Civil Engineer (Geotechnical)

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Omaha (NE); On-site; USD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Omaha District seeks a Senior Technical Expert in geotechnical engineering (soil mechanics) to advise on complex Civil Works projects, including flood risk reduction works such as levees and floodwalls.

The position requires a Bachelor’s degree in engineering (ABET-accredited or equivalent) and specialized experience in advanced geotechnical design. You will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, review designs, provide technical guidance, and ensure compliance

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering with ABET accreditation or equivalent.
• Experience applying geotechnical design in Civil Works projects.
• Specialized knowledge in soil mechanics and related analyses.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert geotechnical engineering advice for complex Civil Works projects and flood risk reduction work.
• Review and advise on geotechnical designs and related engineering analyses.

Skills

Geotechnical engineering

Soil mechanics

Civil Works project experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Job description

This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Certain Personnel of the DoD Workforce to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service.

About the Position:

This position serves as Senior Technical Expert with the Omaha District Corps of Engineers regarding the geotechnical engineering (soil mechanics) aspects of complex Civil Works projects including flood risk reduction projects (e.g. levees, floodwalls, and channelization projects).

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 Engineer:

1. A. Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in engineering. To be acceptable, the program must:
   1. (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);
   2. (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.
2. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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, 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.

Specialized Experience:

One year of specialized experience which includes the application of advanced concepts, principles, and practices of civil engineering design sufficient to provide expert advice and assistance on the overall geotechnical engineering discipline, and all geotechnical engineering aspects.