Civil Engineer

Civil Engineer Department of Ste Department of Ste - Agency Wide Summary This position is loced in the Internional Joint Commission, U.S. Section Office in Washington, DC. This office assists the governments of the United Stes and Canada in preventing and resolving wer and environmental disputes along the boundary under the 1909 Boundary Wers Trey (BWT). This Commission is an independent organizion creed by BWT, and not a part of the Executive Branch. Learn more about this agency Summary This position is loced in the Internional Joint Commission, U.S. Section Office in Washington, DC. This office assists the governments of the United Stes and Canada in preventing and resolving wer and environmental disputes along the boundary under the 1909 Boundary Wers Trey (BWT). This Commission is an independent organizion creed by BWT, and not a part of the Executive Branch. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted today • Apply by 06/26/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 26, 2026 Locion Washington, DC 1 vacancy No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $143,913 - $187,093 per year Pay scale & grade GG 14 Promotion potential 14 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 - Occasional travel may be required. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series 0810 Civil Engineering Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Drug test Yes Security clearance Secret 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 Suitability/Fitness Nional security Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number

IJC-MPI-2026-0004

Control number 873592200 This job is open to Help Internal to an agency Current federal employees of the hiring agency th posted the job announcement. Clarificion from the agency U.S. Department of Ste career or career conditional stus employees in the competitive service; employees who are on temporary or other non-stus appointments who have reinstement or non-competitive eligibility for a competitive service appointment (e.g., career Foreign Service employees, employees on an excepted service appointment the USUN who have previous career stus, etc.) Duties Help Plans, organizes, and implements assigned projects; Aids in developing and providing advice for Commission considerion, fulfilling complex and high-level duties, pursuing the common good of both countries. Resolves issues affecting wer management in basins along the US-Canada border, through the formulion of alternive courses of action involving integred science or engineering in support of the Commissions objectives and emerging initiive. Supports the Commission in developing policy, writing internal and external reports, and conducting scientific and technical analysis. Maintains liaison connections with other wer resources or environmental experts, as well as agency and legislive policy leads to assist in preventing or resolving issues. Requirements Help Conditions of employment U.S. Citizenship is required. Incumbent subject to random drug testing. Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance. Qualificions Applicants must meet all the required qualificion requirements described below by the closing de of this announcement. If you are qualifying based on educion OR if there are mandory educion requirements listed below, you MUST submit a copy of your college transcript with your applicion.

NOTE:

Applicants must meet time-in-grade and time after competitive appointment requirements, by the closing de of this announcement.

Time-In-Grade Requirements:

Federal applicants must have served 52 weeks the next lower grade to sisfy time-in-grade restrictions, per 5CFR 300, Subpart F.

NOTE:

Applicants applying as a Civil Engineer must show th they possess a professional knowledge of general engineer as evidenced by one of the following: Applicants MUST meet one of the following

Basic Requirements:

A.

Bachelor's or Higher Degree:

The program must be (1) in a school of engineering with least one program accredited by the Accredition Board for Engineering and Technology (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 professional 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) 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 or higher 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.)

Notes:

1) Applicants who meets the Basic Requirements in A or B above, except as noted under B.1., may qualify for positions in any branch of engineering unless selective factors indice otherwise; 2) Professional engineering experience required for grades GS-7 and above is defined as non-routine engineering work th required and was characterized by professional knowledge of engineering, professional ability to apply such knowledge to engineering problems, and positive and continuing development of professional knowledge and ability; 3) To be considered, applicants MUST submit transcripts and copies of professional registrion and/or licensure to verify Basic Requirements by the closing de of the announcement.

