LEAD ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN

Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC); Everett (WA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

NAVFAC NORTHWEST seeks a Lead Engineering Technician to join the FACILITIES SUPPORT CONTRACTS (FSC) BRANCH, overseeing QA inspections and constructability reviews for complex military shore infrastructure projects in the Pacific Northwest.

You will mentor teams, interpret federal specs, evaluate construction progress, and collaborate with military stakeholders, design engineers, contracting officers, and prime contractors to ensure on-time, compliant project delivery and turnover.

Qualifications

• 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.
• Leading, directing, or mentoring technical field teams, engineering technicians, or inspection personnel in performing multidisciplinary QA inspections and comprehensive constructability reviews on complex military shore infrastructure, waterfront, airfield, or naval facilities projects.
• Interpreting and enforcing federal construction specifications and safety regulations across active project sites.
• Evaluating construction progress, analyzing site deviations or design deficiencies, verifying contractor compliance against drawings and contract terms and resolving complex technical and field engineering challenges.
• Collaborating with military stakeholders, design engineers, contracting officers, and prime contractors to facilitate on-time, compliant project delivery and turnover.

Responsibilities

• Conduct monthly reviews and updates of project status, quality control assessments and program evaluations with FMFS Branch Head.
• Distribute and balance workload among employees in accordance with established work flow or job specialization and assure timely accomplishment of the assigned workload.
• Maintain program and administrative reference materials, project files, and relevant back-ground documents and make available policies, procedures and written instructions.
• Ensure that organization's strategic plan, mission, vision and values are communicated to the ET's and integrated into the team's strategies, goals, objectives, work plans and work products and services.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

QA inspections

Constructability reviews

Regulatory compliance

Coordination

Job description

Summary

You will serve as a LEAD ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN in the FACILITIES SUPPORT CONTRACTS (FSC) BRANCH of NAVFAC NORTHWEST.

Summary

You will serve as a LEAD ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN in the FACILITIES SUPPORT CONTRACTS (FSC) BRANCH of NAVFAC NORTHWEST.

Duties

You will conduct monthly reviews and updates of project status, quality control assessments and program evaluations with FMFS Branch Head.

You will distribute and balance workload among employees in accordance with established work flow or job specialization and assure timely accomplishment of the assigned workload.

You will maintain program and administrative reference materials, project files, and relevant back-ground documents and make available policies, procedures and written instructions.

You will ensure that organization's strategic plan, mission, vision and values are communicated to the ET's and integrated into the team's strategies, goals, objectives, work plans and work products and services.

Qualifications

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.

1. Leading, directing, or mentoring technical field teams, engineering technicians, or inspection personnel in performing multidisciplinary Quality Assurance (QA) inspections and comprehensive constructability reviews on complex military shore infrastructure, waterfront, airfield, or naval facilities projects;
2. Interpreting and enforcing federal construction specifications and safety regulations across active project sites;
3. Evaluating construction progress, analyzing site deviations or design deficiencies, verifying contractor compliance against drawings and contract terms and resolving complex technical and field engineering challenges;
4. Collaborating with military stakeholders, design engineers, contracting officers, and prime contractors to facilitate on-time, compliant project delivery and turnover.

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/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series 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.

Additional Information

This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program. Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement. 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. During the application process you will have the ability to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions in the local commuting area. Depending on the hiring organization and the position being filled, job requirements (e.g., security clearance, travel, drug testing, financial disclosure filing, bargaining unit status, etc.) may vary. Other hiring managers filling similar positions may offer relocation expense reimbursement and/or may offer recruitment incentives for new employees, depending on funding availability and in accordance with policy. If you opt-in and are referred on a certificate, your resume will be available to other hiring managers for 180-days from the date the job announcement closes. Opting in does not impact your application for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further consideration for additional positions. 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 PPP applicants will be placed at the FPL, if determined Well Qualified (WQ). To receive priority consideration, the FPL must be the same grade level or equivalent of the retained grade or the grade held immediately prior to separation. ICTAP Applicants: To be considered well-qualified and exercise selection priority as an ICTAP candidate, displaced Federal employees must satisfy all qualification requirements for the position and receive a rating in the highly qualified category (score 85) or higher. ICTAP candidates must provide copies of all of the following documentation at the time of application: 1) agency notice; 2) most recent performance appraisal; and 3) most recent SF-50 or notification of personnel action that includes position, grade level, and duty location. Applicants who do not provide this documentation will not receive consideration as an ICTAP candidate. For more information about ICTAP eligibility please review the following link: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/federal-employees/career-transition/ Military Spouse Preference applicants will be placed at the highest grade for which they have applied and are determined Best Qualified (BQ). A BQ military spouse possesses knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies comparable to others who meet the competitive referral criteria for the specific position.
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