Being Age 55 or Older is Good for The Environment! The Agricultural Conservation Experienced Services (ACES) Program offers unique opportunities in Scientific, Technical, and Agricultural support for individuals aged 55 and over to support the Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) through a grant administered program awarded to National Experienced Workforce Solutions (NEW Solutions). This is a unique program where your talents, expertise, and experience will truly be valued. The ACES program provides an opportunity to work side-by-side with NRCS staff that are doing important work every day.
Benefits: Paid Health Insurance Premium for positions budgeted at 60+ hours per pay period, Accrued Vacation and Sick Leave, Paid Federal Holidays, and optional Vision and Dental Insurance available for positions budgeted at 35+ hours per pay period.
Positions listed here do not guarantee employment for any definite period. Enrollment in the Experienced Worker Programs administered by NEW Solutions is temporary. The enrollment relationship between NEW Solutions and the Enrollee is an "at-will" relationship. This means that an Enrollee is free to terminate enrollment at any time during the enrollment period, and NEW Solutions and the Agency have the right to terminate the relationship with the Enrollee. PLEASE NOTE: An ACES Enrollee is not a federal employee, nor an employee of NEW Solutions. An ACES Enrollee is a participant in a grant program established through a Cooperative Agreement funded by the USDA-NRCS and administered by NEW Solutions. This opportunity applies to applicants legally eligible to work in the United States.
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Qualifications:
Minimum of 15 year(s) of experience in Minimum of 15 years of experience in inventory, evaluation, planning, design, analysis and construction of engineering projects varying in size from smaller individual farm projects to extensive watershed projects. This includes preparation and/or review of geologic investigations, design computations, technical specifications, and oversight of various agency programs, including EQIP, CSP and RCPP. This position will require skills in hydraulics, hydrology, irrigation, watershed planning, stream stabilization and renovation, soil mechanics, erosion and sediment control, and storm water management. OR BA/BS Degree in (a) statics, dynamics; (b) strength of materials (stress-strain relationships); (c) fluid mechanics, hydraulics; (d) thermodynamics; (e) electrical fields and circuits; (f) nature and properties of materials (relating particle and aggregate structure to properties); and (g) any other comparable area of fundamental engineering science or physics, such as optics, heat transfer, soil mechanics, or electronics.
- Valid State Driver?s license, Professional Engineering Registration, extensive demonstrated knowledge of NRCS engineering survey, design, construction and certification processes.
- Experience required with Windows, MS Word, MS Excel
- PowerPoint
Duties:
The incumbent provides technical and programmatic assistance to the State and Area staff in evaluating engineering practices, designing conservation practices, reviewing practice designs, performing construction checks, checkout of practices and assisting engineers and technicians in their implementation of Farm Bill programs across the state.
- Provides reviews and guidance of partner professional engineering services in field investigations (inventory & evaluation), surveying, planning, design, construction, and certification of engineering practices in accordance with agency policy, requirements and specifications. Advise, mentor, guide and train partner engineering staff, NRCS field office staff and technicians on engineering procedures of varying engineering complexity. Review Farm Bill Program plans with partners for acceptance by NRCS. Interpret and explain NRCS Engineering requirements to partner staff. Develop and build relationships with partner engineering staff by working closely with NRCS Partnerships staff. 100%
Other:
- Annual information system security, anti-harassment, and civil rights training.
- Travel Requirements: Occasionally to satisfy the duties of the position.
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