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Job Title:Supervisory Land Surveyor Department:Department Of The Interior Agency:Interior, US Fish and Wildlife Service Job Announcement Number:R6-12-637554-D SALARY RANGE: $73,848.00 to $114,158.00 / Per Year OPEN PERIOD: Monday, May 14, 2012 to Tuesday, May 29, 2012 SERIES & GRADE: GS-1373-12/13 POSITION INFORMATION: Full Time - Permanent PROMOTION POTENTIAL: 13 DUTY LOCATIONS: 1 vacancy(s) - Lakewood, CO United StatesView Map WHO MAY BE CONSIDERED: United States Citizens JOB SUMMARY: You too can make a difference in our world. The work of the US Fish and Wildlife Service is meaningful and varied. Want to know more about what it is like to work for us? Click here to watch short podcasts entitled Meet Your New Boss! and Diversity is our Strength This is a full-time, permanent position with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 6, Regional Office, National Wildlife Refuge System, Realty Division, Lakewood, Colorado. Incumbent serves as the supervisor and has complete responsibility for the Region's cadastral, boundary line location and maintenance, geodetic, rights-of-way and wilderness area boundary surveys. Also responsible for providing the Region with technical and professional expertise in all aspects of survey technology, methods, procedures, geographic information systems, and automated mapping. DUAL CONSIDERATION: This position is also being announced for status candidates under vacancy announcement number R6-12-639060-M. Please see that vacancy announcement for specific details regarding how to apply if you are a status candidate. Status candidates are current or former competitive service employees and people eligible under special hiring authorities. OTHER INFORMATION: *Promotion potential: YES (GS-13) *Travel Required: YES *Supervisory Position: YES *Valid state Drivers' license: YES *CDL required: NO *Pre-appointment background investigation: YES *Pre-appointment physical/medical exam: NO *Drug test: NO *Uniform required: NO *Mobility agreement: NO This position may be filled at the GS-12 or GS-13 grade level. Travel, transportation, and relocation expenses for this position will be authorized in accordance with appropriate Federal regulations. Eligibility for specific relocation services will be determined at the time of selection. KEY REQUIREMENTS U.S. citizenship required A background investigation may be required May be required to complete a one-year probationary period May be required to complete a one-year supervisory probationary period Sensitivity designation for this position is moderate risk DUTIES: Back to top Incumbent will be called upon on a regular and recurring basis as a principal advisor to the Chief Land Surveyor, at the headquarters office, in the development of agency policies, plans, and directives. Assists the Chief Land Surveyor in representing the US Fish & Wildlife Service on national committees with responsibility for defining new standards, techniques, and methods for complex technical and scientific issues. Develops regional policy, standards, and contract specifications for the land survey and mapping program. Serves as the regional and Service representative on land survey matters with other agencies; private landowners; professional societies; and federal, state, and local organizations in the states of Colorado, Utah, Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Kansas. Will be responsible for technical advice and direction in operational problems that will include: survey design and measurement, analysis survey information systems, deed interpretations and boundary descriptions, etc. As the Chief of the Survey Branch, performs the overall planning, establishes work schedules and priorities, assigns and reviews work of staff. PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work is primarily sedentary and in an office environment. There is substantial travel involving both air and car/pickup/ATV modes of transportation. There can be substantial hiking and packing on National Wildlife Refuge lands in rough, uneven terrain and in all types of vegetation and weather conditions. QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED: Back to top Qualification requirements may be viewed on the OPM qualifications website at http://www.opm.gov/qualifications/index.asp. Your application materials must demonstrate sufficient experience and training to perform the duties of this position. You must meet ALL qualification requirements by the closing date of this announcement. In addition to meeting the "Specialized Experience" requirements listed below, applicants must meet the education requirements as described under "Basic Requirements". **The selectee is required to be a licensed land surveyor or become licensed within one year of the appointment date in at least one of the following states: Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana or Kansas. You must provide your license/registration number to verify this.** SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS GS-12: One year of progressively responsible experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level (GS-11 grade level is qualifying for GS-12 grade level) that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position. Qualifying specialized experience includes performing at least two of the following: 1) applying land surveying disciplines (e.g. mapping, legal description, construction, and deed interpretation; 2) utilizing Federal and State laws and regulations relative to land conveyances, surveying and land surveying case law; 3) employing Federal and State administration procedures and terminology related to water and mineral rights; or 4) operating electronic measuring systems (e.g. photogrammetry, remote sensing, computer software, Global Position Systems, Electron Distance Meter, and Land Information Systems). GS-13: One year of progressively responsible experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level (GS-12 grade level is qualifying for GS-13 grade level) that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position. Qualifying specialized experience includesperforming all of the following: 1) applying land surveying disciplines (e.g. mapping, legal description, construction, and deed interpretation); utilizing Federal and State laws and regulations relative to land conveyances, surveying and land surveying case law; 3) employing Federal and State administration procedures and terminology related to water and mineral rights; and 4) operating electronic measuring systems (e.g. photogrammetry, remote sensing, computer software, Global Position Systems, Electron Distance Meter, and Land Information Systems). SUBSTITUTION OF EDUCATION FOR SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE None This position requires completion of a specific course of study as reflected below. ALL CANDIDATES, including those who currently or have previously occupied a position in this job series, MUST submit a copy of their transcripts to document that they meet these educational requirements. If you have attended more than one university/college or have completed more than one degree, you must submit documentation from each university/college. (Most colleges and universities offer unofficial transcripts online.) If the position being filled requires specific classes or a specific number of credits, candidates must ensure that the transcripts submitted show completion of those courses or credits. *Foreign Education: Education completed outside the United States must have been evaluated by a private U.S. organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign educational credentials, commonly called a credential evaluation service or education that is recognized by the Secretary of Education from an accredited body. BASIC REQUIREMENT: A. Successful completion of a 4 full year course of study at an accredited college or university leading to a Bachelor's degree or a Bachelor's degree or higher in land surveying; or civil engineering with a surveying option/emphasis. For the civil engineering major courses 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. NOTE: You must submit a complete, legible copy of your transcripts to verify college courses. OR B. Combination of education from an accredited college or university and experience--courses equivalent to a major in land surveying or civil engineering as described in paragraph A, plus appropriate experience or additional education that furnished a thorough knowledge of the physical and mathematical sciences underlying professional land surveying. NOTE: You must submit a complete, legible copy of your transcripts to verify college courses and your resume must support experience. OR C. 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 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 the 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. NOTE: You must submit proof of your registration based on successful completion of the written examinations. NOTE: It is the candidates responsibility to show how he/she has satisfied all educational and coursework requirements. Failure to submit this documentation by the closing date will result in disqualification from further consideration. Applicants must meet qualification requirements and time-in-grade as of the closing date of the announcement in order to be considered. HOW YOU WILL BE EVALUATED: The following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities and other characteristics) have been identified as required to satisfactorily perform the work of this position: - Knowledge of the principles, concepts, statutes, laws, policies and practices of land surveying and mapping, including underlying mathematical and physical science in order to develop and administer a multi-state surveying program. - Knowledge of contract regulations (e.g. Federal acquisition regulations (FAR)) in order to select, administer, and monitor surveying contracts. - Knowledge of geographic information systems (GIS), and land information systems (LIS). - Ability to communicate verbally and in writing. - Ability to lead and supervise personnel. Please ensure that your responses to the questionnaire are FULLY supported in your resume. Also, follow all instructions carefully as errors and omissions may affect your eligibility. HOW YOU WILL BE EVALUATED: Failure to provide sufficient information to FULLY support your responses may affect the category in which you are placed when being considered for this position. If a determination is made that you inflated your responses to the questionnaire, your category rating can and will be adjusted to more accurately reflect your abilities or you may lose consideration for this position. Errors or omissions may affect your category rating. Your application will be evaluated and rated under Category Rating and Selection procedures. Category rating combines the applicant’s total quality experience and/or education/training into a single quality category. If you meet the basic qualification requirements (including all selective placement factors) you will be placed in one of the following categories. 1. Best Qualified 2. Well Qualified 3. Qualified Information for Veterans: The category rating process does not add veterans’ preference points but protects the rights of veterans by placing them ahead of non-preference eligibles within each category. Preference eligibles who meet qualification requirements and have a compensable service-connected disability of at least 10 percent will be listed in the highest quality category, except when the position being filled is scientific or professional at the GS-09 grade level or higher. BENEFITS: Back to top The Federal government offers a comprehensive benefits package. This link provides an overview of the benefits currently offered to Federal employees: https://my.usajobs.gov/ResourceCenter/Index/Interactive/Benefits#icc OTHER INFORMATION: Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP): For information on how to apply as an ICTAP eligible see: http://www.opm.gov/rif/employee_guides/career_transition.asp#ictap. VETERANS PREFERENCE DOCUMENTATION: If you are a veteran with preference eligibility and you are claiming 5-points veterans' preference, you should submit a copy of your DD-214 (member 4 copy) or other proof of eligibility. If you are claiming 10-point veterans' preference, you should also submit an SF-15 "Application for 10-Point Veterans' Preference" plus the proof required by that form. For more information on veterans’ preference see http://www.usajobs.gov/veteranscenter Male applicants who were born after 12/31/59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service (see www.sss.gov). If a selection is made at a lower grade, promotion up to the full performance level may be made without further competition. However, promotion(s) will depend on the incumbent's satisfactory performance and are not guaranteed. HOW TO APPLY: Back to top PLEASE REVIEW CAREFULLY BEFORE PROCEEDING To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Application Package, which includes: 1) Your Resume. It is strongly suggested that you use the USAJOBS Resume Builder. If you choose not to, please click here for a list of required information. http://www.fws.gov/mountain-prairie/pm/usajobs/requiredresumeinformation.pdf 2) A complete Assessment Questionnaire. 3) Other supporting documents: - Veterans Preference Documentation, if applicable - College transcript(s) - Land surveyor license, if applicable All application material and supporting documentation must be submitted and received by 11:59 PM (Eastern Time) on the closing date of the announcement in order for you to be considered for this vacancy. To begin the process, click the Apply Online button to create an account or log in to your existing USAJOBS account. Follow the prompts to complete the Assessment Questionnaire. Please ensure you click the "Submit My Answers". NOTE: To check the status of your application or return to a previous or incomplete application, you may use the following link: https://applicationmanager.gov/ . To fax supporting documents you are unable to upload, complete this cover page: https://staffing.opm.gov/pdf/usascover.pdf using the following Vacancy ID 637554. Fax your documents to 1-478-757-3144. If you cannot apply online: 1. Click the following link to view and print the assessment questionnaire View Occupational Questionnaire, and 2. Print this 1203FX form to provide your response to the assessment questionnaire http://www.opm.gov./forms/pdf_fill/OPM1203FX.pdf and 3. Fax the completed 1203FX form along with any supporting documents to 1-478-757-3144. Your 1203FX will serve as a cover page for your fax transmission. If you cannot complete the application process using one of the options identified in the "How to Apply" section, please contact our office for alternate application procedures. REQUIRED DOCUMENTS: 1) Your Resume. It is strongly suggested that you use the USAJOBS Resume Builder. If you choose not to, please click here for a list of required information. http://www.fws.gov/mountain-prairie/pm/usajobs/requiredresumeinformation.pdf 2) A complete Assessment Questionnaire. 3) Other supporting documents: - Veterans Preference Documentation, if applicable - College transcript(s) - Land Surveyor license, if applicable AGENCY CONTACT INFO: Frances K. Martinez Phone: (303)236-4744 Fax: (478)757-3144 TDD: 303-236-0270 Email: FRANCES_MARTINEZ@FWS.GOV Agency Information: US Fish and Wildlife Service Colorado Human Resources 134 Union Blvd Lakewood, CO 80228Fax: (478)757-3144 WHAT TO EXPECT NEXT: Once the online questionnaire is received you will receive an acknowledgement email that your submission was successful. After the evaluation process is complete, you will be notified of your rating and or referral to the hiring official.