Reclamation is seeking a career professional looking for an opportunity to capitalize on their expertise as a Civil Engineer. Make a difference in the West by assisting in meeting increasing water demands while protecting the environment. Duty Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico and Chama, New Mexico For more information about Albuquerque, New Mexico click Here. For more information about Chama, New Mexico click Here.

Duties

Pojoaque Engineering Division: Communicate and coordinate information between design contractors, stakeholders, and construction contractors for the construction of a new drinking water system serving four tribes and county residents within the Pojoaque Basin. Facility Management Division: Manage a variety of projects throughout the office including river maintenance, irrigation infrastructure, dams, recreation facilities, and environmental restoration; working with a variety of stakeholders including government agencies, tribes, and private landowners. The duties of these positions listed below are for the full performance level of GS-12 and include: Perform engineering analyses to include performing and coordinating technical planning activities; data collection (including validation and management); modeling and data analyses; analyses of site location and/or conditions; risk estimation and analyses; or analyses of instrumentation data. Evaluate engineering aspects of state and federal regulatory and permitting programs, conducting bond adequacy reviews, oversight reviews, and reviews on federal lands and in states with resource extraction programs under direct federal jurisdiction. Make engineering recommendations and/or decisions based on engineering analysis. Complete and/or reviews engineering designs. Develop project guidelines, protocols, and procedures that are specific to the project; and may review for comment or propose draft Bureau directives, standards, and policies. Prepare, or oversee the preparation of, and review technical documentation such as technical memorandums and reports, engineering study analyses and results, correspondence, publications, design criteria, calculations, design summaries, design standards, designer's operating criteria, operating procedures, evaluation and oversight reports, value studies reports, inspection and assessment reviews, impact assessments, permit applications, emergency action plans and exercises, construction plans and reports, Make oral presentations of technical documentation at coordination meetings, design briefings, or other technical briefings, in some cases in support of enforcement activities as part of Federal oversight of regulatory programs. Develop, monitor, and manage project plans that outline the scope, schedule, and budget of assigned projects. Participate on and/or lead technical work groups or teams. May provide technical organizational representation and collaboration on teams external to the organization, including external stakeholders and partners.

Requirements

Qualifications

To be eligible for consideration, you must first meet the Basic Education Requirement for this position: 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), 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, 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 all-inclusive). AND In addition to meeting the Basic Qualification Requirement for engineering positions, choose one answer which best describes your SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE to perform the duties of the Civil Engineer, GS-0810-11 in order to meet the additional qualification requirement for this position. You must have 1 (one) full year of Specialized Experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-09 in Federal service in engineering activities in at least two of the following technical areas: Project management including planning, execution, monitoring and oversight, and closeout: contract and financial agreement administration; construction management; hydrologic analysis and studies; cost estimating; budget coordination and management; construction planning and oversight; environmental compliance and related permitting for projects. OR Completed three years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree or Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree. OR A combination of higher-level education and specialized experience. For the GS-12 grade level, in addition to meeting the basic requirements for engineering positions, you must have one (1) full year of SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-11 level in the Federal Service. Specialized experience includes: Experience in engineering activities including at least three of the following technical areas: Project management including planning, execution, monitoring and oversight, and closeout: contract and financial agreement administration; construction management; hydrologic analysis and studies; cost estimating; budget coordination and management; construction planning and oversight; environmental compliance and related permitting for projects. 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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. You must meet all Eligibility and Qualification requirements, including any selective placement factors if applicable, by 07/17/2024.

Education

This position has a mandatory education requirement. You must submit a copy of college transcript(s) (unofficial copy is acceptable) to support claimed education if substituting education for experience. Transcripts must include the name of the college or university and date the degree was conferred. Non-submission will result in being rated not-qualified for the position.

This position does not allow substituting education for experience at the GS-12 grade level.

This vacancy announcement allows substituting education for experience at the GS-11 grade level. You must submit a copy of college transcript(s) (unofficial copy is acceptable) to support claimed education if substituting education for experience. Transcripts must include the name of the college or university and date the degree was conferred. A typed list of courses, grades, semester/quarter hours, GPA, etc. will not be accepted. Non-submission may result in being rated not-qualified for the position.

You will be required to provide official college transcripts to verify educational qualifications, if selected. An official transcript must be sent directly from the University's Registrar's office and must be provided from the institution awarding the degree. Academic transcripts certified by notary publics are NOT official. Official transcripts must be submitted prior to reporting to work as a condition of employment. Failure to submit official transcripts may be grounds for dismissal or rescission of the job offer.

Accreditation: Only education from an accredited college or university recognized by the Department of Education is acceptable to meet education requirements or to substitute for experience, if applicable. For additional info, refer to the Office of Personnel Management and U.S. Department of Education.

Foreign Education: To receive credit for education completed outside the United States, you must show proof that the education has been submitted to a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign educational credentials and such education has been deemed at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education programs. For additional info, refer to the U.S. Network for Education Information.

Contacts

• Address Upper Colorado Basin Region, Albuquerque Area Office Bureau of Reclamation 125 South State Street Room 8100 Salt Lake City, UT 84138 US
• Name: Mckinley Earnest
• Phone: 801-524-3787
• Email: [email protected]