• Job Description

  Req#: 839867800

  Explore a new career with the BLM - where our people are our most precious resource.

  These positions are located Boise, Burley, Coeur d'Alene, and Idaho Falls Idaho.
  
  We expect to fill 3 vacancies at this time; however, additional positions may be filled from this announcement if they become available.

  
  

  Duties

  
  

  • Provides expertise for a variety of projects and activities which include complex features in one more specialties of hydraulic, hydrologic, geotechnical, structural, highway, and/or construction management.
  • Performs Engineer analysis and technical planning duties to include coordinating technical planning activities, data collection, risk estimation, and instrument data analysis.
  • Completes and/or reviews engineering designs to include planning and conducting engineering studies, creating/modeling engineering designs, developing/drafting design criteria.
  • Prepares and reviews technical documentation. Makes oral presentations at coordination meetings.
  • Plans, schedules, coordinates, and conducts civil engineering facility examinations, reviews, and/or inspections.
  • Develops, monitors, and manages project plans that outline the scope, schedule, and budget of assigned projects.
  • Serves as the Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) / Grants Officer's Technical Representative (GOTR) / Awarding Official Technical Representative.

  
  

  Requirements

  
  

  • U.S. Citizenship is required.
  • Be sure to read the How to Apply and Required Documents Sections.
  • You cannot hold an active real estate license: nor can you have an interest or hold stocks in firms with interest in Federal Lands.
  • Direct Deposit Required.
  • Appointment will be subject to a favorably adjudicated background/suitability investigation/determination.
  • Your resume must contain enough information to show that you meet the qualification requirements as defined in the announcement. In addition, your responses to the questions must adequately reflect in your resume.
  • May require a one year probationary period.

  
  

  Qualifications

  
  

  In addition to the basic requirement below, in order to be rated as qualified for this position, we must be able to determine that you meet the specialized experience requirement - please be sure to include this information in your resume.
  
  For the GS-12: In addition to meeting the basic requirement, you must possess one (1) full year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 level that is equivalent in difficulty and complexity as indicated by the following examples: serves as a senior staff specialist performing engineering work in construction and maintenance programs for building, recreation, bridges, major structures, roads, etc.; design and prepare project plans and specifications, establish inspection requirements, develop hazard reduction program, provide engineering expertise & technical guidance on various topics.
  
  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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
  
  You must meet all qualification requirements by the closing date of the announcement.

• About the company

  The United States Department of the Interior is a federal executive department of the U.S. government. It is responsible for the management and conservation of most federal lands and natural resources, and the administration of programs relating to Native Americans, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, territorial affairs, and insular areas of the United States, as well as programs related to historic preservation. About 75% of federal public land is managed by the department, with most of the remainder managed by the United States Department of Agriculture's United States Forest Service. The department was created on March 3, 1849.

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