Civil Engineer

As a Civil Engineer you will perform the following duties:

• The incumbent serves as a civil engineer responsible for supporting the planning scoping procurement design oversight and construction management of engineering and construction projects throughout the Lower Colorado Dams Office. Work includes major building renovations paving and roadway improvements embankment and erosion repairs rockfall mitigation facility improvements and other contracted work at Hoover Parker and Davis Dams.
• Duties include developing and reviewing project scopes statements of work performance work statements technical requirements independent government cost estimates acquisition-support documents and other project documentation needed to procure and manage engineering or construction contracts. The incumbent coordinates with internal stakeholders facility personnel acquisition staff contractors consultants and subject matter experts to define project requirements and resolve technical issues.
• The incumbent completes or reviews engineering studies evaluations drawings specifications calculations design criteria and cost estimates. Reviews are performed for technical adequacy constructability completeness clarity and consistency with project requirements. The incumbent may also support preliminary design appraisal-level evaluations final design review value planning and value engineering efforts.
• During construction the incumbent supports contract administration by reviewing submittals coordinating responses to RFIs evaluating field issues supporting change order development reviewing contractor progress and helping ensure work complies with contract requirements. The incumbent serves as a technical representative for assigned work and coordinates resolution of design construction and contract-related issues within the scope of assigned projects.

Duties will be developmental in nature when filled below the full performance level.

• Must be a U.S. Citizen or National.
• Appointment subject to background investigation and favorable adjudication.
• Males born aftermust be registered for Selective Service.
• Direct Deposit participation required.
• Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more visit have and maintain a valid drivers license throughout employment.
• You are required to complete training obtain and maintain a government credit card with travel and purchase authority.

As a condition of employment for accepting this position you will be required to serve a one-year probationary period during which your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest will be evaluated.

This probationary period is an extension of the appointment process and therefore requires the agency to determine if continued employment would advance the public interest meet the organization goals and mission of the agency and/or otherwise promote the efficiency of the determining if your employment advances the public interest the agency will consider:

• your performance and conduct;
• the needs and interests of the agency;
• whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and
• whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.

Under applicable law the employment of an individual serving a probationary or trial period automatically terminates when that period ends unless the agency affirmatively certifies in writing that the individuals employment should continue and that their appointment should be the absence of agency action to affirmatively certify continued employment beyond the probationary or trial period such appointments are terminated.

Upon completion of your probationary period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification in writing that your continued employment advances the public interest.

Qualifications:

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-09/30/2026-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement.

To receive credit for experience your resume MUST state either full-time (or 40 hours a week) or part-time with the number of hours worked per week to ensure proper crediting of specialized experience. Failure to adequately provide information needed to determine number of hours worked in each position may result in that time not being credited when evaluating qualifying experience. For periods of time that reflect military service the DD-214 or Statement of Service is sufficient to meet the full and/or part-time hours requirement as the service dates will be reflected.

Minimum Qualification Requirements: To qualify for this position you must meet the following minimum qualifications:

Basic Educational Requirement AND Specialized Experience for the series to which you are applying.

Basic Educational Requirements: In addition to the specialized experience requirements for this position you must meet at least one of the following:

A. Degree: Engineering. To be acceptable the program must: (1) lead to a bachelors degree in a school of engineering with at least one or more 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 professional 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;
2. Written test -- evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam or the written test required for professional registration;
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 the basic requirements. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of a professional engineering curriculum as described in paragraph A; -OR-
4. Related curriculum -- successful completion of curriculum leading to a bachelors 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 bachelors 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. You must submit transcripts.

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Specialized Experience Requirements: In addition to the basic education requirement in order to be rated as qualified for this position the HR Office must be able to determine that the applicant meets the specialized experience requirement - this information must be included in the resume.

Specialized Experience Requirement at the GS-11 level: To qualify at the GS-11 you must possess:

Specialized Experience Requirement: One full year of specialized experience equivalent in responsibility and scope to the GS-09 level in the Federal service. Specialized experience is professional experience supporting civil engineering facility infrastructure construction design or maintenance projects.
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Education: Successful completion of at least 3 years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree or Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree. (Degree must reflect the knowledge skills and abilities necessary to do the work.).
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Combination of education and experience: You may combine specialized experience and education to meet the minimum qualifications.

Specialized Experience Requirement at the GS-12 level: To qualify at the GS-12 you must possess:

Specialized Experience Requirement: : One year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to at least the GS-11 level in the Federal service. Specialized experience is professional experience managing leading coordinating or serving as a technical representative for civil engineering facility infrastructure construction design or maintenance projects.

Volunteer 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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies knowledge and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience including volunteer experience.