Supervisory Interdisciplinary

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers • Galveston, TX

2d • Onsite

About The Position

This is a Supervisory Interdisciplinary, GS-14 position with the Fort Worth District, Regional Planning and Environmental Center (RPEC) with the duty station of Galveston, Texas. Duties include serving as Branch Chief, responsible for the technical sufficiency of planning documents prepared by government personnel and contract architect-engineering firms for Civil Works programs. The role involves planning, organizing, directing, and preparing technical studies for planning projects within the region and providing comprehensive technical support to the Fort Worth, Galveston, Little Rock, and Tulsa Districts. The Branch Chief will direct and coordinate through subordinate supervisors, each supported by subordinate staff comprised of engineers, scientists, economists, and other technical specialists. This position directs planning studies for civil works planning activities of the Region, participates in project scope, time, cost, and quality issues to meet customer/partner expectations, and supports the Deputy District Engineers (PPM) in all four geographic districts on technical schedule and cost issues. The role is responsible for the Region’s plan formulation process and evaluation of monetary and non-monetary benefits derived from existing and proposed Civil Works projects. The Branch Chief will advise the Director, district commanders, and senior leadership about impending delays or possible alternatives to avert delays, and represent the Region at conferences and provide expert testimony in civil works issues.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• One year supervisory probationary period may be required.
• Must meet the education and experience requirements.
• 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).
• Resume must clearly describe relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, transcripts will be required.
• BASIC EDUCATION REQUIREMENT: Social Science Series, 0101 Degree: behavioral or social science; or related disciplines appropriate to the position. OR Combination of education and experience that provided the applicant with knowledge of one or more of the behavioral or social sciences equivalent to a major in the field. OR Four years of appropriate experience that demonstrated that the applicant has acquired knowledge of one or more of the behavioral or social sciences equivalent to a major in the field.
• OR Economist Series, 0110: A. Degree: economics, that included at least 21 semester hours in economics and 3 semester hours in statistics, accounting, or calculus. OR B. Combination of education and experience: courses equivalent to a major in economics, as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education.
• OR Archeology Series, 0193: A. Education - Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) that included 3 semester hours each in the following course areas: (1) history of archeology; (2) archeology of a major geographical area such as North America or Africa; (3) regional archeology, archeological cultures, or sites in a specific part or portion of a major geographical area to acquire or develop a foundation for regional specialization for professional development; (4) theory and methods of archeology. Methods include, but are not limited to, typology, classification, sampling, cultural evolution, diffusion, dating, and analytical techniques; (5) archeological field school, to provide a basic understanding of theoretical and practical approaches to research design implementation, field preservation techniques, and report preparation by participation in actual field work; AND six semester hours of related course work in: (1) geography, geology, or cultural geography; (2) history, historiography, or historical archeology; (3) environmental studies; (4) scientific writing (nonfiction English composition); and/or (5) surveying; AND archeological field school. OR B. Education - Related Curriculum: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in anthropology (with emphasis on ethnology, physical anthropology, or scientific linguistics), history, American studies, or a related discipline may be accepted as satisfying in full the educational requirements, provided the curriculum supplied academic course work sufficiently similar to the requirements listed in A above (including archeological field school). OR C. Combination of Education and Experience: College-level education or training that provided knowledge equivalent to that described in A above, plus appropriate technical experience or additional education. OR D. Experience: Four years of archeological work experience that demonstrated a thorough knowledge of the fundamental principles and theories of professional archeology. The work experience must have included archeology field experience, which may include that gained in an archeological field school. Field experience should have included a combination of professional experience in archeological survey, excavation, laboratory analysis, and preparation of written materials. Applicants with such field experience should, after additional experience under the direction of a higher grade archeologist, be able to demonstrate the ability to be a crew chief, directing the work of others at a single location as a part of a larger archeological project.
• OR General Natural Resources Management and Biological Sciences Series, 0401: A. Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in biological sciences, agriculture, natural resource management, chemistry, or related disciplines appropriate to the position. OR B. Combination of Education and Experience: Courses equivalent to a major, as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education.
• SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: One year of specialized experience which includes: 1) Overseeing a planning program comprised of complex engineering, environmental, or planning studies; AND 2) Preparing high-quality reports, technical assessments, or planning documents that are policy compliant for civil works planning activities; AND 3) Leading a multidisciplinary team of engineers, scientists, and planning professionals, which includes assigning workloads, setting performance goals, mentoring staff, and/or resolving conflicts to optimize workforce utilization.
• This required experience must be clearly indicated on resume.
• No substitution of education for experience is permitted.
• Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
• You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship.
• This position requires you to submit a Public Financial Disclosure Report (OGE 278) or a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report (OGE450) upon entry, and annually thereafter.
• This position requires a 1 year probationary period during which the agency evaluates your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
• Direct deposit of pay is required.
• Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees.
• Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

Nice To Haves

• For the rest of the available series BASIC REQUIREMENTS see "EDUCTATION" section of announcement!
• BASIC REQUIREMENTS CONTINUED... Civil Engineering Series, 0810 & Environmental Engineering Series, 0819: 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 hrs 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.
• General Physical Sciences Series, 1301: A. Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in physical science, engineering, or mathematics that included 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science such as mechanics, dynamics, properties of materials, and electronics. OR B. Combination of Education and Experience: Courses equivalent to one of the majors, as shown in A above, that included at least 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science, plus appropriate experience or additional education.
• If you have retired from federal service and you are interested in employment as a reemployed annuitant, see the information in the Reemployed Annuitant information sheet.
• This is a(n) Engineers and Scientists (Resources and Construction) Career Program position aligned under the Construction, Analysis, Science, Infrastructure & Engineers (CASIE) Career Management Directorate.
• Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement.
• Payment of Permanent Change of Station (PCS) costs is authorized, subject to the provisions of the Joint Travel Regulations.

Responsibilities

• Serve as Branch Chief, responsible for the technical sufficiency of planning documents prepared by government personnel and contract architect-engineering firms for Civil Works programs.
• Plan, organize, direct, and prepare technical studies for planning projects within the region.
• Provide comprehensive technical support to the Fort Worth, Galveston, Little Rock, and Tulsa Districts.
• Direct and coordinate through subordinate supervisors, each supported by subordinate staff comprised of engineers, scientists, economists, and other technical specialists.
• Direct planning studies for civil works planning activities of the Region.
• Participate and be actively involved in project scope, time, cost, and quality issues to meet customer/partner expectations.
• Support the Deputy District Engineers (PPM) in all four geographic districts as required on technical schedule and cost issues.
• Be responsible for the Region’s plan formulation process and evaluation of monetary and non-monetary benefits derived from existing and proposed Civil Works projects.
• Advise Director, district commanders, and senior leadership about impending delays or possible alternatives to avert delays.
• Represent the Region at conferences and provide expert testimony in civil works issues.

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: Manager