Land Surveyor

Full Job Description

This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Certain Personnel of the DoD Workforce to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service.

A Recruitment/Relocation Incentive MAY be offered, depending on funding availability and management discretion.

About the Position: This is a Land Surveyor, GS-1373-12 position with USACE, Southwestern Division (SWD), Fort Worth District, Real Estate Division, in Fort Worth, TX.

Who May Apply: US Citizens 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 Land Surveyor: A.

Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in land surveying; or civil engineering with a surveying option/emphasis.

The civil engineering major must have included at least 6 semester hours of surveying, 3 semester hours of land law, and 21 additional semester hours in any combination of the following: surveying, photogrammetry, geodetic surveying, geodesy, route surveying, remote sensing, cartography, survey astronomy, land information systems, computer-aided mapping, aerial photo interpretation, and survey analysis and adjustments.

OR B. Combination of Education and Experience: Courses equivalent to a major in land surveying or civil engineering, as described in paragraph A, plus appropriate experience or additional education.

OR C.

Registration: The basic requirements for this series may be fully satisfied by a current registration as a land surveyor in a State, territory, or the District of Columbia obtained by written examination.

Such registration must have been obtained under conditions outlined in the National Council of Engineering Examiners (NCEE) Unified Model Law for Registration of Surveyors.

Applicants wishing to be considered under this provision must show evidence of registration based on successful completion of the written examinations.

Registrations granted prior to adoption of a registration law with qualification requirements equivalent to the NCEE Model Law by the State, territory, or District of Columbia are not acceptable under this option.

To be considered equivalent to the NCEE Model law, registration laws must include the four options listed within the NCEE Unified Model Law in the section specifying "General Requirements for Registration" as a Professional Land Surveyor.

In addition to meeting the basic requirement 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.) Conduct and review various types of land surveys.

2.) Manage land survey projects. 3.) Perform Contract Administration.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11). OR Education: Ph.D.

or equivalent doctoral degree in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position, such as: land surveying; or civil engineering with a surveying option/emphasis.

OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%.

To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12.

Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the second year (total graduate semester hours minus 36) by 18. Add the two percentages. Major Duties:

• Serve as the Mapping Unit project coordinator for large real estate acquisitions and diversified projects.
• Assure standardization of methods, procedures, and Quality Assurance (QA) reviews of all real estate land surveys performed by A-E contracts; and has final responsibility for the accuracy and adequacy of surveys assigned.
• Provide survey expertise and guidance on the most complex, unprecedented and novel assignments.
• Serve as a resource for guidance in a rapidly evolving and increasingly sophisticated professional field of land surveying and mapping.
• Responsible for planning, organizing and carrying out real estate land survey requirements; resolving most technical problems encountered; and coordinating the work with others.
• Determine types and extent of surveys required and the proper methods to be employed to obtain results consistent with subsequent use of data.