Job Description: We are hiring enthusiastic entry-level engineers in vertical construction, earthen and hydroelectric power dams, and more!
Queries and Resume Submittal
Interested candidates may submit queries for additional information and current resumes to:
Sean Denning at Sean.A.Denning@usace.army.mil
No Later Than March 31, 2023.
Qualifications Requirements and Starting Salary (Special Rate Table 0414 and Omaha Locality Table):
Related Secondary Education (Note: Transcripts required)
- To qualify for GS-05 grade: Bachelor's degree in engineering (below 3.0 GPA) - $53,937
- To qualify for GS-07 grade: Bachelor's degree in engineering (3.0 GPA or above) - $66,802
- To qualify for GS-09 grade: Master’s degree in engineering - $81,708
- To qualify for GS-11 grade: PhD degree in engineering - $92,928
Additional Information:
- Federal employee benefits – 11 paid holidays, vacation, and sick leave, 12 weeks paid parental leave.
- Health and life insurance, defined retirement benefit, and matching retirement savings.
- Flexible daily work schedule, telework opportunities.
- Compensation for all time worked over 40 hours per week.
- Student loan repayment and moving expenses may be paid.
- Conditions of Employment:
- Must be a U.S. Citizen.
- Personal Security/Background investigation required.
- Position Title(s): Civil Engineer GS-0810, Civil Engineer (Structural) GS-0810.
- Incumbent may be required to travel/perform Temporary Duty (TDY) 25% of the time.
- This is a full-time, permanent competitive position with a two-year trial/probationary period.
- Position will have non-competitive promotion potential to GS-11 level.
- Position is in Omaha, Nebraska, with the Engineering Division Design Branch.
- Must supply both a resume and transcripts to be considered. Failure to provide the required information could result in the loss of consideration for the position.
*** DIRECT HIRE - NOTICE*** DHA for Certain Personnel of the DoD Workforce
To be eligible for 0810 position you must meet the following requirements:
In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or 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).
Basic Requirement for Civil Engineer, GS-0810, Civil Engineer (Structural) GS-0810:
A. 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
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, or 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 A above. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program.
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 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-07 Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes: Assist in reviewing contractor records and test results for completeness and accuracy. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-05);
OR
Education: One full year of graduate level education in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position;
OR
Superior Academic Achievement: Successful completion of all the requirements for a bachelor's degree with Superior Academic Achievement. In order to be creditable under this provision, Superior Academic Achievement must have been gained in a curriculum that is qualifying for the position to be filled, such as that identified in Education above. Superior Academic Achievement is based on:(1) Class Standing - Applicants must be in the upper third of the graduating class in the college, university, or major subdivision, such as the College of Liberal Arts or the School of Business Administration, based on completed courses; OR(2) Grade-Point Average (G.P.A.) - Applicants must have a grade-point average of either (a) 3.0 or higher out of a possible 4.0 ("B" or better) as recorded on your official transcript, or as computed based on 4 years of education, or as computed based on courses completed during the final 2 years of the curriculum; or (b) 3.5 or higher out of a possible 4.0 ("B+" or better) based on the average of the required courses completed in the major field or the required courses in the major field completed during the final 2 years of the curriculum.; OR(3) Honor Society Membership - Applicants may be considered eligible based on membership in one of the approved national scholastic honor societies listed by the Association of College Honor Societies (https://www.achsnatl.org/);
OR
Combination of Education and Experience: Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) by 18. Add the two percentages.
NOTE: Grade point averages will be rounded to one decimal point. For example, 2.95 will round to 3.0, and 2.94 will round to 2.9.