Summary
You will serve as a CIVIL ENGINEERin the Project Management group of the Technical Service Center. This group provides project management to the Bureau of Reclamation's most complex engineering projects. These positions are located within the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Denver, LAKEWOOD, COLORADO.
Duties
Some of the major duties you will perform include but are not limited to the following: Plans, develops, directs, and prepares procedures, policies, and protocols for engineering studies, designs, and special projects that require advanced engineering analysis. Leads and advises technical teams, directing technical procedures and practices for the teams. Engineering analysis for studies and projects include technical planning activities; data collection; modeling and data analyses; analyses of site location and/or conditions; or risk estimation and analyses. Provides technical reviews, peer reviews, and checking of designs, drawings, engineering analysis, and technical documents, specifications, and contract correspondence, ensuring documents are accurate and quality assurance processes were followed. Lead technical team on large and technically complex projects, guide the critical path of a job, prepare project management initiation, planning, executing, monitoring/controlling, and closeout documents, and facilitate meetings/workshops. Applying qualitative and quantitative analytical techniques and project management principles, methods, tools, and techniques to direct, develop, schedule, coordinate, monitor, and manage projects. Distinguish between relevant and irrelevant information to make logical decisions and develop solutions and communicating effectively with all levels and types of audiences. Advises senior leadership, program officials, and colleagues on engineering analysis, recommendations, and study conclusions. Communicate in a clear, concise, organized, and convincing manner of technical information for the intended audience. Organize and prepare, or direct and coordinate the preparation of, materials such as specifications documents, reports, meeting minutes, travel reports, drawings, maps, graphs, or figures; deliver oral presentations or briefings; and participate in or lead meetings - to communicate, promote TSC capabilities, and convey work status and findings to team, clients, superiors, and others.
Requirements
Must be a U.S. Citizen or National. Appointment subject to background investigation and favorable adjudication. Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service. Direct Deposit participation required. Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more, visit www.dhs.gov/EVerify/. Professional Engineering (P.E.) registration is required for this position. As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period during which your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest will be evaluated. This probationary period is an extension of the appointment process and therefore requires the agency to determine if continued employment would advance the public interest, meet the organization goals and mission of the agency, and/or otherwise promote the efficiency of the service. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, the agency will consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service. Under applicable law, the employment of an individual serving a probationary or trial period automatically terminates when that period ends unless the agency affirmatively certifies, in writing, that the individual's employment should continue and that their appointment should be finalized. In the absence of agency action to affirmatively certify continued employment beyond the probationary or trial period, such appointments are terminated. Upon completion of your probationary period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest. *Additional Requirements located under qualifications*
Education
This position has a mandatory education requirement. You must submit a copy of your transcript(s) to support claimed education if substituting education for experience. Transcripts must include your name, school name, grades, credit hours earned, major(s), grade point average or class ranking, and date the degree was conferred, if applicable. A typed list of courses, grades, semester/quarter hours, GPA, etc. will not be accepted. Non-submission may result in being rated not qualified for the position. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable, but if you are selected for this position and you used your education to qualify, you must provide official transcripts before you begin work. Foreign Education: To receive credit for education completed outside the United States, you 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. Recognition of Foreign Qualifications | U.S. Department of Education. https://www.ed.gov/about/initiatives/international-affairs/recognition-of-foreign-qualification
How you will be evaluated
Your qualifications will be evaluated based on your application materials (e.g. resume, supporting documents), the responses you provide on the application questionnaire, and the result of any additional assessment(s) required for this position. Your resume must not exceed 2 pages. Only the document submitted as the "Resume" under the Documents section will be used to determine your qualifications/eligibility and for rating purposes. In the event you submit more than one resume, only the latest submission will be reviewed. If your resume is incomplete or does not support the responses provided in the Assessment Questionnaire, your score will be adjusted accordingly. If a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications or experience, you can lose consideration for this position. You will be assessed in the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics): Civil Engineering Project Management Written Communication Overstating your qualifications and/or experience in your application materials or application questionnaire may result in your removal from consideration. Cheating on an assessment may also result in your removal from consideration. To be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process. In addition to the application and application questionnaire, this position requires successful completion of additional assessment(s), including a structured resume review. These assessments measure the critical competencies listed above that are required to successfully perform the job. Current or former displaced Federal employees who are surplus, displaced, or involuntarily separated have special priority selection rights under the Agency Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) or the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP). To be considered under CTAP/ICTAP, you must be well-qualified, score at least 85 (i.e., meet the minimum qualification requirements, including any selective placement factors; education, and experience requirements), and be able to perform the duties of the position upon entry. Providing false or misleading information on your resume or supporting documentation may result in removal from consideration or other action consistent with applicable federal hiring regulations. Applicants who include vulgar, offensive, or inappropriate language or information in their application package will be ineligible for further consideration for this position.