Coastal Engineer GS-12 opportunity with USACE Galveston District
Patrick Kerr
We have an exciting Coastal Engineering opportunity within the Galveston District. See link below for the Civil Engineer (Hydraulics) GS-0810-12 vacancy announcement in the Coastal Engineering Section, in Galveston, Texas. This announcement is open 7 Nov - 16 Nov 2020. This position will focus on Coastal Engineering projects including numerical modeling, design of numerous deep draft navigation projects and associated facilities, Coastal Storm Risk Management studies, and construction projects. The salary range is $88,214 to $114,683 per year plus any overtime.
https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/583966100
About the Galveston District:
The USACE Galveston District has a long history of leading coastal engineering efforts starting with historic coastal surveys in the 1800s through the construction of the Galveston Seawall after the United States’ deadliest natural disaster ever that occurred as a result of the 1900 hurricane, and today as we continue to propel our Nation’s Energy Coast forward. The Galveston District is in the midst of another historic coastal engineering program that will rival the impact of the 1900 seawall, preparing the United States for the future. We are currently designing major coastal storm risk management projects in Freeport, Port Arthur, and Orange County, Texas while also working with our partners to deepen Texas deep draft navigation channels and evaluating resiliency of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway. In parallel, the Galveston district is expending significant efforts in ecosystem restoration along the entire Texas coastline. We are also nearing completion of the Coastal Texas Feasibility Analysis one of the most ambitious coastal defense system ever undertaken in the United States. We are taking extreme innovation to deliver the largest Civil Works program in the nation in record time. To that end, the Galveston District is driving innovation across our programs including new approaches to coastal modeling, better frameworks for coastal decision making, application of advanced materials, smart coastal levee safety, and intelligent control systems that integrate advanced sensors with real time modeling to project decision space in a way never before available to coastal levee system operators. We are a growing team with responsibly for the entirely of the 370 miles of Texas gulf coastline including 28 ports.
Tidbit on Galveston:
Galveston Island provides a tropical setting located on the coastline of Texas about 50 miles south of Houston. Among Galveston's numerous attractions are 32 miles of beaches, relaxed atmosphere, abundant leisure activities, excellent medical facilities, first rate restaurants, educational opportunities, shopping, arts, and entertainment. Galveston has the amenities of a larger city, but with a tight knit small town friendliness. For more information about Galveston, please visit www.galveston.com
Patrick Corbitt Kerr, Ph.D., P.E.
Chief, Coastal Engineering Section
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Galveston District