Civil Engineer

Reclamation is seeking a career professional looking for an opportunity to capitalize on their expertise as a Civil Engineer. Make a difference in the West by assisting in meeting increasing water demands while protecting the environment.

Duty Location: Provo, Utah

This announcement is issued under the Direct-Hire authority to recruit for positions for which there is a critical hiring need.

Qualifications:

In order to qualify, you must meet BOTH the Basic and Minimum Qualification requirements described below. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience. If qualifying based on education, a copy of your unofficial transcripts must be provided with your application.

BASIC QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENT: Successfully completed a full 4-year course of study leading to a bachelor's or higher degree in Engineering in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET).
OR
Successfully completed a full 4-year course of study leading to a Bachelor's or higher degree in Engineering that included differential and integral calculus and courses (more advanced than first-year physics and chemistry) in five (5) of the following seven (7) 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
Completed 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences, and that included the courses specified in B above. These courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program.
OR
Successfully completed a curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree in an appropriate scientific field such as engineering technology, physics, chemistry, architecture, computer science, mathematics, hydrology, or geology AND have at least one year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance. This must include 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.
OR
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, and Puerto Rico.
OR
Currently registered as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT), or licensed as a Professional Engineer (PE) by any State, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico. This registration must have been obtained by written test OR be in general engineering or a directly related engineering field and was gained by State grandfather or eminence provisions.

In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below:

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: To be considered minimally qualified for this position, you must demonstrate that you have the required specialized experience and/or education for the respective grade level in which you are applying:

Specialized Experience for GS-11: Applicants must have one full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-09 grade level in the Federal service (obtained either in the private or public sectors) performing at least two (2) of the five (5) of the following: (1) coordinating construction management activities; (2) planning and investigation activities in water resource related projects; (3) evaluating river basin and water supply projects; (4) monitoring programs under the Secure Water Act (P.L. 111-11) such as: Advanced Water Treatment Grants, System Optimization Reviews, the Cooperative Watershed Management Program, the Rural Water Program, the Drought Program, the Title XVI Water Recycling and Reuse Program, or the Water Conservation Field Services Program; and/or (5) preparing technical engineering reports with some supervision

OR

Education: Successful completion of at least 3 years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree or a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree. This education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of this position. You must include transcripts.

OR

Combination: Successful completion of a combination of education and experience as described above. To combine education and experience, first take the total number of months of full-time qualifying experience and divide by 12 months to get a percentage of the required experience above. Then determine your education as a percentage of the education substitution stated above. When adding the two percentages, the total must equal at least 100 percent to qualify. Only graduate education in excess of two (2) years (36 semester hours) will be used to qualify at the GS-11 grade level. You must include transcripts

Specialized Experience for GS-12: Applicants must have one full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service (obtained either in the private or public sectors) performing at least three (3) of the six (6) of the following: (1) overseeing construction management activities; (2) conducting inspections and identifying deficiencies in water resource related projects; (3) investigating river basin efforts and water supply projects; (4) managing programs under the Secure Water Act (P.L. 111-11) such as: Advanced Water Treatment Grants, System Optimization Reviews, the Cooperative Watershed Management Program, the Rural Water Program, the Drought Program, the Title XVI Water Recycling and Reuse Program, or the Water Conservation Field Services Program; (5) developing complex technical engineering reports; and/or (6) providing guidance and advice to engineers, technicians and stakeholders on a variety of complex projects and activities.

You must meet all Eligibility and Qualification requirements, including any selective placement factors if applicable, by 12/10/2024.

IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE MAY NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. If your resume does not support your questionnaire answers, we will not allow credit for your response(s).

Volunteer Experience: 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 include months, years and hours per week worked to receive credit for your work and/or volunteer experience. One year of specialized experience is equivalent to 12 months at 40 hours per week. Part-time hours are prorated. You will not receive any credit for experience that does not indicate exact hours per week or is listed as "varies".

Responsibilities:

This position is located in the Office Engineering Division within the Program Development Group of the Upper Colorado Basin, based in Provo, Utah. The selectee serves as an experienced engineer, offering civil engineering mentorship and expertise for a variety of complex projects and activities across the office. These projects typically span multiple geographic locations, involve complex features, and address unusual needs or special demands.

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Performing and/or overseeing on-site construction work, including inspection and acceptance of facility or utility construction work performed by contractor.
• Preparing and reviewing technical documentation such as technical memorandums and reports, engineering study analyses and results, correspondence, publications, and design criteria.
• Serving as a Contracting Officer's Representative, a Grants Officer's Technical Representative, and/or an Awarding Official Technical Representative.
• Planning and conducting engineering studies or evaluations including preliminary, appraisal, feasibility, final design, and value planning/value engineering.

Promotion to the full performance level is neither guaranteed nor implied and will be based solely on your ability to satisfactorily perform the work of the position, existing work at the higher grade level, and recommendation by the position's supervisor

Salary : $97,297