Supervisory Interdisciplinary Engineer

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: Serves as Chief, Cost Engineering Section, responsible for the development and approval of estimates and schedules for construction projects and preparation of engineering instructions for A-E prepared design packages..

Duties

• As the Chief, Cost Engineering Section, you will:
• Develop, prepare, and approve estimates for construction projects; preparation of engineering instructions for A-E prepared design packages.
• Projects are complex in nature involving the development of innovative construction solutions and equipment packages for program areas such as Military, Operations Division support, Civil Works, Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste program.
• Biddability and constructability of design projects: Reviews and supervises the review of working drawings, specifications, material quantity takeoffs, correspondence and other data in regards to biddability and constructability of design projects.
• Reviews and supervises the review of cost estimates prepared by Architect-Engineers under contract by District for reasonableness, method and cost control.
• Supervises the preparation of cost estimates and reviews contractor claims for engineering revisions, modifications, claims and change orders greater than $500,000 for all military ,civil works, HTRW, and IIS projects.
• Responsible for providing Project Manager and Life Cycle Project Management information as requested on which to base budgets, projects and schedules.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. In order to qualify, you must meet the experience and education 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. Basic Education Requirement for Engineering positions: 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. Basic Education Requirement for Architect positions: A. Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in architecture or in a related field 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 B. Combination of Education and Experience: 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 adequacy of such background must be demonstrated by at least one of the following: (1) Related Curriculum - Degree in architectural engineering provided the completed course work in architectural engineering provided knowledge, skills, and abilities substantially equivalent to those provided in the courses specified in statement A above, or (2) Experience: 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. In the absence of any college courses, 5 years of such experience is required. This experience must have demonstrated that you have acquired a thorough knowledge of the fundamental principles and theories of professional architecture. In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes: 1) Experience preparing cost estimates utilizing approved methods, processes and procedures; and 2) Experience reviewing cost estimates prepared by Architect-Engineers for reasonableness, method, and/or cost control; and 3) Providing technical write-ups on costs for construction estimates. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-12). Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.

Announcement details

• Agency: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Department of the Army)
• Announcement number: CERH-27-13101358-DHA
• Series: 0801 General Engineering, 0810 Civil Engineering, 0819 Environmental Engineering
• Pay plan and grade: GS 13
• Pay: $106,437 – $145,483 Per Year
• Open to: Open to the public
• Open period: October 26, 2026 to November 9, 2026 (US Eastern)

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