Civil Engineer

This position is located at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area in the Facility Maintenance Division.Qualifications: All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-01/05/2024-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement.
Credit will be given for all appropriate qualifying experience. To receive credit for experience, your resume MUST clearly indicate the nature of the duties and responsibilities for each position, starting and ending dates of employment (month/year), and the resume must reflect full and/or part-time or total number of hours worked (i.e., work 40+ hours a week, rather than indicating full-time). If part-time, the hours must be annotated to be able to pro-rate the amount of qualified specialized experience.
To qualify for this position at the GS-12 grade level, you must possess the following basic and minimum qualifications by close of the announcement:
BASIC EDUCATION REQUIREMENT:
Applicants must possess the basic education requirement for an engineer. Transcripts MUST be submitted and include your name, school name, credit hours, major(s), and grade-point average or class ranking. We cannot determine eligibility without this information. (A copy of your official transcripts will be required before entrance on duty, if selected). The Basic Education requirement may be met in one of the following ways (see below).

1. Degree in Engineering, To be acceptable, the curriculum must: 1) lead to a bachelor's 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.
2. Combination of education and experience-college level education, training, and/or technical experience that furnished (1) a thorough knowledge of physical and mathematical sciences underlying professional 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; 2) Written Test - Evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam or the 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 in engineering that included the courses specified in the basic requirements. The course must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of a professional engineering curriculum as described under the basic requirements; or 4) Related curriculum--Successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree in engineering technology or appropriate professional field provided the applicant has 1 year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE:
In addition to meeting the basic education requirements listed above for this position. Applicants must also possess at least one full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). This experience may be of the following but not limited to: Develops Civil Engineering project construction drawings, technical specifications, and cost estimates and applies professional engineering principles, concepts, practices, procedures of project development AND at least 1 of the following: 1.) oversees contractors or other project team members; 2.) provides operational leadership principles; 3.) implements risk management regarding work safety. 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.
You must include months, years and hours/schedule per week to receive credit for your experience. One year of specialized experience is equivalent to 12 months at 40 hours per week. Part-time hours are prorated. You will not receive any credit for experience that does not indicate exact hours/schedule per week or is listed as "varies".
Education: You must submit a legible copy of transcripts from an accredited institution with your name, school name, credit hours, course level, major(s), and grade-point average or class ranking. Transcripts do not need to be official, but if you are selected for this position and you used your education to qualify, you must provide official transcripts before you begin work.
If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet qualification requirements, you must show that your education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university.Employment Type: FULL_TIME