Civil Engineer

Civil Engineer

You must be a U.S. Citizen or U.S. National.

Duty Location: Clark County, Nevada

Salary

$85,552 - $100,951 per year

Duties

Assignment will be developmental to prepare the individual for performing higher level duties.

The civil engineering position is responsible for leading the scoping, procurement, design oversight, and construction management for a variety of projects including major building renovations, paving and embankment restoration, rockfall mitigation and other contracted works throughout the facilities. The majority of work is located at Hoover Dam, but this position serves the Lower Colorado Dams Office which also includes Parker and Davis Dams.

Completes and/or reviews engineering designs to include: 1) planning and conducting engineering studies or evaluations such as preliminary, appraisal, feasibility, final design, and value planning/value engineering; 2) creating, performing, reviewing, checking engineering designs; 3) developing design performance requirements and ensuring contracted A&E design services meet these requirements.

Reviews designs for constructability and clarity of specifications and drawings. Prepares, updates, and/or reviews progressive level design cost estimates prepared internally or by third parties for completeness.

During construction responsible for submittal reviews and contractor request for information (RFI) responses, coordinating with subject matter experts on responses and overall management of consultants and construction contractors. Monitor contract performance and compliance with all terms and conditions of the contract. Serves as the government technical representative in all phases of work within the scope of the contract, and coordinate resolution of contracting issues.

Qualifications

Basic Education 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 or more program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET)

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. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of a professional engineering curriculum as described in paragraph A; 

or 

Related curriculum -- successful completion of 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.

Specialized Experience Requirements: In addition to the basic education requirement, in order to be rated as qualified for this position, the HR Office must be able to determine that the applicant meets the specialized experience requirement - this information must be included in the resume.

To qualify for the GS-09 level: You must have 2 years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a master's degree or master's or equivalent graduate degree OR one year of full-time specialized experience equivalent to the GS-7 grade level OR a combination of education and experience.

Specialized experience for the GS-09 level is defined as civil engineering experience participating in construction oversight and technical support of structural construction contracts or projects with senior engineer review.

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.