Civil Engineer
- Open & closing dates
12/11/2024 to 12/24/2024
- Salary
$69,946 – $122,137 per year
This position is covered by special salary table 0753
- Pay scale & grade
GS 7 – 11
- Location
2 vacancies in the following location:
Duties
This position is located in the Bay Delta Office (BDO). This position serves as an engineer carrying out conventional or routine civil engineering assignments throughout the Office. Work can include design, studies, analyses, construction administration, documentation, inspections, assessments, investigations, reviews, cost estimating, specifications writing, compliance evaluations, and evaluating facility capacities and operations. The purpose of this position is to perform work that may involve one or more specialties in hydraulic, hydrologic, geotechnical, structural, highway, and construction management that have features to include bridges, oil and gas producing facilities, concrete and embankment dams, roads, levees, canals, pipelines, tunnels, pumping plants, power plants, waterways, reservoirs, water and wastewater systems, buildings, irrigation systems, recreation sites, and related appurtenant systems.
-Performs conventional and routine engineering analyses assignments associated with technical planning activities; data collection; modeling and data analyses; analyses of site location and/or conditions; risk estimation and analyses; or analyses of instrumentation data.
-Analysis may also include evaluating conventional and routine engineering aspects of state and federal regulatory and permitting programs and participating in bond adequacy reviews, oversight reviews, and reviews on federal lands and in states with resource extraction programs under direct federal jurisdiction.
-Provides engineering recommendations based on engineering analysis; analysis is for conventional or routine assignments or for portions of more complex engineering projects.
-Analyzing and calculating flow characteristics; designing drainage structures (e.g., bridges and canals); and evaluating facility or waterway capacities and operations (e.g., reservoirs, canals, pipelines, pumping plants).
-Performs hydrologic studies of regulated and unregulated river systems and infrastructure in accordance with applicable authorizations, policy, and regulatory requirements.
-Develops, utilizes, and maintains various models to conduct and simulate engineering analysis.
-Drafts technical documentation for conventional or routine engineering assignments or for assigned portions of complex projects such as technical memorandums and reports, engineering study analyses and results, correspondence, publications, design criteria, calculations, design summaries, design standards, designer’s operating criteria, operating procedures, evaluation and oversight reports, value studies reports, inspection and assessment reviews, impact assessments, permit applications, emergency action plans and exercises, construction plans and reports, quantity estimate worksheets, specifications, constructability reviews, solicitation packages, required planning, final design, and procurement construction cost estimates such as Independent Government
Cost Estimates (IGCE) and contract correspondence including responses to submittals and Request for Information (RFI).
-Makes internal presentations of technical documentation, in some cases in support of enforcement activities as part of Federal oversight of regulatory programs.
-Provides engineering support in connection with regulatory program oversight, policy and rulemaking efforts, review of regulatory compliance issues, and resolution of engineering related issues as they are encountered.
Requirements
Conditions of Employment
You must be a U.S. Citizen or U.S. National.
You must be suitable for federal employment, determined by a background investigation.
You must submit a resume and supporting documentation (see Required Documents).
You must submit eligibility documents for veterans consideration (see Required Documents).
You must meet any minimum education and/or experience requirements (see Qualifications).
You must submit transcript(s) to verify education requirements (see Qualifications/Education).
You must maintain a valid State Driver’s License at all times as the position requires operation of government vehicles on government and public roads. Failure to maintain a valid State Driver’s License at all times will result in removal from the position.
Qualifications
To be eligible for consideration, you must first meet the Basic Education Requirement for this position, having the following –
A. Degree: 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.
OR
B. 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.)
In order to be rated as qualified for this position, the HR Office must be able to determine that you meet the education and/or specialized experience requirement – this information must be clearly supported in the resume.
To qualify at the GS-07, you must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to at least the GS-05 level in federal service having demonstrated experience performing professional civil engineering work. This experience included the following: (1) assisting routine engineering analyses; (2) participating in engineering design studies/projects; (3) preparing basic engineering documentation; (4) drafting/monitoring project plans.
OR – You could otherwise qualify on the basis of Education having successfully completed 1 full year of graduate level education.
OR – Superior Academic Achievement in undergraduate studies.
OR – Completed of a 5-year program of study of at least 160 semester hours leading to a bachelor’s degree in engineering or have A combination of education and specialized experience listed above totaling at least 100%. For example, 6 months of specialized experience (50% of the experience requirement) and 9 hours of graduate study (50% of the education requirement) would qualify an applicant for this position.
The superior academic achievement provision is to be used to determine eligibility for applicable GS-07 level positions of persons who have completed (or expect to complete within 9 months) all the requirements for bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with a qualifying grade point average (GPA), class standing, or honors society. For more information, visit OPM.
To qualify at the GS-09, you must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to at least the GS-07 level in federal service :(1) conducting engineering analyses in the areas of construction management, geotechnical, highway, hydraulics, hydrologic, or structural engineering; (2) creating and/or completing engineering designs; (3) drafting technical documentation of engineering assignments; (4) performing project management to include contract administration, compliance and/or database operation.
OR – You could otherwise qualify on the basis of Education having successfully completed 2 years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a master’s degree or master’s or equivalent graduate degree. This education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of this position. You may combine specialized experience and education to meet the minimum qualifications.
To qualify at the GS-11, you must possess one year of specialized experience that shows (1) planning, scheduling, coordinating and conducting engineering facility examinations, reviews, and/or inspections which include conducting condition assessments and transfer inspections; (2) identifying future needs for the asset investment, such as extraordinary maintenance and rehabilitation, and project management planning; (3)leading the review of operation and maintenance examinations for bridges, canals, pumping plants, pipelines, and buildings in accordance with policies, directives, and standards; (4) working with Contract Officer to implement and administer a variety of assigned contracts, including construction contracts, service contracts, and interagency agreements.
OR – You could otherwise qualify on the basis of Education having 3 years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree or Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree.
OR – You may combine specialized experience and education to meet the minimum qualifications.
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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
You must meet all Eligibility and Qualification requirements, including any selective placement factors if applicable, by 12/24/2024.