Location: New Orleans, LA
Company: United States Army
to include the Geologist/Geophysical Scientist Group, Environmental Group, Soils Laboratory Group, and the Drill Crew. Duties Works with the Branch Chief Deputy Branch Chief and Project Managers in developing input and monitoring project budgets, schedules, and scopes related to subsurface investigation, laboratory testing, and geologic and environmental engineering support Serves as a consultant to Branch Chief and Deputy Branch Chief responsible for geotechnical features, resolving problems, providing advice, and developing procedures for various geotechnical design and analysis.
Direct, coordinate and supervise the activities of professional personnel engaged in conducting geologic
and engineering studies which support foundation designs for levees, embankments, floodgates, pumping stations, control structures, and bridges. Supervise staff in the development of geologic and geotechnical or environmental engineering input for reconnaissance, feasibility reports, and design memoranda and coordinate assigned studies with personnel of other organizational elements.
Requirements Conditions of Employment Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation. One-year probationary period may be required. A current, active, full, and unrestricted license as a Registered Professional Engineer (PE) or Professional
Geologist (PG) will be required at entry and must be maintained for continued employment.
This position is covered under the Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA). Certification in the Acquisition Functional Area and category assigned to the position is required within established category timeframes. Financial Disclosure is required during the first month of employment and annually thereafter. One-year supervisory probationary period may be required. Qualifications Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the education and experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.
g. Peace Corps, Ameri Corps) and other organizations (e. g. professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is. Basic Education Requirement for Each Series: ANDSpecialized experience for the GS-13: One year of specialized experience which includes 1) Conducting studies involving soil and foundations problems encountered during construction of new projects and recommending appropriate remedial action; 2) Analyzing test results of soil samples and other data obtained in field investigations; 3) Analyzing foundation conditions for various structures, e.
g. flood walls, retaining walls, drainage systems, etc. AND 4) Identifying, reporting and correcting material weaknesses. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-12).
Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted. Qualification requirement: Qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement. How You Will Be Evaluated You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above. Once the announcement has closed, a review of (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) will be used to determine whether you meet the qualification requirements listed on this announcement.
If, after reviewing your resume and/or supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications and/or experience, you may lose consideration for this position. Please follow all instructions carefully when applying, errors or omissions may affect your eligibility. You should list any relevant performance appraisals and incentive awards in your resume as that information may be taken into consideration during the selection process. If selected, you may be required to provide supporting documentation.
Veterans and Military Spouses will be considered along with all other candidates. Required Documents The documents you are required to submit vary based on whether or not you are eligible for preference in federal employment. A complete description of preference categories and the associated required documents is in the. As described above, your complete application includes your resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and documents which prove your eligibility to apply. If you fail to provide these documents, you will be marked as having an incomplete application package and you will not be considered any further.
1. Your resume: Your resume may be submitted in any format and must support the specialized experience described in this announcement. If your resume includes a photograph or other inappropriate material or content, it will not be used to make eligibility and qualification determinations and you may not be considered for this vacancy. For qualifications determinations your resume must contain hours worked per week and the dates of employment (i. e. HRS per week and month/year to month/year or month/year to present). If your resume does not contain this information, your application may be marked as incomplete and you may not receive consideration for this position.
For additional information see: 2. Other supporting documents: Cover Letter, optional Most recent Performance Appraisal, if applicable This position has an individual occupational requirement and does not allow for substitution of education for experience. You MUST submit a copy of your transcript with your application package or you will be rated ineligible. See: This position requires a job-related license or certification. You MUST submit a copy of your license or certification with your application package or you will be rated ineligible.
See: NOTE: Documents submitted as part of the application package, to include supplemental documents, may be shared beyond the Human Resources Office. Some supplemental documents such as military orders and marriage certificates may contain personal information for someone other than you. You may sanitize these documents to remove another person's personal information before you submit your application. You may be asked to provide an un-sanitized version of the documents if you are selected to confirm your eligibility.
If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements: Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U. S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from. Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating. PDN-9ad5d34e-9269-49c4-8d41-5fc5e83cd757
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