IN ADDITION

to the Basic Requirements above, you MUST also have 1 year of specialized experience th is reled to the work of the position, is equivalent to least the GS-13 level in the Federal service, and demonstres the following: Experience serving as scientific and technical advisor to Commission boards or other high level officials to prevent and resolve transboundary wer disputes such as wer levels, wer flows or wer quality. Experience developing and writing policies reled to aquic environmental issues. Experience preparing written and oral reports to Commissioners or higher level officials. Educion See the qualificions section of this vacancy announcement for educion requirements. Educion completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the educion requirements if you can show th the foreign educion is comparable to th received in an accredited educional institution in the United Stes. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying. For a list of accredited organizions recognized as specializing in interpretion of foreign educion credentials, : www.naces.org/members.php . Additional informion To request a reasonable accommodion for additional time on the timed sections of the assessment, please submit your request using the "Request a Reasonable Accommodion" button within the Assessment Applicion. For all other reasonable accommodions the U.S. Department of Ste, please contact the Office of Accessibility and Accommodions (OAA) OAA@ste.gov . OAA is responsible for reviewing and adjudicing reasonable accommodion (RA) requests for the Assessment Btery being used for this announcement. The following applies to all RA requests: RA requests cover additional time on timed sections only. Applicants submitting a RA request MUST tach supporting medical documention signed by a licensed, treing medical provider. The documention should describe the nure, severity, and expected durion of the condition, identify the relevant medical condition or diagnosis, and explain the basis for the requested extension. RA requests th do not contain supporting medical documention tachments the time of initial request may be subject to further review.

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 the following documents do not, on their own, qualify for automic approval of the RA request: Schedule A letters, VA benefits letters, or SSA letters. Applicants MUST submit their applicion before the vacancy closes, even if pending an accommodion decision. Applicants are encouraged to carefully follow instructions reled to medical documention provided in the vacancy announcement prior to beginning the RA process. Applicants will have 48 hours after their RA request is adjudiced to complete the assessment btery. Scores genered after the allotted timeframe will not be admissible and the applicant will not be considered further for the vacancy. If a different type of RA is needed, please contact OAA directly OAA@ste.gov . If eligible, situional telework agreements may be permitted with supervisory approval. Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement. If eligible, applicants to this announcement may be referred to other similar positions in other Bureaus/Offices in the Department for up to 240 days and may require a higher or lower security clearance. Telework eligibility and security clearance requirements may vary for such similar positions. 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. The evaluion process consists of the ApplyGov Competency Based Assessments for which applicants assigned a score between 70 and 100. A resume review conducted for minimum qualificion requirements, as described in the "Qualificions" section of this announcement, of applicants found to be among the top qualified candides based on assessment scores. Resumes longer than two pages deemed ineligible and will not be considered further. You assessed on the following job-reled competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics):

Non-Supervisory:

Oral Communicion, Writing, Interpersonal Skills, Problem Solving, Teamwork, Technology Oriention, Customer Service, Attention to Detail and Self-Management. Set aside least 2 hours to take the external assessments; however, most applicants complete the assessments in less time. There are timed sections th must be completed within the allotted timeframe. Your score from the external assessment (i.e., Non-supervisory) will remain on file for 180 days, allowing you to apply for multiple DOS-announced positions without needing to retake the assessments. Top applicants may be referred to the hiring manager for further considerion. Your qualificions evalued on the following competencies: Knowledge of transboundary wer issues. Skills in developing and implementing plans and budgets for wer projects. Ability to use a wide range of qualitive and/or quantitive methods. Ability to communice in writing. Skills in using correct grammar, punctuion, and spelling to communice. Ability to communice orally. In describing your experience, please be clear and specific. We do not make assumptions regarding your experience. Oversting your qualificions and/or experience in your applicion merials may result in your removal from considerion. Applicants found to be among the top qualified candides referred to the hiring official for further considerion and possible interview. Qualified non-competitive candides must be deemed best qualified based on the applicant assessment in order to be referred to the hiring official for further considerion and possible interview. You may preview questions for this vacancy. 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 All required documents listed below, th are applicable to you, must be submitted to our automed system by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the closing de of this announcement. 1. Resume limited to two pages showing relevant work/volunteer experience, educion and training. Include the start and end des (from month/year to month/year) and the number of hours per week worked/volunteered. Your resume serves as the basis for qualificion determinions and must support your answers to the completed online assessment questions. Resumes longer than two pages deemed ineligible and will not be considered further. 2. Transcripts, if applicable and you are qualifying based on educion . See the Qualificion and Educion sections of this announcement for more informion. If selected, an official/sealed college transcript(s) required to verify educion prior to employment. 3. Other Qualificion Documention (e.g. certifices, certificions, etc.), if applicable. See the Qualificion section of this announcement for more informion. 4. Most recent SF-50s (Notificion of Personnel Actions), if you are a current eligible DOS employee (per 3 FAM 2313.4(a)(5)), including current employees applying under a non-competitive hiring authority . The SF-50s must show: effective de, position title, series, grade, salary, tenure, position occupied, full promotion potential, and name of agency. Multiple SF-50s may be needed to show all required informion (e.g., promotion, within-grade increase, and separion SF-50s). Award SF-50s often do not show the required informion. 5. Performance appraisal, strongly encouraged for current eligible DOS employees. Submit a copy of your most recent (i.e., usually within the last 18 months) final (i.e., not a mid-year review) official (i.e., signed by the ring official and in original form) annual performance appraisal for the hiring manager's considerion. If a performance appraisal is not available, you may provide a stement and/or a stement from your supervisor explaining the reason one is not available and your servicing HR Office contact informion (name, email address, phone number).

Note:

You may be requested to provide an appraisal to the hiring official if one was not provided with your applicion. To receive a promotion, the employee's most recent performance ring must be "fully successful" or an equivalent level or higher. Employees who are tentively selected to receive a promotion required to provide performance documention within two business days of request. Servicing HR Offices may be contacted to verify performance rings. 6. Non-competitive hiring authority eligibility documention, if applicable . If you are a current eligible DOS employee applying under a non-competitive hiring authority (e.g, FS tenured employees, USUN reinstement eligibles, Schedule A), you must submit proof of non-competitive eligibility with your applicion. For informion reled to Schedule A hiring authority for individuals with disabilities OPM's hiring informion site. 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 Prepare your applicion in USAJOBS To start your applicion, click Apply and we'll walk you through the process to tach a resume and any required documents. During the applicion process you can review, edit, delete, and upde your informion. We'll automically save your progress as you go, so you won't lose any changes. You have until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the closing de of this announcement to complete the applicion process. STEP 1: Select the "Apply" button and follow the instructions to register or sign into

USAJOBS. STEP 2

Submit your resume. Please see the Required Documents section for specific informion th should be outlined in your resume. STEP 3: Complete the online assessment questions. STEP 4: Submit all required documention applicable to you, as listed in the Required Documents section. To learn how to view the stus of your submitted supporting documention and applicion, the Applicion Instructions section of our agency's Civil Service selection process site . Technical assistance with your on-line applicion is available through the Help Desk fedhirehelp@applygovernment.com or by calling (866) 656-6830 between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. ET Alterne Applicion Procedures If applying online poses an extreme hardship, you may request alterne applicion procedures to submit your applicion package. Contact the Human Resources office listed on the announcement between the business hours of 8:15 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. ET least 2 working days prior to the closing de of this announcement. The applicion package for alterne applicion procedures must be submitted and received in the Human Resources office no ler than 11:59 p.m. ET on the closing de of this announcement. Paper applicions and informion sent by mail will not be accepted. Agency contact informion HRSC Customer Svc Ctr Phone 000-000-0000 Fax 000-000-0000 HRSC@ste.gov Address U.S. Department of Ste Not accepting applicions by Mail Charleston, South Carolina 29405 United Stes Next steps After all applicion packages are received, we will review applicions and evalue applicants' qualificions. Then, in approximely two weeks after this announcement closes, we will refer candides, as described in the "How You Will Be Evalued" section, to the hiring manager for selection considerion. Your applicion stus upded up to four times during the following hiring phases: After applicions are received. After applicions are assessed to determine qualificions. After candides are referred to the hiring manager. After a selection is made. For the selected candides who receive a tentive job offer, we will conduct a suitability review and/or security background investigion th generally takes an average of least two to six months. 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 All required documents listed below, th are applicable to you, must be submitted to our automed system by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the closing de of this announcement. 1. Resume limited to two pages showing relevant work/volunteer experience, educion and training. Include the start and end des (from month/year to month/year) and the number of hours per week worked/volunteered. Your resume serves as the basis for qualificion determinions and must support your answers to the completed online assessment questions. Resumes longer than two pages deemed ineligible and will not be considered further. 2. Transcripts, if applicable and you are qualifying based on educion . See the Qualificion and Educion sections of this announcement for more informion. If selected, an official/sealed college transcript(s) required to verify educion prior to employment. 3. Other Qualificion Documention (e.g. certifices, certificions, etc.), if applicable. See the Qualificion section of this announcement for more informion. 4. Most recent SF-50s (Notificion of Personnel Actions), if you are a current eligible DOS employee (per 3 FAM 2313.4(a)(5)), including current employees applying under a non-competitive hiring authority . The SF-50s must show: effective de, position title, series, grade, salary, tenure, position occupied, full promotion potential, and name of agency. Multiple SF-50s may be needed to show all required informion (e.g., promotion, within-grade increase, and separion SF-50s). Award SF-50s often do not show the required informion. 5. Performance appraisal, strongly encouraged for current eligible DOS employees. Submit a copy of your most recent (i.e., usually within the last 18 months) final (i.e., not a mid-year review) official (i.e., signed by the ring official and in original form) annual performance appraisal for the hiring manager's considerion. If a performance appraisal is not available, you may provide a stement and/or a stement from your supervisor explaining the reason one is not available and your servicing HR Office contact informion (name, email address, phone number).

