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Civil Engineer (Hydraulics)
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · Posted 53 days ago
Hybrid Rock Island, IL $45K – $118K Apply by Aug 4, 2026 Civil Engineering ESTJINTJISTJISTP Engineering
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About the Position: Serve as a hydraulic engineer for the Rock Island District to deliver vital engineering solutions including: small and large-scale navigation improvement, small and large-scale ecosystem restoration, local and regional flood risk management, and routine water management efforts. This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Certain Personnel of DoD Workforce to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service.
What You'll Do
- →The below duties are that of the full performance grade level of GS-12: Carry out tasks, methods, procedures, and computations based on oral instructions and/or precedents, guidelines, and standards.
- →Collect, compile, analyze, interpret and/or evaluate a variety of data pertinent to studies and evaluations.
- →Prepare analytical data for use in designing flood control reservoir and appurtenant features.
- →Analyze flow characteristics; design drainage structures; evaluate facility (e.g., reservoirs, canals, pipelines, pumping plants) capacities and operation.
- →Participate in meetings and conferences to discuss project plans and provide guidance on matters relating to hydraulic engineering.
- →Serve as point of contact with groups inside and outside the organization for the purpose of coordinating assigned studies.
- →Provide status of progress, any potential problems, concerns, or issues, developments/changes to plans and/or methodology.
Requirements
- ✓In addition to meeting the qualification requirements listed above, you must also meet the basic education and/or experience for all Engineering positions listed below to qualify for this position: Basic Education Requirement for Civil Engineer (Hydraulic) Series: 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: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.
- ✓NOTE: You must provide a copy of your transcript.
Personality Fit
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