INTERDISCIPLINARY

This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Certain Personnel of the DoD Workforce to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service. About the Position: This is an Interdisciplinary position for the US Army Engineer District, Philadelphia Engineering & Construction Division, Technical Services Branch located in Fort Dix, New Jersey.

Duties

• You will serves as Project Engineer with responsibility for the administration, management, and engineering supervision over construction activities at a number of project sites in a major geographical area.
• Reviews or directs the review of: plans and specifications for construction practicability of design and clearness of detail, shop drawings for compatibility with contract requirements, adequacy of equipment and feasibility of installation;
• Reviews or directs the review of: contractor's construction schedule for proper phasing of the various trades and erection of designated construction features; and contractor's quality control program to ensure compliance with specification.
• Evaluates construction program activities to ascertain if objectives are met and that a proper and effective control over construction operations is maintained.
• Determines adequacy of government and contractor personnel progress, workmanship, equipment and materials, adequacy of inspection being performed, enforcement of safety regulations, and general overall conformance to Corps of Engineers standards.
• Makes final inspection before turning over constructed projects to using agency and recommends acceptance or rejection of contractor completed work.
• Investigates and reports on situations in controversy with contractor where formal claims by the latter may be anticipated.
• Gathers facts, ensures accuracy, and checks government estimates, reports, and findings.
• Takes timely and effective action to prevent construction delays or work stoppages.
• Negotiates with contractor, the costs involved on requests for time extensions and additional work or changes to original contract as a result of unforeseen site conditions.
• Attends conferences with representatives of the using agency, contractor, Architect-Engineer firms, agency employees to jointly discuss and implement changes in program objectives, changes in design criteria and other controversial matters.

Qualifications

This announcement uses a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Certain Personnel of the DoD Workforce to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service. Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the education and experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes any combination of (3) of the following: 1) Reviewing contractor submittals, such as shop drawings, samples and data for compliance with contract documents; 2) Conducting field surveillance to assess contractor's work performance; 3)Recommend necessary changes or improvements to construction design and /or specifications; 4) Participating in contract negotiations and/or meetings; 5) Preparing contract administrative documents; AND 6) Tracking project funds and/or expenditures. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11). In addition to meeting the above Specialized Experience, candidates must also meet the Basic Requirements list below. BASIC EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENT FOR: GENERAL ENGINEER 0801 / CIVIL ENGINEER 0810 / MECHANICAL ENGINEER 0830 / ELECTRICAL ENGINEER 0850: A. Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree (or higher degree) 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. OR B. Combination of Education and Experience: College-level education, training, and/or technical experience that furnished (1) a thorough knowledge of the physical and mathematical sciences underlying engineering, and (2) a good understanding, both theoretical and practical, of the engineering sciences and techniques and their applications to one of the branches of engineering. The adequacy of such background must be demonstrated by one of the following: 1. Professional registration or licensure - 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 example, an applicant who attains registration through a State Board's eminence provision as a manufacturing engineer typically would be rated eligible only for manufacturing engineering positions. 2. Written Test - 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, or Puerto Rico. 3. Specified academic courses - Successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences and that included the courses specified in A above. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program. 4. Related curriculum - 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 degree in engineering, provided the applicant has had at least 1 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.

Announcement details

• Agency: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Department of the Army)
• Announcement number: CERD-27-13094121-DHA
• Series: 0801 General Engineering, 0810 Civil Engineering
• Pay plan and grade: GS 12
• Pay: $105,481 – $137,128 Per Year
• Open to: Open to the public
• Open period: October 23, 2026 to October 30, 2026 (US Eastern)

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