Job Title:CIVIL ENGINEER (HYDRAULICS)
Department:Department of the Army
Agency:U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Job Announcement Number:SWHB13699508-962649Agency:U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
SALARY RANGE: | $64,724.00 to $100,851.00 / Per Year |
OPEN PERIOD: | Tuesday, September 17, 2013 to Friday, September 27, 2013 |
SERIES & GRADE: | GS-0810-11/12 |
POSITION INFORMATION: | Full Time - Agency Employees Only |
DUTY LOCATIONS: | 1 vacancy in the following location: Galveston, TX United States |
WHO MAY APPLY: | DEPT OF ARMY CIVILIAN STATUS EMPLOYEES |
JOB SUMMARY:
Civilian employees serve a vital role in supporting the Army mission. They provide the skills that are not readily available in the military, but crucial to support military operations. The Army integrates the talents and skills of its military and civilian members to form a Total Army.
About the Position: US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, GALVESTON DISTRICT, ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION DIVISION, H&H / RESERVOIR CONTROL BRANCH, DUTY LOCATION: GALVESTON, TX
SALARY GS-11: $64,724.00 - $84,139.00
SALARY GS-12: $77,579.00 - $100,851.00
Galveston Island provides a tropical setting located on the coastline of Texas about 50 miles south of Houston. Among Galveston’s numerous attractions are 32 miles of beaches, relaxed atmosphere, abundant leisure activities, excellent medical facilities, first rate restaurants, educational opportunities, shopping, arts, and entertainment. Galveston has the amenities of a larger city, but with tight knit small town friendliness. For more information about Galveston, please visit www.galveston.com
Who May Apply: Click here for more information.
About the Position: US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, GALVESTON DISTRICT, ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION DIVISION, H&H / RESERVOIR CONTROL BRANCH, DUTY LOCATION: GALVESTON, TX
SALARY GS-11: $64,724.00 - $84,139.00
SALARY GS-12: $77,579.00 - $100,851.00
Galveston Island provides a tropical setting located on the coastline of Texas about 50 miles south of Houston. Among Galveston’s numerous attractions are 32 miles of beaches, relaxed atmosphere, abundant leisure activities, excellent medical facilities, first rate restaurants, educational opportunities, shopping, arts, and entertainment. Galveston has the amenities of a larger city, but with tight knit small town friendliness. For more information about Galveston, please visit www.galveston.com
Who May Apply: Click here for more information.
• Current Army Civilian Employee
- MOVING EXPENSES (PCS) ARE AUTHORIZED
- BUSINESS TRAVEL (TDY) 15 %
KEY REQUIREMENTS
DUTIES:
You will be assigned as a Hydraulic Engineer performing the full range of hydraulic, coastal, navigation, and hydrologic investigative, study, and reporting assignments required as an integral part of the total engineering process. You are responsible for planning, scheduling, and completing work through personal effort requiring extensive coordination with other specialists, representatives of other governmental entities, or engineers under contract for purposes of obtaining data, information, or technical support, or for providing hydraulic and hydrologic technical advice. Plan and make field reconnaissance trips to obtain first-hand information on conditions influencing type and extent of hydrologic and hydraulic investigation necessary for flood control projects, flood insurance studies for FEMA, coastal, navigation, and flood plain technical service studies. Determine methods and techniques to be applied and deviations from standard methods to meet specific conditions. Analyze existing and anticipated conditions connected with design or modification of hydraulic features of projects (i.e., channels, spillways, outlet works, and stilling basins). Review data specified by supervisor, office drawings, or records and discusses it with other engineers concerned with utilizing and applying such data in the design of project features. Determine appropriate engineering assumptions and completes analysis to arrive at optimum layout, width, height, and shape to satisfy hydraulic and/or navigation requirements and to meet predetermined flow requirements or other limiting conditions. Assesse and compile field survey and digital topographic data for use in mathematical modeling. Use industry standard software including CADD and GIS programs and Hydrologic, Hydraulic, Coastal, and Navigation modeling utilities. Perform the following work incident to developing hydrologic studies used in designing coastal flood control project features and local flood control protection works: Analyzes problems involved and determines methods applicable to secure sufficient and reliable conclusions. Project studies and investigations performed or directed include: discharge-frequency analysis for gauged and ungauged streams; runoff characteristics for large and small drainage areas through application of unit hydrograph theory and rainfall-runoff relations; developing synthetic hydrographs for ungaged streams and deriving unit hydrographs from known hydrographs of gauged streams; applying appropriate rainfall quantities to rainfall-runoff relations and unit hydrographs to develop design storm hydrograph and related hydrologic design criteria; estimating the impacts of sedimentation in rivers, reservoirs, and coastal environments, and developing designs pertinent to the control of erosion and sedimentation; studies related to wind, wave, and storm surge effects, navigability and dredging issues, and preparing applicable tabulations, graphs, and narrative reports. Assesse and compile field survey and digital topographic data for use in mathematical modeling. Conduct hydraulic design, channel, bank stabilization and erosion studies for complex levee, coastal, navigation, and channel projects. Conduct sediment transport studies to evaluate and minimize adverse impacts on levee, channel, and navigation projects. From a study of available mapping and stream profiles, establishes tentative layout of proposed channel modification, channel cutoffs, levees, and other proposed changes. By the use of backwater modeling, analyzes effect of each proposed modification. Where necessary, varies the location or extent of the modification to accomplish the required results. In general, the objective of this procedure is to establish size, type, and extent of channel modifications. Where levees are involved, establishes the location and height of the levee to safely contain the design flood. This process requires a thorough knowledge of open channel flow computations and coastal flood modeling, as well as practical knowledge of the construction and cost factors involved in each type of modification.
QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:
In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.
Experience required for GS-11: To qualify based on your work experience, your resume must describe at least one year of experience which prepared you to do the work in this job. Specialized experience is defined as: Engineering design experience in at least two out the following: performing studies related to riverine hydraulic/hydrologic engineering concepts; performing studies related to coastal hydraulic/hydrologic engineering concepts; performing hydraulics/hydrologic studies related to related to navigation and dredging; evaluating engineering plans and designs to determine flood damage risks related to riverine or coastal flooding; or performing modeling related to hydrologic, hydraulics, coastal engineering, or design for navigation channels.
Time in Grade Requirement for GS-11: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the GS-09 grade (or equivalent).
Experience required for GS-12: To qualify based on your work experience, your resume must describe at least one year of experience which prepared you to do the work in this job. Specialized experience: Journeyman-level engineering design experience in at least two out the following: performing studies related to riverine hydraulic/hydrologic engineering concepts; performing studies related to coastal hydraulic/hydrologic engineering concepts; performing hydraulics/hydrologic studies related to related to navigation and dredging; evaluating engineering plans and designs to determine flood damage risks related to riverine or coastal flooding; or performing modeling related to hydrologic, hydraulics, coastal engineering, or design for navigation channels.
Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the GS-11 grade (or equivalent).
You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency (knowledge, skills, abilities) in the following areas:
- HYDRAULIC AND HYDROLOGIC ENGINEERING
- COASTAL AND NAVIGATION ENGINEERING
- DATA SYNTHESIS AND MODELING
- COMMUNICATIONS, VISUAL, ORAL & WRITTEN
Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify.
The following education may be substituted for specialized experience:
For the GS-11:
1.) Three years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree or Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree. (NOTE: Transcripts are required at time of application).
OR
2.) Combination of education and experience – Less than one year of experience as described in the specialized experience statement for the GS-11 may be combined with more than two years but less than three years of the graduate education described above. To compute the percentage, divide your total months of qualifying experience by 12. Then divide your semester hours of graduate education beyond one year by 18. Add the two percentages. The total percentage must equal at least 100 percent to qualify. (NOTE: Transcripts are required at the time of application).
EDUCATION REQUIREMENT
The 0810 Civil Engineer occupation has specific educational requirements which apply to all positions. You must meet one of the options below to be qualified for this position. Education above the high school level must have been completed in a U.S. college, university, or other educational institution that has been accredited by one of the accrediting agencies or associations recognized by the Secretary, U.S. Department of Education.
