Job Alert: Supervisory Civil Engineer (Lead Civil Eng -Structural), GS-0810-15 – USDOT’s Federal Highway Administration @ Washington, DC
This position is located in the Office of Bridges and Structures, Office of Infrastructure. The incumbent serves as a Principal Bridge Engineer in the structures discipline and the Team Leader of the Structural Engineering Team. The incumbent assists the Director, Office of Bridges and Structures, in the performance of all administrative and technical activities related to the functions performed by the Office.
- SALARY RANGE: $124,995.00 to $157,100.00 / Per Year
- OPEN PERIOD:Monday, July 7, 2014 to Sunday, July 20, 2014
Ideal Candidate: The ideal candidate for this position will be a civil engineer with a graduate degree and professional engineering license, and significant knowledge and experience in the design, load rating and construction of major and unusual highway bridges and/or tunnels.
DUTIES:
Serving as a Supervisory Civil Engineer, you will:
- Exercise national leadership in structural engineering aspects of all the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) programs and be responsible for providing technical guidance, and for coordinating FHWA’s activities in these areas with FHWA field offices, Federal agencies, State departments of transportation and local agencies, academia and with various other partners and customers on a national and international basis.
- Be accountable for the team’s outcomes and results, e.g., timely development and updates of policy and guidance, timely review of major and unusual structures, delivery of quality work products and services and implements a quality improvement program in assigned program areas. Provide coaching and leadership to team members in their consultant services to management of Headquarters and field organizations.
- Plan, evaluate, and execute short- and long-range programs which impact national issues. Lead and manage the activities of a staff of engineers in the Headquarters Office and provide technical leadership and guidance to other FHWA offices in Headquarters, Research, Development and Technology, Resource Center, Federal Lands Highway Divisions, and Division Offices.
- Serve as an authoritative expert and be responsible for planning and managing a program on a national level with the objective of improving the state of practice of structural engineering as applied to planning, selection of type, size and location, design, construction, and evaluation (load rating) of highway bridges and structures.
- Lead and coordinate the evaluation of the structural, hydraulic and geotechnical aspects of tunnels, major and unusual bridges, and drainage structures submitted for comments and/or for approval by the Office of Bridges and Structures.
