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United States Army Installation Management Command

Department of the Army

Fresh

Salary

$72,737 - $137,128

per year

Type

Closes

March 16, 2026

GS-8 Pay Grade

Base salary range: $46,479 - $60,424

Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-7. Graduate study or significant experience.

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

Job Description

Summary

This job involves working as a real property master planner for the U.S.

Army at West Point, New York, where you'll help design and manage long-term plans for the base's buildings, land, and facilities to support military operations.

It's a great fit for someone with an engineering background who enjoys combining technical skills with practical planning to improve public works on a military installation.

The role is entry-level at GS-8 and open to U.S. citizens through a direct hiring process.

Key Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in engineering from an ABET-accredited program, or equivalent combination of education and experience meeting engineering fundamentals
  • Knowledge of physical and mathematical sciences underlying engineering, including calculus, physics, and at least five advanced engineering areas like statics, fluid mechanics, or thermodynamics
  • Relevant experience in real property planning, engineering, or related fields (paid, unpaid, or volunteer)
  • U.S. citizenship
  • Ability to demonstrate engineering qualifications through professional registration (e.g., PE, EIT), passing the FE exam, specified academic courses, or related curriculum
  • Resume must clearly describe relevant experience; transcripts required if qualifying based on education

Full Job Description

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: This position is located within the Directorate of Public Works Master Planning Division. Incumbent performs duties as a Real Property Master Planner at USAG West Point.

Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the education and 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. Basic Education Requirement General Engineer, GS-0801: 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 Architect, GS-0808: 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.

Basic Requirement Landscape Architect, GS-0807: A. Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in landscape architecture or landscape design.

(Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts.) OR B. Combination of Education and Experience: that included one year of experience for each year short of graduation.

The applicant must have had one year of experience under professional leadership and guidance of such character and diversity as to be a satisfactory substitute for the required education.

This experience must have included original landscape design. (Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts.) Basic Requirement Community Planner, GS-0020: A.

Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in community planning; or related field such as urban affairs, architecture, landscape architecture, engineering, sociology, geography, economics, political science, or public administration that included at least 12 semester hours in the planning process, socioeconomic and physical elements of planning, urban and regional economic analysis, and development finance.

(Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts.) OR B.

Degree and Work Experience: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in a field related to community planning such as urban affairs, architecture, landscape architecture, engineering, sociology, geography, economics, political science, or public administration and possess at least one-year of work experience in community planning acquired under the supervision and guidance of a community planner.

(Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts.) OR C.

Combination of Education and Experience: which includes courses equivalent to a major in one of the disciplines, as shown in A above, or a combination of related courses totaling at least 24 semester hours in any combination of the disciplines, as shown in A above, of which at least 12 semester hours were in the planning process, and socioeconomic and physical elements of planning, plus appropriate experience or additional education.

(Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts.) ****In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below under "Education."**** Major Duties:

  • Develop long and short range projects to support West Point's Garrison and Military Academy missions.
  • Monitor large-scale and small-scale projects to assure compliance is being met.
  • Coordinate draft proposals for contractor Scopes of Work.
  • Evaluate design objectives to identify the most economical procedures for building design.
  • Review projects from inception through design stages for efficiency.
  • Responsible for facilities master planning design considerations to ensure regulations are being met.
  • Monitor project schedules for deadlines.
  • Develop scope of work for assigned projects in coordination with other Architects/Engineers.
  • Evaluate work performed under contracts for conformity within the agreement requirements.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 3/3/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 3/3/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: MCFS-26-12895402-DHA