A. Degree in professional engineering. To be acceptable, the curriculum must: (1) be in a school of engineering with at least one curriculum accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) as a professional engineering curriculum; 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. Transcripts are required at the time of application.
OR
B. Have a 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 -- Current registration as a professional engineer 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. OR 2) Written Test -- Evidence of having successfully passed the Engineer-in-Training (EIT) examination, or the written test required for professional registration, which is administered by the Boards of Engineering Examiners in the various States, the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico. Applicants who have passed the EIT examination and have completed all the requirements for either (a) a bachelor's degree in engineering technology (BET) from an accredited college of university that included 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences, or (b) a BET from a program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) may be rated eligible for certain engineering positions at GS-5. Eligibility is limited to positions that are within or closely related to the specialty field of the engineering technology program. Applicants for positions that involve highly technical research, development, or similar functions requiring an advanced level of competence in basic science must meet the basic requirements in A. Because of the diversity in kind and quality of BET programs, graduates of other BET programs are required to complete at least 1 year of additional education or highly technical work experience of such nature as to provide reasonable assurance of the possession of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required for professional engineering competence. The adequacy of this background must be demonstrated by passing the EIT examination. OR 3) I have the Specified academic courses -- Successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences and in engineering 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 A. OR 4) I have Related curriculum -- Successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree in engineering technology or in an appropriate professional field, e.g., 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. (The above examples of related curricula are not all-inclusive.) Transcripts are required at the time of application.
Other Requirements: Click here for expanded definitions.
- Male 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.
- One year trial/probationary period may be required.
- Direct Deposit of Pay is Required.
HOW YOU WILL BE EVALUATED:
Your application package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) will be used to determine your eligibility, qualifications, and quality ranking for this position. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating or consideration for employment.
Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP). The Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) provides eligible displaced Federal competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. If your agency has notified you in writing that you are a displaced employee eligible for ICTAP consideration, you may receive selection priority if: 1) this vacancy is within your ICTAP eligibility, 2) you apply under the instructions in this announcement, and 3) you are found well-qualified for this vacancy. Well-qualified is defined as meeting all of the minimum qualification standards and eligibility requirements as well as possessing skills that clearly exceed the minimum qualification requirements for the position. Under competitive delegated examining, an ICTAP eligible will be considered well-qualified if they attain an eligibility rating of 90 or higher, not including points for veterans' preference. You must provide proof of eligibility with your application to receive selection priority. Such proof may include a copy of your written notification of ICTAP eligibility or a copy of your separation personnel action form. Information about ICTAP eligibility is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website at http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/.
BENEFITS:
The Department of Defense offers an excellent benefits program. In addition to your take-home pay, your comprehensive compensation/benefits package will include most of the benefits described athttps://help.usajobs.gov/index.php/Pay_and_Benefits
OTHER INFORMATION:
• Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees.
• The Department of Defense (DoD) policy on employment of annuitants will be used in determining eligibility of annuitants. Annuitants reemployed in the Department of Defense receive full annuity and salary upon appointment. They are not eligible for retirement contributions or to participate in the Thrift Savings Plan, nor to a supplemental or redetermined annuity for the reemployment period. Discontinued service retirement annuitants (i.e. retired under section 8336(d)(1) or 8416(b)(1)(A) of title 5, United States Code) appointed to the Department of Defense may elect to be subject to retirement provisions of the new appointment as appropriate. (See DoD instructions 1400.25, Volume 300, athttp://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/1400.25-V300.pdf.)
HOW TO APPLY:
To apply for this position, you must complete the occupational questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section below.
The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on Friday, September 27, 2013 to receive consideration.
- To begin, click Apply Online to create a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupational questionnaire.
- Click the Submit My Answers button to submit your application package.
- It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and appropriate documentation is submitted prior to the closing date.
- To verify your application is complete, log into your USAJOBS account, https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login, select the Application Status link and then select the more information link for this position. The Details page will display the status of your application, the documentation received and processed, and any correspondence the agency has sent related to this application. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process.
