Cartographer w/ US Army Corps of Engineers

https://www.usajobs.gov/job/781501200​

This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Certain Personnel of the Department of Defense to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service.

About the Position: This is a Cartographer, GS-1370-7/9/11 position with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Northwestern Division (NWD), Portland District, Real Estate Division.

Duties

• Develop maps using Computer Aided Design and Drafting (CADD) and/or Geographic Information Systems (GIS) software.
• Perform complex phases of cartographic compilation work in the construction, revision and maintenance of Real Estate maps and charts.
• Develop real estate maps and data products from deeds, legal descriptions, survey data or court documents and compares them with project boundaries to ensure accuracy.
• Write, review and approve real property land descriptions for use in legal instruments of conveyance, determining method of description such as aliquot part calls, metes and bounds, centerline, bounded, etc.
• Review design memoranda, construction plans and specs, and other engineering documents and drawings, and determine the amount and location of real estate interests required for the projects.
• Recommend contracting out for data production/acquisition, land descriptions, surveys, scanning maps and document records and other products/services such as photogrammetry, remote sensing, GPS data, and record documents as warranted.

​Basic Requirement for Cartographer:

A. Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in cartography, or a degree with a major that included or was supplemented by at least 30 semester hours in cartography and/or directly related science, and related mathematics. Such course work includes, but is not limited to, cartography, astronomy, geodesy, photogrammetry, physical and geological oceanography, computer science, land surveying, geophysics, physical geography, and remote sensing. The 30 semester hours must have included at least 6, but no more than 15, semester hours of college level, non-business mathematics or statistics (i.e., college level algebra, trigonometry, calculus, or scientific mathematics or statistics requiring equivalent college-level courses as prerequisites).
OR
B. Combination of Education and Experience: Courses equivalent to a major in cartography, or a major that included or was supplemented by at least 30 semester hours in cartography, and/or directly related science, and related mathematics, as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education.

In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below: