Engineering Technician (Civil)

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Current Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army) Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer People with Disabilities, Schedule A Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible Reinstatement Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 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. To qualify for the GS-05 grade level, you must have: A. One year of Specialized experience which includes understanding of surveys; able to locate survey documents; and able to assist with survey equipment. OR B. I have successfully completed a full four-year course of study leading to a bachelor’s degree (a) with major study in an appropriate field of engineering, construction, or industrial technology; OR (b) that included at least 24 semester hours in any combination of courses such as engineering, engineering or industrial technology, construction, physics, drafting, surveying, physical science, or mathematics with at least 6 of the 24 semester hours in drafting. (Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts.) OR C. I have the specialized experience as described in A, but less than one year; and I have some education leading to a bachelor’s degree but less than required in B. I have computed the percentage of the requirements that I meet, and the total is at least 100% (To compute the percentage, divide your total months of qualifying experience by 12. Then, divide your semester hours of education beyond two years (total semester hours minus 60) by 60. Add the two percentages. The total percentage must equal at least 100 percent to qualify.). (Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts.) To qualify for the GS-06 grade level, you must have: A. One year of Specialized experience which includes knowledge of preliminary survey set up; able to copy elements from existing drawings to make new drawings; attend work survey trips; and assist employees with reports or data collection. OR B. I have successfully completed a half year of graduate level education (9 semester hours) in an appropriate field of study of engineering, construction, engineering or industrial technology, physics, drafting, surveying, physical science or mathematics. (Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts.) OR C. I have the specialized experience as described in A, but less than one year; and I have a bachelor’s degree but less than the half year of graduate level education required in B. I have computed the percentage of the requirements that I meet, and the total is at least 100% (To compute the percentage, divide your total months of qualifying experience by 12. Then, divide your semester hours of education beyond two years (total semester hours minus 60) by 60. Add the two percentages. The total percentage must equal at least 100 percent to qualify.). (Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts.) To qualify for the GS-07 grade level, you must have: A. One year of Specialized experience which includes technical work; assist in assessments and specifications for Hydrographic surveying or dredging systems; assist in corrections of survey and drawings in accordance with applicable standards; assist leads in inspecting work to assure compliance; and provides finding feedback as needed. OR B. I am claiming Superior Academic Achievement, I have a GPA of 3.0 or higher when attaining my bachelor’s degree. In order to be creditable under this provision, Superior Academic Achievement must have been gained in a curriculum that is qualifying for the position to be filled, such as that identified in Education above. Superior Academic Achievement is based on: (1) Class Standing – Applicants must be in the upper third of the graduating class in the college, university, or major subdivision, such as the College of Liberal Arts or the School of Business Administration, based on completed courses; OR (2) Grade-Point Average (G.P.A.) – Applicants must have a grade-point average of either (a) 3.0 or higher out of a possible 4.0 (“B” or better) as recorded on your official transcript, or as computed based on 4 years of education, or as computed based on courses completed during the final 2 years of the curriculum; or (b) 3.5 or higher out of a possible 4.0 (“B+” or better) based on the average of the required courses completed in the major field or the required courses in the major field completed during the final 2 years of the curriculum.; OR (3) Honor Society Membership – Applicants may be considered eligible based on membership in one of the approved national scholastic honor societies listed by the Association of College Honor Societies (https://www.achsnatl.org/). (Note: You must submit a copy of your transcripts.) OR C. I have one year of graduate level education (18 semester hours) that is directly related to the work of the position such as engineering, construction, engineering or industrial technology, physics, drafting, surveying, physical science or mathematics. (Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts.) OR D. I have the specialized experience as described in A, but less than one year; and I have at least a bachelor’s degree but less than the required one year of graduate level education as described in B. I have computed the percentage of the requirements that I meet, and the total is at least 100% (To compute the percentage, divide your total months of qualifying experience by 12. Then, divide your semester hours of graduate education beyond the second year (total graduate semester hours minus 36) by 18. Add the two percentages. The total percentage must equal at least 100 percent to qualify.). (Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts.) To qualify for the GS-08 grade level, you must have: A. One year of Specialized experience which includes understanding designs for a variety of engineering features for piers, breakwaters, roads, pavements, bridges, buildings, floodwalls, drainage structures, water retention structures, pumping stations, revetments and dikes; knowledge of CADD systems. OR B. I have successfully completed one and a half years of graduate level education (27 semester hours) in an appropriate field of study of engineering, construction, engineering or industrial technology, physics, drafting, surveying, physical science or mathematics. (Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts.) OR C. I have the specialized experience as described in A, but less than one year; and I have at least a bachelor’s degree but less than the required one and half years of graduate level education as described in B. I have computed the percentage of the requirements that I meet, and the total is at least 100% (To compute the percentage, divide your total months of qualifying experience by 12.