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: Bend, Oregon, Boise, Idaho, Hermiston, Oregon, John Day, Oregon, La Grande, Oregon, and Yakima, Washington; https://www.usbr.gov/pn/about/hr/area-information.html

Duties

These positions are being filled in several duty locations for different division groups throughout the Columbia-Pacific Northwest Region. Each division's primary duties are: Civil Engineer (Construction Engineering): Oversight of on-site construction work, including inspection and acceptance of construction work performed by a contractor. Participate in value planning and value engineering studies, constructability reviews, contractor selection panels, serves as a Contracting Officer's Representative (COR). Review designs for constructability, review specifications, determine and evaluate construction sequencing. Research and prepare appropriate levels of cost estimates, and review and evaluate third party cost estimates through all phases of the planning and final design process. Civil Engineer (Operations & Maintenance): Engineering lead for in-depth Periodic Facility Reviews (PFR's) of our high-hazard dams. Co-Engineering lead for risk based Comprehensive Reviews (CR's) of our high-hazard dams. Engineering lead for review of operation and maintenance (RO&M) inspections of our bridges, canals, pumping plants, pipelines, tunnels, siphons, and buildings. Examination lead of inaccessible feature using push cameras, remotely operated vehicles, and pending approval: SCUBA, and Rope Access techniques to properly identify deficiencies and recommend repairs. Civil Engineer (Safety of Dams): Plans, schedules, and coordinates studies and analysis to evaluate the risk of dam failures and incidents for based on seismic, static, and hydrologic loadings. Performs engineering and project management duties for corrective actions on high-hazard dams to lower the risk of failure or major incidents. Participates in dam inspections and risk analysis to better understand the failure modes and risk presented by the region's inventory of high-hazard dams. Civil Engineer (Design Engineering): Completes various conventional and complex design projects and may perform Design Lead functions interacting with internal and external customers in the completion of their assigned duties.Supports development of data collection needs, completion of appraisal and feasibility studies, preparation of technical memoranda, and participates in value planning and value engineering studies. Performs design calculations, prepares alternative evaluation studies, conceptual and final designs including construction specifications and drawings for civil and environmental features. Completes new or modified design projects for civil and environmental features, or portions of these features, including river fish habitat and restoration, fish passage structures, bank stabilization, culvert replacement, fish screens, irrigation diversions, recreational facilities like boat ramps, restrooms, or fencing, concrete features and structures, piping, and water conveyance structures. Civil Engineer (Tributary Habitat Management) Supports Contracting of Design and other technical services including surveys, data analysis, design of restoration projects, and other contract needs. Writes or reviews task order and is a primary contact with consultants and partners regarding contract needs and changes. Lead program planning, budgeting, and project prioritization within established budget targets and subbasin prioritizations and landowner willingness. Project and subbasin coordination. Understands requirements of Biological Opinions, program authorities and prioritization. Design review and program oversight. Projects include river restoration, diversion dam replacement or removal, fish screens, flow augmentation projects such as piping. Restoration includes floodplain activation, wood placement, side channel, and other components. Civil Engineer (Basin Liaison) Coordination and representation of the program. Represents the program to partners, landowners, regulatory personnel, and others in the John Day Basin. Basin planning and budgeting. Works with partners to provide design services to partners for high priority projects meeting program needs and fitting an established budget. Design support of projects. Includes data collection, pre and post monitoring, design review, and feasibility planning with partners. Contract support. Creates task orders, reviews deliverables, information to sponsors, and determines required contracts.

Requirements

Qualifications

BASIC EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS: For Civil Engineer (series 0810) 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: Professional registration or licensure -- Current registration as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT) 1, 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) 2 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. 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. 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.) Additional Experience & Training Provisions for Graduate of Engineering Programs: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/files/all-professional-engineering-positions-0800.pdf SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS: In addition to the basic education requirement, in order to be rated as qualified for this position, the HR Office must be able to determine that the applicant meets the specialized experience requirement - this information must be included in the resume. To Qualify at the GS-11 Level: Applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level GS-09 in the federal service. Specialized Experience at the GS-11 level is defined as using Civil Engineering theories, principles, and practices applicable to engineering designs, maintenance, and/or construction contracting for water resource facilities such as dams, canals, hydroelectric power plants, pumping plants, and the operating characteristics of associated civil, mechanical, or electrical equipment. OR 3 years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Ph.D., or I have a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree in engineering or a related field which provided the knowledge, skills and abilities for the position. To Qualify at the GS-12 Level: Applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level GS-11 in the federal service. Specialized Experience at the GS-12 level is defined as using Civil Engineering theories, principles, and practices applicable to engineering designs, maintenance, and/or construction contracting for water resource facilities such as dams, canals, hydroelectric power plants, pumping plants, and the operating characteristics of associated civil, mechanical, or electrical equipment. In addition, experience performing studies, calculations, plans, specifications, and or construction contracting on water related and/or hydroelectric facilities. Professional Engineer (GS-12 only): The selectee will be required to provide a current valid Professional Engineering (P.E.) license to verify qualifications. You must meet all Eligibility and Qualification requirements, including any selective placement factors if applicable, by 10/31/2024.

Education

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.

This position has a mandatory minimum 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.

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 Regional Office Bureau of Reclamation Regional Office 1150 N. Curtis Road, Suite 100 Boise, ID 83706 US
• Name: BOR C-PN Region 9 Human Resources Office
• Email: [email protected]