Supervisory Engineer GS-XXXX-13 (0810 Civil Engineering, 0830 Mechanical Engineering, 0850 Electrical Engineering) (59069)

About the role

The Nashville District is recruiting for a Supervisory Engineer, GS-0810/0830/0850-13 within the Maintenance Section of the Operations Division located in Nashville, TN. The incumbent will provide technical support for the preventive and major maintenance of electrical, mechanical, and structural features at navigation locks, prepare and manage budgets for repair fleet activities, and serve as the District Navigation Business Line Manager directing the Channel Surveys Team and the District diving team.

Responsibilities

• Prepare technical plans, specifications, and cost estimates for major repairs and improvements to navigation structures.
• Plan, assign, and direct the work of a subordinate staff of engineers, technicians, and specialists.
• Provide technical direction and on-site coordination for hired labor performing maintenance and repair work on navigation structures and dams.
• Conduct frequent inspections of major work projects to ensure compliance with engineering plans and specifications.
• Coordinate extensively with the Regional Rivers Repair Fleet (R3F) for major maintenance efforts within the District.
• Manage the operation and maintenance of the District's floating plant assets, channel survey equipment, and dive team equipment.

Requirements

In addition to meeting the basic requirement for the Engineer Series, to qualify for this position you must meet the GS-13 qualification requirements:

• One year of specialized experience which includes experience providing support for preventive and/or major maintenance of electrical, mechanical, or structural features on navigation projects; coordinating with management, contractors, and other representatives of the commercial navigation industry; making recommendations for additions, deletions, and/or modifications that would increase efficiency or reduce costs of maintenance and repair activities; and providing budget estimates with justification.

Basic Requirement for Engineer Series

Degree: Bachelor’s degree (or higher degree) in engineering. To be acceptable, the program must:

• lead to a bachelor’s degree (or higher 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 and courses (more advanced than first-year physics and chemistry) in five of the following seven areas of engineering science or physics:
  • statics, dynamics;
  • strength of materials (stress-strain relationships);
  • fluid mechanics, hydraulics;
  • thermodynamics;
  • electrical fields and circuits;
  • nature and properties of materials (relating particle and aggregate structure to properties);
  • any other comparable area of fundamental engineering science or physics, such as optics, heat transfer, soil mechanics, or electronics.

or

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 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 the following:

• Professional registration or licensure – Current registration as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT), or licensure as a Professional Engineer (PE) by any State, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico.
• 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, or Puerto Rico.
• 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 above.
• Related curriculum – Successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelor's 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 degree in engineering, provided the applicant has had at least 1 year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance.