Supervisory District Engineer

US Indian Health Service; Bemidji (MN); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

US Indian Health Service (IHS) Sanitation Facilities Construction seeks an engineer to support planning, design, and construction of water, wastewater, and solid waste facilities for tribal communities. You will collaborate on projects and contribute to technical design and cost estimates.

To qualify, possess an engineering degree (ABET-accredited) or equivalent, and demonstrate PE licensure or eligibility (EI/EIT/FE). Experience with design documents and procurement is valued.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering; ABET-accredited or equivalent.
• Professional registration/licensure (PE) or eligible via EI/EIT/FE exam.
• Experience with design documents, drawings, specs, and cost estimates preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert technical guidance on water, wastewater, or solid waste facility projects.
• Assist in preparing design documents, construction drawings, specs, and procurement documents.
• Contribute to technical reviews and cost estimates for funded projects.

Education

ABET-accredited engineering degree (Bachelor's)

Job description

Want to have positive impact working in diverse environments? Join us at IHS Sanitation Facilities Construction! We collaborate with American Indian Tribes to plan, design, and construct water, wastewater, and solid waste facilities. Visit www.ihs.gov/dsfc or email [e-mail]. The position is eligible for the IHS Student Loan Repayment Program with selection based on IHS priorities and available funds.

A REAL ID will be required beginning May 7, 2025, in accordance with 6 C.F.R. 37.5 (2021) To qualify for this position, your resume must state sufficient experience and/or education, to perform the duties of the specific position for which you are applying.

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; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer and part-time experience. You must clearly identify the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the total number of hours per week.

BASIC REQUIREMENT(S)

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), 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, 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. (The above examples of related curricula are not all inclusive.)

In addition to the Basic Requirements, you must also meet the Minimum Qualifications stated below.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Your resume must demonstrate at least one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level in the Federal service obtained in either the private or public sector performing the following type of work and/or tasks:

GS-13:

Experience providing expert technical advice and guidance to management and staff concerning operational issues of community and individual water supply, wastewater, or solid waste facilities; preparing design documents, construction drawings, technical specifications and procurement documents; and preparing/reviewing engineering reports and cost estimates for funded projects.

Selective Factor:

• Professional and comprehensive knowledge of the theories, principles, practices and techniques of civil/environmental health and engineering as evidenced by possession of a Professional Engineering (PE) license issued by any U.S. State the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico.

You must meet all qualification requirements within 30 days of the closing date of the announcement. 08/24/2026