Civil Engineer (Structural).

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

Job summary

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Tulsa, OK seeks a Structural Engineering Technical Specialist to manage bridge and hydraulic structural steel inspection programs, ensure compliance with engineering regulations, and advise leadership on technical issues.

The role involves budget development, resource planning, and coordination with district and higher offices. The incumbent will serve as District's Bridge Program Manager, support HSS program planning and budgeting, and review engineering

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or higher with ABET-accredited program.
• State licensure as Professional Engineer (PE) required.
• Experience in bridge/structural inspection and program management preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide structural engineering expertise for district bridge and hydraulic structural steel inspection programs.
• Develop and manage budgets; monitor expenditures and funding projections.
• Serve as District Bridge Program Manager and coordinate with USACE and regulatory bodies.
• Review planning, design and construction documentation for bridges and HSS features.
• Perform QC reviews and value engineering studies; advise leadership on technical matters.

Skills

Structural engineering

Budget management

Regulatory compliance

Program management

Stakeholder coordination

Education

PE licensure

Job description

• Function as a structural engineering technical specialist in the Infrastructure Branch with program management responsibilities for the District’s bridge and hydraulic structural steel inspection programs.
• Ensure the District is in compliance with applicable engineering regulations.
• Interacts with higher level offices as circumstance demands.
• Develop and submit program budgets, monitors expenditures, and assists in projecting future funding requirements to meet the inspection goals.
• Provide structural engineering expertise and guidance to departmental chiefs and counterparts at the District, USACE, government agencies and private interests.
• Serves as the District's Bridge Program Manager.
• Schedule meetings, maintains bridge database, develops inspection resourcing plans, resolves resourcing conflicts, manages program budgets and funding, and provides technical and administrative advice and assistance to leadership.
• Assist Hydraulic Structural Steel (HSS) Program manager with the inspection program. This requires coordination with the Operations Division to develop a 5-year inspection plan, including schedule and budget, and resources necessary for inspection.
• Review and approves structural engineering features and applications of planning, design and construction documentation for bridges, gates and other HSS (hydraulic structural steel) features.
• Perform quality control reviews, independent technical reviews and value engineering studies within the structural discipline.
• Act as technical structural consultant to Project Management and Resource Management on issues dealing with systemic processes and procedures.
• Provides technical support to Construction Division in non-routine matters involving disputes, differing interpretations of contract requirements and/or complex relationships of systems and subsystems.

Duties

• Function as a structural engineering technical specialist in the Infrastructure Branch with program management responsibilities for the District’s bridge and hydraulic structural steel inspection programs.
• Ensure the District is in compliance with applicable engineering regulations.
• Interacts with higher level offices as circumstance demands.
• Develop and submit program budgets, monitors expenditures, and assists in projecting future funding requirements to meet the inspection goals.
• Provide structural engineering expertise and guidance to departmental chiefs and counterparts at the District, USACE, government agencies and private interests.
• Serves as the District's Bridge Program Manager.
• Schedule meetings, maintains bridge database, develops inspection resourcing plans, resolves resourcing conflicts, manages program budgets and funding, and provides technical and administrative advice and assistance to leadership.
• Assist Hydraulic Structural Steel (HSS) Program manager with the inspection program. This requires coordination with the Operations Division to develop a 5-year inspection plan, including schedule and budget, and resources necessary for inspection.
• Review and approves structural engineering features and applications of planning, design and construction documentation for bridges, gates and other HSS (hydraulic structural steel) features.
• Perform quality control reviews, independent technical reviews and value engineering studies within the structural discipline.
• Act as technical structural consultant to Project Management and Resource Management on issues dealing with systemic processes and procedures.
• Provides technical support to Construction Division in non-routine matters involving disputes, differing interpretations of contract requirements and/or complex relationships of systems and subsystems.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Obtain and Maintain valid state driver's license.
• Business Travel (TDY) up to 10%.
• Obtain and Maintain licensed professional civil engineer (PE) or licensed professional structural engineer (SE).

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 Civil Engineer (Structural)

• 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.

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

Specialized Experience

One year of specialized experience by Performing structural engineering design or analyses for structures which include dams or bridges, AND Inspecting structures to identify or recommend solutions to current condition or construction deficiencies; AND Communicating with management, organizational personnel, customers, or contractors to successfully resolve complex issues related to structural engineering design. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-12).

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.

• NOTE: You MUST provide a copy of your transcripts with your application package or you will be rated ineligible.***

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(n)Career Field 18 position.
• Salary includes applicable locality pay, Local Market Supplement or Special Salary Rate Table.
• Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement.
• 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.
• Incumbent must be comfortable working at heights in an under-bridge inspection truck (snooper truck).

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.