Civil EngineerPhysical Scientist (Interdisciplinary)

Summary

You will serve as a Civil Engineer/Physical Scientist (Interdisciplinary) with Bureau of Reclamation.

This position is located within the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation Technical Service Center Water Environmental and Ecosystems Division Applied Hydrology Group 2 in Lakewood Colorado.

Duties

Bureau-Wide (Bureau of Reclamation) - This is a Merit Promotion announcement for career and career conditional Bureau employees Career Transition eligibles (CTAP) current or former time-limited employees eligible under Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act (LMWFA) and those who are eligible under the hiring paths listed above. Refer to Required Documents section for more information.

Some of the major duties you will perform include but are not limited to the following:

• Serves as Project Manager / Team Leader for large complex and/or controversial hydrology and water resources analyses and investigations including planning organizing monitoring and conducting highly technical work within developed and agreed upon budgets and schedules and regularly reporting progress to ensure successful project delivery.
• Functions as a team leader of personnel in the Group performing work on a variety of projects including providing mentoring technical direction and technical review; delegating tasks to team members; and providing direction and oversight of technical final review of reports deliverables and work products.
• Leads and directs the research to develop and evaluate new and advanced technical methods techniques procedures and tools for application in hydrology and water resources analyses including to address unique or novel problems conditions or issues. Reviews complex and/or controversial hydrology and water resources analyses and studies for technical adequacy computational correctness and interpretational adequacy and conformance with established practice.
• Provides high-quality oral communication appropriately tailored to a target audience including leading and participating in meetings with technical teams clients leadership stakeholders and other government agencies and delivering oral presentations briefings and trainings to technical and non-technical audiences. Clearly and concisely communicates highly technical analyses and findings to clients and to leadership and policy makers as appropriate.
• Provides expert technical guidance mentoring oversight and peer review in the field of applied hydrology including hydroclimate data analysis flood hydrology and meteorology hydrologic modeling water quality modeling water resources planning and operations modeling and/or water resources planning and operations decision support. Leads directs advises performs and coordinates the complex and controversial hydrology and water resources analyses to inform water resources planning and operations infrastructure design and risk assessment.
• Leads or directs the preparation of high-quality written documents and work products that accurately and effectively document the data methods results and interpretation of hydrology and water resources analyses including organizing and preparing technical memoranda and reports summaries briefings and other written communications. Leads or contributes to technical guidelines journals or professional papers that promote knowledge transfer and mentoring of new research and applications in hydrology and water resources data collection modeling and analyses.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• Must be a U.S. Citizen or National.
• Appointment subject to background investigation and favorable adjudication.
• Males born aftermust be registered for Selective Service.
• Direct Deposit participation required.
• Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more visit possess and maintain a valid drivers license throughout employment.
• GS-0810 Professional Engineering (P.E.) registration is required for this position.

*Additional Requirements located under qualifications*

Qualifications

This is an interdisciplinary position that may be filed in any of the following series: GS-0810 Civil Engineer or GS-1301 Physical Scientist depending on the qualifications of the selected candidate.

Qualifications:
To be eligible for consideration you must first meet the Individual Occupational Requirement for this position

QUALIFICATIONS FOR GS-0810 CIVIL ENGINEER:

1. Degree: Engineering. To be acceptable the program must: (1) lead to a bachelors degree in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by 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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2. 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:

1. Professional registration or licensure -- Current registration as an Engineer Intern (EI) Engineer in Training (EIT)1 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 specialty field of their registration. For example an applicant who attains registration through a State Boards eminence provision as a manufacturing engineer typically would be rated eligible only for manufacturing engineering positions.

2. Written Test -- Evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) 2 examination or any other written test required for professional registration by an engineering licensure board in the various States the District of Columbia Guam and Puerto Rico.

3. Specified academic courses -- Successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical mathematical and engineering sciences and that included the courses specified in the basic requirements under paragraph A. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program as described in paragraph 1.

4. Related curriculum -- Successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelors degree in an appropriate scientific field e.g. engineering technology physics chemistry architecture computer science mathematics hydrology or geology may be accepted in lieu of a bachelors degree in engineering provided the applicant has had at least 1 year of professional engineering experience acquired under 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.)

QUALIFICATIONS FOR GS-1301 PHYSICAL SCIENTIST:

1. Degree: physical science engineering or mathematics that included 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science such as mechanics dynamics properties of materials and electronics.

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2. Combination of education and experience: education equivalent to one of the majors shown above that included at least 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science plus appropriate experience or additional education.

To qualify for this position at the GS-14 grade level:

Experience : To qualify you must possess at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). Specialized experience is defined as demonstrated experience: leading and conducting large complex and/or controversial hydrology and water resources studies or investigations involving hydrologic and climate data analysis flood hydrology or meteorology hydrologic and/or water quality modeling and/or river and reservoir systems modeling. Additionally applicants must have demonstrated experience leading or participating in research to advance hydrology and water resources data methods tools or applications; presenting and disseminating technical information through oral presentations and written documents including presentations and briefings to leadership; and teaching others through formal or informal mentoring or training. You must include hours per week worked. Volunteer Experience: Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g. Peace Corps AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g. professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community student social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies knowledge and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience including volunteer experience.

Education

This position has a mandatory education requirement.

You must submit a copy of your transcript(s) to support claimed education if substituting education for experience. Transcripts must include your name school name grades credit hours earned major(s) grade point average or class ranking and date the degree was conferred if applicable. A typed list of courses grades semester/quarter hours GPA etc. will not be accepted. Non-submission may result in being rated not qualified for the position. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable but if you are selected for this position and you used your education to qualify you must provide official transcripts before you begin work.

Foreign Education: To receive credit for education completed outside the United States you must show proof that the education has been submitted to a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign educational credentials and such education has been deemed at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education programs. For more information on how foreign education is evaluated visit: information

Additional vacancies may be filled using this job announcement.

All DOI employees their spouses and minor children may not acquire or retain any claim permit lease small tract entry or other rights granted by the Department in Federal lands with limited exceptions. Additional ethics prohibitions can be found here DOI Ethics Prohibitions U.S. Department of the Interior.

Physical Demands/Work Environment: The work is sedentary. Typically the employee sits comfortably to do the work. However there may be some walking; standing; bending; carrying of light items such as papers books or small parts; or driving an automobile. No special physical demands are required to perform the work.

This is an interdisciplinary position. Position may be filled as: GS-0810 Civil Engineer or GS-1301 Physical Scientist.

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government passionate about the ideals of our American republic and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

Required Experience:

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