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 Position: Technical Specialist in Civil Site Design and Construction within the District's region, supports other Districts and Work for Others. Applies a wealth of civil site design and construction expertise in serving as the civil site design expert for District- and Division wide projects.

Duties

Serve as SME, Site Development Section, Design Branch with responsibility for reviewing civil engineering site development design features of proposed designs for military construction or civil works projects. Evaluate and review work of the Site Development Section, in developing studies, drawings, and narratives for design memoranda, layout, and related computations for civil engineering site development designs. Review and approve civil engineering site development design analysis, drawings and specifications for completeness, accuracy, suitability, and compliance with sound and economical engineering principles. Evaluate and respond to questions raised as a result of technical engineering review comments and ensures that design satisfies the intended project purpose.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Required to submit Financial Disclosure Statement OGE Form 450

Qualifications

Who May Apply: US Citizens NOTE: THIS IS AN OPEN CONTINUOUS ANNOUNCEMENT. REFERRAL TO BE ISSUED AT MANAGEMENT REQUEST. In order to qualify, you must meet the 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: 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: One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service which includes: 1) Serve as civil engineer for solutions to problems involving site development. (2) Advises on the proper operation and maintenance of installed systems - including pavements, utilities, and erosion control. (3) Prepare and/or supervise the preparation of special studies, investigations, and reports covering site development problems. (4) Responsible for the preparation, review, and permit coordination of erosion control plans and reports for all projects. OR 1) Identifying the most economical and efficient solutions for civil engineering site development problems; 2) Designing large and complex site development features; 3) Preparing engineering documents such as, but not limited to specifications, Statements of Work (SOW) and cost estimates; 4) Reviewing civil engineering site development designs for technical adequacy and compliance with laws and regulations; 5) Managing design milestones, budgets and cost estimates. Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted. Selective Placement Factor: This position requires a current, active, valid Professional Registration license as an Engineer in a state, the District of Columbia, or a territory of the United States. (You must attach a copy of your Professional Registration license as an Engineer)

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 RL-W07405 US ARMY ENGINEER DISTRICT-SAVANNAH DO NOT MAIL Savannah, GA 31402 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk