GENERAL ENGINEER - ARCHITECT

Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command; Portsmouth (VA); On-site; USD 76,000 - 118,000; Full time

Job summary

Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command in Portsmouth, Virginia seeks a Construction Engineer/Architect to provide technical guidance to engineers, architects, and business lines at the Naval Shipyard.

Applicants must meet OPM requirements, including ABET-accredited degrees or equivalent coursework; EI/EIT or PE licensure; FE exam or equivalent credentials. Telework is eligible and a Secret clearance is required. Applications close 2026-11-03.

Qualifications

• ABET-accredited degree or equivalent calculus-based engineering program.
• Registration as EI/EIT or PE by state licensure.
• FE exam or other licensure requirement evidence.
• 60 semester hours of physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences included.
• Architectural qualification requires architecture degree with specified course work.
• Experience in construction or architectural work is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical guidance to engineers, architects, and business lines as a Construction Engineer/Architect.

Education

ABET-accredited engineering degree program

Professional Engineer (PE) license or EI/EIT

Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam or equivalent

Job description

• Department: Department of the Navy
• Location: Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Virginia

Key Responsibilities

You will provide assistance and technical guidance to other engineers, architects, and business lines as a Construction Engineer/Architect.

Requirements & Education

Applicants must meet the following basic education requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual: Applicants for the Professional Engineering Series: Successful completion of a professional engineering degree.

To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree (or higher) in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET); or (2) 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: (a) statics, dynamics; (b) strength of materials (stress‑strain relationships); (c) fluid mechanics, hydraulics; (d) thermodynamics; (e) electrical fields and circuits; (f) nature and properties of materials (relating particle and aggregate structure to properties); and (g) any other comparable area of fundamental engineering science or physics, such as optics, heat transfer, soil mechanics, or electronics.

Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position. 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.

Absent other means of qualifying under this standard, those applicants who achieved such registration by means other than written test (e.g., State grandfather or eminence provisions) are eligible only for positions that are within or closely related to the specialty field of their registration For more information about EI and EIT registration requirements, please visit the National Society of Professional Engineers website at: http://www.nspe.org OR Evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) examination or any other written test required for professional registration by an engineering licensure board in the various States, the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico The FE examination is not administered by the U.

S. Office of Personnel Management. OR Successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences and in engineering that included the courses specified in the basic requirements under paragraph A (above).

The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program as described in paragraph A (above) 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, may be accepted in lieu of a bachelor's degree in engineering, provided the applicant has had at least one year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance.

Ordinarily, there should be either an established plan of intensive training to develop professional engineering competence, or several years of prior professional engineering‑type experience, e.g., in interdisciplinary positions. Applicants for the 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 of which at least (1) 30 semester hours were in architectural design, and (2) 6 semester hours were in each of the following: structural technology, properties of materials and methods of construction, and environmental control systems.

OR Have a combination of college‑level education, training, and/or technical experience that furnished (1) a thorough knowledge of the arts and sciences underlying professional architecture, and (2) a good understanding, both theoretical and practical, of the architectural principles, methods, and techniques and their applications to the design and construction or improvement of buildings.

The curriculum for a degree is in either architecture or architectural engineering and covers function, esthetics, site, structure, economics, mechanical‑electrical, and other engineering problems related to the design and construction of buildings primarily (but not exclusively) intended to house human activities.

OR You lack a degree in architecture but have 1 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 that demonstrates that you have acquired a thorough knowledge of the fundamental principles and theories of professional architecture. (Note - In the absence of college courses, 5 years of such experience is required).

Which agency is hiring for this position?

This position is with Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command, Department of the Navy.

What is the salary for this position?

The posted pay range is $75788 – $118092/yr.

Is this position remote or telework eligible?

This position is eligible for telework.

What security clearance is required?

This position requires a Secret security clearance.

What is the application deadline?

Applications close on 2026-11-03.

Who is eligible to apply?

This position is open under the 'Public' hiring path.