Engineering Technician (Civil) (Open to both U.S. Citizens and Federal Employees)

Federal Highway Administration•Grand Junction, CO

About The Position

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has Engineering Technician (Civil) positions in the Central Federal Lands Highway Division (CFLHD). Projects are primarily on federal lands managed by other agencies, such as the National Park Service and U.S. Forest Service, and may span multiple states. The Engineering Technician serves as a senior project engineering technician to the Contracting Officer or Contracting Officer Representative, administering construction contracts on site. The role helps ensure contract requirements are technically sound and that construction complies with plans and specifications. The position involves monitoring project documentation and work measurements; reviewing testing, schedules, estimates, surveys, controls, methods, funding, and other project issues; and coordinating project meetings with agencies, utilities, landowners, designers, officials, suppliers, and contractors. The target applicants are mid- to late-career hires with experience inspecting and administering highway construction contracts. The work involves travel and some physical exertion, including bending, crouching, climbing, lifting, and walking long distances. Employees may encounter varying weather and terrain conditions.

Requirements

Be a U.S. citizen or U.S. national and eligible for consideration.
For Grade 12, have at least one year of experience equal or equivalent to GS-11.
Experience administering and inspecting federal, state, or local highway construction projects involving operations such as grading, drainage, bridge construction, retaining wall construction, traffic flow and maintenance, and recycled or conventional paving.
Experience applying highway technical engineering standards, practices, methods, and procedures to highway design, surveying, geotechnical analysis, erosion control, preparing plans, specifications, or estimate (PS&E) packages, and calculating pay-item quantities for highway and bridge construction.
Federal applicants must meet applicable time-in-grade requirements, including 52 weeks at the next lower grade when required.
Submit the application, resume, and required documents by the announcement closing date.
Males born after December 31, 1959, must be registered for Selective Service.
Use a government contractor-issued travel card for official business only and retain it as required.
Complete a one-year probationary period if required.
Submit a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report (OGE Form 450) within 30 days of appointment and annually thereafter if selected.

Responsibilities

Serve as senior project engineering technician to the Contracting Officer or Contracting Officer Representative, administering construction contracts on site.
Help ensure construction contract content is technically sound and construction complies with plans and specifications.
Monitor project documentation and measurement of work.
Review material testing, project schedules, progress estimates, surveys, traffic controls, environmental controls, construction methods, project funding, and other construction issues.
Monitor contract specification requirements for compliance.
Plan, organize, and facilitate project meetings with owning agencies, utilities, landowners, designers, local officials, suppliers, and contractors, including formal partnering meetings.