Civil Engineer

About the Position: Serves as a Journey-Level Navigation/Civil Engineer conducting complex analysis, design, and technical reviews for inland navigation structures and systems, including locks, dams, guide walls, miter gates, and channels. Candidates selected from other USACE organizations may negotiate to remain duty-stationed at their current USACE facility under an inter-district MOU, maintaining integration with their current team.

Serve as a technical discipline engineer on multi-disciplinary Project Delivery Teams (PDTs), coordinating design tasks across functional areas and providing peer guidance and informal mentoring to lower-graded technical staff.

Conduct detailed technical reviews of engineering analyses, feasibility studies, drawings, and specifications prepared by in-house teams or Architect-Engineer (A-E) firms to verify quality, constructability, and compliance with USACE standards.

Develop and adapt plans, specifications, and design criteria for navigation structures—such as lock chambers, approach walls, and gate systems—by applying established methods and evaluating specialized riverine construction techniques.

Serve as the technical lead for assigned design packages, specialized studies, and Design Documentation Reports (DDRs) for navigation rehabilitation and new construction projects.

Act as a technical point of contact with sponsor Districts, Major Subordinate Commands (MSCs), and regional stakeholders while actively participating in USACE Communities of Practice (CoPs) to share lessons learned and best practices.

Analyze and resolve complex, non-routine inland navigation engineering challenges using precedent and established criteria; elevates unprecedented policy or high-risk matters to senior leadership with recommended technical solutions.

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. Reasonable Accommodation (RA) Requests: If you believe you have a disability (i.e., physical or mental), covered by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended that would interfere with completing the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, you will be granted the opportunity to request a RA in your online application. Requests for RA for the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments and appropriate supporting documentation for RA must be received prior to starting the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments. Decisions on requests for RA are made on a case-by-case basis. If you meet the minimum qualifications of the position, after notification of the adjudication of your request, you will receive an email invitation to complete the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, based on your adjudication decision. You must complete all assessments within 48 hours of receiving the URL to access the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments if you received the link after the close of the announcement. To determine if you need a RA, please review the Procedures for Requesting a Reasonable Accommodation for Online Assessments here: https://appsupport.usastaffing.gov/hc/en-us/sections/28980686389652-Reasonable-Accommodation-Information