• Duties listed are those at the full performance level but similar to the GS-11, having less autonomy and more oversight at the GS-11 level.
• Develop hydraulic coastal designs utilizing newer and more complex numerical modeling techniques for projects requiring more sophisticated theoretical assumptions and hydraulic analyses.
• Perform coastal hydraulic investigations to include analyses of littoral transport, sediment budgets, inlet hydrodynamics, beach nourishment, and related coastal activities.
• Participate in field inspections and investigations for orientation, observing field conditions, gathering first-hand technical data, direction of field reporting activities, witnessing, or conducting tests.
• Plan, direct, and coordinate the collection, compilation, and evaluation of technical data.
• Perform investigations of hurricane flood protection studies and projects.
• Assess computations of storm surge and wave heights on open coast and effects of storm propagation across inland bays.
• Maintain adherence to project schedules and assist in the resolution of schedule problems.
• Collaborate with other agency officials to validate or reject data submitted, negotiate differences, resolve problems, and develop support for solutions to projects under study.

Conditions of employment

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.

Qualifications

This position is being recruited through the Direct Hiring Authority for Certain Personnel of the DoD Workforce

Who May Apply: US Citizens

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: GS-810:

A. Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in engineering. (NOTE: Transcripts must be submitted.) 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.
OR
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, 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.

In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below:

Specialized Experience for the Civil Engineer (Hydraulics) GS-810-11: : One year of specialized experience in at least one of the three criteria which includes:1) Working under project engineers and team leads on advanced coastal engineering tasks including assistance with evaluations of waves, tides and coastal flooding, littoral processes, and their effects on project alternatives; 2) Assisting with the development of plans for major coastal features considering impacts to navigation, coastal processes, project operation and maintenance requirements, environmental constraints, and commitments. 3) Assisting with the preparation of scopes and budgets for AE contracting efforts. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service.

Specialized Experience for the Civil Engineer (Hydraulics) GS-810-12: : One year of specialized experience in at least one of the three criteria which includes:1) Working under project engineers and team leads on advanced coastal engineering tasks including evaluations of waves, tides and coastal flooding, littoral processes, and their effects on project alternatives; 2) Developing plans for major coastal features considering impacts to navigation, coastal processes, project operation and maintenance requirements, environmental constraints, and commitments. 3) Preparing scopes and budgets for AE contracting efforts. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service.

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.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

As vacancies occur, the Human Resources Office will review your resume to ensure you meet the hiring eligibility and qualification requirements listed in this flyer. You will be rated based on the information provided in your resume, along with your supporting documentation.

If, after reviewing your rsum and/or supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications and/or experience, you may lose consideration for this position. Please follow all instructions carefully when applying, errors or omissions may affect your eligibility.

Veterans and Military Spouses will be considered along with all other candidates.

If selected, you may be required to provide additional supporting documentation.