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Defense Threat Reduction Agency · 5 hours ago

Civil Engineer (Structural)

Fort Belvoir, VA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$122K/yr - $187K/yr

5+ years exp

The US Defense Threat Reduction Agency is seeking a Civil Engineer (Structural) to analyze vulnerabilities and develop mitigation technologies related to explosives and military targeting. The role involves conducting research, leading evaluations, and providing expert engineering advice to enhance the agency's capabilities.

National Security

Comp. & Benefits

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Serves as SME on structural and civil engineering in order to analyze the vulnerability, weapon damage, collateral damage, and cascading effects from large explosives and military targeting

Plans and develops antiterrorism/force protection blast mitigation technologies

Use and/or develop laboratory experiments, computer modeling and simulation, theoretical investigations, and application development/testing to validate analysis

Research activities in structural dynamics, equipment response, shock and vibration, progressive collapse, theoretical and experimental mechanics, and response of systems to nuclear and conventional weapons effects

Plans, conducts, and chairs meetings to address technical gaps in division's ability to evaluate structural dynamics and civilian infrastructure dependencies and/or determine operational impacts and risks

Seeks outside experts in structural dynamics and civilian infrastructure dependencies to enhance knowledge and reduce uncertainties in analyses

Provides engineering advice to the Division Chief or higher DTRA management

Qualification

Civil engineering conceptsStructural dynamicsTechnical evaluationsMultidisciplinary collaborationTechnical adviceResearch skillsProject management

Required

Must be a U.S. Citizen

Occasional Travel

Work Schedule: Full-time

Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service

Suitable for Federal employment, determined by a background investigation

May be required to successfully complete a probationary period

Overtime: Occasionally

Tour of Duty: Flexible

Recruitment Incentives: Yes some incentives are authorized

Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Non-Exempt

Financial Disclosure: Not Required

Telework Eligibility: This position is telework eligible

Must be able to obtain and maintain a TOP SECRET/SCI security clearance

Subject to pre-employment drug testing and periodic random drug testing thereafter

May be required to perform periodic (up to 30%) TDY (CONUS and OCONUS)

Valid Passport required

One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service, military or private sector as listed below: Applying civil engineering concepts, principles, and theories to evaluate structural dynamics and provide technical advice and recommendations

One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 grade level in the Federal service, military or private sector as listed below: Demonstrating application of civil engineering concepts, principles, and advanced theories to lead evaluations of structural dynamics civil infrastructure dependencies and delivers expert advice and policy-level recommendations

Engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by ABET; (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: statics, dynamics, strength of materials (stress-strain relationships), fluid mechanics, hydraulics, thermodynamics, electrical fields and circuits, nature and properties of materials (relating particle and aggregate structure to properties), any other comparable area of fundamental engineering science or physics, such as optics, heat transfer, soil mechanics, or electronics