Reclamation is seeking a career professional looking for an opportunity to capitalize on their expertise as a Civil Engineer. Make a difference in the West by assisting in meeting increasing water demands while protecting the environment. Duty Location: Lakewood, CO ***This is an open continuous vacancy announcement. Applicants will be referred periodically throughout the announcement period until the positions are filled. The initial cut-off date for referral consideration is 09/20/2023.

Duties

Civil Engineering Division #1 Plant Structures Group: Duties: Preparation and review of structural analysis and designs performed in accordance with a national model building code, material codes, and internal policy documents. Develop structural models using Building Information Modeling (BIM) software, such as Revit, to create construction drawings, organize building information into schedules for quantity estimates, and create 3D models and walkthroughs of finished designs. Water Conveyance Group(s): Duties: Design/analysis of water transmission and distribution systems in accordance with Reclamation guidelines and applicable national standards such as AWWA and ASTM. Perform hydraulic analysis for existing and proposed systems. Typical projects include large and small diameter pipelines, tunnels, canals, control appurtenances, surface water mitigation features, and civil siteworks projects. Use Autodesk Civil 3D to generate design drawings. Serve as a project manager for small projects. Civil Structures Group: Duties: Use Autodesk Civil 3D and Revit to generate site layout, general arrangement, and structure detail drawings for planning and final design purposes. Conduct structural analysis using Finite Element Modeling software and check design against all appropriate codes; as well as perform open channel and closed conduit hydraulic analysis. Water Treatment Group: Duties: Prepares civil engineering designs and develops research plans for complex water and wastewater treatment projects. Performs special studies to provide guidance, recommendations, and strategies for addressing water treatment issues for Reclamation client offices. Civil Engineering Division #2 Waterways & Concrete Dams Group #1, #2 and #3: Duties: Prepare, check and review structural and hydraulic design calculations, drawings and documentation for concrete dams and appurtenant features. Participate in technical meetings, prepare technical documentation and perform technical reviews associated with the design and risk-related tasks. Construction Management & Specifications Group: Duties: Review design team submittal and RFI responses for conformance to the contract, specification references, and completeness and distribute recommended responses to the design and construction team. Develop and create theoretical construction schedules based on design documentation in Primavera P6 and MS Project scheduling software. Estimating Services Group Duties: Prepares/reviews construction cost estimates at various levels such as appraisal, feasibility, percent final design, Preval, and IGCE for heavy civil water resource and power projects. Prepares OM&R (operations, maintenance, and replacement) cost estimates for special studies and life cycle cost estimate analyses. Engineering & Laboratory Services Division Geotechnical Laboratory & Field Support Duties: Prepares analysis for seepage, static, and dynamic stability for issue evaluations, design, construction, operation, and rehabilitation for embankment dams, concrete structures, and underground structures; stability and deformation of dynamic loadings from wave action, earthquake ground motions, grouting analysis of structure foundations, de-watering, foundation bearing capacity, and stability analysis for soil, rock, manmade, and natural slopes. Geotechnical Services Division Geotechnical Engineering Group #1-5 Duties: Responsible for assigned geotechnical engineering design and analysis projects including embankment dams, earth fill structures, and structure foundations. Duties include using geologic site characterizations to analyze and design solutions to water resource related problems.

Requirements

Qualifications

In order to qualify for the Civil Engineer GS-0810-11, you must meet BOTH the Basic Qualification Requirement and the Additional Requirements. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience. A copy of your unofficial transcripts must be provided with your application. BASIC QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENT A. 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- 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. -or- 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, and Puerto Rico. -or- 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 the basic requirements under paragraph A. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program as described in paragraph A. -or- 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 bachelor's 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.) -AND- ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT. In addition to meeting the basic education requirement, you must also meet one of the following for the GS-11 grade level. A. Specialized Experience: One full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-09 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). Specialized experience experience in one or more of the following disciplines: civil engineering, structural engineering, hydraulic analysis, cost estimating, geotechnical, and/or contract engineering services. Including specialized experience in one of the following: -Design experience with pipelines, tunnels, canals, control appurtenances, detention/retention ponds, site layout/grading, hydroelectric powerplants, pumping plants, water treatment plants, switchyards, office and O&M buildings, fish facilities, earthen dams, concrete dams and/or other heavy civil works involving complex reinforced concrete structures. -or- -Experience preparing cost estimates for large heavy civil projects, construction scheduling, construction management, specification coordination, and/or construction contract administration. -or- -Experience as an investigator for conducting specialized geotechnical laboratory and field-testing programs and/or research while working in a large, modern laboratory facility, and data analysis. -or- -Experience of preparation of designs, analysis, layouts, and preparation of construction documents for embankment dams, tailings dams, waste impoundments, and foundations for concrete dams, levees, or underground excavation support. -or- B. Education: Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position, such as: engineering, engineering technology, physics, chemistry, architecture, computer science, mathematics, hydrology, geology or other related field of study. -or- C. Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience (see A above for more information) may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the second year (total graduate semester hours minus 36) by 18. Add the two percentages. IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE MAY NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. If your resume does not support your questionnaire answers, we will not allow credit for your response(s).You must include months, years and hours per week worked to receive credit for your work and/or volunteer experience. One year of specialized experience is equivalent to 12 months at 40 hours per week. Part-time hours are prorated. You will not receive any credit for experience that does not indicate exact hours per week or is listed as "varies". 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. You must meet all Eligibility and Qualification requirements, including any selective placement factors if applicable, by 12/14/2023.

Education

This position does not allow substituting education for experience.

This position has a mandatory education requirement. You must submit a copy of college transcript(s) (unofficial copy is acceptable) to support claimed education if substituting education for experience. Transcripts must include the name of the college or university and date the degree was conferred. Non-submission will result in being rated not-qualified for the position.

You will be required to provide official college transcripts to verify educational qualifications, if selected. An official transcript must be sent directly from the University's Registrar's office and must be provided from the institution awarding the degree. Academic transcripts certified by notary publics are NOT official. Official transcripts must be submitted prior to reporting to work as a condition of employment. Failure to submit official transcripts may be grounds for dismissal or rescission of the job offer.

Accreditation: Only education from an accredited college or university recognized by the Department of Education is acceptable to meet education requirements or to substitute for experience, if applicable. For additional info, refer to the Office of Personnel Management and U.S. Department of Education.

Foreign Education: To receive credit for education completed outside the United States, you must show proof that the education has been submitted to a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign educational credentials and such education has been deemed at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education programs. For additional info, refer to the U.S. Network for Education Information.

Contacts

• Address Technical Service Center Bureau of Reclamation Denver Federal Center P.O. BOX 25007 Denver, CO 80225-0007 US
• Name: Jennifer Smith
• Email: [email protected]