0810 – Civil Engineering

Major Duties for This Position May Include:

• Perform operation and maintenance involving design and construction that

encompasses the maintenance, repair, upgrade, and operation of infrastructure

facilities, including utility systems, utilizing a professional knowledge of civil engineering.

• Monitor/manage construction projects for new construction, renovations, and

improvements to real property facilities from start to finish including the performance

of preconstruction site surveys all the way to completion to as-built drawings.

• Provide civil engineering assistance on solving current job problems and in-shop

• Problem Solving

• Technical Competence

Basic Requirements

Successful completion of a degree in engineering. To be acceptable, the program must:

• Lead to a bachelor's degree in a school of engineering with at least one program

accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET); or

• Include differential and integral calculus courses (more advanced than first-year physics

and chemistry) in five of the following seven areas of engineering science or physics:

o Statics, dynamics

o Strength of materials (stress-strain relationships)

as optics, heat transfer, soil mechanics, or electronics.

Or

A 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 professional 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

are within or closely related to the specialty field of their registration.

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, and

Puerto Rico.

3. Specified Academic Courses - 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. The courses must be fully acceptable

toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program as described in A above.

4. Related Curriculum - Successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelor's

years of prior professional engineering-type experience, e.g., in interdisciplinary

positions. (The above examples or related curricula are not all-inclusive.)

Minimum Qualifications

In additions to meeting the basic requirements above, applicants must meet the minimum

qualifications requirement as defined below:

GS-11 Specialized Experience Requirements

You must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility

equivalent to the GS-09 grade level in the Federal Service. Specialized experience for this

position includes:

Or Education

Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or three (3) full years of progressively higher-level graduate

education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related. TRANSCRIPTS REQUIRED.

Or Combination

You may qualify on a combination of education and experience. The total percentage of

experience at the required grade level compared to the requirement, must equal at least 100

percent. Only graduate level education more than the first 36 semester hours (54 quarter

hours) may be combined to be considered for qualifying education. TRANSCRIPTS REQUIRED.

GS-12 Specialized Experience Requirements

that involve recurring inspections

• Implementing multi-year programs to repair, restore, upgrade, and expand systems

Note: There is no substitution of education for specialized experience at the GS-12 level.

GS-13 Specialized Experience Requirements

You must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility

equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal Service. Specialized experience for this

position includes:

• Producing detailed designs, drawings, and construction documentation; originate,

assess, and provide advice on concrete and reinforcing designs, engineering drawings,

hydraulic designs, and soil and foundation mechanics; negotiate cost of minor changes

equivalent to the GS-13 grade level in the Federal Service. Specialized experience for this

position includes:

• Design, review and/or approval of all civil design features of assigned civil works and/or

military projects; preparation of feasibility and engineering studies, site plan, provide

advice and guidance on diversified engineering problems and technical expertise

covering modifications, review and interpret engineering data, criteria, and higher

headquarters policy and regulations pertinent to civil engineering designing and

construction etc.

Note: There is no substitution of education for specialized experience at the GS-14 level.

GS-15 Specialized Experience Requirements

• Ability to develop new approaches for use by other technical experts in providing

structurally sound and secure facilities and infrastructure

Note: There is no substitution of education for specialized experience at the GS-15 level.

may include volunteer work done through National Service programs (such as Peace Corps and

AmeriCorps), as well as work for other community-based philanthropic and social organizations.

Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills; and can provide

valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive

credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.