Attorney Advisor Department of Transportion Federal Highway Administrion Summary The Federal Highway Administrion (FHWA), Office of the Chief Counsel, is responsible for rendering legal services and furnishing legal advice on all areas of FHWA program responsibility, The Attorney-Advisor will serve as a member of the Office of the Chief Counsel, Field Legal Services-West, Lakewood, CO or Mteson, IL. Learn more about this agency Summary The Federal Highway Administrion (FHWA), Office of the Chief Counsel, is responsible for rendering legal services and furnishing legal advice on all areas of FHWA program responsibility, The Attorney-Advisor will serve as a member of the Office of the Chief Counsel, Field Legal Services-West, Lakewood, CO or Mteson, IL. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Locion 1 vacancy in the following locions: Lakewood, CO Mteson, IL No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—This position may be eligible for situional telework. Telework approval determined by your immedie supervisor or manager following the agency's telework policy and guidance. If participing in the telework program, you required to sign a telework agreement detailing agency telework policy requirements, working conditions, and expections for the position. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $83,265

• $182,790 per year https://www.opm.gov/policy-da-oversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/ Pay scale & grade GS 11
• 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
• Full Time Travel Required Occasional travel
• Some travel required.

Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series 0905 Attorney Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union No Drug test No Security clearance Other 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 Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number

FHWA.HCC-2026-0004

Control number 879252700 This job is open to Help The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Clarificion from the agency Applicions accepted from any U.S. Citizen. This position is in the Excepted Service. For informion on the Excepted Service, please : Excepted Service Appointing Authorities@ https://www.opm.gov/policy-da-oversight/hiring-informion/excepted-service/ Videos Duties Help As an Attorney-Advisor, the successful candide for this position responsible for rendering legal services and furnishing legal advice on aspects of all areas of Division responsibility, with an emphasis on environmental and infrastructure issues. Such legal services and advice significantly affect policy of the programs of the agency. The legal services are delivered in a highly interactive, fast-paced environment, and often on short timelines. The functions of Field Legal Services-West Division include, but are not limited to:

Planning, Environment, and Realty:

Provides legal services as to mters reled to stewide and regional transportion planning. Provides legal services in connection with environmental, social, and economic aspects of FHWA's programs, and the applicion of environmental laws to those programs. Provides legal services relive to highway beautificion, land acquisition, land use, condemnion, control of rights of way, airspace utilizion, and relocion assistance.

Environmental and Other Litigion:

Provides legal services in connection with litigion involving planning, environment, real este, infrastructure, DBE, civil rights, and other external mters. Assists field counsel, Department of Justice, DOT Office of General Counsel, and Ste torneys when approprie.

Infrastructure:

Provides legal services in connection with contract mters. Provides legal services in connection with toll roads, bridges, tunnels, and ferries. Provides legal advice and services reled to current and innovive financing of highway projects, and public/prive partnerships (PPPs). Provides legal services associed with Federal-aid suspensions and debarments, and infrastructure reled Federal tort mters (including assistance to counsel loced in the field). Provides legal services in connection with the Emergency Relief Program.

Fiscal Services:

Provides legal assistance regarding determinions of eligibility for Federal funding, authorizions, Federal-aid apportionments, limitions, and reled external budgetary and fiscal mters.

Safety and Operions:

Provides legal advice and services reled to Federal aid highway safety programs, such as the Hazard Eliminion Program, the Highway/Rail Safety Crossing Program, and those safety programs jointly administered with the Nional Highway Traffic Safety Administrion, including the review of Ste compliance with Federal requirements. Provides legal advice and services reled to the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD), and truck size and weight limits. The ideal candide for this position is an individual with excellent legal research and writing skills, who can handle and prioritize multiple competing tasks and a diverse workload while maintaining collegial working relionships. This individual has a demonstred interest in, and work experience reled to environmental and infrastructure issues. The ideal candide will provide a cover letter (maximum two pages) explaining his/her specific interest in this position and highlighting his/her relevant work experience regarding environmental and infrastructure issues. Requirements Help Conditions of employment You must be a U.S.Citizen and eligible for considerion. Submit applicion and resume online by 11:59 PM EST on the closing de. This is an Excepted Service position. Required documents must be submitted by the closing de.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

SELECTIVE SERVICE:

Males born after 12/31/59 must be registered for Selective Service.

