Civil Engineer

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Vicksburg (MS); On-site; USD 65,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Mississippi seeks a qualified engineer to plan, develop, and administer an assigned portion of the MVK District's Inspection and Evaluation Program.

You will help ensure the safety and operational adequacy of levees, pumping stations, dams, locks, drainage structures, bridges, and other critical civil works. Qualifications include a bachelor’s degree in engineering (ABET-accredited preferred) and professional licensure or registration (EI/EIT/PE).

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering from an ABET-accredited program.
• Education/experience meeting core engineering knowledge and application as described in the standard.
• Professional licensure (EI/EIT/PE) by a state licensure board.

Responsibilities

• Plans, develops, and administers an assigned portion of the District's Inspection and Evaluation Program.
• Ensures safety and operational adequacy of MVK District structures including levees, pumping stations, flood control dams, navigation locks and dams, drainage structures, and bridges.

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Engineering licensure or registration (EI/EIT/PE)

ABET-accredited program or equivalent coursework

Job description

About the Position:

Plans, develops, and administers an assigned portion of the District's Inspection and Evaluation Program to insure the safety and operational adequacy of assigned structures in the Vicksburg District to include levees, pumping stations, flood control dams, navigation locks and dams, drainage control structures, bridges etc. covered by the MVK Periodic Inspection and Continuing Evaluation of completed civil works structures.

Who May Apply

Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel Workforce Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473 Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 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 Engineers:

• A. 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 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), 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) 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. 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 A above. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program. 4. Related curriculum - Successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree in an appropriate scientific field, e.g., engineering technol