Civil Engineer

Agriculture, Rural Development; Butler (MO); On-site; USD 75,000 - 116,000; Full time

Job summary

A civil engineering position at Agriculture, Rural Development in Missouri focuses on advising on projects financed by Rural Development loan and grant programs. The incumbent applies professional engineering knowledge to civil engineering aspects of rural development projects and interacts with private groups, public bodies, and agencies.

The role requires an engineering degree (ABET-accredited preferred), professional registration (EI/EIT or PE), and possible FE exam.

Qualifications

• Engineering degree is required.
• ABET-accredited program or equivalent coursework is required.
• Professional registration (EI/EIT) or PE licensure is preferred.
• FE exam or other licensure exam is required for registration across states.
• At least 60 semester hours in physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences are required.
• Related curricula may be accepted with at least 1 year of professional engineering experience.

Responsibilities

• Advises and consults with private groups, public bodies and agencies on civil engineering aspects of RD-funded projects.

Education

Engineering degree

ABET-accredited program

FE exam / licensure

Professional Engineer (PE) licensure

60 semester hours in engineering sciences

Related curriculum with 1 year eng experience

Job description

This position is located in the State Office of Missouri, USDA-Rural Development (RD). The incumbent performs a variety of assignments requiring professional experience and technical competence in civil engineering activities, procedures, principles, techniques and evaluations utilized in the performance of supervised rural credit and development programs.

Key Responsibilities

Advises and consults with private groups, public bodies and state and/or Federal agencies on the civil engineering aspects of projects financed by Rural Development loan and grant programs.

Requirements & Education

Basic Requirements: A. Degree: Engineering.

To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a 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)1, 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) 2 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, maybe accepted in lieu of a 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.)

Which agency is hiring for this position?

This position is with Agriculture, Rural Development, Department of Agriculture.

What is the salary for this position?

The posted pay range is $74678 – $116362/yr.

Is this position remote or telework eligible?

This position is eligible for telework.

What is the application deadline?

Applications close on 2026-11-02.

Who is eligible to apply?

This position is open under the 'Fed Transition' hiring path.

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