Civil Engineer, Operations & Policy Specialist

Cherokee Federal; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Cherokee Federal is seeking a qualified candidate to support Civil Engineer Operations for the Air Force, aligning tactical shop activities with strategic initiatives. The role emphasizes governance, policy, and program management across organizations to sustain combat-readiness.

The ideal candidate will link maintenance and asset management with enterprise objectives, develop briefing materials, and coordinate with multiple DoD stakeholders to ensure compliant, effective operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited university.
• 5+ years supporting Air Force or DoD programs.
• Experience as an Action Officer (AO) supporting senior leaders and executive staffing processes.
• Experience coordinating audits, inspections, corrective action plans, or compliance programs.
• Experience developing briefing materials, executive correspondence, reports, and decision support products.
• Knowledge of Air Force Civil Engineer Squadron organization, Operations Flight responsibilities, and installation-level Civil Engineer processes.
• Familiarity with Air Force publications, policy development, and governance processes.
• Experience supporting development of implementation guidance, process improvements, or compliance frameworks aligned to strategic enterprise objective.
• Experience coordinating actions across multiple organizations and stakeholders.
• Strong analytical, communication, problem-solving, and time management skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience coordinating cross-organizational working groups and governance forums.

Responsibilities

• Support the planning, coordination, execution, and sustainment of Civil Engineer Operations strategic initiatives.
• Develop governance and program documents (DAFIs, DAFMANs, UFCs, policies) under AF/A4C oversight.
• Support the development of action plans, taskers, inquiry responses, implementation products, and issue-resolution actions.
• Provide detailed updates to leadership through meetings, briefs, minutes, after-action reports, executive summaries, and status reports.
• Coordinate and collaborate with Government personnel, AFCEC, AFIMSC, MAJCOMs, and other DoD organizations.
• Serve as the lead Action Officer for audits and inspections; track Corrective Action Plans and Plans of Action and Milestones; provide executive updates.
• Support updates to DAFIs, DAFMANs, policies, procedures, and MICT communicators/checklists for compliance.
• Support planning, implementation, execution, and continuous improvement of Civil Engineer Operations strategic initiatives; coordinate stakeholders and monitor milestones.

Skills

AO experience

Audits & compliance

Briefings & reports

Cross-organizational coordination

Policy implementation

AF publications knowledge

Analytical skills

Written & verbal communication

Governance forums

Policy development

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

ETMS

MICT

Job description

Cherokee Federal is seeking a qualified candidate to support Civil Engineer Operations for the Air Force, aligning tactical shop activities with strategic initiatives. The role emphasizes governance, policy, and program management across organizations to sustain combat-readiness.

The ideal candidate will link maintenance and asset management with enterprise objectives, develop briefing materials, and coordinate with multiple DoD stakeholders to ensure compliant, effective operations.