Summary About the Position: As Section Chief, will serve as the Principal advisor and consultant to the Branch Chief on hydraulic and hydrologic engineering issues. Work of the section is accomplished through the direction of section employees and through the administration of technical service contracts. Duties Exercises full first-line administrative and technical supervision over a multidisciplinary staff of professional engineers and technicians. Plans workflow, establishes priorities, assigns duties, develops performance standards, conducts evaluations, and manages personnel actions. Serves as the principal consultant and technical advisor to the Branch Chief and District leadership on complex hydraulic and hydrologic design, river mechanics, and water control management issues. Directs, coordinates, and oversees comprehensive hydrologic and hydraulic engineering studies, field investigations, surveys, and numerical modeling for new construction, operation and rehabilitation of civil works infrastructure. Manages and oversees Architect-Engineer (A-E) and technical service contracts; develops scopes of work, monitors budgets, controls engineering schedules, and enforces quality standards for project deliverables. Conducts technical reviews of permit applications and engineering plans under statutory programs (e.g. Clean Water Act) to identify and mitigate adverse hydrologic impacts and ensure compliance with environmental criteria. Directs quality assurance reviews, peer reviews, and technical consistency checks across all hydraulic designs, flood risk management analyses, and water resource projects to ensure conformance with agency standards and engineering regulations. Qualifications Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Current Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army) Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473 Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible Reinstatement Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the education and experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Basic Requirement Minimum Education Requirement: Bachelor's degree (or higher) in engineering. The program must: lead to a degree in a school with at least one program accredited by ABET. Degree must be documented on a transcript. OPM General Schedule Qualification Standards - GS-0800 Series - https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#0800 In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the Specialized Experience requirement: Specialized Experience Requirement: One year of specialized experience which includes: independently initiating, executing, and completing hydrologic and hydraulic engineering studies of watersheds using programs such as HEC-HMS; flowing bodies of water using programs such as HEC-RAS, Flow-3D; and modeling reservoirs using programs such as HEC-ResSim. Perform duties of Project Engineer or Technical Lead through planning, budgeting, scheduling, managing staff, and controlling of engineering functions for civil work projects. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-12). Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-12). Education FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.