CIVIL ENGINEER.

US Army Corps of Engineers; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

US Army Corps of Engineers in Seattle seeks a licensed Civil Engineer to prepare preliminary designs, review civil design features, and coordinate with stakeholders on Military, Civil Works, and IIS projects. The role uses CADD and civil design software to produce plans and specifications, conducts field inspections, and ensures design documents meet criteria and project schedules.

Applicants must hold a Professional Engineer license and a bachelor's degree in engineering; select credentials and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering required; ABET accreditation preferred.
• Professional Engineering (PE) license required or by-hold for eligibility, with disclosure of licensure.

Responsibilities

• Prepares preliminary designs for planning and budgetary purposes and contract documents including plans and specifications.
• Reviews civil design features of proposed works for Military, Civil Works, and IIS projects.
• Utilizes CADD technology and civil design software packages.
• Verifies the adequacy of design and construction documents including feasibility reports and drawings.
• Participates in meetings with various stakeholders and coordinates with offices and non-federal sponsors.
• Performs field inspections and provides expert assistance to Resident Offices.
• Prepares scopes of work and government estimates for A-E design work.
• Coordinates QA of A-E products and reviews.

Skills

Field inspections

Project coordination

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Tools

CADD software

Civil design software

Job description

• Prepares preliminary designs for planning and budgetary purposes and contract documents including plans and specifications.
• Reviews civil design features of proposed works, i.e., plans, specifications and design analyses for Military, Civil Works, and IIS projects.
• Utilizes state-of-the‑art computer-aided design and drafting (CADD) technology and civil design software packages.
• Verifies the adequacy of technical engineering features of design and construction documents including, feasibility reports, design documentation reports, plans, specifications, drawings, construction modifications.
• Participates in meetings with representatives of using services, military installation representatives, Division, HQUSACE, District, Architect-Engineering firms, non-federal project sponsors, and other interested parties.
• Makes field inspections of work under construction as well as completed or currently existing facilities and provides expert assistance to Resident Offices regarding problems encountered during construction.
• Prepares complete Scopes of Work establishing the design product required and Government estimate for Architect-Engineer design work.
• Coordinates quality assurance of Architect-Engineer prepared products and independent technical reviews.
• Provides input to scope of tasks, schedules, cost estimates, quality control measures.
• Monitors and coordinates the engineering efforts to assure the accuracy and completeness of the design, compliance with criteria requirements and adherence to project objectives and schedules.

Duties

• Prepares preliminary designs for planning and budgetary purposes and contract documents including plans and specifications.
• Reviews civil design features of proposed works, i.e., plans, specifications and design analyses for Military, Civil Works, and IIS projects.
• Utilizes state-of-the‑art computer-aided design and drafting (CADD) technology and civil design software packages.
• Verifies the adequacy of technical engineering features of design and construction documents including, feasibility reports, design documentation reports, plans, specifications, drawings, construction modifications.
• Participates in meetings with representatives of using services, military installation representatives, Division, HQUSACE, District, Architect-Engineering firms, non-federal project sponsors, and other interested parties.
• Makes field inspections of work under construction as well as completed or currently existing facilities and provides expert assistance to Resident Offices regarding problems encountered during construction.
• Prepares complete Scopes of Work establishing the design product required and Government estimate for Architect-Engineer design work.
• Coordinates quality assurance of Architect-Engineer prepared products and independent technical reviews.
• Provides input to scope of tasks, schedules, cost estimates, quality control measures.
• Monitors and coordinates the engineering efforts to assure the accuracy and completeness of the design, compliance with criteria requirements and adherence to project objectives and schedules.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a valid state drivers license.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: US Citizens

In order to qualify, you must meet the education and 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 SELECTIVE PLACEMENT FACTOR: This position requires a current Professional Engineering License issued by any State in the United States, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico. (You must upload a copy of your current PE license within your application package).

In Addition To Meeting The Basic Requirement Above, To Qualify For This Position You Must Also Meet The Qualification Requirements Listed Below:

Basic Requirement For Civil Engineer:

• Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (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

• 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:
• 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 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.
• 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, or Puerto Rico.
• 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 A above. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program.
• 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 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.

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For the GS-12 level, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.

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:

• 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.
• This position requires a 1 year probationary period during which the agency evaluates your fitness and whether your continued employ­ment advances the public interest. In making this determination, the agency may consider your performance and conduct; agency needs and interests; whether your continued employ­ment supports organizational or Government goals; and whether it promotes the efficiency of the Federal service. Continued employ­ment requires written certification that it advances the public interest.
• 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
• This is a Engineers and Scientists (Resources and Construction) Career Program position aligned under the Construction, Analysis, Science, Infrastructure & Engineers (CASIE) Career Management Directorate.
• Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement.
• Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement.
• When you perform a Civilian Permanent Change of Station (PCS) with the government, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) considers the majority of your entitlements to be taxable. Visit
• 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.
• The following incentives may be authorized: Student Loan Repayment, Advanced In-hire, Recruitment Incentive, Relocation Incentive, Advanced Leave Accrual.

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding.

Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.