This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the Department of Defense DHA for Certain Personnel of the DoD Workforce to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service. About the Position: About the Position: This is a permanent position with the U.S. Army Engineer Division, Transatlantic Middle East District (TAM) located in Winchester, VA. Visit the US Army Corps of Engineers, TAM website at the link www.tam.usace.army.mil/
Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. 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). 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 in this document. GS-12: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes assisting in developing original designs and assisting in the review of designs prepared by other engineers; elevate plan to resolve design discrepancies; assist in site visits to investigate problems that arise during construction. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11). GS-13: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes developing original structural designs and reviewing designs prepared by other engineers for structural engineering features; resolving design discrepancies; visiting project sites to resolve problems that arise during construction; reviewing shop drawings, materials and equipment substitutions affecting design. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-12). In addition to meeting the qualification requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the basic requirement listed below:
Serve in an advisory and staff specialist role on matters involving or related to structural engineering design development.
Develop original structural plans, design analyses, and specifications for unique building design.
Work within a multi-disciplinary team, designing unique structures for the U.S. military and host nation partners. Examples include airfields, landing strips, highways, ports, various facilities, and housing areas.
Review studies, scopes of work, and preliminary and final design plans prepared in-house and by Architect-Engineers to assure that the structural building design is carefully conceived.
Review preliminary and final structural building design plans assuring that their components are technically adequate, compliant of changes and instructions, is feasible, clear, accurate in detail, and consistent with related, engineering features.
Review incoming directives, scopes of work, and criteria for the structural building design features of a projects to determine the type of project involved and the feasibility of using agency requirements.
Visit construction sites to investigate and resolve problems which arise during the course of construction, and to interpret construction plans and specifications when questions arise as to the intent of design.
Review shop drawings and materials and equipment substitutions affecting design.