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Civil Engineer (Geotechnical)
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · Posted 18 days ago
About the Role
This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for (DHA Certain Personnel Workforce for DoD) to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service. About the Position: This is a Civil Engineer (Geotechnical) developmental GS-5/7/9/11 position. The position performs civil engineering work primarily for civil works, military, and HTRW projects assigned to the section.
What You'll Do
- →During floods, earthquakes or other emergencies, participates with other District elements in ascertaining nature and seriousness of damages to flood control structures and makes recommendations for remedial repair.
- →Reviews and prepares geotechnical portions of plans and specifications.
- →Prepare laboratory work order requests and coordinates with laboratory personnel in accomplishing work in the time frame necessary to meet the project schedule.
- →Conduct inspections of Federal and non-Federal levee systems and other civil works projects and prepares inspection reports
Requirements
- ✓Basic Education Requirement for Civil Engineer: A.
- ✓Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in engineering.
- ✓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, or 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 A above.
- ✓The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program. 4.
- ✓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.
- ✓For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html
Personality Fit
Job ID: 715268bc-7377-4475-afe4-594e06e749b0
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