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SUPERVISORY ENGINEER OR ARCHITECT

Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command

Department of the Navy

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$169,279 - $220,065

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GS-14 Pay Grade

Base salary range: $104,604 - $135,987

Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-13. Senior expert or supervisor.

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

Job Description

Summary

This job involves leading engineering and architecture projects for the Navy, overseeing major programs in areas like construction, environmental cleanup, planning, real estate, and maintaining facilities.

It requires managing teams, handling budgets, and making high-level decisions in a complex government setting.

A good fit would be an experienced engineer or architect with strong leadership skills and a background in military or large-scale public projects.

Key Requirements

  • One year of specialized experience at GS-14 level or equivalent, leading programs in construction, environmental restoration, planning, real estate, and facilities sustainment
  • Bachelor's degree in engineering from an ABET-accredited program, or equivalent education covering advanced engineering sciences
  • Current registration as a Professional Engineer (PE), Engineer Intern (EI), or Engineer in Training (EIT), or successful completion of the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam
  • Mastery in executive management, strategic planning, and budgeting for multidisciplinary teams
  • Advanced problem-solving skills for complex issues in regulatory and organizational environments
  • Strong written and verbal communication, negotiation, and leadership in high-level decision-making
  • Familiarity with NAVFAC products and military command operations

Full Job Description

You will serve as a SUPERVISORY ENGINEER / ARCHITECT in the OPERATIONS DIVISION of NAVAL FAC ENGINEERING CMD WASH.

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-14 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.

Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Applying engineering theories, principles, and practices to lead and manage major programs across construction, environmental restoration, planning, real estate, and facilities sustainment.

The role demands mastery in executive-level management, strategic planning, budgeting, and the ability to lead multidisciplinary teams while navigating complex organizational structures and regulatory environments.

Candidates must demonstrate advanced problem-solving skills to address issues beyond standard procedures, as well as deep familiarity with NAVFAC products and military command operations.

Strong written and verbal communication skills, adept negotiation abilities, and proven leadership in high-level decision-making environments are essential.

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 https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/architecture-series-0808/ 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.

Applicants must meet the following basic education requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual: For Engineering Series 801: Successful completion of a professional engineering degree.

To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree (or higher) 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.

Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position.

OR 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 more information about EI and EIT registration requirements, please visit the National Society of Professional Engineers website at: http://www.nspe.org OR 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, and Puerto Rico The FE examination is not administered by the U.

S. Office of Personnel Management. For more information, please visit: http://www.nspe.org/Licensure/HowtoGetLicensed/index.html.

OR 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 under paragraph A (above).

The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program as described in paragraph A (above) OR 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 bachelor's degree in engineering, provided the applicant has had at least one 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.

Major Duties:

  • You will serve as the command expert for Facilities Engineering Command (FEC) Operational matters.
  • You will be responsible for oversight, review, coordination and execution of the facilities management, planning, engineering, acquisition, construction, base operation support, and environmental products and services.
  • You will lead planning with FEC top management to accomplish long-range programs and/or to reorganize priorities and work schedules.
  • You will oversee and manage the mission execution by all FEC Business Lines, Support Lines, and Command Staff to ensure all work proceeds according to established NAVFAC business rules and guidelines,
  • You will track work execution to ensure delivery of products and services within the schedule and cost constraints identified by the supported commander.
  • You will provide authoritative advice to the Commanding Officer on all product and service delivery matters delivered by NAVFAC to meet mission requirements.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 2/27/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 2/27/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: ST-12895808-26-JDA