This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Certain Personnel of the DoD Workforce to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service. About the Position: This position is located in the U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers, Galveston District, Engineering and Construction Division, Hurricane Flood Risk Reduction Design Branch, Galveston, TX, 77553. A recruitment/relocation incentive up to 25% of basic pay may be offered.

Duties

Develops design criteria and design procedures for highly specialized, complex structural features and reviews directives, site plans, guide specifications, and other available data Performs Quality Assurance reviews of design, plans, specifications and design analyses prepared by others for sufficiency and practicability Answering numerous inquiries concerning applicable design criteria and engineering instructions for especially complex and state-of-the-art problems Coordinates structural design with the functions of other organizational segments, conferring on such matters as survey and soil boring data. Drafts Design Memoranda or other reports covering structural design for civil works projects with full justification of all data compiled in connection with the reports.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Must posses and maintain a Professional Engineer License in a state. (MUST PROVIDE A COPY OF LICENSE OR PROOF OF LICENSE AT TIME OF APPLICATION).

Qualifications

Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the education and 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 (Structural): 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), 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) 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. 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 A above. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program. 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 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. In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below: Specialized experience GS-12: One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 grade level in the Federal Service performing the following duties: 1) Performs structural designs and reviews design, plans, specifications, and design analysis prepared by others for compliance with design requirements; AND 2) Confers with other organizational segments regarding structural design, on such matters as survey and soil boring data, possible existing damage to structures, and any other special provisions to be included in contract specifications, cost, and material estimates; AND 3) Reviews field investigation documents of existing facilities prior to preparation of preliminary plans. Specialized experience GS-13: One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal Service performing the following duties: 1) Designing structural aspects of flood control structures such as flood walls, closure gates, cofferdams, pump stations, and surge barriers, AND 2) Collaborating with interdisciplinary teams and performing structural assessments to integrate various aspects of flood control projects in the structural design, AND 3) Developing and reviewing structural contract plans and specifications of flood control structures for construct ability, practicality, and compliance with established policies and regulations. Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.

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 RK-W2SU03 US ARMY ENGINEER DISTRICT GALVESTON DO NOT MAIL Galveston, TX 77553 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk