Civil Engineer Technician, GS-0802-5/6/7/8/ 120-day Detail/Temp

Assists in supporting the development of the deferred maintenance project priorities for transportation and facilities. In support of a senior engineer, ensures that engineering plans, designs, and construction align with sound resource management objectives. 

Prepares conventional designs and specifications for various engineering projects or systems. Ensures the details and specification for moderately complex structures, systems or equipment are developed in accordance with unit requirements. Prepares engineering drawings using a CAD system. 

Responsible for data collection and analysis for engineering projects. Performs surveys and investigations at project sites. Gathers design information for plan specification, alterations, and databases. Prepares the preliminary site investigations to obtain required information for new or proposed structures, drainage areas, topography, and feasible layout of facilities in relation to terrain. Looks for alternative sources when inconsistencies or gaps in information are present. 

Administers construction and maintenance contracts as COR to ensure compliance with the terms and conditions of the contract. Monitors and controls a major segment of projects, such as roads, bridges, parking, facilities, trails, drainage structures, erosion control features, retaining walls, buildings, towers, equipment shops and yards, small dams and reservoirs. 

Issues start and stop work orders to the contractor. Assures compliance by the contractor with the provisions, plans, and specifications of the contract, accepting or rejecting quality and acceptability of equipment used, manner of performance and rate of work progress, interpretation of plans and specifications, and acceptable fulfillment of the technical phases of the contract. 

Oversees detailed site survey and stake setting. Refers points of disagreement to the Contracting Officer.  Makes minor changes requiring contract amendments and modifications involving adjustments in the contract price or time and recommends final acceptance of the completed project. Maintain records of all the administration of the contract.  Is familiar with the technical aspects of assembling the contract documents.