INTERDISCIPLINARY GENERAL ENGINEER - ARCHITECT

Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC); Bremerton (WA); Sur place; USD 52 000 - 76 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Relocation incentive

Résumé du poste

NAVFAC Puget Sound is seeking a construction engineer or architect to support multi‑million dollar facility projects. You will assist senior professionals with drafting, calculations, site surveys, and reviewing contractor submittals, while helping administer construction contracts.

The role emphasizes safety compliance, budget and schedule management, and coordination with contractors and government staff. Professional engineering registration or EI/EIT status is required or highly preferred.

Qualifications

• Requires professional engineering degree or license (EI/EIT/PE).
• Experience with architectural drafting or engineering calculations.
• Ability to review standard contractor submittals and prepare statements of work.
• Knowledge of accident prevention plans and safety requirements.

Responsabilités

• Assist higher-level professionals with routine drafting and calculations.
• Review and approve contractor submittals (schedules, safety plans).
• Support contract administration and modifications discussions.
• Monitor budgets and schedules to ensure funding thresholds are not exceeded.

Connaissances

Architectural drafting

Engineering calculations

Site surveys

Submittal review

Contract administration

Formation

Engineering degree

EI/EIT/PE licensure

Description du poste

Summary

This is a public notice flyer to notify interested applicants of anticipated vacancies. There may or may not be actual vacancies filled from this flyer.

Duties

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

You will 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.

You will be responsible for enforcement of all technical and administrative provisions of assigned construction contracts.

You will review and approve technical contractor administrative submittals such as schedules, environmental protection plans, health and safety plans and accident prevention plans.

You will monitor project budget and time constraints and initiate appropriate corrective action if necessary to ensure funding thresholds and impacts to operational needs are not exceeded.

You will serve as the technical representative in matters involving contract modifications, dispute mitigation, and formal contractor surveillance.

Qualifications

For the GS-07 Grade Level: In addition to the basic education requirements, your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-06 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) Assisting higher-level professionals with routine architectural drafting or engineering calculations, conducting basic site surveys, and reviewing standard manufacturer submittals; 2) Recommending technical solutions to design or structural problems; 3) Assisting in government estimates (IGEs), and drafting technical statements of work; 4) Preparing accident prevention plans for compliance with contract health and safety requirements; and 5) Assisting in drawings and specifications with respect to constructability and compatibility with field conditions. NOTE: This information must be supported by your resume in order to be considered for this position. For the GS-09 Grade Level: In addition to the basic education requirements, your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-07 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) Preparing design drawings, technical specifications, and cost estimates for minor facility repair or renovation projects, as well as evaluating contractor submittals and observing on-site construction for code compliance; 2) Providing professional engineering or architectural construction management services concerning planning, design, and construction projects; 3) Managing the contract lifecycle by identifying modification requirements, preparing independent government estimates (IGEs), and drafting technical statements of work; 4) Reviewing accident prevention plans for compliance with contract health and safety requirements; and 5) Reviewing contract drawings and specifications with respect to constructability and compatibility with field conditions. NOTE: This information must be supported by your resume in order to be considered for this position. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website:https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/architecture-series-0808/ AND https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/files/all-professional-engineering-positions-0800.pdf Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

Education

Applicants for the Professional Engineering Series must meet the following basic education requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual: Professional Engineering, GS-0801-07/09 Basic Requirements: 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. For more information, please visit: http://www.nspe.org/Licensure/HowtoGetLicensed/index.html. 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 must meet the following basic education requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual: Architect, GS-0808-07/09 Basic Requirements: 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).

Additional Information

This announcement is for a construction engineer or architect position with the Officer in Charge of Construction Puget Sound Naval Shipyard (OICC PSNS). This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program. Several vacancies may be filled. Certain incentives (such as Recruitment, Relocation or Student Loan Repayment) may be authorized to eligible selectees. A relocation incentive is generally a single payment intended to offset some of the relocation costs experienced by the selectee. A relocation incentive may be authorized A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre‑employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments. Federal annuitant information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy information may be found at: http://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Documents/CivilianJobs/FedCivAnnuitants.pdf. Veteran's preference does not apply when selecting individuals under this specific hiring authority. However, if you claim veteran's preference, you will be required to submit supporting documentation with your application as described in the Required Documents section below. The Navy and Marine Corps team offers innovative, exciting and meaningful work linking military and civilian talents to achieve our mission and safeguard our freedoms. Department of the Navy provides competitive salaries, comprehensive benefits, and extensive professional development and training. From pipefitters to accountants, scientists to engineers, doctors to nurses - the careers and opportunities to make a difference are endless. Civilian careers - where purpose and patriotism unite! This announcement is for a construction engineer or architect position with the Officer in Charge of Construction Puget Sound Naval Shipyard (OICC PSNS).