Overview Accepting applications Open & closing dates Opening and closing dates03/18/2021 to 03/29/2021 Service Competitive Pay scale & grade GS 13 Salary $100,424 to $130,552 per year Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-Time Duties SummaryAbout the Position: The Sacramento District houses the South Pacific Division Dam Safety Production Center, a multi-disciplinary group of highly experienced engineers & scientists who work on dams and other civil works projects locally in California, nationwide, and worldwide.
It includes structural, civil, hydraulic, & geotechnical engineers & geologists who collaborate on design teams, work independently on technical analyses & reviews, & develop Corps engineering guidance & standards.ResponsibilitiesRoles and responsibilities will vary by project including team lead, technical subject matter expert, structural designer, or as an integral part of a larger team from the DSPC, Corps districts, other agencies, and the private sector.The ideal candidate enjoys working on dam projects for new and existing structural systems and components including concrete dams, spillway structures, hydraulic steel structures, towers, flood walls, conduits, and other appurtenant structures.Develop structural engineering work products for dam safety modifications and other projects, primarily within SPD.
Products include structural calculations, finite element analyses, technical reports, and design guidance.Provide structural engineering related review comments and solutions for dam safety evaluations and designs at various levels of complexity including risk assessment, structural performance, constructability, and value, for new and existing dams.Lead the development of structural engineering technical products such as dam safety modification reports, plans, and specifications utilizing an interdisciplinary team from across the Center and Region.Structural analyses of dams and appurtenant structures must consider a variety of loads including seismic, hydrologic, and operational with an understanding of potential failure modes and nonlinear structural performance under extreme loads.For qualified and interested candidates, opportunities exist to contribute toward advancing USACE engineering capabilities in nonlinear finite element analyses using advance software and high-performance computing systems.Contribute to development and updating of engineering guidelines produced by the Corps (Engineering Manuals, etc.), which are used by both public and private entities.Travel Required25% or less
– You may be expected to travel for this position.
Business travel is approximately 25%. Supervisory status No Promotion Potential None Requirements Conditions of EmploymentAppointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
QualificationsWho May Apply: US CitizensThis is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Certain Personnel of the DoD Workforce to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service.In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below.
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).
You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.
Additional information about transcripts is in this document.Basic Requirement for Civil Engineer (Structural):A.
Degree: Bachelor’s degree (or higher degree) in engineering.
To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor’s degree (or higher degree) in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (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.ORB.
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.
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 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 positionsSelective Placement Factor: This position requires the possession of a current Professional Engineer registration State in the United States, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico.In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below:One year of specialized experience which includes performing structural evaluations and structural design analyses dams or levees.This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-12).Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify.
For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone–no substitution of education for experience is permitted. EducationFOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S.
education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S.
accredited college or university.
For further information, visit: Additional informationMale applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.You will be required to provide proof of U.S.
Citizenship.Two year trial/probationary period may be required.Direct Deposit of Pay is required.Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees.If you have retired from federal service and you are interested in employment as a reemployed annuitant, see the information in the Reemployed Annuitant information sheet.This is a Career Program (CP) 18
– Engineering & Scientist (Structural) position.Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement.Veterans Preference does not apply since DHA eliminates competitive rating and ranking.Military Spouse Program (MSP) preference is not applicable since a Best Qualified group will not be identified.Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement.When you perform a Civilian Permanent Change of Station (PCS) with the government, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) considers the majority of your entitlements to be taxable.
Visit for more information.If you are unable to apply online or need to fax a document you do not have in electronic form, view the following link for information regarding an Alternate Application.Permanent Change of Station (PCS) allowances may be authorized, subject to the provisions of the Jo