Civil Engineer (Geotechnical), GS-0810-14 (10790)

Job Description

Announcement Type

TARP - Direct-Hire Authority (DHA)

Position Type

Permanent

USACE Organization

Institute for Water Resources (IWR)

Locations (City, State)

Louisville, KY

Position Overview/Duties

INTRODUCTION: Seeking an exciting position with a great organization? Come join the US Army Corps of Engineers, Risk Management Center as a GS-14 Civil Engineer (Geotechnical) in Louisville, KY. If you have expertise in civil engineering, risk informed decision making, and experience with federal dams and levees, we want to hear from you!

The ideal candidate should possess a Professional Engineering license, foster technical competence, communicate effectively, be self-driven, and be able to solve complex issues.

Description Of Assignment/Duties

This position will serve as a GS-14 subject matter expert in geotechnical engineering in support of design, construction, and risk analyses of large, federal systems of dams and levees.
Serve as a national specialist and advisor on technical issues with respect to dam and levee safety risk assessments for USACE.
Serve in a lead technical role on risk assessment and design teams.
Serve as a lead reviewer for the agency and an independent advisor to senior leadership.
Serve as a Lead Engineer or Principle in Charge for complex water resources projects.
Coordinate with other federal agencies regarding engineering guidance, policy, design methodology, and risk assessment methodology.
Advise and mentor more junior scientists and engineers through both formal and informal training.
Manage and independently lead USACE-wide efforts, using multi-disciplinary teams, associated with the evaluation of dams and levees.
Provide oversight and direction of the overall technical functions required to make risk informed decisions on high-hazard dams and levees to ensure public safety.

Other Conditions and Requirements

This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Certain Personnel of the DoD, Section 9905 to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service.

Minimum Education Requirement

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

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:
Professional registration or licensure - Current registration as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT), 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.
Written Test - Evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) examination, or any other written test required for professional registration, by an engineering licensure board in the various States, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico.
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 A above. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program.
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 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.

Minimum Experience Requirement: One year of specialized experience which includes managing Civil Works infrastructure projects; preparing plans, specifications, and estimates; and forecasting future workload demands.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-13).

Other Requirements

Applications must be submitted after 12:01 AM (EST) of the posted Job Posting Open Date and before 11:45 PM (EST) of the posted Job Posting Close Date to receive consideration.
All positions require the applicant to be a citizen of the United States.
Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, are required to register for Selective Service prior to appointment.
A trial or probationary period may be required.
Direct deposit of pay is required.
This position has a Temporary Duty (TDY) or business travel requirement of 25% of the time.
This position requires that the incumbent possess or obtain and maintain a valid state Driver's License in one of the 50 U.S. states or possessions to operate vehicles.
This position is eligible for situational or regular and recurring telework.
This position requires the following training/certifications prior to employment or within a specified period of time after appointment.
Professional Engineer: The duties of this position require the incumbent to possess and maintain license/registration as a Professional Engineer. This license/registration must be in good standing and issued by any one of the 50 states or its territories.
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy: The United States government does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service or other non-merit factor

To learn more, please visit the Office of Equal Opportunity (https://www.eeoc.gov/federal-sector/federal-employees-job-applicants).

Qualifications - Candidates will be evaluated in accordance with OPM General Schedule (GS) Qualification Standards or Federal Wage System (FWS) Qualifications and Job Elements

GS Standards: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/

Reasonable Accommodation

Reasonable accommodation is available to qualified employees with disabilities. You can request a reasonable accommodation at any time during the application process, hiring process or while on the job. Requests are evaluated on a case-by-case basis.