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Duties

Supervises a diverse team of surveyors and party chiefs to accomplish the survey mission. Evaluates personnel and assigns duties and training schedules to fully utilize the capabilities of each employee most effectively. Supervises employees performing deep and/shallow draft navigation hydrographic surveys to ensure availability of field data within established time frames. Knowledge of the surveying equipment and practices to ensure the best quality work is being done by field crews and office personnel. Coordinates field, office, and contract operations with project managers, design and construction engineers and apply various methods to improve team effectiveness, efficiency, and quality of work projects. Ensures all data produced by the Survey Team meets all quality standards of the surveying manual as well as the district best practices. Determining the scope of the work and devising the methods and details for completing the assignments. Adapts to work and work crews to a quickly changing environment and priorities of the section/branch as contract dredging requirements evolve. Reviews schedules, plans, and supervises field activities, issuing work assignments to party chiefs, ensuring general instructions are followed, rendering assistance, advice, and solving field problems.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Position requires the incumbent to possess or obtain and maintain a valid state Driver’s License.
• Position requires travel up to approximately 25% of the time, to include overnight stays lasting up to 5 nights.
• Required to submit a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report, OGE-450, upon entering the position and annually.
• Position requires the completion of a pre-employment Physical Examination and an annual examination thereafter to ensure the continued, required level of physical health and ability or fitness to perform the duties of the position.
• Position has a requirement to lift up to 50 lbs. in the regular performance of duties.
• Position is supervisory as defined by the Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) General Schedule Supervisory Guide (GSSG). A one-year probation to assess your ability to perform supervisory duties is required unless previously completed.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: US Citizens 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: One year of specialized experience which includes 1) Analyzing and adopting appropriate methods to prepare survey data for hydrographic projects; 2) Applying survey principles to evaluate results from field data to meet the intended use; 3) Performing technical reviews and providing quality control oversight of Computer Aided Design (CAD); 4) Developing survey scopes of work and requirements for implementation by in-house staff; and 5) Supervising a diverse team performing deep and shallow draft navigation hydrographic survey missions. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11). 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 RD-W2SF01 US ARMY ENGINEER DISTRICT-BALTIMORE DO NOT MAIL Baltimore, MD 21203 US
• Name: Andrew Payson
• Phone: (410) 962-9566
• Email: [email protected]