Job Title:INTERDISCIPLINARY
Department:Department of the Army
Agency:U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Job Announcement Number:SWGG13704092959261Agency:U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
SALARY RANGE: | $86,697.00 to $112,704.00 / Per Year |
OPEN PERIOD: | Monday, September 16, 2013 to Monday, September 23, 2013 |
SERIES & GRADE: | GS-0810/1350-13 |
POSITION INFORMATION: | Full Time - Agency Employees Only |
DUTY LOCATIONS: | 1 vacancy in the following location: Saint Paul, MN United States |
WHO MAY APPLY: | Current Permanent Civilian Department of Army Employees within the commuting area |
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:
This position is with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, Engineering and Construction Division (E&C). The St. Paul District E&C designs water resource projects to benefit the people of Minnesota, western Wisconsin, northeastern North Dakota, portions of South Dakota and Iowa, and the nation. These projects support inland navigation, flood risk management, and environmental restoration. E&C also provides emergency response to disasters.
About the Surrounding area:
Saint Paul is the capital of Minnesota and the seat of Ramsey County. Along with Minneapolis, it occupies the center of the fifteen-county Twin Cities metropolitan statistical area. The city developed in the late nineteenth century through the efforts of railroad baron James Hill and religious leader Archbishop John Ireland. In addition to being a primary transportation and distribution hub, Saint Paul has gained a national reputation for its effective local government, attractive architecture, rich cultural environment, and quality of life. The combined cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul are highly rated for their livability and rank among the country's best places for growing a business.
Who May Apply:
Current St. Paul District Corps of Engineer employees with career or career-conditional status.
Current U.S. Army career or career-conditional employees in the local commuting area of the position.
About the Position:
This position is with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, Engineering and Construction Division (E&C). The St. Paul District E&C designs water resource projects to benefit the people of Minnesota, western Wisconsin, northeastern North Dakota, portions of South Dakota and Iowa, and the nation. These projects support inland navigation, flood risk management, and environmental restoration. E&C also provides emergency response to disasters.
About the Surrounding area:
Saint Paul is the capital of Minnesota and the seat of Ramsey County. Along with Minneapolis, it occupies the center of the fifteen-county Twin Cities metropolitan statistical area. The city developed in the late nineteenth century through the efforts of railroad baron James Hill and religious leader Archbishop John Ireland. In addition to being a primary transportation and distribution hub, Saint Paul has gained a national reputation for its effective local government, attractive architecture, rich cultural environment, and quality of life. The combined cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul are highly rated for their livability and rank among the country's best places for growing a business.
Who May Apply:
Current St. Paul District Corps of Engineer employees with career or career-conditional status.
Current U.S. Army career or career-conditional employees in the local commuting area of the position.
- Permanent Change of Station (moving) costs will NOT be paid
- Temporary Duty travel is 20%
- Defense National Relocation Program (DNRP) will NOT be authorized
- Relocation or Recruitment Bonus will NOT be authorized
- Must be registered as a Professional Engineer (PE) OR Geologist
KEY REQUIREMENTS
DUTIES:
You will serve as the District Dam Safety Program Manager (DSPM), managing and coordinating the program to ensure the safety and operational adequacy of numerous structures in the District. The work involved originating new techniques for many complex features. Projects include bridges, locks, dams, spillways, culverts, levees, floodwalls, and channels (navigation and other). As the responsible technical specialist on this subject matter, provides technical expertise, experienced judgment, and guidance to counterparts within the District, other Governmental agencies, private interests, and Architect-Engineer (A-E) firms. This work routinely requires resolution of problems of significant depth and complexity. Establishes and coordinates annual inspections, five year periodic inspections (PI), and 10 year periodic assessment (PA) schedules. Manages the development of reports to include, but not limited to, periodic inspection, periodic assessment, inspection of other dam features, instrumentation update, and construction documents for Operations and Maintenance (O&M) of projects, and budgeting and managing funds for these activities. Determines the nature of deficiencies and insures that proper corrective action is initiated when necessary. Initiates resolution of dam safety issues surfaced as a result of PI/PA program. Other responsibilities include coordinating the development of Issue Evaluation and Dam Safety Modification Studies with the Risk Management Center (RMC). Coordinates program management activities with other Major Subordinate Commands (MSC), RMC, and Headquarters, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (HQUSACE), representing the District as a senior technical authority on engineering matters related to these programs.
QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:
In order to qualify, you must meet both the education and experience requirements described below. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience. Copies of your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Unofficial transcripts will be accepted with your application but selectees will be required to submit official transcripts before entrance on duty.
