About the Position: Incumbent prepares detailed designs for various structures to be constructed under the Districts civil works operations and maintenance responsibility, as well as smaller construction general new work projects. Serves as representative of the Civil Structural Design Section on projects, studies, and contracts assigned.

Duties

Prepares detailed designs for various structures to be constructed under the Districts civil works operations and maintenance responsibility. Prepares designs, including layouts, of various types of structures and projects under consideration in the preliminary or survey report stage of development. Performs planning pertaining to methods, schedules and costs to accomplish assignments, updating periodically as necessary, to provide input to scheduling of work and monitoring progress. Coordinates his work and activities with planning, construction, other design personnel and staff elements to assure effective contribution to the team effort. Prepares technical provisions of specifications for projects. Reviews architect-engineer plans and design computations as to adequacy, suitability, and engineering soundness.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.

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 EmployeesDomestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel WorkforceInteragency Career Transition Assistance PlanLand Management Workforce Flexibility ActMilitary Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) EligibleVeterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the requirements described education/experience 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. This position has an individual occupational requirement (IOR) which must be met in order to qualify for this position. A bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelors 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. (Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts.) copy of your transcripts.) 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)1, 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)2 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. In addition to the Individual Occupational Requirements, you must meet the specialized experience: GS-07 I have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-05 grade level in the Federal service which includes: Assisting project managers with planning, coordinating, and developing technical documents related to the operations, inspection, and maintenance of District navigation, flood risk management (FRM) and the Natural Resources Management (NRM) projects. GS-09 I have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-07 grade level in the Federal service which includes: Planning, coordinating, and developing technical documents related to the operations, inspection, and maintenance of District navigation, flood risk management (FRM) and the Natural Resources Management (NRM) project; Monitoring, analyzing, and improving program planning and execution. GS-11 I have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-09 grade level in the Federal service which includes: Reviewing and evaluating design of civil/military project to ensure compliance with project guidelines and requirements; Interpreting plans and specifications to ensure conformance to field construction and various guidelines; and planning, coordinating, and developing technical documents related to operation, inspection, and maintenance of District navigation; identifying civil engineering problems and recommending corrective action. You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Civil EngineeringPlanning and EvaluatingTechnical Competence Time in Grade Requirement GS-11: 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-09). Time in Grade Requirement GS-09: 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-07). Time in Grade Requirement GS-07: 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-05).

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 RE-W2SM05 US ARMY ENGINEER DISTRICT-BUFFALO DO NOT MAIL Buffalo, NY 14207 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk