This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for DHA Certain Personnel Workforce for DoD to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service. About the Position: The US Army Corps of Engineers, Riverdale Office is one of two Field Offices on Lake Sakakawea. Lake Sakakawea is 160 miles long, and was created with the Garrison Dam on the Missouri River.

Duties

Incumbent is responsible for planning and scheduling of assigned work to expeditiously accomplish the broad range of tasks associated with technical support of the operation and maintenance program associated with a large civil works project. Conduct engineering investigations to determine the feasibility and validity of new projects, analyzing conditions and making appropriate recommendations concerning the estimated costs of proposed project material to be used. Review project equipment operating procedures and practices to assure that equipment and systems are being operated according to the manufacturer's recommendation and in accordance with sound engineering principle and practice. Troubleshoot project equipment and systems and recommend solution and improvement. Responsible for preparing purchase requisitions; maintenance work orders; and plans and specifications for purchase order service contract and construction contracts. Responsible for preparing capital improvement budget requests, including detailed justifications and cost estimates. Utilizes CADD (MicroStation) in preparing new drawing and sketches and modifying existing contract drawing. Responsible for Contract Administration and Construction Management associated with project construction contracts. Performs field office engineering duties associated with technical support for operation and maintenance of project facilities such as hydroelectric power plant; water control structures; potable water and sewer systems. As well as building facilities and equipment associated with a large multipurpose dam and reservoir project.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• This position has a Temporary Duty (TDY) or business travel requirement of 5% of the time.
• Incumbent must be able to obtain and maintain a state issued driver’s license.
• Incumbent will be required to complete the required Contracting Officer Representative (COR) training/certification if and/or when the incumbent is assigned those duties/responsibilities.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: US Citizens 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. 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: GS-12: One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service which includes: 1) Experience performing project management on complex construction projects; 2) Experience in professional civil engineering concepts, principles, and practices applicable to a full range of civil engineering disciplines to include road design, erosion control and water/sewer system design responsibilities for a large multi-purpose civil works project.

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: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/

Contacts

• Address RH-W2SJ07 USARMY ENGINEER DISTRICT-OMAHA DO NOT MAIL Omaha, NE 68102 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk