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SummaryAbout the Position: Serves as the Hydropower Maintenance Program Manager under the general supervision of a Branch/Section Chief. Leads the District implementation and execution of the regional hydropower asset management strategy.Learn more about this agencyDutiesHelpServe as the subject matter expert and advisor in the field of maintenance engineering principles.Apply state-of-the-art engineering strategies and practices to improve material condition and equipment reliability.Provide expert advice and recommendations to the management team on controversial, critical and/or cybersecurity related technical issues.Provide engineering support to plan, recommend, coordinate, and assist supervisors/managers in the operation, inspection, and maintenance of assets.Plan, organize, coordinate, direct and control programs for achieving the ongoing maintenance and operation, upgrade, replacement and repair of electrical, electronic, and mechanical features.Develop maintenance management plans and monitor compliance.Develop policies, guidelines, strategies, objectives and plans that align with Corps' strategic goals and campaign plan.Lead the development and prioritization of long-term investment strategies for operating, maintaining, repairing, replacing, or disposing of assets.Troubleshoot or resolve unique problems and conditions or deviations from standard practices.Compile and evaluate the condition assessments of assets to inform recommendations provided to managers for use in budget development.Develop and maintain a strategic plan that balances competing interests and requirements, establishes priorities, and manages change.Resolve electrical and mechanical system and equipment failures, conditions, and problems when guidelines and precedents are often absent or obscure.Coordinate work with other sections to improve asset availability and reliability.Provide training and guidance to the Maintenance Control Specialists.Influence, motivate, interrogate, or control people or groups to gain compliance with new plans or modified policies.Serve as authority to interpret and provide advice on policies, regulations and engineering criteria issued by division and/or headquarters.RequirementsHelpConditions of employmentAppointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.Secret Security clearance is required.Temporary duty up to 35% is required.Must possess and maintain a valid state driver's license.Incumbent is required to submit a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report, OGE-450, (5CFR Part 2634, Subpart I Confidential Financial Disclosure Reports) upon entering the position and annually thereafter.QualificationsThe salary range of this position will apply to the following locations based on applicable Special Salary Rate tables:Salary Rate Range for GS-13: $118,204 - $145,483 includes - Mobile, Alabama; Selma, Alabama; Camden, Alabama; Ft. Gaines, Georgia; Chatsworth, Georgia and Chattahoochee, Florida.Salary Rate Range for GS-13: $130,328 - $157,607 includes - Cartersville, Georgia; Buford, Georgia and West Point, GeorgiaWho 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 CommandDomestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel WorkforceInteragency Career Transition Assistance PlanLand Management Workforce Flexibility ActMilitary Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability RetirementPriority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference EligibleVeterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998This is a Limited Area of Consideration for applicants that are Current Civilian Employees of the Command, USACE and the other employment authority categories listed above. 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 Requirement for Engineers (0855,0830,0850):A. Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET); OR (2) include differential and integral calculus and courses (more advanced than first-year physics and chemistry) in five of the following seven areas of engineering science or physics: (a) statics, dynamics; (b) strength of materials (stress-strain relationships); (c) fluid mechanics, hydraulics; (d) thermodynamics; (e) electrical fields and circuits; (f) nature and properties of materials (relating particle and aggregate structure to properties); and (g) any other comparable area of fundamental engineering science or physics, such as optics, heat transfer, soil mechanics, or electronics.ORB. Combination of Education and Experience: College-level education, training, and/or technical experience that furnished (1) a thorough knowledge of the physical and mathematical sciences underlying engineering, and (2) a good understanding, both theoretical and practical, of the engineering sciences and techniques and their applications to one of the branches of engineering. The adequacy of such background must be demonstrated by one of the following:1. Professional registration or licensure - Current registration as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT), or licensure as a Professional Engineer (PE) by any State, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico. Absent other means of qualifying under this standard, those applicants who achieved such registration by means other than written test (e.g., State grandfather or eminence provisions) are eligible only for positions that are within or closely related to the specialty field of their registration. For example, an applicant who attains registration through a State Board's eminence provision as a manufacturing engineer typically would be rated eligible only for manufacturing engineering positions.2. Written Test - Evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) examination, or any other written test required for professional registration, by an engineering licensure board in the various States, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico.3. Specified academic courses - Successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences and that included the courses specified in A above. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program.4. Related curriculum - Successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree in an appropriate scientific field, e.g., engineering technology, physics, chemistry, architecture, computer science, mathematics, hydrology, or geology, may be accepted in lieu of a degree in engineering, provided the applicant has had at least 1 year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance. Ordinarily there should be either an established plan of intensive training to develop professional engineering competence, or several years of prior professional engineering-type experience, e.g., in interdisciplinary positions.In addition to meeting the basic requirements above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below:Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes: 1) Apply advanced engineering principles to the maintenance, repair, upgrade, and replacement of complex industrial systems and equipment found in hydropower plants, locks, and dams; 2)Develop or implement long-term strategic plans and investment strategies for operating, maintaining, repairing, and replacement of assets; 3) Analyze and resolve complex technical problems related to the operation and maintenance of civil works infrastructure such as hydropower plants, locks and dams and 4) Communicate technical information and recommendations to management and stakeholders. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-12).You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:Oral CommunicationPlanning and EvaluatingProblem SolvingTechnical CompetenceTime in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-12).EducationFOREIGN 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: informationMale 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.This position requires a 1-year probationary period during which the agency evaluates your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In making this determination, the agency may consider your performance and conduct; agency needs and interests; whether your continued employment supports organizational or Government goals; and whether it promotes the efficiency of the Federal service. Continued employment requires written certification that it advances the public interest.Direct deposit of pay is required.This position requires you to submit a Public Financial Disclosure Report (OGE 278) or a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report (OGE450) upon entry, and annually thereafter.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)Career Field - 18 Engineers and Scientist position.Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement.Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement.When you perform a Civilian Permanent Change of Station (PCS) with the government, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) considers the majority of your entitlements to be taxable. Visit for more information.Permanent Change of Station (PCS) allowances may be authorized, subject to the provisions of the Joint Travel Regulations and an agency determination that a PCS move is in the Government Interest.Expand Hide additional informationCandidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.BenefitsHelpA career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.Review our benefitsEligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. 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