Civil Engineer

Summary

About the Position: Incumbent provides general civil engineering expertise and deliverables in support of Civil Works, Operations, Military Construction, Interagency & International Services, Emergency Operations, and Environmental programs in support of the Albuquerque District.


* Incentives may be available for highly qualified candidates.

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Duties

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• Complete in-house designs for reconnaissance studies, feasibility reports, designs, design analysis, construction plans and specification, and technical provisions for the general civil engineering features of district programs.
• Responsible for preparation of scopes of work, technical appendices, and government estimates for design fees and development of design criteria for Architect-Engineering (A-E) contracts
• Perform duties of COR and administer and maintain liaison throughout the contract life to ensure contract and schedule compliance, resolution of technical problems, and information is furnished in a timely manner.
• Establish, coordinate, monitor, and adjust project schedules and funding requirements for design and construction of all program projects.
• Represent the District in meetings with local, state, federal, and private interests pertaining to project schedules, objectives, and requirements.
• Inspect and monitor ongoing construction projects for conformance with the general civil engineering design intent and resolution of design related field problems encountered.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Incumbent must possess or obtain and maintain a valid state Driver's License in one of the 50 U.S. states or possessions to operate vehicles.
• Incumbent will be required to receive Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) Certification.
• If you have a valid Professional Engineer (PE) license, please indicate that in your application package.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.

• Current Civilian Employees of the Command
• Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel Workforce
• Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan
• Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act
• Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473
• Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible
• Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible
• Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement
• Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible
• Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998

In order to qualify, you must meet the education and experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, Ameri Corps) 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:

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…