Civil Engineer-Structural

YOU MUST BE A US CITIZEN.

This is a civilian position.

The US Army Corps of Engineers in Louisville is seeking a Civil Engineer-Structural.

Are you a civil engineer wanting to make an immediate impact on our nation’s largest and most complex infrastructures? Do you want to support our nation by providing safe, reliable, efficient, and environmentally sustainable waterborne transportation systems? Join the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: a world-class team of civilian and military employees developing engineering solutions for our nation's toughest challenges.

We design, construct, maintain, and rehabilitate the nation's greatest military buildings, locks and dams, and flood risk management systems. With a wide variety of projects, excellent work-life balance and benefits, and many opportunities for growth, every project is exciting and rewarding.

• GS-11: Develop design details of structural features for structures such as navigation locks, floodwalls, floodgates, control structures, pumping stations, ports, harbors, bridges, or buildings and determining engineering principles that apply.
• GS-11: Confer with engineers in other organizational units to resolve conflicts in design and construction and recommend solutions.
• GS-11: Provide structural engineering services for new construction and rehabilitations on large, complex river navigation (locks and dams), flood control reservoir and local flood protection projects or Military buildings or training structures.
• GS-12: Perform analysis and design applying standard engineering methods and techniques in the performance of preliminary and final design.
• GS-12: Prepare structural construction contract documents for complex Civil Works (navigation, flood control) and Military projects, including buildings and training facilities.
• GS-12: Coordinate structural aspects of projects with multi-disciplined engineering team, Operations personnel and Construction Engineering personnel responsible for related specialized phases of the project.

HOW TO APPLY: Please apply here at https://www.usajobs.gov/job/882902200

and/or provide your current resume via email to: [email protected]

In addition to meeting the basic education requirement listed in the education section below, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements on the IOR and listed below:

Qualifications

Who May Apply: US Citizens

This job announcement will fill multiple vacancies at the full performance levels (FPLs) of GS-11, GS-12. Applicants selected at the FPL level are not eligible for promotion to a higher grade without competition or a valid non-competitive eligibility.

In order to qualify, you must meet the education and experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document.

BENEFITS

• Recruitment incentives up to 25% of salary may be offered.
• Job security with one of the largest USACE Districts.
• Retirement Benefits with up to 5% matching TSP (similar 401k), pension, and Social Security.
• Paid overtime.
• Vacation, Sick, and Paternal Leave and 11 Paid Holidays.
• Alternative Work Schedule Options.
• Numerous health, dental, vision, HSA, FSA, and Life insurance options.
• On Site Gym and Fitness Leave.

And more!

RequirementsConditions of employment

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• One-year probationary period may be required
• This position may require Temporary Duty Travel (TDY) up to 25% of the time.

Who May Apply: US Citizens

In order to qualify, you must meet the education and experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document.

Basic Education Requirement for Engineer: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in engineering. Program must:
(1) lead to a bachelor's degree (or higher 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.
OR
B. 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 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), 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 Board's eminence provision as a manufacturing engineer typically would be rated eligible only for manufacturing engineering positions.
2. Written Test - Successfully passing the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) examination, or any other written test required for professional registration, by an engineering licensure board in the various States, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico.
3. Specified academic courses - At least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences and that included the courses specified in A above. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program.
4. Related curriculum - Curriculum leading to a bachelor's 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 degree in engineering, provided the applicant has had at least 1 year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance. 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.

In addition to meeting the basic education requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the specialized experience listed below:

TO QUALIFY FOR THE FPL GS-11: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes assisting senior level engineers in the preparation of analysis, design and inspections of structures; Creating conceptual versions of contract drawings, as well as preliminary calculations, quantities, and technical specifications; Performing initial review of project submittals to ensure they are in accordance with the contract plans and specifications; Participating in onsite inspections during construction, periodic safety assessments and structural evaluations This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position or equivalent (GS-09).
OR
Education: Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position, such as structural engineering.
OR
Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the second year (total graduate semester hours minus 36) by 18. Add the two percentages.

TO QUALIFY FOR THE FPL GS-12: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes independently developing designs for structural features of large projects; developing design computations for structures composed of steel and/or reinforced concrete; independently preparing structural engineering documents such as drawings and specifications; performing structural site evaluations and investigations; leading multi-discipline project design teams in the development of plans, specifications, and studies for large or a combination of smaller engineering projects. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11).

Required Documents

The documents you are required to submit vary based on whether or not you are eligible for preference in federal employment. A complete description of preference categories and the associated required documents is in the Applicant Checklist for Public Announcements.

As described above, your complete application includes your resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and documents which prove your eligibility to apply. If you fail to provide these documents, you will be marked as having an incomplete application package and you will not be considered any further.

1. Your resume:

• Your resume must be two pages or less and must support the specialized experience described in this announcement. Resumes exceeding two pages will be removed from consideration.
• For each relevant work experience, make sure you include the employer's name, job title, start and end dates (include month and year), for qualifications purposes, the number of hours worked per week, and a brief description that show you can perform the tasks at the required level listed in the job announcement. If your resume does not contain this information, your application may be marked as incomplete, and you may not receive consideration for this position.
• Use plain language. Avoid using acronyms and terms that are not easily understood. The hiring agency will not make assumptions about what's in your resume.
• If your resume includes a photograph or other inappropriate material or content, it will not be used to make eligibility and qualification determinations, and you may not be considered for this vacancy.
• For additional information, to include formatting tips, see: What to include in your resume.

2. Other supporting documents:

• Cover Letter, optional
• Most recent Performance Appraisal, if applicable
• This position has a basic education requirement you MUST submit a copy of your transcript with your application package or you will be rated ineligible.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $74,678.00 - $116,362.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Professional development assistance
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Application Question(s):

• Are you a US Citizen? You must be a US Citizen to work for the US Army Corps of Engineers.

Work Location: In person