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Summary Reclamation is seeking a career professional looking for an opportunity to capitalize on their expertise as a Supervisory Civil Engineer. You can make a difference in the West by assisting in meeting increasing water demands while protecting the environment. Duty Location: Lakewood, Colorado Please limit your resume to 5 pages. If more than 5 pages are submitted, only the first 5 pages will be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualifications. Responsibilities This position serves as the Supervisory Civil Engineer for the Dam Safety Office and in all aspects of the Dam Safety Program development, management, and guidance of Safety Evaluation of Existing Dams (SEED), Safety of Dams (SOD), and Department Dam Safety appropriated programs and workload activities. These activities include lead responsibilities for the adequacy of SEED and SOD program priorities, scheduling, funding of Reclamation activities, program performance measurements, budget development, and financial management of programs. The incumbent is responsible for providing engineering and management advice to the Chief; Dam Safety Office, Director of Dam Safety and Infrastructure, the Commissioner, and Regional Directors on the Dam Safety Program to ensure conformance with national priorities and to maintain the Bureau's leadership role in Dam Safety. The incumbent has the authority to effect and is responsible for dam safety programs and project development, project implementation, supervision, and management. The incumbent is responsible for program formulation, collaborating to develop the appropriated budget, coordination, administration, and overview of policies, objectives, procedures, accomplishments, and other activities. The incumbent also operates as a team "leader" for other Reclamation Dam Safety Program Managers to ensure that resources are balanced to match Reclamation-wide risks and that overall consistency is maintained throughout Reclamation. Serves as a contact for development and operation of Dam Safety Program activities in the Bureau and the Department. Coordinates the development of complete Dam Safety Program services including training, inspection, analysis and design activities for clients. Coordinates with the Technical Service Center (TSC), Region, and Area Offices for required technical resources. Prioritizes, schedules, scopes, coordinates, and overviews Dam Safety Program activities for Reclamation and Departmental clients dam safety activities, in order to effectively achieve the programmatic mission, objectives, and goals. Initiates, prepares, and/or reviews legislation, budget requests, and correspondence relating to the work of the Dam Safety Program. Serves as the technical expert and consultant in dam safety engineering. Provides program and procedural guidance to other organizations. Incumbent will provide planning, analysis, and design of dam systems and structures. Provides advisory assistance for other organizational units within Reclamation, as well as to other Government agencies. Incumbent will provide advisory services in the planning and design process, and engineering management services for design, construction, sustainment, and decommissioning projects. Functions as authoritative spokesperson for procedure requirements and reports. Incumbent will seek the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) clearance and Congressional authorization for construction within the SOD program. Incumbent will utilize broad program knowledge/expertise, relevant engineering experience, and management techniques to accomplish difficult program and policy problems, and other projects of a complete nature. The incumbent directly oversees implementation of the Dam Safety staff, program, and projects throughout the entirety of Reclamation and other bureaus in the Department of Interior, which impacts dam safety. Incumbent will provide technical conditions and narratives of work to be achieved. Incumbent will schedule and designate work when necessary. Incumbent will establish deadlines. Incumbent will track quality and performance improvements. Incumbent will accept, decline, or amend work products. The incumbent will ascertain which program activities or developments have a bearing on the area of work and will address them appropriately. Evaluates operations to make work assignments, assesses and enhances program and policy efficiency and effectiveness; makes, coordinates and/or recommends improvements. Interviews candidates and makes selections for non-supervisory positions. Develops performance standards; evaluates work performance. Makes decisions on work problems presented by subordinates and management; recommends/approves serious disciplinary actions. Approves within-grade increases, extensive overtime, and travel expenses. Approves personnel awards/bonuses and changes in personnel management actions. Provides direction and guidance to staff in establishing a commitment to diversity, and sensitivity for equal employment opportunity. Evaluates organizational effectiveness in terms of expectations for positive achievement in affirmative action and workforce diversity initiatives. Provides administrative supervision to all staff within the group, makes decisions on training costs that are exorbitant, non-routine, or contentious. Requirements Conditions of Employment You must be a U.S. Citizen or U.S. National. You must be suitable for federal employment, determined by a background investigation. You must submit a resume and supporting documentation (see Required Documents). You must submit eligibility documents for veterans consideration (see Required Documents). You must meet any minimum education and/or experience requirements (see Qualifications). You must submit transcript(s) to verify education requirements (see Qualifications/Education). Professional Engineer: A current valid Professional Engineering (P.E.) license. Provide proof of license with the application. Failure to provide proof of the license may result in an ineligible rating. Who May Apply: Bureau of Reclamation Employees (Competitive) Bureau of Reclamation Employees (Non-Competitive) Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) Department of the Interior Employees (Competitive) Department of the Interior Employees (Non-Competitive) Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act (LMWFA) Qualifications To qualify for the Supervisory Civil Engineer, GS-0810-14, you must meet BOTH the Basic Qualification Requirement and the Additional Requirements. