Civil Engineer; Geotechnical

About the Position

This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Certain Personnel of the DoD Workforce to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service. This is a Civil Engineer (Geotechnical) position, GS-0810-11/12 with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Little Rock District. This non‑supervisory vacancy will be filled at GS-11 or GS-12 grade level. Duty Location is Little Rock, AR.

• You will serve as Geotechnical Engineer to coordinate investigations, analyses, and design of earthen dams, levees, excavations, tunneling, de‑watering, instrumentation, building foundations, and other highly complex projects.
• You will review geotechnical sites for design suitability and geotechnical design considerations.
• You will prepare quality assurance and design reports for structures or foundations for preliminary investigations, survey reports, general design, final design, risk assessments, and Dam Safety Reports.
• You will review a variety of historic documents which include memoranda, foundation design reports, and contract specifications for soil, rock, and other foundation features of projects.
• You will make field trips to investigate foundation preparations, earthwork construction, paving, cofferdams, and drainage problems of major civil projects.
• You will plan layout, details, and installation of physical measurement devices which include piezometers, settlement gages, pressure gages, tilt‑meters, inclinometers, uplift gages, etc.

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Business Travel (TDY) up to 20%.
• Obtain and maintain a valid state driver's license.
• Position requires Professional Engineer License for GS‑12 grade level prior to assignment/placement.