Reclamation is seeking a career professional looking for an opportunity to capitalize on their expertise as a Engineering Technician. You can make a difference in the West by assisting in meeting increasing water demands while protecting the environment. Duty Location: Boulder City, Nevada

Duties

This position works as an Engineering Technician with extensive experience working on a wide range of substantive, complex work assignments aligned with professional engineering and architecture fields. Serves as primary source for computer aided design (CAD) for the Engineering Services Office, Analysis/Design Civil/Construction Management Group. -Develops, prepares, and/or reviews plans, specifications, and cost estimates for construction and/or proposed/ongoing projects. -Reviews designs for compliance with current industry practices and ensures designs fit field conditions; suggests modifications when issues are identified. -Utilizes automated engineering drafting and design systems and applications. -Uses a variety of contracting processes to provide engineering oversight for construction, architecture, or engineering contracts. -Validates data used for and loaded into electronic/automated design and records management applications. Provides technical oversight in ensuring data integrity. -Performs cost analysis reviews.

Requirements

Qualifications

In order to be rated as qualified for this position, the HR Office must be able to determine that you meet the specialized experience requirement - this information must be clearly supported in the resume. To qualify at the GS-11, you must possess one year of full-time work experience, specialize experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to at least the GS-10 level in federal service having demonstrated experience. GS-11 Specialized Experience: Applicants must have one full year of full-time work experience. Specialized experience is defined as experience performing the following: 1) Advanced skills with using AutoCAD Civil 3D or equivalent software to create engineering drawings like plan and profile drawings, and engineered drawing plan sets; 2) Calculating material quantities and preparing engineering costs estimates; and 3) Leading design projects and collaborating closely with engineers and provides expertise in design codes and compliance standards. A firm understanding and ability to utilize AutoCAD or similar software is strongly desired for this position. 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. Your resume must clearly reflect the experience/education listed above. In determining qualifications, the Human Resources specialist may not make assumptions. If your resume does not clearly reflect the required experience/education, your application will be marked as ineligible. Time-In-Grade: Current career or career-conditional employees of the Federal government, or former career or career-conditional employees, who have a break in service of less than one year, are required to meet the time-in-grade restriction of one year of Federal experience at the next lower-grade, with few exceptions outlined in 5 CFR 300.603(b). Selective Placement Factor: This position requires a current, valid Driver's License. Failure to provide proof of such license will cause you to be rated ineligible for this position. You must meet all Eligibility and Qualification requirements, including time-in-grade restrictions and any selective placement factors if applicable, by 08/01/2024. This position is being advertised concurrently to the public under vacancy announcement BOR-LCB-24-DE-12483801-MW. Applicants interested in applying under both announcement numbers, must submit application packages for each.

Education

This position does not allow substituting education for experience.

Contacts

• Address Lower Colorado Basin Bureau of Reclamation PO Box 61470 Boulder City, NV 89006 US
• Name: Maria Wallior
• Phone: 702-293-8403
• Email: [email protected]