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Additional Information: The President has ordered a government-wide hiring freeze subject to certain limited exceptions. This position is subject to the hiring freeze. Although we are moving forward with the consideration of candidates, we will not make a selection for this vacancy announcement unless and until the position is no longer subject to the hiring freeze.
About the Position: Position(s) will be filled under the Department of the Army Recent Graduates Program. Click here for more information on Pathways program participation. After Program completion, Department of the Army Recent Graduates MAY be converted to a permanent position or to a term position (a project-based term of employment lasting between one and four years).
This position will be placed in one of the five branches of the Engineering Division: 1.) Hydraulics and Hydrologic Branch, 2.) Geotechnical Branch, 3.) Civil Branch, 4.) Design Services Branch and/or 5.) Structures Branch. This announcement may be used to fill additional Recent Graduate positions in the future in any one of branches located in the Engineering Division.
To be eligible for conversion to a permanent or term position, Recent Graduates must:
To learn more, please visit the Office of Personnel Management webpage, Hiring Authorities: Students & Recent Graduates.
Who May Apply:
Positions are open to:
03/23/2017 to 03/29/2017
$37,109 - $59,761 per year
GS 05 - 07
Occasional travel - 10% Travel Required for this position.
Yes—Relocation/Recruitment incentive may be authorized.
Recent Graduates
Full-time - Full Time
11
No
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You will perform varying assignments related to Civil Engineering. These assignments may be related to estimating labor needed for an assigned construction project, developing cost estimates for a project and/or reviewing construction drawings for adequacy. You will be monitored by a senior project specialist during the developmental stages of the position and assist with engineering work assigned to varying teams. This position is located in the Engineering Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in New Orleans, LA. The purpose of this position is to serve as a Civil Engineer trainee leading through varying intervening positions until you reach the full-performance Civil Engineer at the GS 11 level. This announcement may be used to fill additional positions as they are needed in any of the Engineering Branches.
After program completion, Department of the Army Pathways Recent Graduates MAY be converted to a permanent or term appointment without further competition. This position is being filled at the GS-05 and GS-07 level with potential conversion to a position with a full performance level at the GS-11. Promotion to either or any level is not a guarantee.
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 positions.
Specialized Experience:
To qualify at the GS-05 grade level: No experience required, however you must meet the basic education requirements for Professional Engineering Positions. All academic degrees and course work must be from accredited or pre-accredited institutions. Please see the assessment questionnaire for more information regarding the basic education requirement for engineering positions.
To qualify at the GS-07 grade level: To qualify, applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade/level (GS-05) or equivalent. Specialized experience is defined as at least one year: 1) Reading and Interpreting Construction Plans AND; 2) Assisting in the calculation of material take-offs for a construction project. Education or a combination of education/experience may be substituted for specialized experience. Please see the assessment questionnaire for information regarding using education as a substitute.
You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency (knowledge, skills, abilities) in the following areas:
If using education to qualify for this position you will need to submit a copy of your unofficial/official transcripts. Failure to provide this documentation will result in objection to your qualifications, and removal from consideration. You will be required to submit your official college transcript if you are selected.
Basic requirement for Civil Engineer positions:
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.
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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:
Other Requirements: Click here for expanded definitions.
Students may apply within nine (9) months of meeting their educational requirements. You will be required to submit a final copy of your official transcripts prior to entrance on duty.
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Basic Education Requirement:
This position has a positive education requirement. To view the education requirements for the Civil Engineer position (0810 Series) go to individual occupational requirements for Professional Engineering Positions.
Experience:
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. Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you may qualify if your education meets the definitions below:
Education Substitution for the GS-05:
There is no substitution for education at this grade level. You may qualify if you meet the minimum positive education requirement.
Education Substitution for the GS-07:
Bachelor's degree with Superior Academic Achievement or 1 academic year of graduate education directly related to the position being filled (or law school, as specified in qualification standards or individual occupational requirements). Superior Academic Achievement: S.A.A. is based on (1) class standing, (2) grade-point average, or (3) honor society membership http://www.opm.gov/qualifications/SEC-II/s2-e5.htm (Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts.)
The documents you are required to submit vary based on whether or not you are eligible for preference in federal employment. A complete description of preference categories and the associated required documents is in the Applicant Checklist (External).
As described above, your complete application includes your resume, your transcript(s), your responses to the online questionnaire, your completion of the USA Hire assessment, and documents which prove your eligibility to apply. If you fail to provide these documents, you will be marked as having an incomplete application package and you will not be considered any further.
If you are unable to apply online or unable to upload your supporting documents follow the directions in Faxing Applications and Documents. The Vacancy ID is 1901037. You will need the questionnaire, View Occupational Questionnaire, to complete your faxed application.
NOTE: Documents submitted as part of the application package, to include supplemental documents, may be shared beyond the Human Resources Office. Some supplemental documents such as military orders and marriage certificates may contain personal information for someone other than you. You may sanitize these documents to remove another person's personal information before you submit your application. You may be asked to provide an un-sanitized version of the documents if you are selected to confirm your eligibility.
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
To apply for this position, you must complete the initial online questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on Wednesday, March 29, 2017 to receive consideration. The application process will follow the bullets outlined below:
The Department of the Army provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the servicing civilian personnel unit. Your requests for reasonable accommodation will be addressed on a case-by-case basis.
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This job originated on www.usajobs.gov. For the full announcement and to apply, visit www.usajobs.gov/job/462983700. Only resumes submitted according to the instructions on the job announcement listed at www.usajobs.gov will be considered.
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