Civil Engineer
Civil Engineer
Duty Location: Klamath Falls, Oregon
You must be a U.S. Citizen or U.S. National.
Salary
$97,297 - $124,061 per year
Pay scale & grade
GS 11 - 12
Duties
-Performs engineering analyses to include performing and coordinating technical planning activities; data collection (including validation and management); modeling and data analyses; analyses of site location and/or conditions; risk estimation and analyses; or analyses of instrumentation data.
-Evaluates engineering aspects of state and federal regulatory and permitting programs, conducting bond adequacy reviews, oversight reviews, and reviews on federal lands and in states with resource extraction programs under direct federal jurisdiction. Makes engineering recommendations and/or decisions based on engineering analysis.
-Work involves the performance and/or oversight of on-site construction work, including inspection and acceptance of facility or utility construction work performed by a contractor.
-Conducts analysis for seepage, static, and dynamic stability for issue evaluations, design, construction, operation, and rehabilitation for embankment dams, concrete structures, and underground structures; stability and deformation of dynamic loadings from wave action, earthquake ground motions, grouting analysis of structure foundations, dewatering, foundation bearing capacity, and stability analysis for soil, rock, manmade, and natural slopes; determining modeling boundary conditions and adapting methods to solve problems where analytical solutions are inadequate; determining adequacy of sampling and testing for field investigations and changes needed based on field conditions; determining soil and rock engineering properties based on field and laboratory testing; making foundation treatment and improvement recommendations.
-Work involves the application of hydraulics and principles of fluid mechanics, including application of engineering concepts and practices in hydraulics and sediment transport, erosion, and deposition. Hydraulic engineering work also includes analysis of waterway response to management actions and environmental disturbances such as climate change, floods, fires, landslides, and earthquakes.
-Work involves applying the science of hydrology including analyzing and calculating flow characteristics; designing drainage structures (e.g., bridges and canals); and evaluating facility or waterway capacities and operations (e.g., reservoirs, canals, pipelines, pumping plants).
-Completes and/or reviews engineering designs to include: 1) planning and conducting engineering studies or evaluations such as preliminary, appraisal, feasibility, final design, and value planning/value engineering; 2) creating, performing, reviewing, checking, and/or modeling engineering designs; 3) developing design criteria, procedures, and instructions; 4) providing technical approval as the engineer in responsible charge of design activities and engineering decisions; 5) contributing to the design and modifications of new and existing complex features to mitigate static, dynamic, and hydrologic/hydraulic loadings; or 6) design, installation, and maintenance of instrumentation systems to provide engineering data for analysis and/or operational decision support.
-Develops project guidelines, protocols, and procedures that are specific to the project; and may review for comment or propose draft Bureau directives, standards, and policies. Prepares, or oversees the preparation of, and reviews technical documentation such as technical memorandums and reports, engineering study analyses and results, correspondence, publications, design criteria, calculations, design summaries, design standards, designer's operating criteria, operating procedures, evaluation and oversight reports, value studies reports, inspection and assessment reviews, impact assessments, permit applications, emergency action plans and exercises, construction plans and reports, quantity estimate worksheets, specifications, constructability reviews, solicitation packages, required planning, final design, and procurement construction cost estimates such as Independent Government Cost Estimates (IGCE) and contract correspondence including responses to submittals and Request for Information (RFI). Makes oral presentations of technical documentation at coordination meetings, design briefings, or other technical briefings, in some cases in support of enforcement activities as part of Federal oversight of regulatory programs.
-Plans, schedules, coordinates, and conducts civil engineering facility examinations, reviews, and/or inspections which include conducting condition assessments and construction and transfer inspections; identifying deficiencies relative to design criteria, applicable codes and standards, or state or federal statutes or regulations; calculating preliminary estimates for repairs; coordinating with internal and external partners; documenting and presenting results; identifying future needs for the asset investment such as extraordinary maintenance and rehabilitation; and project management planning.