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Interdisciplinary GS-13 (NTE 120 Days )

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    WELCOME! 
     
    Please see the description below of an internal job opportunity with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). This opportunity is open to CURRENT, PERMANENT USACE EMPLOYEES ONLY.
     
    This opportunity is being announced through the USACE Voluntary Internal Opportunities Program (VIOP). Current, permanent USACE employees with non-competitive eligibility to be placed in this position are eligible to apply. Temporary or term employees and Department of Army Fellows assigned to USACE will not be considered for positions or assignments through VIOP, except for Deployment Opportunities.

    It is not mandatory for hiring officials to use VIOP in order to fill a vacancy non-competitively within USACE. Utilization of VIOP is subject to compliance with all applicable statutes, regulations, policies, and negotiated agreements.
     
    Please carefully review the information and click the "Apply" button below if you would like to apply and be considered for this position. 
     
    Additional USACE Career Opportunities can be explored at the USACE Job Board (<- click here). 
     
     
  • Job Posting Open Date:
    • 10/08/2025
  • Job Posting Close Date:
    • 10/31/2025
  • Announcement Type:
    • TARP - Internal Opportunity (Non-Comp/VIOP)
  • Position Not To Exceed (NTE) Time:
    • NTE 120 Days
  • Position Type:
    • Temporary
  • Position Title:
    • interdisciplinary GS-13
  • Pay Plan:
    • GS
  • Occupational Series:
    • 0401 - Gen Natural Resources Mgmt And Biological Sciences (0401)
    • 0810 - Civil Engineering (0810)
    • 0819 - Environmental Engineering (0819)
    • 0893 - Chemical Engineering (0893)
    • 1301 - General Physical Science (1301)
    • 1320 - Chemistry (1320)
    • 1350 - Geology (1350)
  • Grade:
    • 13
  • USACE Organization :
    • Southwestern Division (SWD) - Fort Worth District
  • Locations (City, State):
    • Fort Worth, TX
  • Position Overview/Duties:

    • Major Duties:
      -    HTRW duties include technical responsibility for the restoration processes beginning with assessment, proceeding through investigation, feasibility study, design phase, and concluding with remediation, or long-term monitoring. Most projects are located within the Southwestern Division. However, Technical Specialists provide expertise on projects outside the Division.

      -    Leads teams or provides technical leadership in area of expertise on the most complicated, local, regional, and nationally significant water resources projects.  As a technical specialist, responds to requests for technical advice and assistance from any District team member within the Southwestern Division. Provides authoritative advice and confers with planners and engineers in other organizational units, throughout the Southwestern Division, to resolve conflicts or delays to the timely completion of work.

      -    Serves as Technical Reviewer or SME for Section/Branch. Ensures compliance with established criteria, sound principles, and standard practices. Provides advice and guidance addressing potential property contamination concerns, site remediation approaches, solid waste minimization (potentially including resource recovery/recycle), and permitting strategies as assigned.

      -    Serves as mentor for other Staff in Section performing HTRW reviews. Ensure that the organization's strategic plan, mission, vision, and values are communicated to the team and integrated into the team's strategies, goals, objectives, work plans and work products and services.
       

  • Other Conditions and Requirements:

    • -    Position Title: HTRW SME – Serves as the senior Hazardous, Toxic and Radioactive Waste (HTRW) policy, analysis, and compliance subject matter expert (SME) in the Southwestern Regional Planning and Environmental Center (RPEC), Environmental Branch, Environmental Engineering and Science Section.
      -    Who May Apply: Open to current, permanent USACE employees only
      -    Type: Internal Opportunity (Non-Competitive/VOIP) 120-day Temp Promotion ONLY
      -    Closing Date: Thursday, October 31, 2025
      -    Duy Station Location: Fort Worth District Office, Little Rock District Office, Galveston District Office, Tulsa District Office
      -    PD#: RK600370 (GS-13 Interdisciplinary (BIOLOGIST – 0401/CIVIL ENGINEER – 0810/ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEER – 0819/CHEMICAL ENGINEER – 0893/PHYSICAL SCIENTIST – 1301/CHEMIST – 1320/GEOLOGIST – 1350)
      -    PCS/relocation: not authorized 
       

  • Qualifications:
    • Candidates will be evaluated IAW OPM Requirements: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/
  • Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy: The United States government does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service or other non-merit factor:
    • To learn more, please visit the Office of Equal Opportunity (https://www.eeoc.gov/federal-sector/federal-employees-job-applicants).
  • Reasonable Accommodation:
    • Reasonable accommodation is available to qualified employees with disabilities. You can request a reasonable accommodation at any time during the application process, hiring process or while on the job. Requests are evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
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