Civil Engineer

At the full performance level some of the major duties you will perform include but are not limited to the following:

• Performs engineering analyses to include performing and coordinating technical planning activities; data collection (including validation and management); modeling and data analyses; analyses of site location and/or conditions; risk estimation and analyses; or analyses of
  instrumentation data.
• Completes and/or reviews engineering designs to include: 1) planning and conducting engineering studies or evaluations such as preliminary appraisal feasibility final design and value planning/value engineering; 2) creating performing reviewing checking and/or
  modeling engineering designs; 3) developing design criteria procedures and instructions; 4) providing technical approval as the engineer in responsible charge of design activities and engineering decisions; 5) contributing to the design and modifications of new and existing complex features to mitigate static dynamic and hydrologic/hydraulic loadings; or 6) design installation and maintenance of instrumentation systems to provide engineering data for analysis and/or operational decision support.
• Evaluates engineering aspects of state and federal regulatory and permitting programs conducting bond adequacy reviews oversight reviews and reviews on federal lands and in states with resource extraction programs under direct federal jurisdiction.
• Develops project guidelines protocols and procedures that are specific to the project; and may review for comment or propose draft Bureau directives standards and policies.
• Plans schedules coordinates and conducts civil engineering facility examinations reviews and/or inspections which include conducting condition assessments and construction and transfer inspections; identifying deficiencies relative to design criteria applicable codes and standards or state or federal statutes or regulations; calculating preliminary estimates for repairs; coordinating with internal and external partners; documenting and presenting results; identifying future needs for the asset investment such as extraordinary maintenance and rehabilitation; and project management planning.
• Develops monitors and manages project plans that outline the scope schedule and budget of assigned projects.
• Works with Contracting Officer/Grants Officer/Awarding Official to implement and administer a variety of assigned contracts including construction contracts service or supply contracts P.L. 93- 638 Indian Self Determination and Education Assistance Act as amended contracts/agreements interagency agreements and financial assistance agreements.
• Provides engineering support in connection with regulatory program oversight policy and rulemaking efforts review of regulatory compliance issues and resolution of engineering related issues as they are encountered.
• Develops modifies and utilizes relational databases to maintain engineering data for conducting operational and planning analyses.

Duties will be developmental in nature when filled below the full performance level.

• Must be a U.S. Citizen or National.
• Appointment subject to background investigation and favorable adjudication.
• Males born aftermust be registered for Selective Service.
• Direct Deposit participation required.
• Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more visit have and maintain a valid drivers license throughout employment.
• Professional Engineering registration is required by Reclamation Policy (GS-12 level only).

As a condition of employment for accepting this position you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period during which your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest will be evaluated.

This probationary period is an extension of the appointment process and therefore requires the agency to determine if continued employment would advance the public interest meet the organization goals and mission of the agency and/or otherwise promote the efficiency of the determining if your employment advances the public interest the agency will consider:

• your performance and conduct;
• the needs and interests of the agency;
• whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and
• whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.

Under applicable law the employment of an individual serving a probationary or trial period automatically terminates when that period ends unless the agency affirmatively certifies in writing that the individuals employment should continue and that their appointment should be the absence of agency action to affirmatively certify continued employment beyond the probationary or trial period such appointments are terminated.

Upon completion of your probationary period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification in writing that your continued employment advances the public interest.

Qualifications:

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement - 09/25/2026 - unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement.

To receive credit for experience your resume MUST state either full-time (or 40 hours a week) or part-time with the number of hours worked per week to ensure proper crediting of specialized experience. Failure to adequately provide information needed to determine number of hours worked in each position may result in that time not being credited when evaluating qualifying experience. For periods of time that reflect military service the DD-214 or Statement of Service is sufficient to meet the full and/or part-time hours requirement as the service dates will be reflected.

Minimum Qualification Requirements: To qualify for this position you must meet the following minimum qualifications:

Basic Educational Requirements: In addition to the specialized experience requirements for this position you must meet at least one of the following:

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. (The above examples of related curricula are not all inclusive.)

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Specialized experience at the GS-11 level: To qualify for this position at the GS-11 you must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to at least the GS-9 level in the Federal Service having demonstrated experience performing a minimum of two or more of the following duties:
- Performs engineering analysis to include performing and/or coordinating technical planning activities;
- Completes and/or reviews engineering designs drawings or reports.
- Participates in and /or leads technical work groups or teams.
- Plans schedules coordinates and conducts civil engineering facility examinations reviews and/or inspections;
- Provides technical reviews peer reviews and checking of designs drawings engineering analysis and technical documents specifications and contract correspondence;
- Provides technical guidance training and advice to lower graded engineers and technicians; OR
- Develops monitors and manages project plans that outline the scope schedule and/or budget of assigned projects.
OR
Education:
Successful completion of at least 3 years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree or Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree. (Degree must reflect the knowledge skills and abilities necessary to do the work.). You must include transcripts.
OR
Combination
You may combine specialized experience and education to meet the minimum qualifications.

Specialized experience at the GS-12 level: To qualify for this position at the GS-12 grade level you must possess a Professional Engineering (PE) License and one full year of professional experience equivalent to the GS-11 level in the Federal Service having demonstrated specialized experience performing a minimum of four or more of the following duties:
- Performs engineering analysis to include performing and/or coordinating technical planning activities;
- Completes and/or reviews engineering designs drawings or reports.
- Participates in and /or leads technical work groups or teams.
- Plans schedules coordinates and conducts civil engineering facility examinations reviews and/or inspections;
- Provides technical reviews peer reviews and checking of designs drawings engineering analysis and technical documents specifications and contract correspondence;
- Provides technical guidance training and advice to lower graded engineers and technicians; OR
- Develops monitors and manages project plans that outline the scope schedule and/or budget of assigned projects.

Professional Engineering registration is required by Reclamation Policy (GS-12 level only).

Volunteer Experience: 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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies knowledge and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience including volunteer experience.