About the Position: Serves as technical advisor on coastal and hydraulic investigations and phases of design, with particular emphasis on coastal environments of the Great Lakes region. Responsible for analyses; interpretation and evaluation of hydraulic and coastal data to resolve problems; and to establish the basis for hydraulic and coastal design.

Duties

Serves as a lead engineer for the Section on one or more specific projects with a specific emphasis on Great Lakes coastal projects. Formulates plans and procedures for conducting studies and prepares budgets and schedules for approval. Participates in review conferences. Coordinates, schedules and budgets assigned projects. Conducts studies related to coastal projects requiring knowledge of wave analysis, refraction- diffraction analysis. Analyzes operational effectiveness of channels, boat basins, docks, breakwaters and other navigation facilities. Utilizes a variety of computer programs utilized for coastal and hydraulic analysis and with ADP procedures.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• This position requires a Professional Engineer (PE) License (GS-12 LEVEL)
• Must have and maintain a valid state driver’s license

Qualifications

Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the education/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:A. Degree: Engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by 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)1 , 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)2 examination or any other written test required for professional registration by an engineering licensure board in the various States, the District of Columbia, Guam, and 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 the basic requirements under paragraph A. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program as described in paragraph A. 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 bachelor's 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. (The above examples of related curricula are not allinclusive.) Specialized Experience:GS-12 I have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service which includes an extensive working knowledge of concepts, theories, principles, practices and techniques of civil engineering with emphasis on hydrology, hydraulics, statistical analysis and computer modeling; developing hydraulic and hydrologic models; preparing correspondence to various activities relating to hydrologic and hydraulic work; provide technical support to water management programs; preparing contingency plans relative to water control and drought/flood conditions, and environmental/water quality impacts. Specialized Experience:GS-11 I have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-09 grade level in the Federal service which includes an extensive working knowledge of concepts, theories, principles, practices and techniques of civil engineering with emphasis on hydrology, hydraulics, statistical analysis and computer modeling; developing hydraulic and hydrologic models; preparing correspondence to various activities relating to hydrologic and hydraulic work; provide technical support to water management programs; preparing contingency plans relative to water control and drought/flood conditions, and environmental/water quality impacts. You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Civil EngineeringHydraulic EngineeringHydrologyOral Communication

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-W2SM05 US ARMY ENGINEER DISTRICT-BUFFALO DO NOT MAIL Buffalo, NY 14207 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk