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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Civil Engineer (Hydraulics) - DIRECT HIRE in Sacramento, California

Summary About the Location: Sacramento a progressive city with great pride in its ethnic and cultural diversity and emphasis on quality in the provision of governmental services. Sacramentoans enjoy professional ballet, theater, outstanding museums, one of the best small zoos in the country, and the NBA's Sacramento Kings. Home to the world's second largest urban forest (behind Paris), Sacramento sits just two hours between both San Francisco and Lake Tahoe, at the base of the Sierra Nevada mountains. Responsibilities At the full performance level, duties will be: Serves as a Senior Hydraulic Engineer, responsible for reviewing, analyzing, and defining project information and participating in and leading project team meetings. Applies extensive and diversified professional knowledge of Hydraulic Engineering theory, principles and practices related to the study, layout and design of hydraulic systems. Plans, directs, and develops applicable portions of studies, analyses and designs which support the full array of project documents. Delegates work assignments to lower graded staff members, maintains control over the work progress to ensure timely accomplishment, and provides advice and assistance on various work aspects. Also estimates and reports on expected time of work completion, and reviews completed work on assigned projects for timeliness, accuracy and compliance with criteria and requirements. Performs technical reviews of project documents developed by Architectural-Engineering (A-E) firms, other agencies, or Corps Districts. Resolves hydraulic engineering related problems arising during construction. Provides hydraulic engineering expertise for a wide range of projects containing diverse, complex, and unconventional hydraulic features in the District's Civil Works and Military Programs. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications First Cutoff Date: April 9, 2024 Additional Cutoff Dates: End of every month if necessary Final Closing Date: June 28, 202 WHEN YOU APPLY UNDER THIS ANNOUNCEMENT, YOUR RESUME WILL BE PLACED IN OUR CANDIDATE INVENTORY AND WILL BE CONSIDERED. Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the education AND/OR 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 REQUIREMENT FOR ENGINEERING: Please refer to the General Schedule Qualification Standards Basic Requirements for Engineering Series for education requirements. (NOTE: Applicants MUST submit/upload a copy of the transcripts with the application package. For application purposes, unofficial transcripts are acceptable.) Minimum Qualifications for GS-05 Education: Meet or exceed the education as listed in the Basic Requirements for one or more of the listed occupational series. Minimum Qualifications for GS-07 Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes supporting engineering projects by collecting data through field activities, preparing reports and summarizing data, and assisting in the development of water management and/or feasibility studies or hydraulic design. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-05). OR Education: One full year of graduate level education in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position, such as: engineering. OR Superior Academic Achievement 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) by 18. Add the two percentages. Minimum Qualifications for GS-09 Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes supporting hydraulics analyses data collection, preparing reports and summarizing data, and the development of water management and/or feasibility studies or hydraulic design. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-07). OR Education: Master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 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: 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 first year (total graduate semester hours minus 18) by 18. Add the two percentages. Minimum Qualifications for GS-11 Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes providing assistance in preparing hydraulic analyses in support of water resources projects and engineering studies or hydraulic design using a variety of applications, to include hydraulic and hydrologic modeling software. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (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: 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. Minimum Qualifications for GS-12 Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes conduct a variety of hydraulic analyses in support of water resources projects and engineering studies or hydraulic design using a variety of applications, to include hydraulic and hydrologic modeling software. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11). Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job at the GS-12, you MUST meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted. Education FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the 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. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/. Additional Information Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration. You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship. One year trial/probationary period may be required. Direct Deposit of Pay is required. Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees. If you have retired from federal service and you are interested in employment as a reemployed annuitant, see the information in the Reemployed Annuitant information sheet. This is an Engineering and Scientists Career Field position. Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement. Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement. Salary Range: GS-05: $56,458 to $66,619 Per Annum; GS-07: $69,946 to $82,537 Per Annum; GS-09: $85,552 to $100,951 Per Annum; GS-11: $103,507 to $122,137 Per Annum; GS-12: $116,618 to $138,947 Per Annum. May be non-competitively promoted to the next grade level, upon meeting time-in-grade and qualifications, until at the full-performance level of GS-0810-12. Permanent Change of Station (PCS) allowances MAY BE authorized, subject to the provisions of the Joint Travel Regulations and an agency determination that a PCS move is in the Government Interest. Incentives MAY BE paid if the selecting official determines it is in the best interests of the government. Further consideration from this announcement may take place up to 90 days beyond the closing date of the announcement.

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