This position is located with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Great Plains Region, Great Plains Regional Office, Deputy Director - Indian Services, Division of Transportation, in Aberdeen, South Dakota. This is a Bargaining Unit position, for more information see What are bargaining units?

Duties

Responsible for preparation of designs, construction drawings, material quantities, contract specifications, and engineer’s cost estimates for roadway and bridge inspections. Conduct investigations to locate and collet data for engineering analysis. Provide advice and assistance to Agency personnel in all phases of highway design. Develop maintenance standards, specifications, methods, and practices to promote safety, efficiency and improve roadway service on Indian reservation roads. Prepare a variety of reports from information provided and gathered by inside and outside sources. Develop procedures to implement traffic management practices for limits on speed, size, weight, entry and exit, signing, routing and other related matters. Prepare Engineer’s estimates on project specifications for project designs. Review excess equipment lists and provide tribes and Agencies with information on available equipment and supplies. Serves as Awarding Official Technical Representative (AOTR) for transportation program between tribes and the federal government. Conducts required oversight inspections/reviews as required by the Awarding Official and regulation. Ensures contract compliance on all assigned contracts.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship Required
• Preference in filling vacancies is given to qualified Indian candidates in accordance with the Indian Preference Act of 1934 (title 25, USC Section 472). Form BIA -4432 must be submitted with the application if claiming Indian Preference.
• You will be required to have federal payments made by Direct Deposit
• You may be required to successfully complete a probationary/trial period
• A background security investigation will be required for all new hires. Appointment will be subject to the applicant's successful completion of a background security investigation and favorable adjudication.
• If you are a male applicant born after 12/31/1959 and are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Authorization Act of 1986 requires that you be registered or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency.
• Incidental Operator position. If you are required to operate a motor vehicle in order to properly carry out assigned duties, the 25 IAM 4 Motor Vehicle Safety Program Policy applies. A Link is provided in the Additional Information Section.
• THE PAY FLEXIBILITIES OF A RECRUITMENT AND/OR RELOCATION BONUS BONUS MAY BE AUTHORIZED, PENDING AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS AND MANAGEMENT APPROVAL.

Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATION FOR SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS: (OPM Operating Manual, Qualification Standards for Professional and Scientific Positions, GS-0800, All Professional Engineering Positions, and/or BIA Excepted Standards, Civil Engineering Series, GS-0810) Basic Requirements For Civil Engineer GS-0810: PLEASE VISIT FOR QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/files/all-professional-engineering-positions-0800.pdf ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE REQUIRED: In addition to meeting the basic entry level qualification requirements, applicants must have the following: GS-7: I meet the basic requirement, and I have at least one (1) year of full-time specialized experience or the equivalent, comparable to at least the GS-05 in the Federal Service (obtained in either the public or private sector). Specialized experience must include the following: provide a broad spectrum of technical assistance to tribal entities, including but not limited to project management, project planning, Preliminary Engineering, Construction Engineering, and Road Maintenance. OR EDUCATION: One (1) year of graduate level education (18 semester hours, 27 quarter hours or equivalent) or superior academic achievement, in a professional engineering curriculum. GS-9: I meet the basic requirement, and I have at least one (1) year of full-time specialized experience or the equivalent, comparable to at least the GS-07 in the Federal Service (obtained in either the public or private sector). Specialized experience must include the following: experience as a design engineer performing a variety of highway design activities such as, developing portions of plans, specifications, and Independent Government Cost Estimates (IGCE), identifying appropriate bid items, performing quantity computations, develop summary tables for project plans and price estimates; selection and assembling special contract requirements (SCR's); or developing critical path diagrams for determination of construction contract time; OR EDUCATION: Master's or equivalent graduate degree or two (2) years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a master's degree (26 semester hours, 54 quarter hours or equivalent), in a professional engineering curriculum. GS-11: I meet the basic requirement, and I have at least one (1) year of full-time specialized experience or the equivalent, comparable to at least the GS-09 in the Federal Service (obtained in either the public or private sector). Specialized experience must include the following: experience in providing engineering design services, on a team, in the development of highway improvement projects to reconstruct or rehabilitate highways or local roads (e.g. develop plans, specifications, and estimates (IGCE) and layout drawings for highway designs); experience using highway-design software programs, including computer-aided design software and engineer's estimating software; implementing and administering a variety of assigned conventional and routine contracts, including construction contracts, service or supply contracts, P.L. 93-638 Indian Self Determination and Education Assistance Act as amended contracts/agreements, interagency agreements, and financial assistance agreements. OR EDUCATION: Three (3) years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree or equivalent doctoral degree. GS-12: I meet the basic requirement, and I have at least one (1) year of full-time specialized experience or the equivalent, comparable to at least the GS-11 in the Federal Service (obtained in either the public or private sector). Specialized experience must include the following: developing formats, general methods, and schedules to complete the mission and program goals with a minimum of assistance or specific supervision, exercise initiative, resourcefulness, and judgment in project accomplishment and to arrive at solutions for a wide variety of complex problems, and implementing and administering a variety of assigned conventional and routine contracts, including construction contracts, service or supply contracts, P.L. 93-638 Indian Self Determination and Education Assistance Act as amended contracts/agreements, interagency agreements, and financial assistance agreements. All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement. Merit Promotion candidates must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the announcement closing date. Preference in filling vacancies is given to qualified Indian candidates in accordance with the Indian Preference Act of 1934 (title 25, USC Section 472). Additional selections may be made from this announcement if identical vacancies occur in the same location within 90 days from the closing date.

Education

If you are qualifying based on your education, you MUST provide transcripts or other documentation to support your educational claims. Unless otherwise stated: (1) official or unofficial transcripts are acceptable, or (2) you may submit a list with all of your courses, grades, semester, year, and credit for the course. All materials must be submitted by the closing date of the announcement.

If more than 10 percent of your undergraduate course work (credit hours) were taken on a pass/fail basis, your claim of superior academic achievement must be based upon class standing or membership in an honor society.

One academic year of graduate education is considered to be the number of credits hours your graduate school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study. Such study may have been performed on a full-time or part-time basis. If you cannot obtain your graduate school's definition of one year of graduate study, 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) should be considered as satisfying the requirement for one year of full-time graduate study.

If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education which shows 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: FOREIGN EDUCATION

Contacts

• Address BIA Center for Recruitment Anadarko P.O. Box 1487 Anadarko, OK 73005 US
• Name: BIA Human Resources
• Phone: 405-247-1600
• Email: [email protected]