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. Development position - Full Performance Level is GS-10. About the Position: The incumbent of this position will serve as the field Team Leader involved with the real time acquisition of engineering, scientific, environmental, topographic, geodetic, oceanographic, and hydrographic survey data.

Duties

Serve as the Team Leader, leading a project delivery team for hydrographic, topographic, geodetic and other survey projects, providing daily work assignments to team members, and resolving safety matters. Plan, schedule, and direct the various phases of the survey such as establishment of horizontal and vertical control and tide gages, preparation and calibration of survey systems, and collection and analysis of data. Monitor progress and output of acquired data and make continuous cross checks with past physical and environmental data to ensure quality control. Analyze collected data, such as Before Dredge, After Dredge, Engineering, and similar, for adequacy based on the scope of the project. Mentor and provide on-the-job training to new employees in accordance to established procedures. Independently create technical reports explaining objectives and results.

Requirements

• Incumbent must be able to enter and exit through boat hatches that have a width of 15 in., lifting scientific and surveying equipment that weigh 50 lbs, and sustained physical effort when operating a 20 lbs chainsaw.
• Appointment to this position is subject to a one-year probationary period unless the appointee has previously met the requirements as described in 5 CFR Part 315.
• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Appointment to this position is subject to a background investigation to determine your suitability for Federal employment.
• 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.
• All Army personnel will comply with safety regulations, occupational safety and health standards, and other safety directives and orders.
• Incumbent of this position must be enrolled in the Hearing Conservation Program and must undergo pre-employment, annual and pre-termination audiograms.
• Incumbent is required to operate a motor vehicle; therefore, must possess and maintain a valid state driver's license.
• Work assignments involve working outside, standing, climbing, and walking through rugged terrain.
• Incumbent will be required to obtain and maintain a USACE license for the operation of motorboats less than 26 feet.
• Incumbent is required to travel to perform duties. Travel could be as much as 200 days a year.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the 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; NOTE: Specialized experience for the 0817 series is technical work which provided the knowledge and skills needed for work in the type of surveying involved. It must have required the use of the pertinent instruments and techniques of surveying. Examples of qualifying specialized experience include, but are not limited to, work as an engineering technician, soil conservation technician, or construction inspector. GS-09: Specialized Experience:One year of specialized experience which includes: Conducting surveys to support dredging and other civil works projects; Applying standardized analytical and evaluative methods and techniques to analyze survey data; Utilizing multi-beam sonar systems, single-beam sonar systems, side scan sonar systems, total station systems, global positioning systems, digital level systems, and unmanned aerial and vehicle systems to collect survey data. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-08). OR Education: Master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.B. or J.D. in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position, such as: Engineering. OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the first year (total graduate semester hours minus 18) by 18. Add the two percentages. GS-10: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes: Planning, scheduling and directing various phases of survey to support dredging and other civil works projects; Collecting environmental, topographic, geodetic, oceanographic, and/or hydrographic survey data to enter it into a computer aided mapping, design, and analysis system; Advising on and/or resolving difficult but well-precedented, factual, procedural, and/or recurring issues related to engineering and surveying. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-09). Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For GS-10 you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted. Additional information can be found on OPMs website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=Group-Standards AND https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/survey-technical-series-0817/

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 RD-W2SF03 US ARMY ENGINEER DISTRICT-NORFOLK DO NOT MAIL Norfolk, VA 23510 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk
• Email: [email protected]