Specialized experience: To Qualify applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade/level (GS-12). Specialized experience is defined as professional engineering or geological experience related to civil works dams and similar structures and their relationship with multiple engineering disciplines; knowledge of dam safety inspection requirements; experience coordinating a variety of reports related to periodic inspections, periodic assessments, and special inspections and developing emergency action plans as they apply to dam safety; and experience working as a member of a multi-discipline team, coordinating and collaborating with others to ensure project completion/success.
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 next lower grade (or equivalent).
Basic education required: This position has a positive education requirement. 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 copy of your transcripts are REQUIRED at the time of application. Selectees will be required to submit official transcripts before entrance on duty.
The education requirement for the 0810 Civil Engineer are as follows:
To qualify for the Civil Engineer, 0810 series, you must have 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.
--Or--
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 techniques and their applications to one of the branches of engineering. The adequacy of such background must be demonstrated by one of the following:
- 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 applications 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 registrations.
-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.
- 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 paragraph A.
- 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 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.)
The education requirement for a 1350 Geologist are as follows:
To qualify for the Geologist, 1350 series, you must have a degree in geology, plus 20 additional semester hours in any combination of mathematics, physics, chemistry, biological science, structural, chemical, civil, mining or petroleum engineering, computer science, planetary geology, comparative planetology, geophysics, meteorology, hydrology, oceanography, physical geography, marine geology, and cartography, ( You must submit a copy of your transcript.).
--OR--
a combination of education and experience-course work as shown in above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. ( You must submit a copy of your transcripts).
Other Requirements: Click here for expanded definitions.
- Direct Deposit of Pay is Required.
- Must provide a copy of your latest non-award SF-50 that reflects your highest grade held on a permanent basis.
- College transcripts (official or unofficial)
- Must be a Registered Professional Engineer (PE) or Registered Professional Geologist. You must provide a copy of your PE or Geologist license (active and in good standing) at the time of application.
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.
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.)
HOW TO APPLY:
To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Application Package.
Your complete application packages must include:
1. 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 may be marked as insufficient and you will not receive consideration for this position.
3. Documents to support your eligibility category(ies) (see Required Documents section below)
The complete Application Package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on Monday, September 23, 2013.
To begin the process, click the Apply Online button to create an account or log in to your existing USAJOBS account. Follow the prompts to complete the questionnaire. Please ensure you click the Submit My Answers button at the end of the process.
If you upload your documents, do not fax the same documents. If you are unable to upload your documents, you may submit them by fax. Download and complete this cover page http://staffing.opm.gov/pdf/usascover.pdf using the following Vacancy ID 959261. Fax your documents to 1-478-757-3144.
If you cannot apply online, you will need to provide the same information obtained in the online process. You will need three documents to complete this process: the Occupational Questionnaire, the scan response form, U.S. Office of Personnel Management Occupational Questionnaire (OPM Form 1203-FX), and a separate document described in item #3. below.
1. Download the scan response form, OPM Form 1203-FX, from http://www.opm.gov/forms/pdf_fill/OPM1203fx.pdf.
2. View Occupational Questionnaire. Use this information to guide you in completing the OPM Form 1203-FX. Note that you may be instructed to leave some responses blank on the scan response form.
3. 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....").
Fax the completed OPM Form 1203-FX, along with your required and supporting documents, to 1-478-757-3144. Your OPM Form 1203-FX will serve as a cover page for your fax transmission.
PLEASE 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.
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:
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.
Applicants Relying on Education to Qualify: You MUST submit a copy of your college transcript in order to show that you meet the education requirements of this position. If you do not submit a transcript, your education will not be used in making a qualification determination and you may be found "not qualified."
Eligibility Categories
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.
PLEASE 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
TDD: (651) 290-5200
Email: USARMY.APG.CHRA-NE.MBX.APPLICANTHELP@MAIL.MIL
Phone: (410)306-0137
TDD: (651) 290-5200
Email: USARMY.APG.CHRA-NE.MBX.APPLICANTHELP@MAIL.MIL
Agency Information:
DA SWR USACE St Paul
Civilian Personnel Advisory Center
ATTN PECH SWR L
180 5th Street East Ste 700
St Paul, MN
55101-1678
DA SWR USACE St Paul
Civilian Personnel Advisory Center
ATTN PECH SWR L
180 5th Street East Ste 700
St Paul, MN
55101-1678
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.
Your responses may be compared to the documents you submit. 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.
To check the status of your application or return to a previous or incomplete application, log into your USAJOBS account, select My Applications, and click on the more information link under the application status for this position.
If you do not provide an email address, you are responsible for checking status updates and notifications in USAJOBS. Hard copy notifications will not be sent to you.
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.
