Civil Engineer

• Performs O&M engineering involving design and construction that encompasses the maintenance repair upgrade and operation of infrastructure facilities including utility systems utilizing professional knowledge of civil engineering.
• Plans programs budgets and executes required projects in support of assigned programs.
• Performs planning and design work for substantial sustainment modernization repair improvement renovations and construction projects for real property facilities including utility systems utilizing a professional knowledge of civil engineering.
• Manages projects for new construction renovations and improvements to real property facilities and maintains surveillance over in-house labor or construction contractors utilizing a professional knowledge of civil engineering and knowledge of other engineering disciplines to ensure overall compliance with project requirements
• Provides consulting services and project coordination.
• Collects data and evaluates factors which affect the application of concepts principles theories and methods required to observe examine measure analyze map and describe physical and technical features and phenomena.
• Complies with health safety and environmental rules and procedures and performs work in a manner that enhances the safety of the work environment.

• U.S. Citizenship Required
• Males must be registered for Selective Service see
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a SECRET security clearance.
• May be required to serve on A and E selection boards or act as project liaison with the Army Corps of Engineers or other design agencies as required.
• This position is subject to provisions of the DoD Priority Placement Program
• Employee must pass initial and periodic short notice drug testing.
• Work may occasionally require travel away from the normal duty station on military and commercial aircraft
• The work requires the employee to drive a motor vehicle. An appropriate valid drivers license will be required for the position.
• Disclosure of Political Appointments
• Depending on the type of position (competitive/excepted) you are selected for you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period OR 2-year trial period.
• Upon completion of your probationary/trial period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification in writing that your continued employment advances the public interest.
• The employee may/may not be required to meet the Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) requirements applicable to the duties of the position. (contd)
• The selectee will have up to 24 months to meet the applicable mandatory experience education and training requirements.

In order to qualify you must meet the basic requirements and specialized experience requirements described in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards for General Schedule Positions Professional and Scientific Positions

BASIC REQUIREMENT OR INDIVIDUAL OCCUPATIONAL REQUIREMENT:
Basic Requirements: A. Degree: Engineering. To be acceptable the program must: (1) lead to a bachelors 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:
1. 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 Boards eminence provision as a manufacturing engineer typically would be rated eligible only for manufacturing engineering positions.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Related curriculum -- Successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelors 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 bachelors 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.

In addition to meeting the basic requirement above to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below:

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must have at least one (1) year of specialized experience at the next lower grade GS-11 or equivalent in other pay systems. Examples of specialized experience includes applying professional knowledge of civil engineering concepts principles and practices applicable to a broad range of engineering construction management life cycle management etc. and related assignments. Utilizing knowledge of design and construction practices and techniques in establishing design parameters and preparing project justifications and specifications. Implement experience of drafting techniques and conventions and drafting skills sufficient to convey design concepts and ideas and formulate working drawings. Understanding of state and local jurisdictions over the use of land and natural resources the construction of facilities and utilities and the distribution of utilities services.

FEDERAL TIME-IN-GRADE (TIG) REQUIREMENT FOR GENERAL SCHEDULE (GS) POSITIONS: Merit promotion applicants must meet applicable time-in-grade requirements to be considered eligible. One year at the GS-11 level is required to meet the time-in-grade requirements for the GS-12 level. TIG applies if you are in a current GS position or held a GS position within the previous 52 weeks. NOTE: Applicants applying as VEOA candidates who are current GS civil service employees or are prior GS civil service employees within the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements.

KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES (KSAs): Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge skills abilities and/or competencies in the following areas:

1. Professional knowledge of civil engineering concepts principles and practices and familiarity with architectural and other engineering disciplines.
2. Knowledge of a broad range of engineering and construction standards methods practices and techniques materials and equipment to determine compliance with federal state and local codes and regulations; of standard contracting regulations practices and procedures as it relates to facilities engineering; knowledge of health safety and environmental requirements as outlined in applicable standards regulations and/or technical orders; of environmental principles practices procedures laws regulations and current legislative issues; of work classifications and the regulatory and statutory restrictions on the expenditures of appropriated and non-appropriated funds.
3. Knowledge of automated data processing concepts systems capabilities and economic usage to effectively accomplish assigned functions; and knowledge of program planning and budgeting cycles financial control and budget systems and management.
4. Knowledge of aesthetic and functional design techniques and skill in preparing project documentation to include preliminary drawings sketches and construction drawings; and technique / skill in drafting sufficient to convey design concepts and ideas and formulate working drawings.
5. Ability to plan conduct and record site/facilities surveys and inspection; to analyze interpret and apply results rules regulations and procedures in a variety of situations and recommend timely and economical solutions.
6. Ability to plan and organize work and coordinate with other engineering disciplines and architects; and communicate effectively both orally and in writing and maintain good working relationships.

PART-TIME OR UNPAID EXPERIENCE: Credit will be given for appropriate unpaid and or part-time work. You must clearly identify the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the total number of hours per week.

VOLUNTEER WORK EXPERIENCE: Refers to paid and unpaid experience including volunteer work done through National Service Programs (i.e. Peace Corps AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g. professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student and social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies knowledge and skills that can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience including volunteer experience.