Supervisory Civil Engineer; Geotechnical

• Responsible for the geotechnical engineering designs, studies, and investigations prepared by the section.
• Coordinates work assignments with specialists in other districts, higher authority, manufacturers, suppliers, contractors, etc.
• Responsible for the development, preparation, and review of specifications for construction of Civil Works, Military, and EIIS projects; and of bidding documents for completeness and constructability.
• Ensures that engineering inspections of completed Civil Works projects, to include hurricane barriers, dams, levees, and other flood control structures, are technically sound and in accordance with USACE standards and best engineering practices.
• Applies the principles of value engineering necessary to accomplish the greatest possible cost reductions without jeopardizing the performance, quality, maintainability, reliability, standardization, or interchangeability of the product.
• Provides administrative and technical supervision over staff performing professional and technical work.
• Allocates resources, tracks progress and expenditures, manages changes and revisions to work, and ensures work is accomplished on schedule and within budget.
• Directs, instructs, and confers with Architect-Engineers (A-Es) engaged in design.
• Supervises the review of contractors and manufacturers drawings for equipment, design, and installation related to geotechnical engineering systems to assure conformance with design drawings and contract specifications.

• Responsible for the geotechnical engineering designs, studies, and investigations prepared by the section.
• Coordinates work assignments with specialists in other districts, higher authority, manufacturers, suppliers, contractors, etc.
• Responsible for the development, preparation, and review of specifications for construction of Civil Works, Military, and EIIS projects; and of bidding documents for completeness and constructability.
• Ensures that engineering inspections of completed Civil Works projects, to include hurricane barriers, dams, levees, and other flood control structures, are technically sound and in accordance with USACE standards and best engineering practices.
• Applies the principles of value engineering necessary to accomplish the greatest possible cost reductions without jeopardizing the performance, quality, maintainability, reliability, standardization, or interchangeability of the product.
• Provides administrative and technical supervision over staff performing professional and technical work.
• Allocates resources, tracks progress and expenditures, manages changes and revisions to work, and ensures work is accomplished on schedule and within budget.
• Directs, instructs, and confers with Architect-Engineers (A-Es) engaged in design.
• Supervises the review of contractors and manufacturers drawings for equipment, design, and installation related to geotechnical engineering systems to assure conformance with design drawings and contract specifications.

Conditions of employment

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• One year supervisory probationary period required if the appointee has not previously met this requirement.
• One year probationary period is required unless the requirement was previously met as described in 5 CFR Part 315.
• Position requires travel away from the worksite (TDY) to other duty locations approximately 20% of the time to conduct site visits and to meet with customers, users, and stakeholders.
• Position requires a valid, state‑issued motor vehicle driver's license since project sites may be located in remote areas that are not accessible by public transportation.
• This position requires pre‑employment Financial…