Survey Technician
Company
Department of the Army - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Location
Multiple Locations
Type
Full Time
Job Description
Summary
This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Certain Personnel of the DoD Workforce to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service.
About the Position: You will be responsible for the day-to-day work of accomplishing pre-post dredge and conditional surveys in support of channel maintenance of navigable waterways, including foreign waters.
Requirements
Conditions of Employment
- Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
- You must be able to obtain and maintain a current valid state driver's license.
- Within one year of assignment to this position, must possess and maintain a license by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to operate motorboats of 26 feet or less, or applicable USCG license.
- Must possess and maintain CPR and Basic First Aid certificates or obtain said certificates within one year after appointment.
- This position requires the completion of a pre-employment Physical Examination and an annual examination thereafter to ensure the continued, required level of physical health and ability or fitness to perform the duties of the position.
Qualifications
Who May Apply: US Citizens
In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or 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.
Specialized experience at the GS-10 level is defined as: demonstrated experience utilizing specialized hardware and software used in hydrographic surveying. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service GS-09 level.
OR
You must have a master's degree or higher in a related field, or have completed 2 years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree.
OR
You must have less than the full amount of graduate education described "above" and less than the amount of specialized experience as described in "above," but you can have a combination of the type of graduate education described in "above" and the kind of experience described "above." When combining education and experience, first take the number of graduate-level semester credits (or equivalent) earned in excess of 18, and divide by 18 semester credits (or equivalent); then take the number of months of experience divided by 12 months; finally add the two percentages together. The total must equal at least 100 percent to qualify.
Specialized experience at the GS-09 level is defined as: training and/or experience in methods and practices sufficient to plan, carry out, and monitor a wide variety of hydro survey projects and activities with limited supervision or guidance to carryout work requirements. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service GS-08 level.
OR
You have a master's degree or higher in a related field, or I have completed 2 years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree.
OR
You must have less than the full amount of graduate education described "above" and less than the amount of specialized experience as described in "above," but you can have a combination of the type of graduate education described in "above" and the kind of experience described "above." When combining education and experience, first take the number of graduate-level semester credits (or equivalent) earned in excess of 18, and divide by 18 semester credits (or equivalent); then take the number of months of experience divided by 12 months; finally add the two percentages together. The total must equal at least 100 percent to qualify.
OR
Specialized experience at the GS-08 level is defined as: training and/or experience in technology or data collection methods and practices to ensure the ability to learn the planning, carrying out, and monitoring a wide variety of survey projects and activities under supervision or guidance to carryout work requirements This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service GS-07 level.
OR
You must have less than the full amount of graduate education described "above" and less than the amount of specialized experience as described in "above," but you can have a combination of the type of graduate education described in "above" and the kind of experience described "above." When combining education and experience, first take the number of graduate-level semester credits (or equivalent) earned in excess of 18, and divide by 18 semester credits (or equivalent); then take the number of months of experience divided by 12 months; finally add the two percentages together. The total must equal at least 100 percent to qualify.
In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or 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.
Specialized experience at the GS-10 level is defined as: demonstrated experience utilizing specialized hardware and software used in hydrographic surveying. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service GS-09 level.
OR
You must have a master's degree or higher in a related field, or have completed 2 years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree.
OR
You must have less than the full amount of graduate education described "above" and less than the amount of specialized experience as described in "above," but you can have a combination of the type of graduate education described in "above" and the kind of experience described "above." When combining education and experience, first take the number of graduate-level semester credits (or equivalent) earned in excess of 18, and divide by 18 semester credits (or equivalent); then take the number of months of experience divided by 12 months; finally add the two percentages together. The total must equal at least 100 percent to qualify.
Specialized experience at the GS-09 level is defined as: training and/or experience in methods and practices sufficient to plan, carry out, and monitor a wide variety of hydro survey projects and activities with limited supervision or guidance to carryout work requirements. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service GS-08 level.
OR
You have a master's degree or higher in a related field, or I have completed 2 years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree.
OR
You must have less than the full amount of graduate education described "above" and less than the amount of specialized experience as described in "above," but you can have a combination of the type of graduate education described in "above" and the kind of experience described "above." When combining education and experience, first take the number of graduate-level semester credits (or equivalent) earned in excess of 18, and divide by 18 semester credits (or equivalent); then take the number of months of experience divided by 12 months; finally add the two percentages together. The total must equal at least 100 percent to qualify.
OR
Specialized experience at the GS-08 level is defined as: training and/or experience in technology or data collection methods and practices to ensure the ability to learn the planning, carrying out, and monitoring a wide variety of survey projects and activities under supervision or guidance to carryout work requirements This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service GS-07 level.
OR
You must have less than the full amount of graduate education described "above" and less than the amount of specialized experience as described in "above," but you can have a combination of the type of graduate education described in "above" and the kind of experience described "above." When combining education and experience, first take the number of graduate-level semester credits (or equivalent) earned in excess of 18, and divide by 18 semester credits (or equivalent); then take the number of months of experience divided by 12 months; finally add the two percentages together. The total must equal at least 100 percent to qualify.
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/
Additional information
- Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
- You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship.
- One year trial/probationary period may be required.
- Direct Deposit of Pay is required.
- Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees.
- If you have retired from federal service and you are interested in employment as a reemployed annuitant, see the information in the Reemployed Annuitant information sheet.
- This is a(n) Engineering & Scientists (Resources & Construction) Career Field position.
- Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement.
- Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement.
- Payment of Permanent Change of Station (PCS) costs is not authorized, based on a determination that a PCS move is not in the Government interest.
- The following incentives may be authorized to a highly qualified candidate: Recruitment, Relocation, Advanced In-Hire Rate, and/or Advanced Leave Accrual. Student Loan Reimbursement.
- Management may select at any grade level.
- Incumbent may be eligible for non-competitive promotion to target position upon meeting time-in-grade restrictions.
- During the performance of field duties the incumbent is required to work in difficult terrain and is subject to the hazards of temperature extremes, sunburn, snake and insect bites, infection from poisonous plants, injury from brush-cutting tools, and falling from boats and other equipment.
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