Note:

You may be requested to provide an appraisal to the hiring official if one was not provided with your applicion. To receive a promotion, the employee's most recent performance ring must be "fully successful" or an equivalent level or higher. Employees who are tentively selected to receive a promotion required to provide performance documention within two business days of request. Servicing HR Offices may be contacted to verify performance rings. 6. Non-competitive hiring authority eligibility documention, if applicable . If you are a current eligible DOS employee applying under a non-competitive hiring authority (e.g, FS tenured employees, USUN reinstement eligibles, Schedule A), you must submit proof of non-competitive eligibility with your applicion. For informion reled to Schedule A hiring authority for individuals with disabilities OPM's hiring informion site. 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 Prepare your applicion in USAJOBS To start your applicion, click Apply and we'll walk you through the process to tach a resume and any required documents. During the applicion process you can review, edit, delete, and upde your informion. We'll automically save your progress as you go, so you won't lose any changes. You have until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the closing de of this announcement to complete the applicion process. STEP 1: Select the "Apply" button and follow the instructions to register or sign into

USAJOBS. STEP 2

Submit your resume. Please see the Required Documents section for specific informion th should be outlined in your resume. STEP 3: Complete the online assessment questions. STEP 4: Submit all required documention applicable to you, as listed in the Required Documents section. To learn how to view the stus of your submitted supporting documention and applicion, the Applicion Instructions section of our agency's Civil Service selection process site . Technical assistance with your on-line applicion is available through the Help Desk fedhirehelp@applygovernment.com or by calling (866) 656-6830 between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. ET Alterne Applicion Procedures If applying online poses an extreme hardship, you may request alterne applicion procedures to submit your applicion package. Contact the Human Resources office listed on the announcement between the business hours of 8:15 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. ET least 2 working days prior to the closing de of this announcement. The applicion package for alterne applicion procedures must be submitted and received in the Human Resources office no ler than 11:59 p.m. ET on the closing de of this announcement. Paper applicions and informion sent by mail will not be accepted. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion HRSC Customer Svc Ctr Phone 000-000-0000 Fax 000-000-0000 HRSC@ste.gov Address U.S. Department of Ste Not accepting applicions by Mail Charleston, South Carolina 29405 United Stes Next steps After all applicion packages are received, we will review applicions and evalue applicants' qualificions. Then, in approximely two weeks after this announcement closes, we will refer candides, as described in the "How You Will Be Evalued" section, to the hiring manager for selection considerion. Your applicion stus upded up to four times during the following hiring phases: After applicions are received. After applicions are assessed to determine qualificions. After candides are referred to the hiring manager. After a selection is made. For the selected candides who receive a tentive job offer, we will conduct a suitability review and/or security background investigion th generally takes an average of least two to six months. 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 Posted today • Apply by 06/26/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 26, 2026 Locion Washington, DC 1 vacancy No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $143,913 - $187,093 per year Pay scale & grade GG 14 Promotion potential 14 Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel - Occasional travel may be required. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Drug test Yes Security clearance Secret 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

IJC-MPI-2026-0004

Control number 873592200