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The Bureau of Reclamation is seeking a career professional engineer looking for an opportunity to capitalize on his/her expertise as the Open Water Data Coordinator. You can make a difference in the West by assisting in meeting increasing water demands while protecting the environment.
Learn more about this agency12/17/2019 to 01/07/2020
$101,040 - $135,475 per year
GS 12 - 13
1 vacancy in the following location:
Yes—as determined by the agency policy.
25% or less - Occasional Travel for site visits.
Yes—Relocation expenses may be authorized for a highly qualified candidate.
Permanent
Full-Time
Competitive
13 - Promotions to the next grade/salary level are neither guaranteed nor automatic, but based on supervisor initiation.
No
No
BR-DO-2019-257
554682200
Current or former competitive service federal employees.
Current federal employees of this agency.
Federal employees who meet the definition of a "surplus" or "displaced" employee.
Individuals eligible under a special authority not listed above, but defined in the federal hiring regulations.
Current Federal Employees serving under career or career-conditional appointments; Former Federal Employees with reinstatement eligibility; VEOA and 30% Disabled Veterans; Individuals with Disabilities (Schedule A); and CTAP and ICTAP eligibles.
-Develops technology strategy for Reclamation's Open Water Data (OWD) publishing to benefit civil engineering and water resource applications, collaborating with data owners, engineers, and Reclamation's Open Data Team to assess needs and options.
-Project manages teams of engineers and data stewards, collaborating with teams of information technology professionals to develop, operate and enhance OWD systems.
-Externally collaborates with water management agencies, research organizations, and national committees, seeking to augment Reclamation OWD capacities by leveraging external data publishing practices, content and technologies.
-Builds Reclamation data publishing capacity, serving as liaison to Reclamation engineers, resource specialists, and Reclamation Data Council, training data owners and stewards how to leverage OWD systems’ for their projects and programs publishing needs.
-Administers a program of OWD activities, including development of annual activity plans, budget justifications, documents for service agreements, and dissemination of OWD activity end-products to Reclamation and external users.
You must meet all qualification requirements, including time-in-grade restrictions and any selective placement factors, by the closing date of this announcement.
TIME-IN-GRADE: Current career or career-conditional employees of the Federal government, or former career or career-conditional employees, who have a break in service of less than one year, are required to meet the time-in-grade restriction of one year of Federal experience at the next lower grade, with few exceptions outlined in 5 CFR 300.603(b).
MINIMUM QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: Applicants must first meet the Basic Education Qualification Requirements listed below:
A. Degree: Engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor’s 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.
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:
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT: In addition to meeting the Basic Education Qualification Requirements, applicants must have additional specialized experience as defined below:
DEFINITION OF SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: To meet specialized experience, your resume must describe experience that demonstrates the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities as follows:
GS-12: One year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to at least the GS-11 level in the Federal Government. To meet specialized experience, your resume must describe experience that demonstrates the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities as follows: Examples of specialized experience include using engineering theories, concepts and principles to apply models, analytical tools and water-related datasets to support planning, design, construction or operational activities in water or hydropower management.
GS-13: One year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to at least the GS-12 level in the Federal Government. To meet specialized experience, your resume must describe experience that demonstrates the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities as follows: Examples of specialized experience include using engineering theories, concepts, and principles to develop models, analytical tools, and water-related datasets to support planning, design, construction or operational activities in water or hydropower management.
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.
SUBSTITUTION OF EDUCATION FOR EXPERIENCE: This vacancy announcement does not allow substituting education for experience.
This position has a mandatory education requirement; you must furnish a copy of your transcript of college work completed (unofficial copy is acceptable). Transcripts must include the name of the college or university and date the degree was conferred. Non-submission will result in you being rated not qualified for the position.
Foreign Education: To receive credit for education completed outside the United States, applicants 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.
LOCATION: Senior Advisor for Science, Research and Development (R&D) Office, Lakewood, CO.
Recruitment and/or relocation incentives may be authorized. The selectee for the vacancy, if otherwise eligible and qualified, may be offered a recruitment or relocation incentive. The decision to offer an incentive to the selectee of this vacancy will be made on a case-by-case basis and is neither promised nor guaranteed.
DOI uses E-Verify to confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, please visit: www.dhs.gov/E-Verify.
The Bureau of Reclamation has determined that the duties of this position are suitable for telework and the selectee may be allowed to telework with supervisor approval.
This position is designated as a NON-SENSITIVE, MODERATE RISK Public Trust position. It requires a fully completed and favorably adjudicated Public Trust Suitability Background Investigation (T2S or T2RS (previously called MBI)) that is current (within the last 5 years). This is a condition of employment.
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Human Resources (HR) will review resumes and transcript(s) if applicable, to ensure applicants meet the basic qualification requirements. HR will evaluate each applicant who meets the basic qualifications on the information provided in the assessment questionnaire. The assessment questionnaire will take approximately 30 minutes to complete. Applicants determined qualified will be referred to the selecting official.
Applicants will be further evaluated on the following “Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs)” through your resume.
Knowledge of advanced theories, concepts, and principles in civil engineering to develop or apply water and water related data to support decision making in engineering studies.
Knowledge of planning, development, or operation of data systems including digital data techniques and standards for collecting, formats for data handling and outputting, and highly sophisticated technologies for easing data discovery and access.
Knowledge of experience in the management of water resources systems within the western United States.
Ability to communicate with staff, peers, leadership, external agencies, and the public via oral presentations and writing.
Applicants must make a fair and accurate assessment of their qualifications. If a determination is made that you have rated yourself higher than is apparent in your description of experience, competencies, skills, and/or education/training OR that your resume/application is incomplete, you may be rated ineligible or your score may be lowered.
To be considered for this position, applicants are required to submit a resume (with dates of employment, i.e. years and months, schedule, i.e. hours worked, and grade if federal employment), an on-line assessment questionnaire, and the following supporting documents, as appropriate:
--TRANSCRIPT(S): All applicants MUST furnish a copy of your college transcript(s), if applicable. If selected, you will be required to provide official college transcripts to verify your educational qualifications prior to reporting for work.
-- SF-50(s), NOTIFICATION OF PERSONNEL ACTION: Status applicants (transfer, reassignment, reinstatement, promotion, etc.) MUST submit a copy of their SF-50(s) verifying all of the following: the highest rate of pay held, the full performance grade level obtained or competed for, and documentation of career or career-conditional status in the competitive service (Tenure 1 or 2) for which you are claiming eligibility. This could result in more than one SF-50 being submitted. Do not submit award SF 50s. FAILURE TO SUBMIT SF-50(s) VERIFYING STATUS OR CONTAINING THE INFORMATION NOTED ABOVE WILL RESULT IN YOUR APPLICATION NOT BEING CONSIDERED FOR THIS POSITION.
-- VETERANS: For candidates eligible under the Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) you must submit the appropriate DD-214 (Member 4 Copy) documenting your eligibility. For information on veteran's eligibility visit: http://www.opm.gov/policydataoversight/veterans-services/vet-guide/.
--CTAP/ICTAP provides placement assistance to permanent Federal employees who are surplus, displaced or involuntarily separated. Applicants claiming CTAP-ICTAP eligibility must submit a copy of their most recent performance appraisal, proof of eligibility and most current SF-50 noting position, grade level, and duty location with their application. To be considered under CTAP/ICTAP, applicants must be well-qualified, i.e. meet the minimum qualification requirements, including selective factors, education and experience requirements and score at least 90 on the assessment questionnaire as established, and be able to perform the duties of the position upon entry. For information on CTAP/ICTAP, visit: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/.
-- SPECIAL NON-COMPETITIVE APPOINTING AUTHORITIES: For more information on special non-competitive appointing authorities visit: http://www.opm.gov/wtw/html/except.htm
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
Applications (resume and assessment questionnaire) for this vacancy MUST be received online BEFORE midnight Eastern Time (Washington D.C. time) on the closing date of this announcement. When you're ready to apply, click the blue APPLY ONLINE button at the side of the page. This vacancy is being announced through Bureau of Reclamation's Hiring System--HireMe. For more information about the HireMe system and the registration process, visit: http://www.usbr.gov/hr/hireme.html.
As part of the on-line application process, applicants may be required to submit supporting documents. Failure to submit the requested supporting documents may result in your not being considered for this position.
Options for submitting supporting documentation include Auto Requested Fax or uploading from your USAJOBS profile - instructions provided during the online application process. In addition, you may E-mail your supporting documentation to codo@usbr.gov, fax directly to the HR Office at 303-445-6349, mail to (DFC) 6th and Kipling Building 67, 14th Floor, Denver, CO 80225, OR hand-deliver to HR Office: Denver Federal Center (DFC) , Bldg 67, 14th Floor, Denver, CO 80225. Include your name and the vacancy number on the supporting document(s).
After all application packages have been received, resumes and transcripts will be reviewed to ensure applicants meet the basic qualification requirements. Each applicant who meets the basic qualifications will be further evaluated on meeting specialized experience requirement. Qualified applicants will be referred to the selecting official. After making a tentative job offer, a suitability and/or security background investigation will be conducted. A final job offer is typically made within 40 days after the deadline for applications. Applicants should monitor their status for positions with the Bureau of Reclamation by regularly checking their public status notifications in their USAJOBS profile.
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
This job originated on www.usajobs.gov. For the full announcement and to apply, visit www.usajobs.gov/job/554682200. Only resumes submitted according to the instructions on the job announcement listed at www.usajobs.gov will be considered.
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