices, the Resource Center, Headquarters, officials of State and local entities, academia, and other transportation agencies throughout the United States and to high-level officials of industry and other entities. This assistance may take the form of written and oral communication, training, or site visits, customer contact and feedback, and other technology deployment activities.
- Develop, and deliver training workshops for State DOTs, FHWA Division Offices and various partners and customers.
- Act as a technical authority to plan and implement national efforts for complex, broad-based initiatives and technological advances related to structures load rating analysis, design, and constructions. Plans, implements, and evaluates sophisticated models as tests of potential national initiatives. Troubleshoots complex policy and technology problems and fosters new partnerships, marketing approaches, and customer participation.
The ideal candidate for this position is a structural engineering professional who is looking for a new challenge and has made positive contributions to advance the state of the practices in the areas of highway bridge load rating analysis, design, and construction.
Previous working experience with other aspects of structural engineering as related to highway bridge safety inspection, management, and preservation are also desirable.
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Working with the Resource Center will be professionally rewarding and impactful to transportation modes of today and tomorrow!
The Resource Center is a geographically dispersed unit within the Office of Technical Services. Civil Engineers and Transportation Specialists reside across the United States to serve internal partners at FHWA and external stakeholders across the country. Considerable travel is expected to meet their needs. The Resource Center applies a “maximum flexibility” work schedule to support a health work/life balance.