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Job opening: Civil Engineer (Hydraulics)

Salary: $98 496 - 128 043 per year
Relocation: YES
Published at: Aug 14 2023
Employment Type: Full-time
About the Position: Serves as a technical expert for hydraulic modeling and water control structure design that focuses on the evaluation and implementation of highly complex surface water numerical models and structure designs that optimally fit within complex projects and system of projects for Task Force Virgin Islands Puerto Rico (TF VIPR). This position is located in Jacksonville, Florida or San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Duties

Advises and assists other branch members by applying a thorough knowledge and application of skills directly related to hydraulic analyses for a variety of complex civil works, military, and water resources projects within TF VIPR boundaries. Possess technical expertise recognized and utilized throughout the regional Hydrology, Hydraulics and Coastal Community of Practice (HHC CoP) and is consulted by other individuals and organizations within USACE to gain that expertise. Develops and applies numerical hydraulic computer models and procedures for evaluating complex surface water issues that are often impacted by groundwater effects and or mixed flow regime conditions. Also serves as TF VIPR expert in hydrologic and hydraulic applications and as a technical expert on regional teams and/or on teams/programs that are managed at the national level.

Requirements

  • Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
  • Business travel requirement is 25% of the time.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. Current Department of Army Civilian EmployeesCurrent Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army)Interagency Career Transition Assistance PlanLand Management Workforce Flexibility ActNon-Department of Defense (DoD) TransferPriority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) EligibleVeterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Basic Requirement for Civil Engineer (Hydraulics): 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. In addition to meeting the basic education requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below: Your resume must describe at least one year of specialized experience at the GS-12 (or equivalent) level which prepared you to do the work in this job. Specialized experience is defined as, but not limited to: serving as a technical expert for hydraulic modeling and water control structure design that focuses on the evaluation and implementation of highly complex surface water numerical models and structure designs that optimally fit within complex projects and system of projects. This position requires that you are currently registered as a Professional Engineer by any State, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico. You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Hydraulic EngineeringHydrologyLeadershipTechnical Competence Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-12).

Education

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html

Contacts

  • Address RL-W2SR02 US ARMY ENGINEER DISTRICT-JACKSONVILLE DO NOT MAIL Jacksonville, FL 32202 US
  • Name: Army Applicant Help Desk

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