Engineering Technician (Civil)
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Posted: March 24, 2026 (2 days ago)
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United States Army Installation Management Command
Department of the Army
Location
Monterey, California
Salary
$93,358 - $121,371
per year
Type
Full-Time
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Base salary range: $51,332 - $66,732
Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-8. Master's degree or 2 years graduate study.
Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).
This job involves acting as a technical expert for agreements between government entities, where you'll create plans, designs, and estimates for maintaining and repairing buildings, facilities, and grounds on a military installation.
You'll handle project evaluations, prepare documents for approvals, and ensure everything supports the base's operations.
It's a great fit for someone with hands-on experience in engineering projects, attention to detail, and the ability to work on complex tasks in a structured government environment.
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 Intergovernmental Support Agreement Technical Representative (IGSATR) responsible for developing plans and designs for a variety of maintenance and repair projects of broad scope and complexity.
Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the 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. NOTE: There is not any positions within the normal line of progression in this organization.
Current Federal Employees must have specialized experience at the second lower level (GS-09).
This specialized experience is defined as: applying engineering theories to develop plans, field surveys, technical studies or estimates for construction, alteration, maintenance or repair of real property and facilities and grounds.This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-09).
NOTE: External Applicants must have one year of specialized experience at the next lower grade (GS-10) applying practical civil/structural engineering techniques, practices and methods in the development of detailed specifications, man-hour/cost estimates for the construction, modification, maintenance, or repair of real property facilities and grounds.
This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-10). Major Duties:
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