About the Position: As Team Lead, will be assisting in managing the District's hydrographic survey program to include but not limited to determining project scopes, developing budgets and cost estimates, maintaining field schedules, managing field crews, and reviewing final products prior to delivery to customers. Will be performing and mentoring others in the collection and processing of single beam, multibeam, side-scan, and other precision survey data on large rivers and reservoirs.

Duties

Share responsibility with the Section Chief for the accomplishment of all hydrographic surveys and a limited amount of land surveying in support of the navigation program within the district. Manage office and field tasks for hydrographic survey projects to include project budgeting and scheduling, monitoring of field survey progress, and tracking of deliverables to customer by established project deadlines. Receive and analyze work order requests to determine project scopes, types of surveys required, priorities, and deadlines. Manage resources allocated to the section which includes planning for adequate and effective use of personnel and equipment, along with the use of architect engineer contractors. Coordinate with project engineers and managers to determine the best application of survey principles and procedures for data collection and presentation. Provide technical advice, support, and direction to hydrographic survey field crews. Responsible for evaluating, compiling, and disseminating to local mariners, including river pilots, NOAA and U.S. Coast Guard officials, project information related to safe navigation of district projects. Ensure compliance with national level policies, standards, and regulations regarding survey data collection.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Incumbent is required to submit a Financial Disclosure Statement, OGE-450, (5CFR Part 2634)
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a valid state driver's license within 30 days of employment.
• Required to travel in temporary duty (TDY) status approximately 15% of the time.
• Regular visits to field crews requires working outdoors and walking over uneven terrain and aboard vessels.
• Incumbent required to lift up to 40 pounds of equipment.
• Appointment to this position is subject to a one year probationary period unless the appointee has previously met the requirements as described in 5 CFR Part 315.

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 EmployeesCurrent Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army)Interagency 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 EligibleReinstatementVeterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the 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. Specialized Experience: 1) collecting and processing single beam, multibeam, side-scan, and other high precision survey data on large rivers; 2) coordinating with project engineers and managers to determine the best application of survey principles and procedures for data collection and presentation; 3) utilizing software such as or similar to HYPACK/HYSWEEP Hydrographic Surveying Software, Geographic Information System (GIS), Applanix POS MV Differential Global Positioning System, LiDAR, and other software technology; and 4) assisting in managing a hydrographic survey program to include but not limited to determining project scopes, developing budgets, maintaining field schedules, managing field crews, and reviewing final products prior to delivery to customers. This experience is equivalent to the GS 11 grade in the Federal Service. You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Oral CommunicationSelf-ManagementSurveyingTechnical 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-11).

Education

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone. No substitution of education for experience is permitted.

Contacts

• Address RE-W2SM04 US ARMY ENGINEER DISTRICT-PITTSBURGH DO NOT MAIL Pittsburgh, PA 15222 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk