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*The closing date for this announcement has been extended to April 7, 2020*
Reclamation is a contemporary water management agency. Reclamation is best known for Hoover Dam on the Colorado River, Grand Coulee Dam on the Columbia River and Folsom Dam on the American River. Today we are the largest wholesaler of water in the country and the second largest producer of hydroelectric power in the western United States. View our video titled "Traditions, Talent, and Teamwork" here.
03/10/2020 to 04/07/2020
$90,433 - $110,287 per year
GS 12
Yes—as determined by the agency policy.
76% or greater - Construction oversight requires presence on location at work sites more than 50 miles from the Provo Area Office and requires lodging at or near the construction site while contractors perform work (typically Monday through Friday). The work also involves travel for training, meetings, etc., up to 25% of the time, with overnight stays.
No
Permanent
Full-Time
Competitive
12
No
No
BR-UC-2020-04 (DE-rm)
562439000
All United States Citizens and Nationals. Direct-Hire Recruitment Authority is being used, traditional Veteran's Preference rules do not apply. Qualified veterans will, however, be given full consideration for this position.
This position is being filled through the Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) Government-Wide Direct Hire Authority for this occupation and is open to all U.S. Citizens. Appointments made under this Direct Hire Recruitment Authority are made without regard to provisions under 5 CFR part 211 and traditional veteran's preference rules do not apply. Qualified veterans will, however, be given full consideration for these positions.
Reclamation is seeking a mid-career professional looking for an opportunity to capitalize on his/her expertise as a Civil Engineer. You can make a difference in the West by assisting in meeting increasing water demands while protecting the environment.
Would you enjoy the responsibility for rendering overall assistance to the division manager? You will provide professional, technical, and administrative oversight and coordination for the execution of programs in all aspects of field engineering including geotechnical/civil engineering, surveys, geology, instrumentation, inspection, materials testing, and engineering control required for construction by contract of features within the jurisdiction of the Provo Area Office. Here is a great opportunity to join a great organization with great growth potential!
Location: Interior Region 7, Bureau of Reclamation, Upper Colorado Basin, Provo Area Office, Office Engineering Division, duty stationed in Provo, Utah. For living conditions in Provo, Utah, please click: here.
MAJOR DUTIES
- Maintains construction records and files.
- Construction management.
- Construction progress and requirements.
- Maintains communication and collaboration with management, staff, contractors, etc.
- Enforces Reclamation's Safety and Health Program.
Physical Demands and Work Environment: About 20 percent of the work time is spent observing construction activities during the course of the workday and involves walking, lifting, bending, and climbing over various terrain.
You must meet all qualification requirements, including any selective placement factors, by the closing date of this announcement.
Minimum Qualification Requirements - (based on basic education requirements for the occupational series under STEM): To qualify for this position, you must meet (1) Basic Educational Requirements AND (2) Specialized Experience for the grade to which you are applying.
(1) Basic Education Requirement:
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:
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 -- Evidence of having successfully passed 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, 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 A.
4. Related curriculum -- Successful completion of a 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 bachelor’s 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.)
(2) In addition to meeting the basic education qualification requirement described above, applicants must also possess the following:
Specialized Experience: Specialized experience must demonstrate the applicant has been equipped with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position, and that is directly related to the work to be performed.
GS-12: Your resume must reflect at least one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service.
Specialized experience for the GS-12: To qualify for this position, your resume must demonstrate that you have experience in at least 2 of the following: 1) Oversight and coordination of construction management team (construction control inspectors, materials testing technicians, surveyors, and contract administration personnel) for construction of civil structures and facilities; 2) Project management of civil structures and facilities, through all five phases including initiating, planning, executing, monitoring and controlling, and closing; 3) Development and maintenance of effective professional relationships with stakeholders and contractors while balancing competing project constraints including scope, quality, schedule, budget, resources and risk.
Applicants who do not meet the definition of specialized experience will be determined as not qualified and will be ineligible for consideration.
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.
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. For further information, visit: Foreign Education.
Telework: Reclamation has determined that the duties of this position are suitable for telework and the selectee may be allowed to telework with supervisory approval.
References: On your application, please include the names and current phone numbers for at least 3 supervisory references. If any individual is no longer available for contact, you are requested to provide the name and current phone number of another person with the company (team lead, acting supervisor, etc.) that would know your work history.
E-Verify: 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: E-Verify.
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Applicants will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Appointments made under this Direct-Hire Recruitment Authority are made without regard to provisions under 5 CFR part 337, subpart A, and rating and ranking procedures do not apply.
For this announcement, all applicants will be reviewed to determine if they meet the basic qualifications for this position, specifically the educational and specialized experience requirements. Applicants will not be rated or ranked. All applications that are verified to meet the basic qualifications will be referred to the selecting official. All answers provided in the on-line process must be substantiated by a resume. If, upon review, it is determined that your resume and/or supporting documents do not support your answer choices, your application may be removed from consideration.
Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies in the following areas:
KSA 1: Knowledge of civil engineering theories, concepts, principles, and practices associated with the technical and administrative oversight of an entire field engineering phase of construction activities.
KSA 2: Knowledge of necessary oversight required to properly support contractor’s operations and take appropriate action to correct unsatisfactory conditions.
KSA 3: Knowledge of engineering principles of construction management.
KSA 4: Knowledge of construction safety regulations and contractor construction practices and procedures.
KSA 5: Ability to develop and sustain cooperative working relationships and communicate effectively.
If you are a status applicant (current career or career-conditional Federal employee with reinstatement eligibility in the competitive service) and you are selected under this vacancy, you may be subject to serving a new 1 year probationary period.
To be considered for this position, applicants are required to submit an on-line assessment questionnaire, and the following Supporting Documents, as appropriate:
Resume: A resume with dates of employment. Your resume may be submitted in any format. If you submit more than one copy of your resume, only the most recent version will be reviewed. The latest timestamp will be used to determine which version of your resume is "most recent". It is your responsibility to check the status and timestamp of all documents you submit as part of your application. For qualifications determinations your resume must contain hours worked per week and the dates of employment (i.e., HRS per week and month/day/year to month/day/year or month/day/year to the date you are submitting the resume). If using an automated resume builder, be sure to include this specific information in the narrative portion of your work description. Any period of employment that does not include this specific information will not be credited toward meeting the qualifications requirements of the position.
Transcripts: 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. If selected, you will be required to provide official college transcripts to verify your educational qualifications prior to reporting for work.
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 click here.
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 any 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, click: here.
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 mgbishop@usbr.gov, fax directly to the HR Office at (801) 524-3187, mail to 125 South State Street, Room 8100 (UC-543), Salt Lake City, Utah 84138, OR hand deliver to 125 South State Street, Room 7102A (UC-543), Salt Lake City, Utah 84138. Include your name and the vacancy number on the supporting document(s).
This agency provides reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify us at the phone number shown at the bottom of this page. The decision on granting reasonable accommodation will be on a case-by-case basis.
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 the information provided in the Assessment Questionnaire. Best-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.
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