About the Position: This position is with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, Engineering and Construction Division (E&C). The St. Paul District E&C designs water resource projects to benefit the people of Minnesota, western Wisconsin, northeastern North Dakota, portions of South Dakota and Iowa, and the nation. These projects support inland navigation, flood risk management, and environmental restoration. E&C also provides emergency response to disasters.
- Supervises employees engaged in studying, planning, and designing the foundations, soils and material aspects of earth, concrete, and rock structures such as levees, retaining walls, tunnels, roads, channels, and dams.
- Oversees planning, design, and construction support for flood risk mitigation, navigation, habitat restoration, hydropower, and/or implementation of levee safety interim risk reduction measures.
- Oversees development of geologic interpretations, soils, foundations, and materials inputs, and designs for the full range of planning and engineering efforts.
- Provides leadership for the Levee Safety Program (Levee Safety Program Manager) and resources for inspections, evaluations and maintenance of the District's levees and channels.
- Plans, organizes, coordinates, schedules, and reviews work of the section. Assigns work and provides instructions covering unusual or complex features of the project.
- Maintains constant surveillance over section work progress, problems encountered and action taken, and insures schedules are met.
- Performs supervisory management duties such as initiating, recommending, or approving personnel actions, approving leave, making performance evaluations, identifying training needs, resolving complaints, and effecting minor disciplinary actions.