GOVERNMENT TRAVEL CARD

This position involves travel. A government contractor-issued travel card issued and must be retained for official business only.

TRIAL PERIOD

This is an Excepted Service position. This job filled by an alternive hiring process and is not in the competitive service. Applicants selected for an excepted service position may be subject to a two-year trial period.

ETHICS/CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENT

All employees are subject to the Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Executive Branch, set out in Title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulions, section 2635, including restrictions on owning financial interests th may conflict with performance of their duties. Some employees, like those involved in contracting or reguling non-Federal entities, are subject to Executive Branch Financial Disclosure requirements set out in Title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulions, section 263.

INTERVIEW PROCESS

Applicants who are invited to advance to a ler stage of the hiring process may be afforded one or more interviews and asked to complete a practical exercise and/or provide a writing sample. The results of the interview(s), practical exercise, and writing sample considered in the hiring process. Qualificions To qualify, your experience should include experience and educion equal or equivalent to the following:

GRADE 11

• A law degree (J.

D.) and bar membership in good standing.

GRADE 12

• A law degree (J.

D.), bar membership in good standing

AND EITHER

least one (1) year of professional legal work experience of a progressively responsible nure OR a second law degree (LL.M).

GRADE 13

• A law degree (J.

D.), bar membership in good standing

AND EITHER

least two (2) years of professional legal work experience of a progressively responsible nure; OR a second law degree (LL.M) AND least one (1) year of professional legal work experience.

GRADE 14

• A law degree (J.

D.), bar membership in good standing

AND EITHER

least three (3) years of professional legal work experience of a progressively responsible nure OR a second law degree (LL.M) AND least two (2) years of professional legal work experience of a progressively responsible nure.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

(KSAs): Your qualificions evalued on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies in the following areas:

Administrive Law:

Knowledge of Federal administrive laws, including stute, regulions, procedures, guidance, and precedents.

Environmental Law:

Knowledge of Federal environmental laws, including stutes, regulions, procedures, guidance, and precedent.

Oral Communicion:

Expresses informion (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nure of the informion (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing oral presentions; listens to others, tends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriely.

Writing:

Recognizes or uses correct English grammar, punctuion, and spelling; communices informion (for example, facts, ideas, or messages) in a succinct and organized manner; produces written informion, which may include technical merial, th is approprie for the intended audience. 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. For additional informion about applying to Federal positions, please click on the following link: https://www.opm.gov/policy-da-oversight/classificion-qualificions/general-schedule-qualificion-policies/#url=e4 All applicants must meet all qualificion requirements by the closing de of this announcement. Educion

MANDATORY EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

In order to qualify for this position, candides must have successfully completed a full course of study in a school of law accredited by the American Bar Associion (ABA) and have a professional law degree, and must currently be a member in good standing of the bar of a Ste or Territory of the United Stes or the District of Columbia.

PROOF OF BAR MEMBERSHIP IS REQUIRED.

Additional informion As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you may be required to serve a 2-year trial period during which we will evalue your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may 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. Upon completion of your 2-year trial period your employment termined unless you receive certificion, in writing, th your continued employment advances the public interest. The Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act prohibits the Department of Transportion and its Opering Administrions from requesting an applicant's criminal history record before th individual receives a conditional offer of employment. In accordance with 5 U.S. Code § 9202(c) and 5 C.F.R § 920.201 certain positions are exempt from the provisions of the Fair Chance to Compete Act. Applicants who believe they have been subjected to a violion of the Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act, may submit a written complaint to the Department of Transportion by email , FairChanceAct@dot.gov . To learn more, please our page : The Fair Chance to Compete Act | US Department of Transportion This announcement may be used to fill additional positions if similar vacancies occur within 90 days of the issue de of the referral certifice. 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.

DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE

PLEASE

BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE.

If your resume/ applicion does not support your questionnaire answers, we will not allow credit for your response(s). Your resume must contain sufficiently detailed informion upon which to make a qualificion determinion. Please ensure th your resume contains specific informion such as position titles, beginning and ending des of employment for each position, average number of hours worked per week, and if the position is/was in the Federal government, you should provide the position series and grade level 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. The answers you select in the on-line process must be substantied in your applicion package. If upon review, it is determined th your described work history, competencies, and/or supporting documents do not support your answer choices, you may not be referred to the selecting official. Please ensure th your work history provides enough details to support your answers. 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 The following is a list of documents th are only required based on the type of position. Please review each of the following sections to determine which documents you need to provide with your applicion.

RESUME:

In accordance with the OPM memorandum titled Merit Hiring Plan, ded May 29, 2025, resumes with a maximum of two (2) pages in length accepted as part of your applicion. These should be legible and in a readable font size. A determinion of your eligibility and/or qualificions based only on those two (2) pages. Your resume MUST contain specific informion th can be used to make a qualificion determinion , including employment beginning and ending des for each position, whether employment is Full-time or Part-time, or average number of hours worked per week, and position titles. If the position is/was in the Federal government, you will need to provide the position series and grade level. The resume should show relevant experience and educion, as well as support the required specialized experience. For assistance with the resume builder, please : https://help.usajobs.gov/ COMPLETED

QUESTIONNAIRE. PROOF OF BAR

 

MEMBERSHIP:

Must currently be a member in good standing of the bar of a Ste or Territory of the United Stes or the District of Columbia.

TRANSCRIPTS

• Transcripts are

REQUIRED

as there is a sted educion requirement for the series. The transcripts need not be official, but must show th you meet the sted educion requirements, including specific major or class requirements. A listing of these accredited organizions can be found on the Department of Educion's website

• click here .

VETERANS

: Department of Transportion torney positions are in the excepted service, not the competitive civil service. There is no formal ring system for applying veterans' preference to torney appointments in the excepted service; however, the Department of Transportion considers veterans' preference eligibility as a positive factor in the torney hiring process. If you are eligible for veterans' preference in hiring, you are encouraged to include th informion in your applicion along with supporting documention, e.g., SF15, DD214, Certifice of Release or Discharge from Active Duty, or other supporting documention. Failure to submit any of the required documents by the closing de of the vacancy will result in your removal from considerion for this position. Please review your applicion prior to final submission and ensure you have submitted all approprie documents. Uploading documents to USAJobs does NOT ensure inclusion with your applicion to our system. You must verify th the documents are in the system with your applicion prior to final submission. 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 You must submit a complete applicion package (including resume, vacancy questions and supporting documents) no ler than 11:59 pm (EST) on the closing de of the announcement. To begin, click the "Apply Online" button on the job announcement posting. Follow the directions to register, submit all required documents and complete the assessment questionnaire. You may review your saved applicion(s) https://help.usajobs.gov/ If you are having difficulty applying online, please contact the DOT Automed Staffing Office via email Transjobs@dot.gov . Agency contact informion Automed Staffing Office Phone 000-000-0000 Fax 000-000-0000 TRANSJOBS@dot.gov Address

DOT, FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION

Submit Applicion and Documents Online 1200 New Jersey Ave

SE / HAHR

• 50 Washington, District of Columbia 20590 United Stes Next steps You may check your applicion stus by logging into USAJobs.

com (Select "My USAJobs" and click "Applicions". Within two weeks of the closing de, a Human Resources Specialist will evalue your applicion. Qualified candides referred to the hiring manager. Approprie veteran's preference applied. If you are selected for an interview, the hiring agency will contact you directly. Once the position is filled, we will notify all applicants of their final stus. 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 The following is a list of documents th are only required based on the type of position. Please review each of the following sections to determine which documents you need to provide with your applicion.

RESUME:

In accordance with the OPM memorandum titled Merit Hiring Plan, ded May 29, 2025, resumes with a maximum of two (2) pages in length accepted as part of your applicion. These should be legible and in a readable font size. A determinion of your eligibility and/or qualificions based only on those two (2) pages. Your resume MUST contain specific informion th can be used to make a qualificion determinion , including employment beginning and ending des for each position, whether employment is Full-time or Part-time, or average number of hours worked per week, and position titles. If the position is/was in the Federal government, you will need to provide the position series and grade level. The resume should show relevant experience and educion, as well as support the required specialized experience. For assistance with the resume builder, please : https://help.usajobs.gov/ COMPLETED

QUESTIONNAIRE. PROOF OF BAR

 

MEMBERSHIP:

Must currently be a member in good standing of the bar of a Ste or Territory of the United Stes or the District of Columbia.

TRANSCRIPTS

• Transcripts are

REQUIRED

as there is a sted educion requirement for the series. The transcripts need not be official, but must show th you meet the sted educion requirements, including specific major or class requirements. A listing of these accredited organizions can be found on the Department of Educion's website

• click here .

VETERANS

: Department of Transportion torney positions are in the excepted service, not the competitive civil service. There is no formal ring system for applying veterans' preference to torney appointments in the excepted service; however, the Department of Transportion considers veterans' preference eligibility as a positive factor in the torney hiring process. If you are eligible for veterans' preference in hiring, you are encouraged to include th informion in your applicion along with supporting documention, e.g., SF15, DD214, Certifice of Release or Discharge from Active Duty, or other supporting documention. Failure to submit any of the required documents by the closing de of the vacancy will result in your removal from considerion for this position. Please review your applicion prior to final submission and ensure you have submitted all approprie documents. Uploading documents to USAJobs does NOT ensure inclusion with your applicion to our system. You must verify th the documents are in the system with your applicion prior to final submission. 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 You must submit a complete applicion package (including resume, vacancy questions and supporting documents) no ler than 11:59 pm (EST) on the closing de of the announcement. To begin, click the "Apply Online" button on the job announcement posting. Follow the directions to register, submit all required documents and complete the assessment questionnaire. You may review your saved applicion(s) https://help.usajobs.gov/ If you are having difficulty applying online, please contact the DOT Automed Staffing Office via email Transjobs@dot.gov . Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Automed Staffing Office Phone 000-000-0000 Fax 000-000-0000 TRANSJOBS@dot.gov Address

DOT, FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION

Submit Applicion and Documents Online 1200 New Jersey Ave

SE / HAHR

• 50 Washington, District of Columbia 20590 United Stes Next steps You may check your applicion stus by logging into USAJobs.

com (Select "My USAJobs" and click "Applicions". Within two weeks of the closing de, a Human Resources Specialist will evalue your applicion. Qualified candides referred to the hiring manager. Approprie veteran's preference applied. If you are selected for an interview, the hiring agency will contact you directly. Once the position is filled, we will notify all applicants of their final stus. 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 locions: Lakewood, CO Mteson, IL No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—This position may be eligible for situional telework. Telework approval determined by your immedie supervisor or manager following the agency's telework policy and guidance. If participing in the telework program, you required to sign a telework agreement detailing agency telework policy requirements, working conditions, and expections for the position. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $83,265

• $182,790 per year https://www.opm.gov/policy-da-oversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/ Pay scale & grade GS 11
• 14 Promotion potential 14 Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time
• Full Time Travel Required Occasional travel
• Some travel required.

Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union No Drug test No Security clearance Other 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

FHWA.HCC-2026-0004

Control number 879252700