Grade VIII
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General Characteristics
  • Makes decisions with broad influence on activities of their organizations.  
  • Makes authoritative decisions and recommendations that are conclusive and have a far-reaching impact on the organization and the industry.
  • Demonstrates a high degree of creativity, foresight, and mature judgment in planning, organizing, and guiding programs and activities of major consequence.  
  • Provides leadership and develops and engages others in creating a common vision for their programs and the organization.
  • Assesses the acceptability of engineering economic analyses and the risks associated with solutions to complex civil engineering problems.
  • Evaluates solutions to complex problems that involve multiple specialty areas of civil engineering.
  • Advocates for ethical behavior in the practice of civil engineering and assesses courses of resolution to ethical dilemmas in complicated situations.
Technical Responsibilities
  • Performs advisory or consulting work for the organization across broad program areas or within a specialized area with innovative/complex aspects. 
  • Assesses practices and requirements to achieve sustainable performance of complex civil engineering projects from a systems perspective.
Program, Project, and Task Management
  • Leads an entire program of critical importance. 
  • Develops programs needed for accomplishing the objectives of the organization. 
  • Evaluates project management plans for complex civil engineering projects.  
  • Develops risk mitigation plans to address project risks.
  • Evaluates effectiveness of leaders and teams while advancing concepts of justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion in the solutions of civil engineering problems.  
  • Advocates for teamwork, leadership, diversity, and inclusion within the organization.
Management, Supervision, and Guidance
  • Receives general administrative direction from a board of directors or regional council.
  • Develops organizational strategy for staff development through mentored experience, continuing education, and self-development. 
  • Instills and fosters professional attitudes within the organization.
  • Sets organizational policy to develop leadership skills of others, to improve teamwork, and to advance justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion programs.
Communication, Teamwork & Leadership
  • Negotiates critical and controversial issues with leadership of other organizations.  
  • Represents their organization at important functions or conferences, including media interviews as required.
  • Leads conversations that shape public, environmental, and infrastructure policy.
  • Champions justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion within the organization and the communities in which they work.
Typical Titles

Bureau Engineer, Director of Public Works, Dean, President
Experience
20+ years
Education
  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering from ABET-EAC-accredited program
  • Master’s degree or equivalent.
  • Engaged in lifelong learning to maintain knowledge of contemporary issues.
  • Doctorate for faculty.
Licensure and Certification

Professional Engineer, Specialty Certification
Professional Activities
  • Member of professional practice organization.  
  • Recognized expert on national activity or spokesperson for the profession.
Community Activities

Serves on state or national boards.
Equivalent Federal General Schedule
GS-15, Senior Executive Service (SES)