This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Direct-Hire Authority, 5 U.S.C. 9905, dated 10/15/2021. About the Position: You will be responsible for the day-to-day work of accomplishing pre-post dredge and conditional surveys in support of channel maintenance of navigable waterways, including foreign waters.

Duties

Surveys are performed in support of dredge contracts, Government dredges, and published maps. You will serve as a field specialist on hardware and software systems used in hydrographic surveys. You will plan and carry out the work involved in acquisition of hydrographic survey data for channel monitoring and dredging purposes, utilizing sensitive electronic automated surveying equipment. You will collect and edit single beam and multibeam data to assure accuracy by performing appropriate overlap checks and comparisons following standardized software processes of quality assurance. You will make minor corrections and repairs and recommends action to be taken, including replacement or sending devices to the manufacturer or contact software vendor for corrections or updates. You will ensure equipment is in proper working order, i.e. has equipment repaired, sent out for preventative maintenance as needed, surpluses broken or outdated equipment as needed.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• You must be able to obtain and maintain a current valid state driver's license.
• Within one year of assignment to this position, must possess and maintain a license by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to operate motorboats of 26 feet or less, or applicable USCG license.
• Must possess and maintain CPR and Basic First Aid certificates or obtain said certificates within one year after appointment.
• This position requires the completion of a pre-employment Physical Examination and an annual examination thereafter to ensure the continued, required level of physical health and ability or fitness to perform the duties of the position.

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. In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or 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. Specialized experience at the GS-10 level is defined as: demonstrated experience utilizing specialized hardware and software used in hydrographic surveying. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service GS-09 level. OR You must have a master's degree or higher in a related field, or have completed 2 years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree. OR You must have less than the full amount of graduate education described "above" and less than the amount of specialized experience as described in "above," but you can have a combination of the type of graduate education described in "above" and the kind of experience described "above." When combining education and experience, first take the number of graduate-level semester credits (or equivalent) earned in excess of 18, and divide by 18 semester credits (or equivalent); then take the number of months of experience divided by 12 months; finally add the two percentages together. The total must equal at least 100 percent to qualify. Specialized experience at the GS-09 level is defined as: training and/or experience in methods and practices sufficient to plan, carry out, and monitor a wide variety of hydro survey projects and activities with limited supervision or guidance to carryout work requirements. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service GS-08 level. OR You have a master's degree or higher in a related field, or I have completed 2 years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree. OR You must have less than the full amount of graduate education described "above" and less than the amount of specialized experience as described in "above," but you can have a combination of the type of graduate education described in "above" and the kind of experience described "above." When combining education and experience, first take the number of graduate-level semester credits (or equivalent) earned in excess of 18, and divide by 18 semester credits (or equivalent); then take the number of months of experience divided by 12 months; finally add the two percentages together. The total must equal at least 100 percent to qualify. Specialized experience at the GS-08 level is defined as: training and/or experience in technology or data collection methods and practices to ensure the ability to learn the planning, carrying out, and monitoring a wide variety of survey projects and activities under supervision or guidance to carryout work requirements This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service GS-07 level. OR You have a master's degree or higher in a related field, or I have completed 2 years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree. OR You must have less than the full amount of graduate education described "above" and less than the amount of specialized experience as described in "above," but you can have a combination of the type of graduate education described in "above" and the kind of experience described "above." When combining education and experience, first take the number of graduate-level semester credits (or equivalent) earned in excess of 18, and divide by 18 semester credits (or equivalent); then take the number of months of experience divided by 12 months; finally add the two percentages together. The total must equal at least 100 percent to qualify.

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 RH-W2SJ01 USARMY ENGINEER DISTRICT-PORTLAND DO NOT MAIL Portland, OR 97208 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk