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Lower Colorado Basin

CIVIL ENGINEER

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A Civil Engineer designs and supervises large construction projects such as public buildings, roads, and waterways. Designs projects that meet the needs of users and the public and are structurally sound. Addresses environmental and land use issues in project design. May specialize in a particular aspect of design and construction, or a particular type of construction, such as transportation systems.

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Job Description

CIVIL ENGINEER

Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamion Summary Reclamion is seeking a career professional looking for an opportunity to capitalize on their expertise as a

CIVIL ENGINEER.

Make a difference in the West by assisting in meeting increasing wer demands while protecting the environment.

Duty Locion:

Glendale, Arizona Learn more about this agency Summary Reclamion is seeking a career professional looking for an opportunity to capitalize on their expertise as a

CIVIL ENGINEER.

Make a difference in the West by assisting in meeting increasing wer demands while protecting the environment.

Duty Locion:

Glendale, Arizona Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Glendale, AZ No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed Yes—You may qualify for reimbursement of relocion expenses in accordance with agency policy. Salary $106,335

  • $140,188 per year Pay scale & grade GS 11
  • 12 Promotion potential 12 Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel
  • You may be expected to travel for this position.

Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series 0810 Civil Engineering Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union No Drug test No Security clearance Not Required Position sensitivity and risk Modere Risk (MR) Jobs require a background check and some require a security clearance . The type depends on the job. Background check type Credentialing Suitability/Fitness Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number

CBVK-26-13054073-DHA-JB

Control number 883596400 This job is open to Help The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL) Federal employees whose job, agency or department was elimined and are eligible for priority over other applicants. Clarificion from the agency This position filled under the Office of Personnel Management's Direct-Hire Authority and is open to All United Stes Citizens and U.S. Nionals. Veterans' Preference and traditional ring and ranking of applicions do not apply. Qualified veterans will, however, be given full considerion for this position. Duties Help At the full performance level (GS-12) the major duties of this position include, but are not limited to the following: In cooperion with other Engineers, administers Phoenix Area Office (PXAO)

  • Examinion of Existing Structures Program to ensure eight high-hazard dams and four high-hazard dikes are being maintained in good working order and do not pose undue risk to downstream communities.

Schedule and perform Annual Site Inspection (ASI) on each facility. Participe on all Periodic Facility Reviews (PFR) and Comprehensive Reviews (CR) scheduled for th year. Write Inspection Report as necessary. Participes in the Review of Operion and Maintenance (ROM) of two major canal systems and several irrigion districts. Prepares budgets, schedules, and annual workplans and regularly tracks expenditures. Provides professional civil engineering service reled to the operion and maintenance of dams and canal systems. Performs engineering analyses to include performing and coordining technical planning activities; da collection (including validion and management); modeling and da analyses; analyses of site locion and/or conditions; risk estimion and analyses; or analyses of instrumention da. Completes and/or reviews engineering designs to include: 1) planning and conducting engineering studies or evaluions such as preliminary, appraisal, feasibility, final design, and value planning/value engineering; 2) creing, 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 modificions of new and existing complex feures to mitige stic, dynamic, and hydrologic/hydraulic loadings; or 6) design, installion, and maintenance of instrumention systems to provide engineering da for analysis and/or operional decision support. Requirements Help Conditions of employment You must be a U.S. Citizen or U.S. Nional. You must be suitable for federal employment, determined by a background investigion. You must submit a resume and supporting documention (see Required Documents). You must meet any minimum educion and/or experience requirements (see Qualificions). You must submit transcript(s) to verify educion requirements (see Qualificions/Educion). Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service. Direct Deposit participion required. Must have and maintain a valid driver's license throughout employment. You must submit ALL required documents and a completed questionnaire. Continue to the Additional Informion section for the Condition of Employment For Probionary Period. Qualificions Only experience and educion obtained by 09/18/2026 In order to qualify for this position you must possess both the Basic Requirement and Minimum Qualificion.

BASIC EDUCATION REQUIREMENT

To be eligible for the position, you must meet the Basic Educion Requirement for a Civil Engineer GS-0810 series as noted below:

QUALIFICATIONS FOR GS-0810, CIVIL ENGINEER

A .

Degree:

Engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree in a school of engineering with least one program accredited by ABET; or (2) 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: (a) stics, dynamics; (b) strength of merials (stress-strain relionships); (c) fluid mechanics, hydraulics; (d) thermodynamics; (e) electrical fields and circuits; (f) nure and properties of merials (reling particle and aggrege structure to properties); and (g) any other comparable area of fundamental engineering science or physics, such as optics, he transfer, soil mechanics, or electronics

  • OR•B.

Combinion of educion and experience : college-level educion, training, and/or technical experience th furnished (1) a thorough knowledge of the physical and mhemical sciences underlying engineering, and (2) a good understanding, both theoretical and practical, of the engineering sciences and techniques and their applicions to one of the branches of engineering. The adequacy of such background must be demonstred by one of the following: 1. Professional registrion or licensure

  • Current registrion as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT), or licensure as a Professional Engineer (PE) by any Ste, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico.

Absent other means of qualifying under this standard, those applicants who achieved such registrion by means other than written test (e.g., Ste grandfher or eminence provisions) are eligible only for positions th are within or closely reled to the specialty field of their registrion. For example, an applicant who tains registrion through a Ste Board's eminence provision as a manufacturing engineer typically would be red eligible only for manufacturing engineering positions. 2. Written Test

  • Evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) 2 examinion or any other written test required for professional registrion by an engineering licensure board in the various Stes, the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico. 3. Specified academic courses
  • Successful completion of least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mhemical, and engineering sciences and th included the courses specified in the basic requirements under paragraph A. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program as described in paragraph A. 4. Reled curriculum
  • Successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree in an approprie scientific field, e.

g., engineering technology, physics, chemistry, architecture, computer science, mhemics, hydrology, or geology, may be accepted in lieu of a bachelor's degree in engineering, provided the applicant has had least 1 year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance. Ordinarily there should be either an established plan of intensive training to develop professional engineering competence, or several years of prior professional engineering-type experience, e.g., in interdisciplinary positions. (The above examples of reled curricula are not all-inclusive.)

Additional Requirement:

To qualify for the position (in addition to meeting the Basic Educion Requirement above), the HR Office must be able to determine th you meet the educion and specialized experience requirement

  • this informion must be clearly supported in the resume.

GS-11: To qualify the GS-11 grade level, you must have 3 years of progressively higher level gradue educion leading to a Ph.D. degree OR Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree OR one year of professional engineering experience (post degree) performing (1) planning, scheduling, coordining and conducting engineering facility examinions, reviews, and/or inspections which include conducting condition assessments and transfer inspections; and (2) experience supporting the implemention and administrion of a variety of assigned contracts, including construction contracts, service contracts, and interagency agreements. OR a combinion of gradue level educion and specialized experience. GS-12: In order to qualify for the GS-12 grade level, your resume must reflect one year of full time professional engineering experience (post degree) performing 1) developing project scope of work and cost estimes, overseeing field construction activities, review of technical documents, drawings and specificions, and coordinion with project stakeholders and contractors. OR 2) experience reviewing technical documention, performing engineering investigions and analysis, inspecting industrial systems or facilities, writing technical reports, and coordining repairs to industrial systems or facilities. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (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 th transles directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Selective Placement Factor:

GS-12 level requires a current, valid Professional Engineer License. Failure to provide proof of such license will cause you to be red ineligible for this position. You must meet all Eligibility and Qualificion requirements, including any selective placement factors if applicable, by 09/18/2026. Educion This position has a mandory educion requirement. You must submit a copy of college transcript(s) (unofficial copy is acceptable) to support claimed educion if substituting educion for experience. Transcripts must include the name of the college or university and de the degree was conferred. Non-submission will result in being red not-qualified for the position. You required to provide official college transcripts to verify educional qualificions, if selected. An official transcript must be sent directly from the University's Registrar's office and must be provided from the institution awarding the degree. Academic transcripts certified by notary publics are NOT official. Official transcripts must be submitted prior to reporting to work as a condition of employment. Failure to submit official transcripts may be grounds for dismissal or rescission of the job offer.

Accredition:

Only educion from an accredited college or university recognized by the Department of Educion is acceptable to meet educion requirements or to substitute for experience, if applicable. For additional info, refer to the Office of Personnel Management and U.S. Department of Educion .

Foreign Educion:

To receive credit for educion completed outside the United Stes, you must show proof th the educion has been submitted to a prive organizion th specializes in interpretion of foreign educional credentials and such educion has been deemed least equivalent to th gained in conventional U.S. educion programs. For additional info, refer to the U.S. Network for Educion Informion . Additional informion

Condition of Employment For Probionary Period:

As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you required to serve a 1 year probionary during which your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest evalued. This probionary period is an extension of the appointment process and therefore requires the agency to determine if continued employment would advance the public interest, meet the organizion goals and mission of the agency, and/or otherwise promote the efficiency of the service. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, the agency will consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizional goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service. Under applicable law, the employment of an individual serving a probionary or trial period automically termines when th period ends unless the agency affirmively certifies, in writing, th the individual's employment should continue and th their appointment should be finalized. In the absence of agency action to affirmively certify continued employment beyond the probionary or trial period, such appointments are termined. Upon completion of your probion your employment termined unless you receive certificion, in writing, th your continued employment advances the public interest. Reclamion has determined th the duties of this position are suitable for telework and you may be allowed to telework with supervisory approval. Permanent Change of Stion (PCS) expenses or first-post-of-duty relocion expenses are authorized, as applicable, with the exception of the Guaranteed Home Sale Provision. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), signed into law December 2017, suspends the moving expense deduction and the exclusion from income of qualified employer reimbursements of moving expenses th was allowed under previous tax laws. Employer reimbursements for moving costs are now generally taxed the same re as ordinary income. Reled non-Federal experience or reled experience as retired members of the uniformed services may be credited towards computing entitlement to leave accrual, managerial discretion, providing th experience meets certain criteria. This provision allows new employees to earn annual leave a higher re than would otherwise be allowed. (5 Code of Federal Regulions, 630). For informion, : Creditable Service for Annual Leave DOI uses E-Verify to confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees. To learn more about E-Verify, including applicant rights and responsibilities, please https://www.e-verify.gov/ This position is designed as a

MODERATE RISK

Public Trust position. It requires a fully completed and favorably adjudiced Public Trust Suitability Background Investigion (T2S or T2RS or equivalent) th is current (within the last 5 years). This is a condition of employment. Male applicants born after December 31, 1959 must certify registrion with the Selective Service System or th the applicant is exempt from having to do so under the Selective Service Law.

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https://www.sss.gov This is a non-bargaining unit position. Additional vacancies may be filled using this job announcement. Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. Resumes must not exceed two single-sided pages and resumes longer than two pages will not be accepted. The minimum font size is 10-point for all body text. Headers may be slightly larger but must remain legible. All resumes must maintain a minimum 0.5-inch margins on all sides to ensure readability and prevent excessive content compression. Including supplemental pages or tachments disguised as resume extensions are prohibited and will not be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualificions. For this announcement, all applicants reviewed to determine if they meet the basic qualificions for this position, specifically the educional and specialized experience requirements. Applicants will not be red or ranked. All applicions th are verified to meet the basic qualificions referred to the selecting official. All answers provided in the on-line process must be substantied by a resume. If, upon review, it is determined th your resume and/or supporting documents do not support your answer choices, your applicion may be removed from considerion. Your qualificions evalued on the basis of your level of competencies in the following areas: Civil Engineering

  • Knowledge of the concepts, principles, theories, and methods required to plan, design, construct, opere, and maintain facilities such as buildings, transportion systems, wer and sanitary systems, and other public works systems. Technical Competence
  • Uses knowledge th is acquired through formal training or extensive on-the-job experience to perform one's job; works with, understands, and evalues technical informion reled to the job; advises others on technical issues.

Applicants who apply under this job opportunity announcement agree to have their applicion, associed documents and applicable personal informion shared with other Bureaus/Offices within the Department of the Interior (DOI) who have vacancies with the same occupional series, grade, full performance level and in the same geographic locion(s). Applying to this announcement does not replace the need to apply to other job opportunity announcements for which you wish to receive considerion. You may choose to have your informion shared with other agencies when applying for this position. If an agency requests a copy of a certifice you are on, you notified. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required documents Required Documents Help Please submit the supporting documents outlined below applicable to your claimed eligibility stus and the position and grade to which you are applying. Failing to submit required documents will result in non-considerion due to an incomplete applicion package.

RESUME:

You must submit a resume th demonstres how skills and experiences through job duties meet the qualificions and requirements listed in the job announcement to be considered for the job. Each job experience must include des of employment including start and end des (month and year), work schedule (full-time or part-time), and hours worked per week. Resumes must not exceed two single-sided pages and resumes longer than two pages will not be accepted. The minimum font size is 10-point for all body text. Headers may be slightly larger but must remain legible. All resumes must maintain a minimum 0.5-inch margins on all sides to ensure readability and prevent excessive content compression. Including supplemental pages or tachments disguised as resume extensions are prohibited and will not be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualificions.



For more informion, click here .

TRANSCRIPTS

Required for candides using educion as a basis for qualificions.

CAREER TRANSITION PROGRAMS

Permanent Federal employees who are surplus, displaced, or involuntarily separed. You must submit a copy of your most recent performance appraisal, proof of eligibility, and most current SF-50 noting position, grade level, and duty locion. To be considered under CTAP/ICTAP, you must be well-qualified (i.e., meet the minimum qualificion requirements, including selective factors, educion and experience requirements) and score least 85.0 on the assessment questionnaire as established, and be able to perform the duties of the position upon entry. For more informion, click here .

Professional Engineer:

A current valid Professional Engineering (P.E.) license. Provide proof of license with the applicion. Failure to provide proof of the license may result in an ineligible ring. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help Applicions (resume, applicion questionnaire, and supporting documention) for this vacancy MUST be received online BEFORE midnight Eastern Time (Washington, DC time) on 09/18/2026. To apply, click the blue

APPLY ONLINE

button the top of the page. Do not submit photographs with the applicion package. Documents with photographs may not be seen by hiring officials

  • applicant must remove any images from badges, licenses, etc.

Agency contact informion John Bun Phone 702-293-8239 john_bun@ios.doi.gov Address Lower Colorado Basin Bureau of Reclamion 6150 West Thunderbird Rd Glendale, AZ 85306-4001 US Next steps Upon successful submission of the applicion packet, you will receive a confirmion email from USAJOBS. If you do not receive this email confirmion, the applicion has not yet been accepted by the system. After all applicion packages have been received, resumes and supporting document(s) reviewed to ensure applicants meet the basic qualificion requirements. Each applicant who meets the basic qualificions further evalued on the informion provided in the resume, applicion questionnaire, and other assessment criteria identified in the "How You Will Be Evalued" section above. Best-qualified applicants referred to the selecting official. After making a tentive job offer, a suitability and/or security background investigion conducted. A final job offer is typically made within 40 days after the deadline for applicions. Applicants should monitor their stus for positions with the Bureau of Reclamion by regularly checking their public stus notificions in the USAJOBS profile. Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents Help Please submit the supporting documents outlined below applicable to your claimed eligibility stus and the position and grade to which you are applying. Failing to submit required documents will result in non-considerion due to an incomplete applicion package.

RESUME:

You must submit a resume th demonstres how skills and experiences through job duties meet the qualificions and requirements listed in the job announcement to be considered for the job. Each job experience must include des of employment including start and end des (month and year), work schedule (full-time or part-time), and hours worked per week. Resumes must not exceed two single-sided pages and resumes longer than two pages will not be accepted. The minimum font size is 10-point for all body text. Headers may be slightly larger but must remain legible. All resumes must maintain a minimum 0.5-inch margins on all sides to ensure readability and prevent excessive content compression. Including supplemental pages or tachments disguised as resume extensions are prohibited and will not be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualificions.



For more informion, click here .

TRANSCRIPTS

Required for candides using educion as a basis for qualificions.

CAREER TRANSITION PROGRAMS

Permanent Federal employees who are surplus, displaced, or involuntarily separed. You must submit a copy of your most recent performance appraisal, proof of eligibility, and most current SF-50 noting position, grade level, and duty locion. To be considered under CTAP/ICTAP, you must be well-qualified (i.e., meet the minimum qualificion requirements, including selective factors, educion and experience requirements) and score least 85.0 on the assessment questionnaire as established, and be able to perform the duties of the position upon entry. For more informion, click here .

Professional Engineer:

A current valid Professional Engineering (P.E.) license. Provide proof of license with the applicion. Failure to provide proof of the license may result in an ineligible ring. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help Applicions (resume, applicion questionnaire, and supporting documention) for this vacancy MUST be received online BEFORE midnight Eastern Time (Washington, DC time) on 09/18/2026. To apply, click the blue

APPLY ONLINE

button the top of the page. Do not submit photographs with the applicion package. Documents with photographs may not be seen by hiring officials

  • applicant must remove any images from badges, licenses, etc.

Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion John Bun Phone 702-293-8239 john_bun@ios.doi.gov Address Lower Colorado Basin Bureau of Reclamion 6150 West Thunderbird Rd Glendale, AZ 85306-4001 US Next steps Upon successful submission of the applicion packet, you will receive a confirmion email from USAJOBS. If you do not receive this email confirmion, the applicion has not yet been accepted by the system. After all applicion packages have been received, resumes and supporting document(s) reviewed to ensure applicants meet the basic qualificion requirements. Each applicant who meets the basic qualificions further evalued on the informion provided in the resume, applicion questionnaire, and other assessment criteria identified in the "How You Will Be Evalued" section above. Best-qualified applicants referred to the selecting official. After making a tentive job offer, a suitability and/or security background investigion conducted. A final job offer is typically made within 40 days after the deadline for applicions. Applicants should monitor their stus for positions with the Bureau of Reclamion by regularly checking their public stus notificions in the USAJOBS profile. Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Glendale, AZ No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed Yes—You may qualify for reimbursement of relocion expenses in accordance with agency policy. Salary $106,335

  • $140,188 per year Pay scale & grade GS 11
  • 12 Promotion potential 12 Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel
  • You may be expected to travel for this position.

Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union No Drug test No Security clearance Not Required Position sensitivity and risk Jobs require a and some require a . The type depends on the job. Background check type Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number

CBVK-26-13054073-DHA-JB

Control number 883596400