Supervisory Interdisciplinary (Civil Engineer, Mechanical Engineer, or Electrical Engineer)

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers • New Orleans, LA

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About The Position

Serves as Maintenance Section Chief, planning, coordinating, and supervising a team of professional engineers and technical staff. The team develops work packages, cost estimates, technical specifications, and schedules for the Hired Labor Work program, which includes maintenance, repair, and construction projects executed by Hired Labor Branch personnel.

The position manages multidisciplinary professional and technical staff and project delivery teams to ensure successful execution of assigned projects. It dynamically adjusts work plans, organizational structures, and priorities in response to workload; monitors project expenditures and funding availability; and develops engineering solutions, project scopes, and resource requirements for complex issues involving facilities, structures, and equipment or plant.

The role evaluates acquisition strategies, contract scopes, technical proposals, and the effects of repair or modernization decisions on cost, schedule, compliance, and equipment readiness. It also communicates and resolves, or recommends solutions to, controversial issues involving internal and external stakeholders, including the general public, through verbal communication and written correspondence. Temporary duty travel of up to 20% may be required.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or higher in engineering from an ABET-accredited engineering program, or qualifying engineering coursework, education and experience, professional registration/licensure, or written examination as described in the announcement.
• One year of specialized experience designing or developing corrective maintenance or construction measures, improvements, or alterations for navigation and flood control structures, facilities, machinery, levees, or navigational channels; or providing oversight or developing engineering solutions, project scope, or resource requirements for complex facility, structure, or equipment/plant problems.
• For applicants who held a General Schedule position within the last 52 weeks, 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent; GS-13 applicants must have 52 weeks at GS-12.
• Obtain and maintain Contracting Officer’s Representative certification.
• Meet any required suitability or fitness determination following a background investigation.
• A one-year probationary period and a one-year supervisory probationary period may be required.
• Provide proof of U.S. citizenship.
• Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
• Meet the eligibility requirements of at least one of the listed employment authority categories.
• Foreign education used to meet qualifications must be evaluated and determined equivalent to U.S. accredited education, or receive full course credit from a U.S.-accredited college or university.
• Qualifications must be met by the announcement closing date.

Responsibilities

• Plan, coordinate, and supervise engineers and technical staff responsible for the Hired Labor Work program.
• Manage multidisciplinary professional and technical staff and project delivery teams to ensure assigned projects are successfully executed.
• Adjust work plans, organizational structures, and priorities according to workload.
• Monitor project expenditures and funding availability to support the Hired Labor work program economically.
• Develop engineering solutions, project scopes, and resource requirements to address complex problems involving facilities, structures, or equipment and plant.
• Evaluate acquisition strategies, contract scopes, and technical proposals.
• Evaluate the effects of repair or modernization decisions on cost, schedule, compliance, and equipment readiness.
• Communicate and resolve, or recommend solutions to, controversial issues involving internal and external entities, including the general public, verbally and in writing.

Benefits

• Comprehensive federal employee benefits package, with benefits available to employees and their families; specific eligibility depends on position type.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior