JOB SUMMARY: This position is located in Everglades National Park, in the South Florida Natural Resources Center. Open to the first 100 applicants or until 11/20/2024 whichever comes first. All applications submitted by 11:59 (EST) on the closing day will receive consideration. MAJOR DUTIES: The incumbent serves as a Civil Engineer (Environmental Engineer) in the Project Planning and Implementation group in the Restoration Sciences Branch of the South Florida Natural Resources Center (SFNRC) of Everglades National Park in Homestead, FL. The SFNRC provides in-park science and natural resources management support for four NPS units (Everglades National Park, Biscayne National Park, Dry Tortugas National Park, and Big Cypress National Preserve), as well as the South Florida Restoration programs of the Department of Interior (DOI). With the passage of the Water Resources Development Act of 2000, the federal government and the state of Florida partnered to implement the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP). The CERP is composed of 68 individual projects with more than half of these projects directly affecting NPS managed lands in South Florida. Participation by the NPS in the formulation and implementation of CERP is essential to meet the legislative and policy directives of the agency. The Project Planning and Implementation group is a team of project managers, hydrologists, ecologists, biologists, and engineers who engage in the planning, coordination, and execution of large-scale interagency restoration projects as well as monitoring and adaptive management plan design and reporting for these projects. They represent the agency on CERP and non-CERP project development, planning, implementation, and management activities. They provide analytical, technical, data analysis, and modeling expertise to the development of internal and complex multiagency restoration projects and planning. They also track restoration projects and their implementation including monitoring and adaptive management plan design and reporting. These projects include providing input for water management operations and implementation plans development of project management features, reviewing projected benefits and impacts of proposed project components, and evaluating alternative approaches to resolving environmental and hydrologic challenges affecting the NPS and related resources. These team members are responsible for communicating results and issues with SFNRC, NPS, DOI leadership and partners. Work primarily involves the application of hydraulics and principles of fluid mechanics, including application of engineering concepts and practices in hydraulics and sediment transport, erosion, and deposition. Hydraulic engineering work also includes analysis of waterway response to management actions and environmental disturbances such as climate change, floods, and fires. Work primarily involves applying the science of hydrology including: analyzing and calculating flow characteristics, designing drainage structures (e.g., bridges and canals), and evaluating facility or waterway capacities and operations (e.g., reservoirs, canals, pipelines, pumping plants). Plans, performs, coordinates and directs comprehensive hydrologic civil engineering studies of regulated and unregulated river systems and infrastructure in accordance with applicable authorizations, policy, and regulatory requirements. Develops, utilizes, and maintains various models to conduct and simulate engineering analyses. IMPORTANT: Click the 'Apply for this job' button to view a complete job description.
