Civil Engineer; Recent Graduate

Reclamation is seeking a career professional looking for an opportunity to capitalize on their expertise as a Civil Engineer in the Research and Development Office. This position supports R&D Office programs and activities by combining technical knowledge of water management related science and engineering with project/program management principles. The employee will have opportunities to engage and support other office programs/activities in response to both anticipated and emerging workload.

This is a Recent Graduate position under the Pathways Program and is open to individuals who have obtained a qualifying degree or certificate from an accredited educational institution or completed a qualifying career or technical education program within the previous two years. Veterans with service obligations may apply up to six years after graduation. The program provides a one-year full-time developmental experience in federal agencies.

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• Collaborate with scientists and engineers on technical research projects
• Review researcher inventions, support patent and licensing efforts, and coordinate use of technology transfer authorities
• Facilitate internal and external research solicitations
• Review interim and final work products from funded research projects
• Serve as COR / GOTR on science and engineering projects
• Develop program documentation such as standard operating procedures and outreach materials
• Engage with Bureau-wide communities of practice in support of professional excellence; may include development of training, tools/resources, and best practices

Duties will be developmental in nature when filled below the full performance level.

This position has an Individual Occupational Requirement (IOR), to meet this basic requirement applicants must meet one of the following (A or

B):

A.

Education:

A Bachelor's degree or higher in engineering. To be acceptable, the program must:
Lead to a bachelor's degree (or higher) in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET); OR 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

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 adequacy of such background must be demonstrated by one of the following:
Professional registration or licensure
- Current registration as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT), or licensure as a Professional Engineer (PE) 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…