Civil Engineer

Duties

These are developmental positions. The full performance duties of this position are:

• Performs engineering aspects of contract administration including reviewing construction schedules, reviewing and performing technical engineering analysis of proposed contract modifications, disputes and resulting negotiations, and final decisions, coordinating review and approval of required technical data, performing labor compliance checks, reviewing and approving contractor's request for progress payment, providing documentation through correspondence, final construction reports, and as-built drawings as appropriate, and monitoring contractor's safety plan as required.
• Reviews draft contract plans and specifications from the standpoint of constructability, adequacy of payment provisions, contractor quality control provisions, inspection and quality assurance provisions, sufficiency of layout, and detail.
• Participates in the preparation of design data packages on assigned projects.
• Responsible for monitoring construction progress, inspection and quality control programs, and safety compliance, and coordinating field problems with designers, contracting officer, and others and assisting in resolution of problems.
• Prepares correspondence and reports in regard to general construction matters in the Region.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

-You must be a U.S. Citizen or U.S. National.
-You must be suitable for federal employment, determined by a background investigation.
-You must submit a resume and supporting documentation (see Required Documents).
-You must submit eligibility documents for veterans consideration (see Required Documents).
-You must meet any minimum education and/or experience requirements (see Qualifications).
-You must submit transcript(s) to verify education requirements (see Qualifications/Education).
-You will be required to obtain a successful pre-employment physical examination by a licensed physician certifying your ability to perform the duties of this position. A physical exam may not be required if a comparable agency approved examination was performed within the last 12 months. The cost of the exam will be reimbursed by the agency.

Qualifications

To be eligible for consideration, you must first meet the Basic Education Requirement for this position, having a

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:

1. 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.

2. 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, and Puerto Rico.*For more information about EI and EIT registration requirements, please visit the National Society of Professional Engineers website at: http:// www.nspe.org.**The FE examination is not administered by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. For more information, please visit: http:// www.nspe.org/Licensure/HowtoGetLicensed/index.html.

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 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.)

Note: An applicant who meets the basic requirements as specified in A or B above, except as noted under B.1., may qualify for positions in any branch of engineering unless selective factors indicate otherwise.

In order to be rated as qualified for this position, the HR Office must be able to determine that you meet the education and/or specialized experience requirement - this information must be clearly supported in the resume.

Please read the full qualifications and requirements via the link provided.