Supervisory Interdisciplinary

Summary

About the Position: This is a Supervisory Interdisciplinary, GS-14 position with the Fort Worth District, Regional Planning and Environmental Center (RPEC) with the duty station of Galveston, Texas.

Duties

• •Serve as Branch Chief, which is responsible for the technical sufficiency of planning documents prepared by government personnel and contract architect-engineering firms for Civil Works programs.
• •Responsible for planning, organizing, directing, and preparation of technical studies for planning projects within the region and providing comprehensive technical support to the Fort Worth, Galveston, Little Rock and Tulsa Districts.
• •Direct and coordinates through subordinate supervisors, each supported by subordinate staff comprised of engineers, scientists, economists and other technical specialists.
• •Direct planning studies for civil works planning activities of the Region.
• •Participate and is actively involved in project scope, time, cost and quality issues to meet customer/partner expectations.
• •Support the Deputy District Engineers (PPM) in all four geographic districts as required on technical schedule and cost issues.
• •Responsible for the Region’s plan formulation process and evaluation of monetary and non-monetary benefits derived from existing and proposed Civil Works projects.
• •Advise Director, district commanders and senior leadership about impending delays or possible alternatives to avert delays.
• •Represent the Region at conferences and provides expert testimony in civil works issues.

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 Civilian Employees of the Command Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel Workforce Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473 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 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 EDUCATION REQUIREMENT Social Science Series, 0101 Degree: behavioral or social science; or related disciplines appropriate to the position. OR Combination of education and experience that provided the applicant with knowledge of one or more of the behavioral or social sciences equivalent to a major in the field. OR Four years of appropriate experience that demonstrated that the applicant has acquired knowledge of one or more of the behavioral or social sciences equivalent to a major in the field. Economist Series, 0110 A. Degree: economics, that included at least 21 semester hours in economics and 3 semester hours in statistics, accounting, or calculus. OR B. Combination of education and experience: courses equivalent to a major in economics, as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. Archeology Series, 0193 A. Education - Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) that included 3 semester hours each in the following course areas: (1) history of archeology; (2) archeology of a major geographical area such as North America or Africa; (3) regional archeology, archeological cultures, or sites in a specific part or portion of a major geographical area to acquire or develop a foundation for regional specialization for professional development; (4) theory and methods of archeology. Methods include, but are not limited to, typology, classification, sampling, cultural evolution, diffusion, dating, and analytical techniques; (5) archeological field school, to provide a basic understanding of theoretical and practical approaches to research design implementation, field preservation techniques, and report preparation by participation in actual field work; AND six semester hours of related course work in: (1) geography, geology, or cultural geography; (2) history, historiography, or historical archeology; (3) environmental studies; (4) scientific writing (nonfiction English composition); and/or (5) surveying; AND archeological field school. OR B. Education - Related Curriculum: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in anthropology (with emphasis on ethnology, physical anthropology, or scientific linguistics), history, American studies, or a related discipline may be accepted as satisfying in full the educational requirements, provided the curriculum supplied academic course work sufficiently similar to the requirements listed in A above (including archeological field school). OR C. Combination of Education and Experience: College-level education or training that provided knowledge equivalent to that described in A above, plus appropriate technical experience or additional education. OR D. Experience: Four years of archeological work experience that demonstrated a thorough knowledge of the fundamental principles and theories of professional archeology. The work experience must have included archeology field experience, which may include that gained in an archeological field school. Field experience should have included a combination of professional experience in archeological survey, excavation, laboratory analysis, and preparation of written materials. Applicants with such field experience should, after additional experience under the direction of a higher grade archeologist, be able to demonstrate the ability to be a crew chief, directing the work of others at a single location as a part of a larger archeological project. General Natural Resources Management and Biological Sciences Series, 0401 A. Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in biological sciences, agriculture, natural resource management, chemistry, or related disciplines appropriate to the position. OR B. Combination of Education and Experience: Courses equivalent to a major, as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. *NOTE* For the rest of the available series BASIC REQUIREMENTS see "EDUCTATION" section of announcement! SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: One year of specialized experience which includes: 1) Overseeing a planning program comprised of complex engineering, environmental, or planning studies; AND 2) Preparing high-quality reports, technical assessments, or planning documents that are policy compliant for civil works planning activities; AND 3) Leading a multidisciplinary team of engineers, scientists, and planning professionals, which includes assigning workloads, setting performance goals, mentoring staff, and/or resolving conflicts to optimize workforce utilization. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-13). This required experience must be clearly indicated on resume. Some federal jobs allow you to substitute you