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Public Notice for Civil Engineer
Federal Aviation Administration · May be filled in various FAA duty locations · Closes in 168 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: Peace Corps & AmeriCorps Vista, Special authorities, Individuals with disabilities, The public, Veterans, Military spouses.

Open to all U.S. citizens, nationals, and people who owe allegiance to the U.S. Veterans, military spouses, people with disabilities under Schedule A, Peace Corps and AmeriCorps VISTA alumni, and people eligible under other special authorities may also apply.

Experience: For the GS-11/12 level, you need 1 year of specialized experience at the GS-5/7/9 level. Examples include designing or building transportation infrastructure such as airports, roads, runways, or drainage systems. Higher levels require more specialized experience, such as work at GS-13 and above in airport design, standards, or project oversight.

Education: You can qualify with a bachelor's degree in engineering from an ABET-accredited program, or with a degree in a related science field plus at least 1 year of engineering experience. You can also qualify with passing the Fundamentals of Engineering exam, an EI, EIT, or PE license, or at least 60 semester hours of engineering and science courses. For the GS-11/12 level, a Ph.D. path (3 years of graduate study) can also be used.

Licenses and certifications:

Current Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT), or Professional Engineer (PE) license may be used to qualify, but is not strictly 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 College transcripts uploaded by the closing date, required for all new hires in the 0800 engineering series Resume limited to two pages with job title, employer, start and end dates, and hours per week for each job Foreign education evaluation results if your degree is from outside the U.S. Proof of education details including school name, completion date, degree type, and GPA

3 Apply on USAJOBS

Closes in 168 days (April 13, 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: Human Resources will check your qualifications first, then send eligible candidates to the hiring manager. Some, none, or all candidates may be interviewed, and you may need to complete one or more assessments. Missing information or unsupported answers can lower your rating or make you ineligible.

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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, a security clearance (Other), then the final offer with your start date.

Tips for this job:

Upload transcripts with your application by the closing date, or you may lose consideration
Describe each job with dates and hours per week so your experience can be counted
Apply online only, since faxed, mailed, or emailed applications are not accepted

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