- To return to an incomplete application, log into your USAJOBS account and click Update Application in the vacancy announcement. You must re-select your resume and/or other documents from your USAJOBS account or your application will be incomplete.
- It is your responsibility to verify that information entered, uploaded, or faxed (i.e., resume) is complete, accurate, and submitted by the closing date. Uploaded documents may take up to one hour to clear the virus scan. Faxed documents must be completely transmitted by 11:59p.m. Eastern Standard Time on the closing date of the announcement.
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.
REQUIRED DOCUMENTS:
All applicants are required to submit the following supporting document type(s):
·Resume
·Transcript
Applicants may also submit the following supporting document type(s),which may not be required for all applicants:
·Cover Letter
·Other
·SF-50
As described above, your complete application includes your resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and documents which support your eligibility category or categories. If your eligibility category is listed below, you must provide the documents described for that category. If your eligibility category is NOT listed below, contact the Central Resume Processing Center for assistance. 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.
Your resume:
- Your resume may be submitted in any format.
- If you submit more than one copy of your resume, only the most recent version will be reviewed. The latest timestamp will be used to determine which version of your resume is "most recent." It is your responsibility to check the status and timestamp of all documents you submit as part of your application.
- If your resume includes a photograph or other inappropriate material or content, you will not be considered for this vacancy.
- For qualifications determinations your resume must contain hours worked per week and the dates of employment (i.e., HRS per week and month/year to month/year or month/year to present). If your resume does not contain this information, your application will be marked as insufficient and you will not receive consideration for this position.
Documents to support your eligibility category(ies):
Veterans. The documentation you submit MUST show the characterization of your discharge (Honorable, General, etc.). If your documentation does not show your discharge characterization, your veteran's status will not be used to determine your eligibility for this job. If you are not eligible under any other category, you will not receive further consideration. Required veterans documentation:
- Veterans' Readjustment Appointment (VRA) eligible or Veterans Employment Opportunities Act (VEOA) of 1998 eligible: You are required to submit DD Form 214, Military Discharge (Member Copy 4).
- Disabled Veterans: You are required to submit DD Form 214, Military Discharge (Member Copy 4), a completed SF-15, Claim for 10-Point Veteran Preference, AND a letter from the Department of Veteran's Affairs certifying an OVERALL SERVICE- CONNECTED DISABILITY of 30% or more. The OVERALL rating must be identified on your certification letter.
- Future Military Retirees*: You are required to submit a copy of your retirement DD Form 214 OR a copy of your retirement letter AND a copy of your terminal leave letter OR certification document**.
- Future Military Separatees*: You are required to submit a copy of your most recent DD Form 214 OR certification document** OR a copy of your most recent active duty orders AND a copy of your terminal leave request (if applicable).
** The “certification” is any written document from the armed forces that certifies the service member is expected to be discharged or released from active duty service in the armed forces under honorable conditions not later than 120 days after the date the certification is signed.
More information about Veteran's Preference is available at http://www.fedshirevets.gov/hire/hrp/vetguide/index.aspx.
Current Permanent Federal Employee: You are required to submit a copy of your most recent Notification of Personnel Action (SF-50) showing your current Pay Plan/Pay Schedule, Series/Occupational Code, and Grade/Pay Band. If you are a current temporary/term employee who previously held a permanent Federal position see below.
DCIPS employee with competitive status: You are required to submit both your current SF-50 showing your DCIPS employment AND an SF-50 that reflects that you were a permanent employee in the competitive service (block 24 is a 1 or 2 and block 34 is a 1).
Former Permanent Federal Employee: You are required to submit a copy of the most recent SF-50, which shows your appointment eligibility for the position for which you are applying. Your tenure in Block #24 of the SF-50 will be 1 if you attained career status OR Block #24 will be 2 if you were a career-conditional employee.
Applicant with Disability(ies): You are required to submit proof of disability in the form of written certification from a licensed medical professional, OR a licensed vocational rehabilitation specialist, OR any Federal agency, State agency, or agency of the District of Columbia or a U.S. territory that issues or provides disability benefits.