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience. A copy of your unofficial transcripts must be provided with your application. Basic Qualification Requirement for the 0810 Series: To be eligible for the position, you must meet the Basic Requirement for the position of Supervisory Civil Engineer: To be eligible for the position, you must possess one of the following: 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.) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT In addition to meeting the basic education requirement, you must also meet one of the following for the GS-0810-14 grade level. Specialized experience is obtained after the requirements noted under 'Basic Qualifications Requirements' are met. In order to be rated as qualified for this position, the HR Office must be able to determine that you meet the education and specialized experience requirement - this information must be clearly supported in the resume. To qualify at the GS-14, you must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to at least the GS-13 level in the federal government. Examples of specialized experience include leading teams and managing projects including developing and tracking budgets and schedules; inspecting, maintaining, or operating high hazard potential dams; risk analysis and risk assessment; evaluation of the structural safety of high hazard potential dams; and communicating sensitive issues to project stakeholders. 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 can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Time-In-Grade: Current career or career-conditional employees of the Federal government, or former career or career-conditional employees, who have a break in service of less than one year, are required to meet the time-in-grade restriction of one year of Federal experience at the next lower-grade, with few exceptions outlined in 5 CFR 300.603(b). Selective Placement Factor: This position requires a current, valid Professional Engineer License. Failure to provide proof of such license will cause you to be rated ineligible for this position. Expired documents will NOT be accepted. You must meet all Eligibility and Qualification requirements, including time-in-grade restrictions and any selective placement factors if applicable, by 04/14/2025. Education This position does not allow substituting education for experience. This position has a mandatory education requirement. You must provide a copy of your college transcript(s) (unofficial copy is acceptable). Transcripts must include the name of the college or university, specific courses, and the number of semester/quarter hours currently enrolled. A typed list of courses, grades, semester/quarter hours, GPA, etc. will not be accepted. If selected, applicants will be required to provide official college transcripts to verify educational qualifications prior to reporting for work. Accreditation: Only education from an accredited college or university recognized by the Department of Education is acceptable to meet education requirements or to substitute for experience, if applicable. For additional info, refer to the Office of Personnel Management and U.S. Department of Education. Foreign Education: To receive credit for education completed outside the United States, you must show proof that the education has been submitted to a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign educational credentials and such education has been deemed at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education programs. For additional info, refer to the U.S. Network for Education Information. Additional Information You may be required to serve an initial supervisory probation period. Reclamation has determined that the duties of this position are suitable for telework and you may be allowed to telework with supervisory approval. If otherwise eligible and qualified, you may be offered a relocation incentive. The decision to offer an incentive will be made on a case-by-case basis and is neither promised nor guaranteed. For information visit: Relocation Incentive. DOI uses E-Verify to confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees. To learn more about E-Verify, including applicant rights and responsibilities, please visit https://www.e-verify.gov/ This position is designated as a HIGH RISK Public Trust position. It requires a fully completed and favorably adjudicated Public Trust Suitability Background Investigation (T4 or T4R or equivalent) that is current (within the last 5 years). This is a condition of employment. Male applicants born after December 31, 1959 must certify registration with the Selective Service System or that the applicant is exempt from having to do so under the Selective Service Law. Go to: https://www.sss.gov This is a non-bargaining unit position. 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