About the Position: Serves as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for climate change preparedness and resilience programs in the Hydrology and Hydraulics (H&H) Branch of the Louisville District. The position holds responsibility for exercising management and operational control over the assigned mission areas. Please see "Additional Information" section below for further details.

Duties

Interprets directives to develop innovative technical methods, direction, and guidance to accomplish climate missions. Senior-level knowledge of H and H Modeling, including knowledge of climate change impacts as they relate to planning and design of both Civil Works/Military infrastructure, relevant policies, practices, software, evaluation methods. Reviews for accuracy and agreement in theory and methodology any climate-related engineering studies performed by other engineers in the Section as well as firms under contract by the District or USACE. Maintains direct relationship with customers, to include USACE Climate Preparedness and Resilience Community of Practice, Army Climate Directorate, DoD Climate Program and solicits work to maintain chargeability of the district climate team. Train, mentor, and guide lower grade employees within the District and across USACE in climate related areas of technical expertise. Provides District Quality Control (DQC) and Agency Technical Review (ATR) reviews on qualitative climate studies for the District and USACE CPR CoP as requested.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Professional Engineering License in good standing is required.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a civilian driver’s license.
• This position requires a Secret security clearance that must be obtained within the first year.

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 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 #CERE240236437165. 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. GS-13 Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes knowledge and an in-depth understanding of the mission objectives, applicable guidance, and directives to anticipate major programming needs/problems and to provide timely, effective guidance as well as extensive knowledge of effective management principles and practices in conjunction with policies, regulations, and procedures on climate preparedness and resilience practices and hydrologic and hydraulic engineering. This definition of specialized experience is typical work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-12). This experience must be demonstrated within your resume. In addition to the Specialized Experience listed above, you MUST meet the individual occupational requirement (IOR) for the Civil Engineer (0810) series through one of the means below. A. A 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. A combination of education and 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. I am currently registered as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT), or licensed 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. OR C. A combination of education and 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. I have 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. OR D. A combination of education and 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. I have successfully completed at least 60 semester hours or 90 quarter hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences that included the courses specified in A above. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program. OR E. A combination of education and 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. I have successfully completed 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, and have 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. (The above examples of related curricula are not all-inclusive.) NOTE: You must submit copies of all relevant transcripts with your application package to meet the individual occupational requirement (IOR). You must also submit documentation that your Professional Engineering (PE) License is current and in good standing. If you do not, you will not be considered for this position. You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: LeadershipProblem SolvingProject ManagementTechnical Competence 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-W2SM02 US ARMY ENGINEER DISTRICT-LOUISVILLE DO NOT MAIL Louisville, KY 40202 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk