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Civil Engineer (Construction Management)
Bureau of Reclamation · Lakewood, Colorado · Closes in 9 days

1 Check you can apply
2 Resume and documents
3 Apply on USAJOBS
4 After you apply

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1 Check you can apply You are here

Who can apply: The public, Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL).

Open to U.S. citizens and nationals. Federal employees eligible for career transition priority (CTAP, ICTAP or RPL) may also apply.

Experience: You need at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-13 in the Federal service. This includes planning and managing engineering projects, reviewing technical work for accuracy, applying civil or general engineering knowledge to water or power systems, and handling contract administration and construction claims, changes and disputes.

Education: You can qualify with an engineering bachelor's degree from an ABET-accredited program, or with a degree that includes required calculus and science courses. You can also qualify through a current Engineer Intern or Engineer in Training registration, passing the Fundamentals of Engineering exam, 60 semester hours of required science and engineering courses, or a related science degree plus at least 1 year of professional engineering experience. The announcement says education is mandatory for this job, and it does not say education can replace experience at this grade.

Licenses and certifications:

Professional Engineer (P.E.) registration required

Experience can be paid or unpaid, volunteer work included: if it matches the duties, it counts. The full rules are in the announcement.

2 Resume and documents

Write a federal resume for this job. For each job you held, give the month and year you started and ended, your hours per week and what you did, using the words of the experience the announcement asks for. Many announcements accept resumes of up to 2 pages: check this one.

Resume ready: dates, hours per week, duties Resume of no more than 2 single-sided pages, with 10-point minimum font and 0.5-inch margins Resume dates in month-year format and hours worked per week or full-time for each job College transcripts if you use education to qualify, including undergraduate and graduate transcripts when applicable Proof of eligibility for CTAP or ICTAP, if claimed: agency notice, SF-50s and most recent performance appraisal Completed required assessment(s)

3 Apply on USAJOBS

Closes in 9 days (November 12, until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time).

You sign in to USAJOBS with a Login.gov account, answer the questionnaire and upload your documents, then you submit. Answer the questionnaire honestly: your resume must show what you claim.

How they rate you: You are rated on your application, the online questionnaire, and a structured resume review. The assessment measures civil engineering, decision making and project management, and you must meet a cut score to be considered. Overstating your experience or giving false information can get you removed from consideration.

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4 After you apply

In USAJOBS, under Applications, you can see where your application stands: received, reviewed, referred to the hiring manager or not, then selected or not. It can take a few weeks.

For the interview, prepare three examples with the STAR method: the Situation, the Task, what you did (Action) and the Result.

If they choose you: a tentative offer, then a background check, then the final offer with your start date.

Tips for this job:

Show full-time or hours per week for every job on your resume, or that experience may not be credited.
If you use education to qualify, send transcripts. A typed list of courses will not be accepted.
If you are a displaced federal employee, send CTAP or ICTAP proof with your application or you lose priority.

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