This position is located in the USDA Forest Service, Region 4 Regional Office - Engineering Staff and serves as the Regional Dams Program Manager. The duty station must be commuting distance within Region 4 but with preference given to Ogden, Utah. For additional information about the duties of this position, please contact at Scott Bingham at 435-630-8043 or [email protected].

Duties

Responsibilities listed below are at the full performance level GS-13. Provides technical, project, and design support for a diverse range of engineering and dams projects, Develops and maintains Regional Dam decommissioning, maintenance and capital improvement projects and prioritizes projects based on public and employee safety as well as agency and regional objectives. Prepare scopes of work for architectural and engineering (A/E) service contracts. Assesses feasibility of proposed dams and impoundments with the support of Regional specialists such as geologists and hydrologists. Assesses structural and hydraulic adequacy of existing dams to insure safe performance and compliance with current standards. Prepares procedural guides to assist Forest Engineers in accomplishing their dam program responsibilities and meeting the requirement of established standards and policies. Develops addendums to policy to address issues specific to the Region. Performs as a Geotechnical Technical Advisor or Contracting Officer?s Representative on complex projects, guiding and evaluating contractor work. Assists in the management and compliance with dam safety provisions of permits on authorized dams on Forest Service lands through the coordination with permit administrators and state and federal regulating entities. Prepares scopes of work for service contracts.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. Citizen or National.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service or exempt.
• Subject to satisfactory adjudication of background investigation and/or fingerprint check.
• Successful completion of one-year probationary period, unless previously served.
• Per Public Law 104-134 all Federal employees are required to have federal payments made by direct deposit to their financial institution.
• Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit E-Verify.
• Must possess current Professional Engineer Registration/License from any State, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico.

Qualifications

In order to qualify, you must meet the eligibility and qualifications requirements as defined below by the closing date of the announcement. For more information on the qualifications for this position, visit the Office of Personnel Management's General Schedule Qualification Standards. Your application and resume must clearly show that you possess the experience requirements. Transcripts must be provided for qualifications based on education. Provide course descriptions as necessary. Selective Placement Factor: You must possess current Professional Engineer Registration/License from any State, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico. Basic Requirement: GS-0810: Degree: Engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by 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 professional 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 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. 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 professional 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 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, and Puerto Rico. 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 professional 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 successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences and in engineering that included the courses specified in the basic requirements. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of a professional engineering program. 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 professional 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 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. (The above examples of related curricula are not all-inclusive.) In addition to meeting the basic requirement, you must also possess experience and/or directly related education in the amounts listed below. Specialized Experience Requirement: For the GS-12: You must have one year specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as two or more of the following: Carrying out hydraulic engineering studies and investigations related to watersheds, dams, and river systems; and/or Developing and directing risk analysis of dam hazards; and/or Performing field inspections and contract administrative support for ongoing restoration projects for dams, watershed, river, and stream restorations; and/or Performing condition and safety inspections of low, significant, and high-hazard dams; and/or Preparing designs and contracts for a wide variety of projects related to geotechnical and hydrological studies, dam assessments and investigations, dam repair and removal; and/or Serving as a technical expert and providing wide range of technical advice and consultation to leadership and programmatic specialists about problems affecting dam management and restoration techniques. For the GS-13: You must have one year specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as three or more of the following: providing technical support for the feasibility, design, modification, and construction of new and existing water dams; and/or planning and conducting geotechnical investigations and assessments in support of construction projects; and/or assessing structural and hydraulic adequacy of existing dams to ensure safe performance and compliance with current standards; and/or conducting reviews and coordinating safety, hazard, and geohazard evaluations on dams to quantify risk, population-at-risk, and watershed and environmental impacts; and/or ensuring management and compliance with dam safety provisions on dams through the coordination with state and federal regulating entities. 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.

Education

See above for education requirements.

Contacts

• Address USDA Forest Service HRM Contact Center DO NOT MAIL IN APPLICATIONS, SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN THE ANNOUNCEMENT. Albuquerque, NM 87109 US
• Name: HRM Contact Center
• Phone: 1-877-372-7248 X2
• Email: [email protected]