About the Position: You will serve as a technical Subject Matter Expert (SME) in geotechnical engineering, geotechnical project oversite, lab analysis and instrumentation. This announcement is for current, permanent Army employees that would like to be considered for a time-limited promotion, reassignment or change to lower grade. External status candidates should apply to Announcement # CERE249559047267. Please see "Additional Information" section below for further details.

Duties

Serve as technical Subject Matter Expert (SME) in geotechnical engineering, project oversite, subsurface explorations, lab testing, and instrumentation providing support to local/regional asset providing consulting, review, mentoring, and assistance. Provide expertise and mentoring on assigned projects, Project Delivery Teams (PDT’s) and Review Teams. As senior geotechnical engineer of the team, take full responsibility for planning and performing geotechnical investigations, field/site investigations, instrumentation, and lab work. Conduct studies and prepares reports on subsurface and groundwater conditions and effects thereof from water retaining structures such as deep reservoirs, CDF’s (confined disposal facilities(CDFs), etc. Develop exploration programs for geotechnical engineering studies and plan instrumentation installations including field tests. Use State-of-the Practice and appropriate geotechnical engineering computer software and maintain a working knowledge of the application of GIS and CADD during preparation of models and design drawings. With respect to A-E contract work, write Scopes of Work (SOW's), develop budgets, prepare geotechnical portions of independent government estimates (IGE's), and perform technical evaluations for engineering work. Prepare correspondence, reports and present technical data in response to inquiries from senior management, higher authorities, headquarters, other Federal agencies, state/local governments, and other organizations.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Requires incumbent to hold and maintain a professional licensure (Professional Engineer (PE)).

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. Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Applying on Time-Limited Assignments 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 Engineers: 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. You MUST include a copy of your transcript to meet education requirements. If you do not include a copy of your transcripts, you will NOT be considered for this position. In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below: GS-13: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes: 1) leading, coordinating, and overseeing subsurface investigations, geotechnical analyses, design and management of products in support of flood control projects such as levees, dams, and/or floodwalls as well as functioning as a technical expert in levee and/or dam safety inspections and risk assessments; 2) using computer software and applications to address projects involving geotechnical analyses, as well as borings and soil/rock testing to define subsurface conditions for use in a broad range of complex seepage, stability, settlement and foundation evaluations that are the basis for design reports and contract documents for both new projects and designs of remedial measures at existing projects; 3) providing technical guidance and overseeing the work of junior engineers, performing detailed quality assurance and quality control reviews of geotechnical products; 4) providing expert-level advice and assistance on the overall geotechnical engineering discipline, and/or on use, analyses and a high-level understanding of geotechnical instrumentation, geotechnical lab analysis, and geotechnical engineering aspects of projects and plans. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-12). NOTE: This position requires a Professional Engineering (PE) License that is current and in good standing. You MUST include a copy of your professional license in order to be considered. If you fail to include a copy, you will NOT be considered. You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Geotechnical EngineeringLeadershipOral CommunicationProject Management Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-12).

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 RE-W2SM01 US ARMY ENGINEER DISTRICT-HUNTINGTON DO NOT MAIL Huntington, WV 25701 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk