This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Certain Personnel of the DoD Workforce to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service. About the Position: You will serve as an expert Engineer in Huntington Operations & Readiness Division, Technical Support Branch, Waterway Section performing a variety of office and field work pertaining to the planning and direction of the preparation of engineering plans, and maintenance dredging.

Duties

Responsible for the overall coordination and execution of dredging projects in the Huntington, Louisville, Nashville, and Pittsburgh Districts. Leads resolution through analysis of regional dredging and disposal issues with major areas of uncertainty. Serve as a point of contact and source of expertise for field personnel, project engineers, construction project managers, contractors and designers on all aspects of the navigable waterways. Use thorough knowledge of engineering features to perform technical studies and prepare necessary technical data for dredging contracts. Coordinate preparation of plans and specifications for channel maintenance dredging with the appropriate elements of the District. Receive and review reconnaissance survey reports prepared by contact pilots and other section personnel on sunken vessels, damaged or destroyed marine structures, debris, and other impediments and hazards to navigation. Serve as coach, facilitator, and/or negotiator in coordinating team initiatives and in consensus building activities among team members. Communicate team consensus and recommendations to the supervisor on actions affecting team and individual awards, rewards, and recognition.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Incumbent may work up to 45 days continuously. During dredging operations, incumbent is required to work the same shift as the Contractor.
• Workdays are 8 to 12 hours in duration and extensive travel may be required during dredge season.
• This position requires Temporary Duty Travel (TDY) at least 25% or more of the duty time.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: U.S. Citizens Note: Please Read! If you are currently a permanent, Federal employee or have other appointment eligibility(s) as an internal candidate, please apply for this vacancy against Announcement CERE245660881963 for status candidates. In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or 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 - Engineer: (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 in the education section to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below: To qualify at the GS-13 grade level, you must have: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes performing a variety of office and field work pertaining to the planning and direction of the preparation of engineering plans, specifications reports, on channel maintenance dredging, the examination of channel stabilization works and the determination of required maintenance and repair work; coordinating and executing of dredging projects; operating a motorboat and operating a complex sonar system using elaborate multibeam echosounders interfacing with technical hydrographic surveying software. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-12). Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job at the GS-13 grade level, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.

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: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

Contacts

• Address RE-W2SM01 US ARMY ENGINEER DISTRICT-HUNTINGTON DO NOT MAIL Huntington, WV 25701 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk