Supervisory General Engineer (Interdisciplinary) FT– 6918
Chesapeake, VA - USA
Job Summary
OMB NO: 1625-0120
Expiration Date: 05/31/2029
Announcement: 6918
Opening Date: 17 September 2026 Pay Plan/Series/Pay Band: NF
Closing Date: Until Filled Work Schedule: Full Time
Position: Supervisory General Engineer (Interdisciplinary) Salary: $123263-$139000 Negotiable DOE*
Who May Apply: All Sources Location: Chesapeake VA Headquarters
*Depending on Experience
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Take the Lead in Engineering & Facilities Management
Coast Guard Community Services Command
Potential for Relocation/Recruitment Incentive*
Subject to terms and conditions
DUTIES:
The incumbent serves as the Supervisory Interdisciplinary General Engineer and Facilities Manager for the U.S. Coast Guard Community Services Command (CSC). The position functions as the commands principal engineering authority and senior facilities engineering advisor responsible for supervising engineering and facilities planning personnel and directing engineering construction renovation repair infrastructure modernization safety oversight and facilities management activities supporting approximately 65 geographically dispersed facilities located throughout the United States including Alaska Hawaii and Puerto Rico.
The incumbent provides authoritative technical recommendations and engineering guidance to senior leadership including the Commanding Officer Executive Officer Directors and Contracting personnel regarding facilities engineering construction management infrastructure modernization operational risk safety compliance and facilities management matters.
Other duties as assigned.
You will be evaluated for this position based on how well you meet the qualifications below. Your resume/application must demonstrate the required experience/education.Please see additional information on how your application is evaluated.
QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:
Minimum:
- DEGREE. Degree in Professional Engineering. To be acceptable the curriculum must:
- Be in a school of engineering with at least one curriculum accredited by the Accreditation Board for
Engineering and Technology (ABET) as a professional engineering curriculum; or
- 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: (1) statics dynamics; (2) strength of materials; (3) fluid mechanics hydraulics; (4) thermodynamics; (5) electrical fields and circuits; (6) nature and properties of materials; and (7) other comparable areas of engineering science or physics.
OR
COMBINATION OF EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE. College level education training and/or technical experience that furnished (a) A thorough knowledge of the physical and mathematical sciences underlying professional engineering and (b) 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: current registration as a professional engineer by any state the District of Columbia Guam or Puerto Rico. Absent other means of qualifying under this standard those applicants who achieved search 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 boards eminence provision as a manufacturing engineer typically would be rated eligible only for manufacturing engineer positions.
2) Written Test: Evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamental of Engineering (FE) or Engineer-in-Training (EIT) examination or the written test required for professional registration which is administered by the Boards of Engineering Examiners in the various States the District of Columbia Guam and Puerto Rico.
3) Specified Academic Courses: Successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical mathematical and engineering sciences and in engineering that included the courses specified in the basic requirements. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of a professional engineering curriculum. 4) Related Curriculum: successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelors degree in engineering technology or in an appropriate professional field e.g. physics chemistry architecture computer science mathematics hydrology or geology may be excepted in lieu of a degree in engineering provided the applicant has had at least one year of professional engineering experience to develop professional engineering competence or several years of prior professional engineering-type experience e.g. in interdisciplinary positions.
2. Professional Engineering Experience:
Applicants must possess progressively responsible professional engineering experience that demonstrates
the ability to:
- Plan design manage and oversee engineering construction renovation facilities infrastructure or capital improvement projects.
- Prepare review and interpret engineering plans specifications technical analyses cost estimates and construction documents.
- Apply professional engineering principles and sound engineering judgment to resolve complex technical problems and provide recommendations to leadership.
- Demonstrate experience supporting facilities engineering operations within the U.S. Coast Guard or Department of Defense environment.
- Possess or obtain and maintain a Contracting Officers Representative (COR) Level I certification.
3. Leadership/Supervisory Experience:
- Experience supervising or leading professional technical or multidisciplinary personnel including assigning work establishing priorities mentoring employees evaluating performance and resolving work-related issues.
- Experience managing multiple engineering projects simultaneously while advising leadership on engineering matters affecting organizational operations.
Preferred (in addition to the minimum):
1. Experience managing geographically dispersed facilities operations.
2. Construction management experience involving capital improvement or infrastructure modernization
projects.
3. Safety program management or construction safety oversight experience.
4. Experience supervising interdisciplinary engineering or technical teams.
USCG COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMAND COMPREHENSIVE BENEFITS:
By choosing to work for the Coast Guard Community Services Command you will enjoy one of the best benefit packages available anywhere.Benefit offerings are subject to applicable worker categories (Full-time Part-time Intermittent) location position and length of time in service.
- Paid Annual and Sick Leave
- Holiday Pay
- Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance
- Flexible/Dependent Spending Account
- Pension Plan
- 401k Savings Plan
- Life Insurance
- Short Term/Long Term Disability
- Tuition Assistance
- Paid Parental Leave
OTHER ESSENTIAL INFORMATION:
- Residency Requirements: Non-U.S. nationals who are authorized to work in the U.S. and applying for any DHS position must have resided within the United States or U.S. territories for at least three of the last five years.
- Selectee will be required to participate in Direct Deposit/Electronic Funds Transfer as the Standard method of payment for payroll and travel purposes.
- Males born after 12/31/59 and at least 18 years of age must be registered with the Selective Service System unless covered by an exemption under the Selective Service Law in accordance with 5 U.S. Code 3378. Selectee will be required to provide a written statement regarding his registration status unless he is exempted by this statute.
- Must satisfactorily complete a Federal Background check and all pre-employment requirements which may include but are not limited to background checks security clearances drug testing verification of employment history and any other requirements applicable to this position. Additionally you may be required to meet specific job-related qualifications or certifications as a condition of your employment.
- Applicants may not be employed in the chain of command of their relatives.
- This agency provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process please notify the agency. The decision on granting reasonable accommodation will be on a case-by-case basis.
HOW TO APPLY
Additional Information on how you will be evaluated:
Your resume or application must clearly demonstrate the required experience and/or education. Experience includes both paid and unpaidwork such as volunteer service through National Service programs (e.g. professional philanthropic religious community student social committee sports or internships). Volunteer work can help develop essential skills competencies and leadership experience that may translate directly to paid employment. Your resume is the primary tool used to assess your qualifications. Therefore we strongly encourage you to provide clear specific and detailed descriptions of your experience.
You MUSTsubmit a resume or any other written format in English of your choice. It is recommendedthe resume clearly identifies: (1) The announcement number title and pay band of the job you are applying for and (2) Information such as full name; mailing address; country of citizenship (U.S. Citizenship required OR valid authorization to work in the US); highest Federal grade or NAF pay band held with job series title and dates held (if applicable); a statement requiring proof of veterans preference by means of DD 214; education; and relevant work experience including start/end dates supervisors name and phone number salary and title series and grade if experience was with a non-appropriated fund instrumentality of the Federal government. You shouldalso include a copy of your most recent performance appraisal if you are a current Federal or NAF employee. Applications may not be sent in franked Government envelopes; applications filed in this fashion will not receive consideration. If information is not complete you may be excluded from consideration. The first application and/or resume submitted for a specific requisition will be considered the only submission. Any duplicate submissions to the same requisition will not be considered. The application date will be used in determining these factors.
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Supervisory General Engineer (Interdisciplinary) FT 6918
Chesapeake VA US
Equal Employment Opportunity: All candidates will be considered without regard to any non-merit factor such as race color religion sexual orientation national origin age disability or marital status.
PRIVACY ACT NOTICE
Authority: The U.S. Coast Guard rates applicants under the authority of Title 5 of U.S. Code SectionsExecutive Order 9397 and Departmental Regulations.
Principal Purpose: To collect information needed to determine how well an applicants education and work experience qualifies them for the job they are applying for.
Routine Use: This information provided will be shared with the hiring manager and interview panel members. It may also be shared in response to a request for discovery or for appearance of a witness information that is relevant to the subject matter involved in a pending judicial or administrative proceeding.
Disclosure: Voluntary however failure to disclose the requested information may result in an applicant not receiving consideration for a position inwhich the information is needed.
Paperwork Reduction Act Statement:An agency may not conduct or sponsor an information collection and a person is not required to respond to thisinformation unless it displays a current valid OMB control number and an expiration date. The control number for this collection is OMB 1625-0120expiration 01/30/2025. The estimated average time to complete this application is 40 minutes. If you have any comments regarding the burden estimateyou can write to U.S. Coast Guard Community Services Command 510 Independence Parkway Suite 500 Chesapeake VA 23320.
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