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Civil Engineer (Hydrologic)

Bureau of Reclamation
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Duties

Full performance duties of this position:

  • Perform and coordinate technical duties relating to: design, installation, and maintenance of climatological weather stations; hydroclimatic data collection, validation, and analyses; providing documentation, publications, and website services to stakeholders and the public;
  • Participate on or lead technical work groups or teams. May provide technical organizational representation and collaboration on teams external to the organization, including external stakeholders and partners.
  • Assist in development and operation of engineering data collection systems directly or in coordination with other government agencies and non-federal sources. Ensure necessary data is collected, transmitted, downloaded, decoded, and received for its intended purpose.
  • Assist in comprehensive hydrologic civil engineering studies of regulated and unregulated river systems and infrastructure in accordance with applicable authorizations, policy, and regulatory requirements by developing, utilizing, and maintaining various models to conduct and simulate the engineering analysis required.

RequirementsConditions 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 meet any minimum education and/or experience requirements (see Qualifications).
-You must submit transcript(s) to verify education requirements (see Qualifications/Education).
-You must maintain a valid State Driver's License at all times as the position requires operation of government vehicles on government and public roads. Failure to maintain a valid State Driver's License at all times will result in removal from the position.

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.

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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.

To qualify at the GS-09, you must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to at least the GS-07 level in federal service having demonstrated experience with exposure to hydrologic, climatologic, or other scientific datasets; exposure to in-situ sensors and instrumentation; and working with computer modeling software, computer programming, or database software. You could otherwise qualify on the basis of Education having two years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a master's degree or master's or equivalent graduate degree You may combine specialized experience and education to meet the minimum qualifications.

To qualify at the GS-11, you must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to at least the GS-09 level in federal service having demonstrated experience collecting, transmitting, or processing of hydrologic, climatologic, or other scientific datasets; designing, installing, or maintaining in-situ sensors and instrumentation; and working with computer modeling software, computer programming, or database software. You could otherwise qualify on the basis of Education having three years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a PhD. or Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree. You may combine specialized experience and education to meet the minimum qualifications.

To qualify at the GS-12, you must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to at least the GS-11 level in federal service having demonstrated experience collecting, transmitting, or processing of hydrologic, climatologic, or other scientific datasets; designing, installing, or maintaining in-situ sensors and instrumentation; working with computer modeling software, computer programming, and database software; and modeling, forecasting or analyzing multi-purpose river and reservoir systems models for purposes that may include water supply, flood control, hydropower, environmental considerations, recreation, water quality, etc.

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.

You must meet all Eligibility and Qualification requirements, including any selective placement factors if applicable, by 09/27/2023.