Civil Engineer (Structural).

US Army Corps of Engineers; Fargo (ND); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

US Army Corps of Engineers is seeking a Senior Structural Engineer to plan, coordinate, prepare, and review complex structural designs and technical specifications. The role requires resolving challenging engineering problems, guiding project decisions, and ensuring alignment with scope, schedule, and budget.

The incumbent leads cross-disciplinary coordination, provides input to project management plans, and, when assigned as Lead/Project Engineer, manages aspects across multiple technical teams

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering from ABET-accredited program.
• Current professional registration (EI/EIT/PE) or FE exam.
• Experience in planning, design review, and project coordination in structural engineering.

Responsibilities

• Plan, coordinate, prepare, and review structural engineering designs and specifications.
• Resolve complex engineering problems and guide design decisions.
• Lead planning and execution of programs, coordinating across disciplines.
• Provide technical input to management and AE firms to establish policies and procedures.

Skills

Structural engineering

Project coordination

Design review

Technical guidance

Budget planning

Policy adherence

Education

ABET-accredited engineering program

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Job description

• As senior specialist, the incumbent performs professional engineering work with primary responsibility for planning, coordinating, preparing, and reviewing structural engineering, design, and technical specifications.


• Resolve complicated engineering problems and makes decisions on the design, analysis and evaluation of project features.


• As Senior Structural Engineer, plans for the accomplishment of projects in terms of scope, schedule and budget.


• Provide input to the Project Management Plan and, when assigned as Lead/Project Engineer, coordinates those aspects of assigned projects between various technical disciplines.


• Coordinate the overall planning and development of technical products(plans, specifications, reports, etc.).


• Render technical advice to higher level management, District personnel, and Architect-Engineer (AE) firms, where applicable to establish basic policies and procedures on structural engineering and design matters.


• Develop structural designs. Personally performs the more complex or controversial phases of design work. In general, the work requires technical skill, adaptation and special knowledge of precedents, techniques, or procedures.


• As a program manager, incumbent is responsible for the planning, execution and reporting of the program in accordance with applicable law and regulation.

Duties

• As senior specialist, the incumbent performs professional engineering work with primary responsibility for planning, coordinating, preparing, and reviewing structural engineering, design, and technical specifications.


• Resolve complicated engineering problems and makes decisions on the design, analysis and evaluation of project features.


• As Senior Structural Engineer, plans for the accomplishment of projects in terms of scope, schedule and budget.


• Provide input to the Project Management Plan and, when assigned as Lead/Project Engineer, coordinates those aspects of assigned projects between various technical disciplines.


• Coordinate the overall planning and development of technical products(plans, specifications, reports, etc.).


• Render technical advice to higher level management, District personnel, and Architect-Engineer (AE) firms, where applicable to establish basic policies and procedures on structural engineering and design matters.


• Develop structural designs. Personally performs the more complex or controversial phases of design work. In general, the work requires technical skill, adaptation and special knowledge of precedents, techniques, or procedures.


• As a program manager, incumbent is responsible for the planning, execution and reporting of the program in accordance with applicable law and regulation.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.


• Relocation/PCS MAY BE authorized.


• Recruitment/Relocation/Retention Incentive MAY BE authorized.


• See other requirements below.

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

Basic Requirement For The Civil Engineering (Structural), 0810 Series

• Bachelor's Degree in professional engineering. To be acceptable, the curriculum must: (1) be in a school of engineering with at least one curriculum accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) as a professional engineering curriculum; 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 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 9/7/2018 14:59 EDT Page 3 of 5 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. In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below:

Gs-12

Specialized Experience Required:

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes meeting THREE OF THE FOLLOWING: 1) Apply professional structural engineering concepts in the course of developing design solutions; 2) perform field inspections of structural features of ongoing or completed projects; 3) Plan and/or review structural engineering, design, and or technical specifications in support of a program; and 4) prepare routine designs of structural features or construction projects, to include: flood control projects, navigation projects, river and harbor projects, recreation projects, environmental preservation and restoration projects, and/or military projects. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11) or equivalent level.

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

Education

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:

Additional information

• 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 Construction, Engineering, Infrastructure Career Field position.


• Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement.


• Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement.


• 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.

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.