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Posted: January 13, 2026 (2 days ago)

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GENERAL ENGINEER

Naval Sea Systems Command

Department of the Navy

Fresh

Location

Salary

$100,602 - $130,786

per year

Closes

January 23, 2026

GS-11 Pay Grade

Base salary range: $62,107 - $80,737

Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-10. Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree, or 3 years graduate study.

Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).

Job Description

Summary

This role involves working as an engineer to inspect facilities, troubleshoot infrastructure issues, plan spaces, and develop projects for naval systems in Washington state.

You'll collaborate with teams to create project scopes, cost estimates, and reports while supporting customer needs in a government setting.

It's a good fit for experienced engineers who enjoy hands-on technical work in a team environment and have skills in project planning and basic software tools.

Key Requirements

  • At least one year of specialized experience at GS-11 level or equivalent, including facilities inspections and infrastructure troubleshooting
  • Professional engineering background in project development, space planning, design, scope, and cost estimating for facility and industrial systems
  • Working knowledge of Microsoft Excel
  • Practical experience using cost estimating software
  • Ability to perform liaison duties and collaborate with departments on customer-driven projects
  • Skills in developing project scopes, cost estimates, reports, and providing briefings to management
  • U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain security clearance (implied for DoN position)

Full Job Description

You will serve as a GENERAL ENGINEER in the FACILITIES BRANCH of NAVUNSEAWARCENDIV KEYPORT WA. The Secretary of War has ordered a department-wide hiring freeze subject to certain limited exceptions.

This position is subject to the DoW hiring freeze. Offers of employment related to this vacancy announcement will not be executed until the position has an approved exemption.

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.

Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: As a professional engineer providing support of facilities inspections, infrastructure systems troubleshooting, project development, space planning, design, scope and cost estimating on a wide variety of facility, industrial systems and infrastructure projects.

Must have a working knowledge of Microsoft excel, and practical use of cost estimating software.

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series AND https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/files/all-professional-engineering-positions-0800.pdf Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social).

Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. Major Duties:

  • You will work with in a small group of full performance, professionals, junior professionals, and/or technical assistants.
  • You will provide comprehensive knowledge based on engineering technical expertise on both a team and individual basis for those projects which are part of the scoping, and development phases of managed programs and projects.
  • You will perform liaison duties with departments to support customer driven facilities projects.
  • You will assist in developing and refining simple to complex project scope, cost estimates, and final project deliverables.
  • You will coordinate and collaborate with other teams to ensure projects are executed as programmed.
  • You will develop complex, special, and/or nonrecurring reports, determining content, parameters, format and methodology for preparation of reports.
  • You will provide written briefings and recommendations to management.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 1/13/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 1/13/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: ST-12862487-26-REM