Supervisory Civil Engineer
Philadelphia, PA
| Employer: | FEMA - Federal Emergency Management Agency |
| Job Type: | Full Time |
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Summary \u003Cp\u003EIn this position you will serve as a Supervisory Civil Engineer with Region 3, Mitigation Division, Risk Analysis Branch. The ideal candidate for this position will lead teams and projects managing contractors in support of engineering analyses in the development of flood risk products related to floodplain mapping, dams and levees in support of the Risk MAP program.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E \u003C/p\u003E Duties \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat will I do in this position if hired? \u003C/strong\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EIn this position, you will serve as a Supervisory Civil Engineer with Region 3 Mitigation Division. Typical assignments include:\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003ELeading staff in managing and overseeing highly technical and complex projects for floodplain mapping, dams and levees\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ERecommending technical direction and coordinating with other Regional Project Officers in conducting flood risk studies and mapping. \u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EReviewing completed work submitted by Regional mapping partners for technical adequacy of results and to determine conformance with FEMA policies, procedures, and methods. \u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ECollaborating with Federal Agencies, State Agencies, Tribes, local governments and other stakeholders in the development and review of flood hazard information. \u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EServing in grants administration and contracting functions, including Contracting Officer\u0027s Technical Representative\u003C/li\u003E\u003C/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat else do I need to know? \u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAt FEMA, our mission is to help people before, during and after disasters, and every employee at FEMA has a role in emergency management. \u003C/strong\u003EEvery FEMA employee has regular and recurring emergency management responsibilities, though not every position requires routine deployment to disaster sites. All positions are subject to recall around the clock for emergency management operations, which may require irregular work hours, work at locations other than the official duty station, and may include duties other than those specified in the employee\u0027s official position description. Travel requirements in support of emergency operations may be extensive in nature (weeks to months), with little advance notice, and may require employees to relocate to emergency sites with physically austere and operationally challenging conditions.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFEMA is committed to ensuring that its workforce reflects the diversity of the nation. \u003C/strong\u003EAt FEMA, our workforce includes the many identities, races, ethnicities, backgrounds, abilities, ages, cultures, and beliefs of the people we serve. To learn about FEMA\u0027s ongoing diversity and inclusion efforts, reasonable accommodation process, and the FEMA Core Values, please visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http://www.fema.gov/\u0022\u003Ewww.fema.gov\u003C/a\u003E.\u003C/p\u003E Requirements In order to qualify, you must meet the education \u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026 \u003C/strong\u003Especialized experience requirements described below at the time vacancy announcement closes.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EThis position has an individual occupational requirement at OPM Professional \u003Ca href=\u0022https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/files/all-professional-engineering-positions-0800.pdf\u0022\u003EEngineering Qualification Standard Professional Engineering (opm.gov)\u003C/a\u003E. In addition to the Minimum Qualifications requirement listed below, you must meet the education or combination of education/experience listed under Basic Requirements. Submission of transcript is required. Unofficial transcript is acceptable at time of application. Official transcript will be required if selected.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBasic Requirement for Civil Engineer (0810): (Unofficial transcripts required at the time of submission)\u003C/strong\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EA. Degree: \u003C/strong\u003EEngineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor\u0027s degree in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by ABET; or (2) include differential \u0026 integral calculus \u0026 courses (more advanced than first-year physics \u0026 chemistry) in five of the following seven areas of engineering science or physics: (a) statics, dynamics; (b) strength of materials (stress\u00AD strain relationships); (c) fluid mechanics, hydraulics; (d) thermodynamics; (e) electrical fields \u0026 circuits; (f) nature \u0026 properties of materials (relating particle \u0026 aggregate structure to properties); \u0026 (g) any other comparable area of fundamental engineering science or physics, such as optics, heat transfer, soil mechanics, or electronics.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cu\u003EOR\u003C/u\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EB. Combination of education \u0026 experience\u003C/strong\u003E college-level education, training, \u0026/or technical experience that furnished (1) a thorough knowledge of the physical \u0026 mathematical sciences underlying engineering, \u0026 (2) a good understanding, both theoretical \u0026 practical, of the engineering sciences \u0026 techniques \u0026 their applications to one of the branches of engineering. The adequacy of such background must be demonstrated by one of the following:\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E1. Professional registration or licensure\u003C/strong\u003E -- 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. 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\u0027s eminence provision as a manufacturing engineer typically would be rated eligible only for manufacturing engineering positions.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E2\u003C/strong\u003E. \u003Cstrong\u003EWritten Test\u003C/strong\u003E -- 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, \u0026 Puerto Rico.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E3.\u003C/strong\u003E \u003Cstrong\u003ESpecified academic courses\u003C/strong\u003E -- Successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, \u0026 engineering sciences \u0026 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 A.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E4.\u003C/strong\u003E \u003Cstrong\u003ERelated curriculum\u003C/strong\u003E -- Successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelor\u0027s 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 bachelor\u0027s degree in engineering, provided the applicant has had at least 1 year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision \u0026 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.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAND\u003C/strong\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESpecialized Experience:\u003C/strong\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo qualify for this position at the GS-13 level, you must possess one full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-12 level in the Federal government, which has equipped you with the skills needed to successfully perform the duties of the position. Experience may be obtained in the federal government, a state or local government, or private sector, \u0026 must demonstrate the following:\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EServe as a senior-level civil engineer reviewing hydrology \u0026 hydraulics associated with flood hazard analysis, floodplain mapping, levees, \u0026 dams in accordance with the National Flood Insurance Program \u0026 Risk MAP program regulations \u0026 guidance\u003Cb\u003E; AND\u003C/b\u003E\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ECollaborate with federal agencies, state agencies, tribal \u0026 local governments, \u0026 other stakeholders in the development \u0026 review of flood hazard information\u003Cb\u003E; AND\u003C/b\u003E\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EAdminister grants \u0026 contracts, including serving as a Contracting Officer\u0027s Representative.\u003C/li\u003E\u003C/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPlease read the following important information to ensure we have everything we need to consider your application:\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EDo not copy \u0026 paste the duties, specialized experience, or occupational assessment questionnaire from this announcement into your resume as that will not be considered a demonstration of your qualifications for this position.\u003C/li\u003E\u003C/ul\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EPlease limit your resume to five pages. If more than five pages are submitted, only the first five pages will be reviewed to determine your eligibility \u0026 qualifications.\u003C/li\u003E\u003C/ul\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EYour resume serves as the basis for experience related qualification determinations, \u0026 you must highlight your most relevant \u0026 significant work experience \u0026 education (if applicable), as it relates to this job opportunity. Please use your own words, be clear, \u0026 specific when describing your work history. We cannot make assumptions regarding your experience.\u003C/li\u003E\u003C/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAre you qualifying based on your work experience? \u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EQualifications are based on your ability to demonstrate in your resume that you possess one year of the specialized experience for this announcement at a comparable scope \u0026 responsibility. \u003C/strong\u003ETo ensure all of the essential information is in your resume, we encourage you to use the \u003Ca href=\u0022https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/account/documents/resume/build/\u0022\u003EUSAJOBS online Resume Builder\u003C/a\u003E. If you choose to use your own resume, it must contain the following information \u003Cstrong\u003Eorganized by\u003C/strong\u003E \u003Cstrong\u003Eexperience/position\u003C/strong\u003E: (1) job title, (2) name of employer, (3) start \u0026 end dates of each period of employment (from MM/DD/YY to MM/DD/YY), (4) detailed description of duties performed, accomplishments, \u0026 related skills, \u0026 (5) hours worked per week (part-time employment will be prorated in crediting experience). \u003Cstrong\u003EFederal experience/positions must also include the occupational series, grade level, \u0026 dates in which you held each grade level. \u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/li\u003E\u003C/ul\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAre you a current or former FEMA Reservist/Disaster Assistance Employee (DAE)? \u003C/strong\u003ETo accurately credit your experience from intermittent positions \u0026 Reservist Deployments, you must list the dates (from MM/DD/YY to MM/DD/YY) of deployments that are relevant to your qualifying experience, along with the job title \u0026 specific duties you were responsible for during each deployment.\u003C/li\u003E\u003C/ul\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EDetermining length of General or Specialized Experience is dependent on the above information. Failure to provide the above information in your resume may result in your application being found \u0022not qualified.\u0022\u003C/li\u003E\u003C/ul\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EExperience refers to paid \u0026 unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) \u0026 other organizations (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, \u0026 skills, \u0026 provides valuable training \u0026 experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.\u003C/li\u003E\u003C/ul\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EFor additional information on crediting experience \u0026/or education, please reference the OPM \u003Ca href=\u0022https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer\u0022\u003EGeneral Schedule Qualification Standards\u003C/a\u003E.\u003C/li\u003E\u003C/ul\u003E | |