Civil Engineer

Bureau of Reclamation • Lakewood, CO

4d • Hybrid

About The Position

You will serve as a CIVIL ENGINEER in the Project Management group of the Technical Service Center. This group provides project management to the Bureau of Reclamation's most complex engineering projects. These positions are located within the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Denver, LAKEWOOD, COLORADO.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. Citizen or National.
• Appointment subject to background investigation and favorable adjudication.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• Direct Deposit participation required.
• Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check.
• Professional Engineering (P.E.) registration is required for this position.
• Will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period.
• 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.
• 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.
• Professional registration or licensure -- Current registration as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT)1, or licensure as a Professional Engineer (PE) by any State, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico.
• Evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) 2 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.
• 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 1.
• 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, provided the applicant has had at least 1 year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance.
• At least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). Specialized experience is defined as demonstrated experience: Planning, organizing, and managing complex engineering projects, including scope and schedule development, risk identification, and ensuring timely, high-quality deliverables.
• Reviewing or overseeing technical products (such as designs, analyses, reports, or studies) to ensure accuracy, adequacy, and compliance with standards.
• Applying professional engineering and science related knowledge relevant to civil engineering in support of water storage and conveyance, water treatment, hydropower, pumping plant, or related technical systems.

Responsibilities

• Plans, develops, directs, and prepares procedures, policies, and protocols for engineering studies, designs, and special projects that require advanced engineering analysis.
• Leads and advises technical teams, directing technical procedures and practices for the teams.
• Engineering analysis for studies and projects include technical planning activities; data collection; modeling and data analyses; analyses of site location and/or conditions; or risk estimation and analyses.
• Provides technical reviews, peer reviews, and checking of designs, drawings, engineering analysis, and technical documents, specifications, and contract correspondence, ensuring documents are accurate and quality assurance processes were followed.
• Lead technical team on large and technically complex projects, guide the critical path of a job, prepare project management initiation, planning, executing, monitoring/controlling, and closeout documents, and facilitate meetings/workshops.
• Applying qualitative and quantitative analytical techniques and project management principles, methods, tools, and techniques to direct, develop, schedule, coordinate, monitor, and manage projects.
• Distinguish between relevant and irrelevant information to make logical decisions and develop solutions and communicating effectively with all levels and types of audiences.
• Advises senior leadership, program officials, and colleagues on engineering analysis, recommendations, and study conclusions.
• Communicate in a clear, concise, organized, and convincing manner of technical information for the intended audience.
• Organize and prepare, or direct and coordinate the preparation of, materials such as specifications documents, reports, meeting minutes, travel reports, drawings, maps, graphs, or figures; deliver oral presentations or briefings; and participate in or lead meetings - to communicate, promote TSC capabilities, and convey work status and findings to team, clients, superiors, and others.

Benefits

• A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package.
• As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding.
• Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior