About the Position: The District is located near downtown Jacksonville with easy access to a major interstate highway, flexi-time work schedule with credit hour option, workspace cubicles in corporate business setting with security, free parking with shuttle bus service, eating facilities nearby. More information is located at http://www.saj.usace.army.mil/.

Duties

Lead the development/design of large civil works projects for navigation, shore protection, flood control, environmental restoration projects or other projects of similar nature in Florida, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Balance a workload of multiple large projects with short durations and competing priorities. Make sound technical decisions which could alter the progression of a project when there is concern for vulnerable infrastructure, public health, safety or welfare. Recommend courses of action to customers and management on all aspects of the assigned project. Recommend work plans to accomplish assigned projects and tasks and implement approved work plans in accordance with established processes and priorities. Maintain collaborative working relationships to ensure that assigned projects are fully coordinated and overall execution goals are met. Manage the engineering project delivery team resolving technical questions and facilitating meetings to keep projects moving forward and meeting key milestone. Report on work progress, resource needs, potential project impacts, and quality of products to ensure that quality work is completed on-schedule and within budget. Develop project budget, scope and schedule for navigation, shore protection, flood control, environmental restoration or other large site projects. Research historic control files, construction as-builts, and other original documents for the modernization of current project design files. Coordinate geometry, design and payment surface models to be used for the preparation of plans and specifications. Generate project digital terrain models, horizontal and vertical alignments to calculate contour and volume changes Deal calmly/effectively with high stress situations between project delivery team members, the customer, and the public to keep the team functioning smoothly and productively. Familiar with engineering concepts, principles and practices on projects that include navigation channel dredging, harbor improvements, beach and dune nourishment and coastal structures. The work requires coordination of technical and engineering matters with the project delivery team, customers, State and local governments, and regulatory agencies.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• You may be expected to travel for this position 10% of the time.

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 EmployeesDomestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel WorkforceInteragency Career Transition Assistance PlanLand Management Workforce Flexibility ActMilitary Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability RetirementPriority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference EligibleVeterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 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 Education Requirement - Civil Engineer (0810): (Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts.) 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 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: 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. 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. 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. 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. (Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts) In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below: Specialized Experience: Specialized experience includes experience 1) understanding of engineering concepts, principles, and practices on projects that includes navigation channel dredging, harbor improvements, beach and dune nourishment, dune vegetation planting, inlet sediment management and bypassing, offshore and upland sand borrow areas, dredge material management areas, marsh restoration, and coastal structures such as jetties, groins, breakwaters, revetments, and seawalls; 2) developing construction contract plans and specifications, construction schedules, quantity estimates and other engineering work products for a variety of navigation, shore protection, flood control, and environmental restoration projects; 3) planning and designing civil works projects including the evaluation of complex, controversial contractual disputes and claims. Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job at the GS-12 grade level, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted. This position requires that you possess a valid Professional Engineering License. A copy of your license must be submitted with your application. You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Civil EngineeringDesignOral CommunicationProject ManagementStress Tolerance 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-11). To be referred, applicants must meet applicable time-in-grade and specialized experience requirements within 30 calendar days after the closing date of the announcement.

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: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html

Contacts

• Address RL-W2SR02 US ARMY ENGINEER DISTRICT-JACKSONVILLE DO NOT MAIL Jacksonville, FL 32202 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk