Interdisciplinary - Design Management Engineer

Interdisciplinary
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Engineering Division, Technical Services Branch, Design Management Section

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.

Who May Apply: US Citizens

Duties

Integrate project scope and criteria, schedules and milestones, budgets, and responsibilities of the participating engineering parties, assumptions and risks, contingencies, and performance measurement criteria.
Coordinate the planning, design, cost engineering, construction, and environmental concerns for major projects of complexity as measured by their diversity, geographical area, management demands, technical intricacies, and public/regulatory issues.
As the District's technical specialist for Design Management, review for quality control/ assurance and systemic problems of design features of various planning, design, and construction documents.
Ensure compliance with established building codes and USACE criteria, detect discrepancies and non-conformance with approved criteria, and assure project funding, scheduling and cost estimates for architectural/engineering features are appropriate.
Perform field inspections of proposed or existing works and evaluate design during and after construction and make inspection trips to construction project sites as necessary.
Perform duties in support of the technical function as required to support the MILCON (Military Construction), SRM (Sustainment, Restoration, and Maintenance), and Civil Works programs.
Participate in conferences, review meetings with military installation representatives, HQUSACE, other districts, A-E firms, non-Federal project sponsors, and other interested parties: mentor lower-graded architects/engineers in the District.

Location
2 vacancies in the following location:
Norfolk, VA

One year of specialized experience which include experience: Identifying problems/issue related to engineering or architectural projects and assignments; Assisting with project design; Interpreting specifications of contract acquisition and administration for design and construction services.

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.

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.