Engineering Technician (Civil)

This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Certain Personnel in DoD Workforce to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service.

Who May Apply: US Citizens

In order to qualify, you must meet the 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.


GS-08
Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes meeting two of the following: 1) Provide contract administration support to the construction field offices for contract compliance; 2) Assist the office engineers in verifying that contract close-out requirements have been met by construction field offices; 3) Collaborate in and monitor the review of contractor technical submittals and Requests for Information (RFIs); 4) Review design drawings, specifications, and other contract documents for constructability and biddability on Civil Works projects such as dam repairs, levees, channels, roads, erosion and sediment control features, wetland mitigation, and stream bank restoration; 5) Interpret and apply guidelines to a variety of survey, construction, and design problems and recommending solutions; 6) Assist office engineers in preparing for periodic Quality Assurance inspections of construction work from layout to completion under each contract. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-07).


Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.