Starting a position as an Environmental Resource Specialist in USACE. Who has this role: could you share more about your work? Pros of the job, cons? Pros/cons of your division or USACE as a whole in your experience? Sounds like I'll be doing meaningful work but I have strong morals on protecting the environment and I'm not sure how that'll fly in a military organization. Also I'm not sure why this reddit required me to link a website but I used the generic Corps website...

Do you care to share your district and when you began receiving a 10% ACO incentive. I am hearing that 6 out of 7 of the divisions are offering ACO incentives.

I was always curious to how USACE employees are sent on distant locations for business trips.

are you sent on economy class? business? a civilian plane or military transport?

Hello,

Can anyone here help me understand the different pay scales? GS and DB?

I am thinking of applying for a DoD skillbridge position. I have asked the POC about this and just want to make sure it's accurate.

I have been OC sprayed multiple times in the last 20 years of military service, I am curious if that cert will satisfy the USACE OCAT requirements. I know it crosses into other Federal orgs so it seems weird that USACE wouldn't accept it.

Thanks for the help!

Are engineering jobs in USACE unionized? Specifically Sacramento, CA. If so what union is it? Thanks.

Hey all, does anyone have insight into current processing times to receive a TJO from HR?

Hello!

I am about to start the hiring process with USACE and I am super excited! Also, yesterday I had my induction ceremony for Tau Beta Pi.

I wanted to ask if being a member of this organization can bring me any benefit with USACE when negotiating my salary? I have read that it can increase your pay when working for the government.

Hi everyone !

I was wondering if anyone can share their experience with an overseas interview or Japan interview for a GS-12 Civil Engineer job !

Thank you !

TREC, Regulators without Borders, Sackett.

How are things going?

https://www.usajobs.gov/job/787644700

I saw this post today and want to know more about it. Does anyone here do something similar? How is work culture? How are the supervisors? It states travel 50% of the time.... what are the reasons? Are they planned trips/events? Thanks for any input.

We’re project funded, but it seems like the amount of funding I get (even when I request more) is insufficient to actually cover my workload or even weekly time.

I’ve talked to a bunch of my coworkers about this and they all echo similar concerns. We’re consistently only getting around 30 hours of funding for projects that cover a 40 hour week, which leads to us charging to other projects.

Our supervisors always say it should be a 1:1 ratio of hours worked to hours charged, but in practice this is impossible without CONSTANTLY having to request more labor hours.

Any advice?

For example, USACE has positions in US bases in Korea or Japan. I noticed most of these are usually term positions, such as 2-5 years.

Can this be extended? I've heard stories of people working something like 20 years until retirement in a location abroad.

I'm stationed in the US but thought about transferring over or something, to an overseas position due to family.

Anyone can give me a run down of their experience working for the Jacksonville District? I was thinking about seeking out a job with them and would like to know some of the basics or nitty gritties.

So i see quite a few of these posts already and i only joined the sub recently, but what is the average job satisfaction working in a non engineering role? I am currently a power plant operator in a public utillity but have an upcoming interview for a power plant operator position. Anyone in here with the same or similar job? How do you like working for USACE in a non engineering capacity?

How many days per pay period are you required to be in the office / Telework? Thank you.

Hi guys I recently got my FJO and just waiting for the final EOD. I was in the USAjobs sub and saw people occasionally talking about their FJO or TJO getting taken away due to budget cuts or the position being eliminated. I guess I am wondering how much should I be worried about it. I am going to be joining as a GS 12 and have about 6 years of private work experience under my belt. Since I’ll be making move all the way to the other side of the country I need to start prepping sooner than later. I just don’t wanna be in a position where I am all set to leave , left my current job and then USACE drop the ball on me 😅 I guess I am not even sure what answer I am looking for but some word of assurance would be great haha. Thanks!

Good day all - I have some questions if anyone can shoot me some wisdom?

Background - I served as a infantryman out of Ft. Bliss, came home and got my Bachelor's in construction management and have been working on multiple medium-large scale projects (2-140 Mil) for around 3 years now in Michigan.

I was browsing the USAJOBS website and I am unsure what/if I could qualify for a position... I am open to travel and relocation, but I do not know where to start or what to apply for.

I also have tons of general questions, as I always prefer to talk to people with experience instead of google and do not want to make this post too long right off the bat.

Thank you!

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I'm about to start my new job as a pipeline worker with the USACE and was just looking for any good advice from someone experienced in the field.

I've been mulling over a MS degree. I have a UG in Construction Science and realized that its almost impossible to get USACE positions without being an Engineer of some form. So that leads me to either Civil / Systems Engineering since they are somewhat relevant to what I do daily.

I lean towards Systems Engineering but wanted to get people's perspective on it.

With all the things happening with Iran etc, would they send civilians overseas(if thats part of there job at times) if like a war breaks out in the countries they usually go to?

If so, how does that process work? Were you working at a US based district for a while and then take a temporary deployment?

I am a mechanical engineer and the 2 times I have come close to working for USACE was the first time back in 2014-2015 when I got in touch with the head of construction at the Soo locks and was told I missed the intern application date by a day and then was told I would be joining a contractor that was behind on paperwork for the MacArthur Lock Modernization. The second was I got an interview for the Duluth project office but was beat out by someone with 1 more year of experience than me. I was told on both occasions I was and am a good USACE candidate and the type of person that would do really well in the corps by both the Soo and the Duluth offices. I just have the feeling my timing is crap or is it difficult getting in period? Also for some perspective I do know just about everyone at the Soo office and have gotten to know heads of the construction and operations sides of the Duluth office (where I would preferably like to end up), and I also know a few recruiters so I do have resources. But it seems like there is nothing available for someone like me. Just looking for advice or any confirmation for difficulty of getting in.