Supervisory Environmental Engineer
Join us at IHS Sanitation Facilities Construction to collaborate with American Indian Tribes on planning, designing, and constructing water, wastewater, and solid waste facilities. This position is eligible for the IHS Student Loan Repayment Program, with selection based on IHS priorities and available funds. A REAL ID will be required beginning May 7, 2025, in accordance with 6 C.F.R. 37.5 (2021).
About the Role
As the Supervisory Senior Field Engineer, you will lead collaboration with American Indian Tribes to increase and maintain access to water, wastewater, and solid waste facilities by performing professional engineering planning, design, and construction oversight activities.
Responsibilities
- Perform professional engineering activities for community and individual water supply, wastewater, and solid waste facilities serving American Indian homes.
- Prepare project summaries, construction documents, and final reports.
- Ensure accuracy of program data systems for assigned Tribes and communities.
- Ensure projects addressing sanitation deficiencies are properly scoped, consistently scored, and have accurate cost estimates.
- Visit Tribal communities where projects are being planned and constructed.
- Provide supervision and guidance to technical and administrative staff as a first-level supervisor.
Requirements
- U.S. Citizenship is required.
- Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
- Must have a valid, REAL ID-compliant State driver’s license.
- May be a designated position covered by Public Law 101-630, requiring contact or control over Indian children. Applicants must not have been found guilty of or pleaded nolo contendere to certain crimes.
- A one-year supervisory/managerial probationary period may be required.
- Confidential Financial Disclosure Form may be required.
- Must maintain any required licensure during employment; failure to do so may result in adverse actions, up to and including removal from Federal service.
- Must successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. Visit www.dhs.gov/E-Verify/ for details.
- Must have a viable bank account for electronic direct deposit of salary payment.
- Must successfully complete a federal background investigation as a condition of employment. Applicants must complete all required forms within five (5) calendar days of issuance.
- Prior to appointment, candidates must present two valid forms of identification. If one is a state-issued ID or driver’s license, it must be REAL ID-compliant.
Qualifications
To qualify for this position, your resume must demonstrate sufficient experience and/or education to perform the duties of the position. Experience includes paid and unpaid work, such as volunteer experience through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations.
Basic Requirements
- Degree: Engineering. The program must lead to a bachelor’s degree in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by ABET, or include differential and integral calculus and courses (more advanced than first-year physics and chemistry) in five of the following seven areas:
- 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); or
- any 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 provided:
- a thorough knowledge of the physical and mathematical sciences underlying engineering, and
- a good understanding of the engineering sciences and techniques and their applications to one of the branches of engineering.
- Professional registration or licensure as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT), or Professional Engineer (PE).
- Evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) examination or any other written test required for professional registration.
- Successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences, including the courses specified in the basic requirements.
- 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) with at least 1 year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional supervision.
Minimum Qualifications
Your resume must demonstrate at least one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level in the Federal service, performing the following:
- Analyzing the condition of community and individual water supply, wastewater, or solid waste facilities and preparing engineering reports and cost estimates.
- Preparing design documents, construction drawings, technical specifications, and procurement documents for water supply, wastewater, or solid waste construction projects.
Selective Factor
Applicants must demonstrate professional and comprehensive knowledge of the theories, principles, practices, and techniques of civil/environmental health and engineering, as evidenced by possession of a Professional Engineering (PE) license issued by any U.S. State, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico.
Education
This position has an education requirement. You are strongly encouraged to submit a copy of your transcripts or a list of courses including titles, credit hours completed, and grades. Unofficial transcripts will be accepted in the application package; official transcripts will be required from selectees prior to receiving an official offer. Only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education may be credited. Verify accreditation at https://www.ed.gov/accreditation.
If using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript. Visit https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/ for details.
Benefits
- Total compensation package includes competitive pay, health and life insurance, retirement benefits, and more. View details at Civil and Environmental Engineer Total Compensation.
- Federal Employees earn annual leave at a rate (4, 6, or 8 hours per pay period) based on years of Federal service.
- IHS may offer newly-appointed Federal employees credit for directly related previous non-federal experience or active duty uniformed military service for annual leave accrual.
- Recruitment or relocation incentives may be authorized, requiring at least a one-year service agreement.
- Eligibility for the IHS, National Health Service Corps (NHSC), or Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Student Loan Repayment Programs. Opportunities are based on agency hiring priorities and availability of funds. Visit https://www.ihs.gov/loanrepayment/ for details.
Additional Information
Additional selections of candidates may be possible within 240 days from the date the certificate of eligibles was issued for this announcement.