You will serve as a Supervisory Civil Engineer in the Upper Colorado Basin; Western Colorado Area Office in Grand Junction, Colorado. First time hires to the Federal government normally start at the step 1 rate.
Some of the major duties you will perform include but are not limited to the following: Lead the planning, implementation, and oversight of Operation and Maintenance (O&M) and Safety of Dams (SOD) programs for water resource, salinity control, and power generation facilities to ensure safe, reliable, and efficient operations.
Direct and perform professional civil engineering analyses, investigations, inspections, and evaluations involving dams, canals, pipelines, pumping plants, bridges, powerplants, reservoirs, and related infrastructure, providing recommendations to address operational, maintenance, and safety concerns.
Manage engineering projects and programs by establishing priorities, coordinating resources, developing scopes of work, schedules, cost estimates, and technical requirements, and ensuring successful project execution.
Provide technical leadership and engineering oversight through the review and approval of engineering analyses, designs, plans, specifications, inspection reports, and technical documents; serve as a technical advisor to facility managers, operators, engineers, and other stakeholders.
Supervise and develop a multidisciplinary workforce by planning and assigning work, evaluating performance, identifying training needs, recruiting and selecting employees, and fostering a safe, productive, and effective work environment.
This position does not allow substituting education for experience. This position has a mandatory education requirement. You must submit a copy of your transcript(s) to support claimed education if substituting education for experience. Transcripts must include your name, school name, grades, credit hours earned, major(s), grade point average or class ranking, and date the degree was conferred, if applicable. A typed list of courses, grades, semester/quarter hours, GPA, etc.
will not be accepted. Non-submission may result in being rated not qualified for the position. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable, but if you are selected for this position and you used your education to qualify, you must provide official transcripts before you begin work.
Foreign Education: To receive credit for education completed outside the United States, you must show proof that the education has been submitted to a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign educational credentials and such education has been deemed at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education programs. Recognition of Foreign Qualifications | U.S. Department of Education.
https://www.ed.gov/about/initiatives/international-affairs/recognition-of-foreign-qualification
This position is with Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior.
The posted pay range is $104502 – $127443/yr.
This position is eligible for telework.
Applications close on 2026-11-20.
This position is open under the 'Fed Transition' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government · Retrieved 2026-10-30 · Not affiliated with or endorsed by OPM or USAJOBS.gov
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