Supervisory Civil Engineer

US Federal Emergency Management Agency; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in Philadelphia, PA, seeks a senior civil engineer to lead hydrology and hydraulics work for flood hazard analysis, floodplain mapping, levees, and dam assessments supporting NFIP and Risk MAP. The role emphasizes collaboration with partners and effective contract oversight.

Qualified applicants will hold an engineering degree (ABET-accredited or equivalent) and may possess PE or FE/EIT licensure.

Qualifications

• Engineering degree with ABET accreditation or equivalent demonstrated by coursework in core engineering areas.
• Professional registration (EI/EIT) or PE licensure in any state.
• Experience applying hydrology/hydraulics to flood hazard analyses is essential.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a senior civil engineer performing/reviewing hydrology and hydraulics for flood hazard analysis, floodplain mapping, levees, and dams under NFIP and Risk MAP guidelines.
• Collaborate with partners and stakeholders in developing and reviewing flood hazard information.
• Apply knowledge of contracting processes and contract monitoring to support project delivery.

Skills

Hydrology & hydraulics

Flood hazard analysis

Contract management

Stakeholder collaboration

Team leadership

Education

Engineering degree (ABET-accredited or equivalent)

Professional Engineer (PE) licensure or FE/EIT

Job description

This position is located in Philadelphia, PA. The ideal candidate for this position will have experience leading teams and projects managing contractors in support of engineering analyses in the development of flood risk products related to floodplain mapping, dams and levees in support of FEMA flood risk analysis and mapping programs.

Current Federal employees must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade or equivalent grade band in the Federal service. The qualification requirements listed below must be met by the closing date of this announcement. In addition to the Minimum Qualifications requirement listed above, you must meet the education or combination of education/experience listed below under Basic Requirements. Submission of transcript is required. Unofficial transcript is acceptable at time of application. Official transcript will be required if selected.

Basic Requirements

A. Degree: Engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by 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)1, 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)2 examination or any other written test required for professional registration by an engineering licensure board in the various States, the District of Columbia, Guam, and 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 the basic requirements under paragraph A. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program as described in paragraph A. 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 bachelor's 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.

To qualify for this position at the GS-13 level, you must possess one full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-12 level in the Federal government, which has equipped you with the skills needed to successfully perform the duties of the position. Experience may be obtained in the federal government, a state or local government, or private sector, and must demonstrate the following:

• Serving as a senior-level civil engineer performing or reviewing hydrology and hydraulics associated with flood hazard analysis, floodplain mapping, levees, and dams in accordance with the National Flood Insurance Program and Risk MAP program regulations and guidance, AND
• Collaborating with a range of partners and stakeholders in the development and review of flood hazard information, AND
• Applying basic knowledge, experience, and skills in the contracting process and contract monitoring.

Please read the following important information to ensure we have everything we need to consider your application:

• Do not copy and paste the duties, specialized experience, or occupational assessment questionnaire from this announcement into your resume as that will not be considered a demonstration of your qualifications for this position.

• Please limit your resume to two pages. The USAJOBS database will not allow an applicant to submit an application that includes a resume over two pages.
• Your resume serves as the basis for experience related qualification determinations, and you must highlight your most relevant and significant work experience and education (if applicable), as it relates to this job opportunity. Please use your own words, be clear, and specific when describing your work history. We cannot make assumptions regarding your experience.

Are you qualifying based on your work experience?

• Qualifications are based on your ability to demonstrate in your resume that you possess one year of the specialized experience for this announcement at a comparable scope and responsibility. To ensure all of the essential information is in your resume, we encourage you to use the USAJOBS online Resume Builder. If you choose to use your own resume, it must contain the following information organized by experience/position: (1) job title, (2) name of employer, (3) start and end dates of each period of employment (from MM/DD/YY to MM/DD/YY), (4) detailed description of duties performed, accomplishments, and related skills, and (5) hours worked per week (part-time employment will be prorated in crediting experience). Federal experience/positions must also include the grade level, occupational series and dates in which you held each grade level.

• Are you a current or former FEMA Reservist/DAE employee? To accurately credit your experience from intermittent positions and Reservist Deployments, you must list the dates (from MM/DD/YY to MM/DD/YY) of deployments that are relevant to your qualifying experience, along with the job title and specific duties you were responsible for during each deployment.

• Determining length of General or Specialized Experience is dependent on the above information. Failure to provide the above information in your resume may result in your application being found "not qualified."

• 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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills, and provides valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

• For additional information on crediting experience and/or education, please reference the OPM General Schedule Qualification Standards