ICTAP Eligible: You are required to submit a copy of your reduction-in-force notice and a copy of your most recent SF-50 showing your current pay plan/pay schedule, series/occupational code, grade/pay band, and duty location.
Military Spouse Preference:
- E.O.12721: You are required to submit a copy of your most recent SF-50 and the copy of your military sponsor's PCS orders or amendment on which your travel is authorized by name as a dependent.
- E.O. 13473: You are required to submit a copy of your marriage certificate and a copy of your military sponsor's PCS orders or amendment on which your travel is authorized by name as a dependent. If you are exercising this eligibility due to the disability or death of your spouse, you must provide documentation to support this eligibility (death certificate, VA disability determination, etc.)
Overseas Family Member Appointment: You are required to submit a copy of your sponsor's PCS orders.
Former Overseas Family Members Eligible for Career-Conditional Appointment under E.O.12721: You are required to submit a copy of your SF-50(s) and sponsors PCS orders or amendment on which your travel is authorized by name as a dependent.
Faxing Applications or Supporting Documents:
You are encouraged to apply online. Applying online will allow you to review and track the status of your application.
NOTE: If you applied online and your application is complete, do not fax the paper application (1203FX) as this will overwrite your prior online responses and may result in you being found ineligible.
If you completed the occupational questionnaire online and are unable to upload supporting document(s):
- To fax your documents, you must use the following cover page http://staffing.opm.gov/pdf/usascover.pdf and provide the required information. The Vacancy ID is 962649.
- Fax your documents to 1-478-757-3144.
- On a separate document, please identify which position(s) on your resume (include title, organization, and employment dates) support any response of “E” ("I am considered an expert in performing this task....").
To complete the occupational questionnaire and submit via fax:
- Click the following link to view and print the occupational questionnaire View Occupational Questionnaire.
- Print the 1203FX form, follow the instructions and provide your responses to the occupational questionnaire itemshttp://www.opm.gov/forms/pdfimage/opm1203fx.pdf.
- Fax all six pages of the completed 1203FX form along with any supporting documents to 1-478-757-3144. Your 1203FX will serve as a cover page for your fax transmission.
- NOTE: The numbering on the OPM Form 1203-FX will not match the Occupational Questionnaire in Section 25 of the OPM Form 1203-FX, which continuously numbers from number one, while the Questionnaire starts each section of questions with number one. When entering your responses please continue regardless of number sequence. This issue has been identified and will be resolved as soon as possible. NOTE: Documents submitted as part of the application package, to include supplemental documents, may be shared beyond the Human Resources Office. Some supplemental documents like military orders and marriage certificates may contain personal information for someone other than yourself. 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.
AGENCY CONTACT INFO:
Central Resume Processing Center
Phone: (410)306-0137
Email: USARMY.APG.CHRA-NE.MBX.APPLICANTHELP@MAIL.MIL
Phone: (410)306-0137
Email: USARMY.APG.CHRA-NE.MBX.APPLICANTHELP@MAIL.MIL
Agency Information:
DA SWR USACE Southwestern Division
Civilian Personnel Advisory Center
ATTN PECH SWR V
PO Box 17300
Fort Worth, TX
76102-0300
DA SWR USACE Southwestern Division
Civilian Personnel Advisory Center
ATTN PECH SWR V
PO Box 17300
Fort Worth, TX
76102-0300
WHAT TO EXPECT NEXT:
If you provided an email address, you will receive an email message acknowledging receipt of your application. Your application package will be used to determine your eligibility, qualifications, and quality ranking for this position.
If you are determined to be ineligible or not qualified, you application will receive no further consideration.
The documents you submit must support your responses to the online questionnaire. If your application contradicts or does not support your questionnaire responses, you will receive a rating of "not qualified" or "insufficient information" and you will not receive further consideration for this job.
Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating.
For questions regarding the status of your application, eligibility or qualifications determination contact the Central Resume Processing Center at usarmy.apg.chra-ne.mbx.applicanthelp@mail.mil, or (410) 306-0137.
