GENERAL ENGINEER / ARCHITECT

This position is located in the Resident Officer in Charge of Construction (ROICC) of NAVFAC Engineering Command Mid-Atlantic.

Responsibilities

• Provide assistance and technical guidance to other engineers, architects, and business lines as a Construction Engineer/Architect.
• Manage multiple priorities and provide technical solutions to complex problems encountered during the administration of construction contracts for multi-million dollar state-of-the-art facility projects.
• Enforce all technical and administrative provisions of assigned construction contracts.
• Review and approve technical contractor administrative submittals such as schedules, environmental protection plans, health and safety plans, and accident prevention plans.
• Monitor project budget and time constraints and initiate appropriate corrective action as necessary to ensure funding thresholds and impacts to operational needs are not exceeded.
• Serve as the technical representative in matters involving contract modifications and claims.

Requirements

In addition to the basic education requirements, your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must include:

• Providing professional engineering or architectural construction management services concerning facilities construction, repair, and maintenance.
• Identifying and recommending technical solutions to engineering and architectural problems encountered during the construction of facilities.
• Monitoring contractor schedules to ensure construction projects do not exceed time constraints.
• Reviewing accident prevention plans for compliance with contract health and safety requirements.
• Reviewing contract drawings and specifications with respect to constructability and compatibility with field conditions.

Qualifications

Applicants must meet the following basic education requirements:

Professional Engineering Series:

• Successful completion of a professional engineering degree from a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET).
• OR include differential and integral calculus and courses (more advanced than first-year physics and chemistry) in five of the following seven areas of engineering science or physics:
  • statics, dynamics;
  • strength of materials (stress-strain relationships);
  • fluid mechanics, hydraulics;
  • thermodynamics;
  • electrical fields and circuits;
  • nature and properties of materials (relating particle and aggregate structure to properties);
  • any other comparable area of fundamental engineering science or physics, such as optics, heat transfer, soil mechanics, or electronics.
• OR current registration as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT), or licensure as a Professional Engineer (PE) by any State, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico.
• OR successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences and in engineering that included the specified courses.
• OR successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree in an appropriate scientific field (e.g., engineering technology, physics, chemistry, architecture, computer science, mathematics, hydrology, or geology) with at least one year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision.

Architect Series:

• Successful completion of a bachelor's or higher degree in architecture.
• OR successful completion of a bachelor's or higher degree in a field related to architecture that included 60 semester hours of course work in architecture or related disciplines, with at least:
  • 30 semester hours in architectural design, and
  • 6 semester hours in each of the following: structural technology, properties of materials and methods of construction, and environmental control systems.
• OR a combination of college-level education, training, and/or technical experience that furnished a thorough knowledge of the arts and sciences underlying professional architecture and a good understanding of architectural principles, methods, and techniques.
• OR one year of experience in an architect's office or in architectural work for each year short of graduation from a program of study in architecture (5 years of such experience in the absence of college courses).

Additional Information

• This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program.
• Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement.
• Certain incentives (such as Recruitment, Relocation, or Student Loan Repayment) may be authorized to eligible selectees.
• During the application process, you may opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency for similar positions in the local commuting area.
• Federal annuitant information and ICTAP eligibility details are available in the full job posting.
• Military Spouse Preference applicants will be placed at the highest grade for which they have applied and are determined Best Qualified (BQ).