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PROJECT MANAGEMENT SUPPORT ARCHITECT / ENGINEER

Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command

Department of the Navy

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$127,646 - $165,945

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GS-13 Pay Grade

Base salary range: $88,520 - $115,079

Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-12. Expert-level knowledge in field.

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

Job Description

Summary

This role involves supporting project management for building and maintaining naval facilities, including planning, budgeting, and coordinating with teams to ensure projects run smoothly.

It requires guiding technical decisions on engineering and design issues while working closely with stakeholders across the organization.

A good fit would be an experienced engineer or architect who enjoys leading teams, solving complex problems, and ensuring projects stay on track and within budget.

Key Requirements

  • Current registration as a Professional Engineer (PE) or Registered Architect (RA) from any state, DC, Guam, or Puerto Rico
  • At least one year of specialized experience at GS-13 level or equivalent in infrastructure and facility planning projects
  • Ability to analyze policies, regulations, and processes for project development and resource allocation
  • Strong communication skills to explain decisions, resolve conflicts, and justify choices
  • Experience tracking project development, workload forecasting, and performing technical reviews
  • Proven collaboration and coordination with internal and external stakeholders
  • Knowledge of project management, budgeting, scheduling, funding, and contract interpretations

Full Job Description

You will serve as a PROJECT MANAGEMENT SUPPORT ARCHITECT or ENGINEER in the Design and Construction Business Line of NAVFAC OSF.

Selective Placement Factor (SPF): This position has an SPF which is current registration as a Professional Engineer (PE) or Architect (RA) from any state, the District of Columbia, Guam or Puerto Rico.

If you meet this requirement, you must provide a copy of your current registration with your application.

A copy of a wall certificate that does not show current registration status will not serve to verify you meet this requirement.

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-13 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.

Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Guiding and providing technical support for a wide range of infrastructure and facility planning projects.

Analyzing and interpreting policies, regulations, and processes to inform project development, site planning, and resource allocation decisions.

Communicating effectively to explain decisions, explore options, justify choices, and resolve controversies or conflicting planning issues.

Tracking project development, delivery, workload forecasting, and resource allocation while performing technical reviews.

Collaborating and coordinating with internal and external stakeholders to build and maintain productive relationships.

and Maintaining strong working relationships across divisions, departments, and business lines to support project success.

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 provide leadership and technical skills for project planning, budgeting, programming, engineering, design, execution and construction of shore facilities.
  • You will render technical decisions/recommendations on situations, questions, and/or problems relating to scheduling, funding, project coordination, and contract interpretations.
  • You will provide guidance, training, and mentoring in the area of project management to the project management staff within the ECH III and IV commands.
  • You will work closely with stakeholders to provide consistency across NAVFAC on issues such as alternate project delivery methodologies, acquisition strategies, acquisition planning, funding, source selection, and scheduling.
  • You will provide support to DC field components and acquisition in the areas of project management, general engineering, and contract requirements to make good business decisions on contract requirements, funding, and/or contract determinations.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 4/9/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 4/9/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: ST-12931429-26-JDA