Civil Engineer (Recent Graduate)

Reclamation is seeking a career professional looking for an opportunity to capitalize on their expertise as a Civil Engineer (Recent Graduate). You can make a difference in the West by assisting in meeting increasing water demands while protecting the environment.

Duty Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico

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There are several vacancies available in different divisions and groups in the Albuquerque Area Office. Duties associated with each position are described below. Applicants will be considered for all of these positions.Duties per location:

Technical Services Division-River Analysis Group

• Plan and design river engineering projects involving bank protection, sedimentation, water conveyance, and habitat restoration, primarily on the Rio Grande in New Mexico.

• Analyze river conditions and long-term geomorphic, sedimentation, and hydraulic trends and identify risks to infrastructure, ecological function, and effective water delivery.

• Provide field engineering during construction of river projects, along with monitoring and adaptive management after construction.

Technical Services Division-Design & Construction Group

• Analyze and design facilities related to water resources engineering, including canals, hydraulic structures, tanks, pipelines, diversion dams, and other water conveyance infrastructure.

• Perform site inspections of water resources infrastructure and document findings.

• Perform general civil engineering work, including structural and geotechnical design and analysis, for bridges, buildings, diversion dams, retaining walls, and other infrastructure.

• Provide field engineering during construction of various civil engineering projects.

Facility Management Division-Facility Operation and Maintenance

• Develop or coordinate inundation maps and studies.

• Coordinate development of and conduct emergency management exercises.

• Perform and coordinate civil and hydrologic analysis necessary for emergency management activities.

• Perform evaluations and site inspections of water resources infrastructure.

• Participate in Risk Analysis activities for facilities.

Facility Management Division-Project Coordination

• Planning work including design data collection, cost estimating, and budget development.

• Develop and track schedules and budgets for projects.

• Coordinate project activities for operations, maintenance, and rehabilitation work on a variety of water resource related facilities including high hazard dams.

• Oversee and track project activities including during construction.

Pojoaque Engineering Division

• Develop and distribute GIS information to engineers, engineering consultants and stakeholders to convey relevant information through technical data preparation, reports and GIS mapping.

• Perform general civil engineering work; review, amend, and update definite plan reports for project needs.

• Aid in the preparation of construction contracts, help develop scopes of work and cost estimates.

• Prepare operation, maintenance, and replacement cost estimates for assigned project activities.

To be eligible for consideration, you must first meet the Basic Education Requirement for this position.

Basic Qualification Requirements

A. Successfully completed a full 4-year course of study leading to a bachelor's or higher degree in Engineering in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET).

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B. Successfully completed a full 4-year course of study leading to a Bachelor's or higher degree in Engineering that included differential and integral calculus and courses (more advanced than first-year physics and chemistry) in five (5) of the following seven (7) 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.

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C. Completed 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences, and that included the courses specified in B above. These courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program.

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D. Successfully completed a curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree in an appropriate scientific field such as engineering technology, physics, chemistry, architecture, computer science, mathematics, hydrology, or geology AND have at least one year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance. This must include 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.

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E. 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. Note: You must submit documentation of having passed the examination.

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F. Currently registered as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT), or licensed as a Professional Engineer (PE) by any State, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico. This registration must have been obtained by written test OR be in general engineering or a directly related engineering field and was gained by State grandfather or eminence provisions NOTE: You must submit copies of your current registration.

And

Specialized experience for the GS-07 level: 1-year specialized experience equivalent to at least GS-05 in the Federal service. Examples of specialized experience include work specific to civil engineering, including one or more of the following: water resources engineering, structural engineering, geotechnical engineering, environmental restoration, project management, or construction management.

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Have one year of graduate-level education or Superior Academic Achievement (SAA) by meeting one of the following: a grade point average (GPA) 3.0 or higher in all degree courses or in the final 2 years of undergraduate study or a graduating GPA of 3.5 or higher 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 two years of the curriculum; OR membership in a National honor society recognized by the Association of College Honor Societies.

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C. Have one year (18 semester hours) of graduate level education in engineering or a closely related field that provided the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to successfully complete the work of the position.

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D. Have a combination of specialized experience as described in "A" and graduate level education as described in "C" that, when combined, equals 100% of the total requirement.

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E. Have successfully completed a 5-year program of study of at least 160 semester hours leading to a bachelor's degree in engineering from an accredited institution.

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F. Have an engineering bachelor's degree and have appropriate specialized experience as an Engineering Technician equivalent to grade GS-5 or higher.

Specialized experience for the GS-09 level: 1-year specialized experience equivalent to at least GS-07 in the Federal service. Examples of specialized experience include work specific to civil engineering, including one or more of the following: water resources engineering, structural engineering, geotechnical engineering, environmental restoration, project management, or construction management.

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B. Have successfully completed 2 years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a master's degree or equivalent graduate degree or master's degree or higher in engineering or a closely related field that provided the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to successfully complete the work of the position.

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C. Have a combination of specialized experience as described in "A" and graduate level education as described in "C" that, when combined, equals 100% of the total requirement.

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D. Have successfully completed a bachelor's degree in engineering with SAA and have one year of professional engineering experience. Professional engineering experience is defined as non-routine engineering work that required professional knowledge of engineering; professional ability to apply such knowledge to engineering problems; and positive and continuing development of professional knowledge and ability.

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E. Have completed a 5-year program of study of at least 160 semester hours leading to a bachelor's degree in engineering and have one year of professional engineering experience. Professional engineering experience is defined as non-routine engineering work that required professional knowledge of engineering; professional ability to apply such knowledge to engineering problems; and positive and continuing development of professional knowledge and ability.

A period of student trainee work experience is equal to 320 hours of work experience.

Academic Year: At the undergraduate level, 30 semester hours or 45 quarter hours is comparable to 1 year of undergraduate education. Four years of progressive study or 120 semester hours meets the degree requirements. At the graduate level, 18 semester hours or 27 quarter hours.

Individuals serving in Recent Graduate appointments may be non-competitively converted to a permanent position with the Bureau of Reclamation upon successful completion of the program, but conversion is neither promised nor guaranteed. To be eligible for conversion to a permanent or term position, these Recent Graduates must also:

• Be a U.S. Citizen or National;

• Have completed at least one year of continuous service;

• Have demonstrated successful job performance as documented by a rating of record (or summary rating) of at least Fully Successful or equivalent;

• Be recommended for conversion by their manager or supervisor;

• Meet the Office of Personnel Management's qualification standards for the position to which the Intern will be converted (which may include a positive education requirement); and

• Meet all agency and program specific requirements as specified in their individual Participant Agreement.

If converted to a permanent or term appointment, the anticipated target position is a Civil Engineer GS-0810-11; however, that may change based on the need of the organization at that time. The full performance level of the target position will be dependent on the type of position and will be determined at the time of conversion. Recent Graduates converted to a term position in the competitive service may subsequently be non-competitively converted to a career or career-conditional appointment without further competition.