Multiple positions being filled throughout the Northern Region, Region 1. This position serves as a Civil Engineering Technician on a Forest Service unit responsible for performing a variety of engineering projects. For individual duty location contact information, please see the Education section below.

Duties

Duties listed below are at the full performance level. Performs technical engineering work on bridges, pavements, drainage structures. Performs or leads survey and investigations at project sites. Assists senior engineers with data or suggestions in developing alternative designs that seek to solve problems encountered during data collection. Prepares complex or unconventional designs and specifications for various engineering projects or systems. Responsible for the development of a forest-wide road sign plan to implement individual road management objectives, forest plan, and/or travel management decisions.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. Citizen or National.
• Males born after 12/31/1959 must be Selective Service registered 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.gov

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. For the GS-10: Applicants must have one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-09 grade level in the Federal service. Examples of specialized experience include meeting one or more of the following: Assessed and documented road maintenance and repair needs including culverts, ditches, surface and subgrade and other road infrastructure for maintenance and repair to provide data for civil engineering project designs; Conducted detailed site surveys, informed contractor and/or resource of requirements concerning construction scheduling, progress reporting, safety measures, wage and labor relations, and/or payroll records; Assisted in the preparation of plan and construction documents; Provided recommendations for solutions to routine construction project problems that could be resolved by calculations typical to civil engineering projects; Engaged in factual, technical information exchanges with coworkers who were performing related work; Prepared engineering data reports and recommends priorities, which were used in the formulation of cost estimates and bills of materials; and/or Used engineering drafting and computation software; OR Successful completion of a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M.,(coursework must be directly related to the position being filled such as civil engineering or transportation engineering). OR A combination of specialized experience and graduate level education (beyond what is required for a master's degree, i.e., more than 36 semester/54 quarter hours leading to a Ph.D.). The education must have been obtained in an accredited college or university and demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work. For the GS-11: Applicants must have one (1) yearof specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-10. Examples of specialized experience include one or more of the following: Coordinated with other resource area personnel to assess road maintenance requirements and needs; Provided technical engineering expertise to manage road and bridge system which included transportation operations and deferred maintenance improvements; Prepared conventional designs and specifications for various engineering projects or systems; Administered construction and maintenance contracts to ensure compliance with the terms and conditions of the contract, and for resolving controversial issues/problems before and during construction; Prepared complete detailed designs, drawings, and specifications for projects such as roads, trails, bridges, or other miscellaneous facilities and structures; and/or Conducted safety inspections and condition surveys of structures and facilities such as buildings, water and wastewater systems, recreation site facilities, utilities, and transportations systems according to agency requirements; OR Successful completion of a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M.,(coursework must be directly related to the position being filled such as civil engineering or transportation engineering). OR A combination of specialized experience and graduate level education (beyond what is required for a master's degree, i.e., more than 36 semester/54 quarter hours leading to a Ph.D.). The education must have been obtained in an accredited college or university and demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work. Work Experience: Your resume must clearly document the following for each block of work experience; the beginning day, month and year the work assignment started and ended; the hours worked per week; position title, and series and grade if applicable; and description of duties performed. This information must be provided for each permanent, temporary or seasonal appointment/work assignment or volunteer work and should be clearly documented as a separate block of time. Incomplete, inaccurate or conflicting work history may not be credited for qualifications purposes. This can result in an applicant not being considered for the position. TIME IN GRADE REQUIREMENT: If you are a current federal employee in the General Schedule (GS) pay plan and applying for a promotion opportunity, you must meet time-in-grade (TIG) requirements of 52 weeks of service at the next lower grade level in the normal line of progression for the position being filled. This requirement must be met by the closing date of this announcement.

Education

See above for education that may be qualifying for the specific grade level.

Contact Information:

-Flathead National Forest, Supervisors Office, Duty Location: Kalispell, MT. Supervisor: Jennifer Brady, [email protected]

-Flathead National Forest, Supervisors Office (2 positions), Duty Location: Kalispell, MT. Supervisor: Christopher Steen, [email protected]

-Idaho Panhandle National Forest, Duty Location: Coeur d'Alene, ID or Sandpoint, ID. Supervisor: Rick Driggs, [email protected]

-Idaho Panhandle National Forest, Coeur d'Alene River Ranger District, Duty Location: Coeur d'Alene, ID. Supervisor: Josh Nelson, [email protected]

-Idaho Panhandle National Forest, Supervisors Office, Duty Location (9 positions): Coeur d'Alene, ID; Bonners Ferry, ID; Priest River, ID; Sandpoint, ID; Avery, ID; or St. Maries, ID. Supervisor: Sean Cristen, [email protected]

-Kootenai National Forest (9 positions), Duty Location: Libby, MT; Troy, MT; Trout Creek, MT; and Eureka, MT. Supervisor: Kenneth Wickward, [email protected]

-Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest, Duty Location: Grangeville, ID or Kooskia, ID or Orofino, ID or White Bird, ID. Supervisor: Susan Graves, [email protected]

-Dakota Prairie Grasslands, Duty Location (2 positions): Watford City, ND; Bismarck, ND or Dickinson, ND. Supervisor: Curtis Grudniewski, [email protected]

-Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, Supervisors Office (4 positions), Duty Location: Butte, MT; Dillon, MT; Philipsburg, MT; Ennis, MT; Wisdom, MT; or Wise River, MT. Supervisor: Matthew McCabe, [email protected]

-Lolo National Forest, Duty Location: Missoula, MT. Supervisor: Catina Mclean, [email protected]

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]