About the Position: This position is covered by the Science and Technology Laboratory Personnel Management Demonstration Project. Research Civil Engineer (Hydraulics) within the Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory (CHL), Office of Technical Directors, responsible for research and development in a wide variety of investigations. This is a term appointment not to exceed 13 months (See Additional Information Area).

Duties

Guide new or junior personnel to understand their role in the overall mission, to actively participate in the work of the organization, to participate in identifying issues to be resolved or methods to be improved. Senior mentor to journeymen, analysts, specialists; provides guidance and advice on leadership, project management and/or communication issues. Serve as an objective confidant and advisor with whom the mentee may discuss work-related and other concerns related to career development and planning. Maintain program reference materials, project files and relevant background documents and makes available policies, procedures, and written instructions from the supervisor. Communicate the organization's strategic plan, mission, vision and values and ensures these are integrated into work plans, products and services, work strategies, goals and objectives.

Requirements

• Appointment subject to a Non-sensitive Background Investigation.
• Temporary Duty (TDY) or business travel requirement of less than 25% of the time.
• Financial Disclosure Agreement is required.

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. Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan In order to qualify, you must meet the education and experience 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. This position is covered by the Science and Technology Laboratory Personnel Management Demonstration Project at the DB-05 (GS-15) pay band. To qualify for this position, you must meet the Basic Requirement for the job series in addition to required experience. Engineer, 0800 (0810) series: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/files/all-professional-engineering-positions-0800.pdf (NOTE: Applicants MUST submit/upload a copy of the transcripts with the application package.) 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 at the DB-04 grade level you must also meet the below experience: Experience required: Resume must describe at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the DB-04 (GS-14 grade level) in the Federal service which includes experience participating as a Research Civil Engineer in complex engineering and scientific coastal research projects, working in the areas of civil works; and working with an interdisciplinary (scientific and engineering) workforce. You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Influencing/NegotiatingPlanning and EvaluatingResearch All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.

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 RG-W03GAA US ARMY ENGR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMT CTR DO NOT MAIL Vicksburg, MS 39183 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk