- Position Title
- Civil Engineer
- Agency
- Bureau of Reclamation
- Announcement Number
- BOR-LCB-24-DE-12556284-MW Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Monday, September 23, 2024 to Monday, October 21, 2024
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Eligibilities
1.
Do you claim Veterans’ Preference?
2.
Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP)
To claim CTAP eligibility, please confirm:
Are you a current or former federal employee displaced from a position in The Department of the Interior with CTAP eligibility?
To claim CTAP eligibility, please confirm:
- You are a current or former federal employee displaced from the agency hiring for this position? AND
- You are located in the same local commuting area of the vacancy; AND
- You are applying to a position that is at or below the grade level of the position from which you were or will be separated; AND
- You are applying to a position that does not have greater promotion potential than the position from which you were or will be separated; AND
- Your last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or the equivalent.
- Your agency notice, such as a Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice or a Proposed Removal/Separation notice; AND
- Your most recent annual performance appraisal rating of record; AND
- Your most recent SF-50, or equivalent personnel action, noting current position, grade level, and duty location.
Are you a current or former federal employee displaced from a position in The Department of the Interior with CTAP eligibility?
3.
Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP)
To claim ICTAP eligibility, please confirm:
Are you a current or former federal employee displaced from a position in a federal agency other than The Department of the Interior?
To claim ICTAP eligibility, please confirm:
- You are a current or former federal employee displaced from a position in a federal agency other than the agency hiring for this position? AND
- You are located in the same local commuting area of the vacancy; AND
- You are applying to a position that is at or below the grade level of the position from which you were or will be separated; AND
- You are applying to a position that does not have greater promotion potential than the position from which you were or will be separated; AND
- Your last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or the equivalent.
- Your agency notice, such as a Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice or a Proposed Removal/Separation notice; AND
- Your most recent annual performance appraisal rating of record; AND
- Your most recent SF-50, or equivalent personnel action, noting current position, grade level, and duty location.
Are you a current or former federal employee displaced from a position in a federal agency other than The Department of the Interior?
4.
Reasonable Accommodations for taking the online assessments are provided on a case-by-case basis only to qualified individuals with a disability covered by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended.
Do you have a disability (physical or mental) that you believe will interfere with completing the online assessments and require a Reasonable Accommodation?
Preferences
1.
Select the lowest grade you are willing to accept for this position.
2.
Certificates of Eligible Applicants for this position may be shared with other Federal agencies at their request. This may include other Offices within the Bureau of Reclamation, other Bureaus within the Department of the Interior, and/or other Federal agencies. If your information is shared with another office/bureau/agency, you will be notified. Do you authorize the sharing of your information with other Federal agencies? If you respond "No" to this question, your information will not be shared and you will not be considered for employment by the requesting agency.
Conditions of Employment
If selected, you will be subject to an initial suitability review, determined by a background investigation.
Additional Questions
1.
Where did you learn about this vacancy?
2.
Provide specific information about your response to the previous question (i.e. professor's name and place of employment; college or university name; job/career fair and location held; friend's name; etc.).
(limit 100 characters)
You are applying under the Delegated Examining announcement. If you want to be considered under the concurrent Merit Promotion announcement, you must submit a separate application under that announcement. Please call the Human Resources Office phone number listed on this announcement for clarification or further information.
Your complete and detailed on-line resume MUST include, at a minimum, the following information for each work experience, including military service (prepare a separate entry for each job): 1) Job Title (including series and grade if Federal job); 2) Hours per week; 3) Salary; 4) Starting and ending dates (month and year); 5) Employer's name and address; 6) Supervisor's name and phone number and whether we may contact your current supervisor; 7) Duties and accomplishments. Also include: 1) High School name, city, state, zip code if known, and date of diploma or GED; 2) College or university names, city, state, and zip code if known, majors and type and year of any degrees received (if no degree, show total credits earned and indicate whether semester or quarter hours); 3) list of job related training courses, skills, certificates and licenses, honors, awards, special accomplishments, membership in professional or honor societies, etc. Please make sure you read the vacancy announcement thoroughly to see if there is any additional supporting documentation required.
You WILL NOT be considered for this announcement if you fail to submit ALL the applicable required documentation in the announcement (i.e. transcripts,DD-214's, SF-15, VA letter, SF-50's, PE Registration, etc.) by the CLOSING DATE of this announcement. Please call the Human Resources Office phone number listed on this announcement for clarification or further information.
3.
This position is designated as a Non-Sensitive/Moderate Risk position. It requires a fully completed and favorably adjudicated Public Trust Suitability Background Investigation (T2S or T2RS or equivalent) that is current (within the last 5 years). This is a condition of employment.
Are you willing to undergo a comprehensive background investigation which includes, but is not limited to, contact with all references, employers, co-workers, personal associates, and a review of your driving record, credit history, criminal history, and military service?
Are you willing to undergo a comprehensive background investigation which includes, but is not limited to, contact with all references, employers, co-workers, personal associates, and a review of your driving record, credit history, criminal history, and military service?
To verify your claimed eligibility to apply for this position vacancy, you must submit all supporting documentations outlined in the Required Documents section of this job announcement.
4.
I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, all of the information included in this questionnaire is true, correct, and provided in good faith. I understand that if I make an intentional false statement, or commit deception or fraud in this application and its supporting materials, or in any document or interview associated with the examination process, I may be fined or imprisoned (18 U.S.C. 1001); my eligibilities may be cancelled, I may be denied an appointment, or I may be removed and debarred from Federal service (5 C.F.R. part 731). I understand that any information I give may be investigated. I understand that responding "No" to this item will result in my not being considered for this position.
Assessment 1
Thank you for your interest in the Civil Engineer position with the Bureau of Reclamation. Human Resources will evaluate your resume and responses to this assessment questionnaire to determine if you are among the best qualified for this position.
After submitting your application, you will be notified whether you are required to take an additional online assessment through the USA Hire Competency Based Assessment system. Your responses to the assessment questionnaire are subject to verification and must be supported by your resume and supporting documents. Please check your junk mail.
Your resume MUST contain hours worked per week and the dates of employment identified in months and years. If your resume does not contain this information, your application will be marked as incomplete, and you will not receive consideration for this position. You must be clear when describing your experience, we may not make assumptions in determining qualifications. If your resume does not clearly reflect the experience as noted in the vacancy announcement, your application will be marked as ineligible.
After submitting your application, you will be notified whether you are required to take an additional online assessment through the USA Hire Competency Based Assessment system. Your responses to the assessment questionnaire are subject to verification and must be supported by your resume and supporting documents. Please check your junk mail.
Your resume MUST contain hours worked per week and the dates of employment identified in months and years. If your resume does not contain this information, your application will be marked as incomplete, and you will not receive consideration for this position. You must be clear when describing your experience, we may not make assumptions in determining qualifications. If your resume does not clearly reflect the experience as noted in the vacancy announcement, your application will be marked as ineligible.
1.
Choose one answer which best describes your education and/or experience in accordance with requirements for engineering positions at this level.
2.
GS-11 In addition to meeting the basic requirements, you must have professional experience, graduate education or a combination of professional experience and graduate education. Choose the one response that best describes your additional education or experience.
3.
GS-12. In addition to meeting basic requirements for this position, select one statement which best describes the experience that you process that demonstrates your ability to perform the work of a Civil Engineer (Hydrologic) at the GS-12 grade level or equivalent pay band in the Federal Service.
For each question, select the response(s) that best describe your experience and training. Please note that your answers will be verified against the information you provided in your resume or application and information provided by your references.
4.
Select the response that best describes your highest level of experience in the field of hydrology and water resources engineering.
5.
Select the statement below that best describes your oral presentation experience.
6.
Select the response(s) that describe your experience in preparing written documents.
7.
I have authored or co-authored paper(s) published in refereed scientific or professional journals. Be sure to include your authored or co-authored publications in your resume.
8.
Select the response that best describes your experience with teamwork.
9.
Select the response that describes the complexity of your hydrology and water resources engineering work experience.
10.
Select the statement which best describes your experience with project management principles including developing project schedules, budgets, budget implementation, and tracking to ensure overall accomplishment of large planning projects.
11.
Select the hydrologic principles in which you consider yourself proficient. (Proficient means you have sufficient understanding of the theory, methods, and applications to apply a given principle to practical problems). Please provide examples in your resume.
12.
Select the types of flood hydrology analyses in which you consider yourself proficient. (Proficient means you have sufficient understanding and experience to apply a given analysis to practical problems). Please provide examples in your resume.
13.
Select the types of water resources planning and operations analyses in which you consider yourself proficient. (Proficient means you have sufficient understanding and experience to apply a given analysis to practical problems). Please provide examples in your resume.
14.
Select the types of hydrologic modeling applications with which you are proficient. (Proficient means you have developed and/or used a given modeling application in conducting studies, preparing designs, and/or analyze water management or operations.) Please provide examples in your resume.
15.
Select the types of statistical methods in which you consider yourself proficient. (Proficient means you have sufficient understanding and experience to apply a given method to practical problems). Please provide examples in your resume.
16.
Select the types of statistical analyses that you have applied as part of a hydrologic or water resources engineering analysis. Please provide examples in your resume.
17.
Select the software tool(s) that you have used to develop original analysis of hydrologic data and/or model results and to summarize and/or visualize important messages for dissemination to others.
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Select the response that best describes your experience in programming and developing computer applications for hydrology and water resource engineering analyses.
19.
Select the programming languages and software packages with which you are proficient. (Proficient means you have developed and/or used modeling applications in conducting studies, preparing designs, or examining the operational efficiency of a project.) Please provide examples of how you have used or applied the selected languages or packages in your resume.
20.
Select the statement that best describes your experience with project management principles including developing project schedules, budgets, budget implementation, and tracking to ensure overall accomplishment of large planning, research, or design projects.
21.
Select the response that best describe your work experience in applying project management principles to monitor and evaluate work sequences, costs, schedule performance, and project integration.
22.
Select the response that describes your ability to effectively communicate orally in a variety of settings with professional staff, internal and external customers, consultants and the public on technical and non-technical project issues.
23.
Select the response that best describes your knowledge and experience in the area of effective oral and written communication of both controversial and technical subjects.
24.
Select all responses that best describe how your written reports, briefing papers, issue papers, memos or letters have documented your research, analysis, or evaluation findings, and how those documents have been used.
25.
I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, all of the information included in this questionnaire is true, correct, and provided in good faith. I understand that if I make an intentional false statement, or commit deception or fraud in this application and its supporting materials, or in any document or interview associated with the examination process, I may be fined or imprisoned (18 U.S.C. 1001); my eligibilities may be cancelled, I may be denied an appointment, or I may be removed and debarred from Federal service (5 C.F.R. part 731). I understand that any information I give may be investigated. I understand that responding "No" to this item will result in my not being considered for this position.