Civil Engineer (Geotechnical), GS-0810-12 (14052) at US Army Corps of Engineers | Torre

Civil Engineer (Geotechnical), GS-0810-12 (14052)

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Los Angeles, CA, USA
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3 months ago

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Position Overview/DutiesServe as a Lead Engineer responsible for planning, managing, organizing and conducting inspections of dams, levees, and other flood risk reduction structures, including overseeing schedules and budgets.Prepare and direct the creation of detailed inspection reports, surveillance & monitoring plans, risk communication plans, interim risk reduction measures plans, and other technical documents. Responsible for the overall technical quality of dam and levee safety products.Act as the technical lead for multi-disciplinary teams conducting dam and levee safety studies and risk assessments, participate facilitate levee risk screenings.Support emergency preparedness and response by developing emergency action plans, serving special dam inspection teams, and conduct emergency exercises.Coordinate closely with Section Chief, Dam and Levee Safety Program Managers, federal, state, and local stakeholders on dam and levee safety matters.Prepare scopes of work to modify or repair deficiencies ees and other flood risk reduction structures. Procure and manage Architect-Engineer (A-E) contracts for necessary inspections, repairs and alterations. Conduct field inspections during construction to ensure compliance with design criteria.Other Conditions and RequirementsThis is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Certation 9905 to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service.Minimum Education RequirementDegree: 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,