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Supervisory General Engineer

United States Army Installation Management Command

Department of the Army

Fresh

Location

Salary

$106,437 - $138,370

per year

Closes

April 9, 2026

GS-12 Pay Grade

Base salary range: $74,441 - $96,770

Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-11. Advanced degree + significant experience.

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

Job Description

Summary

This job is for a lead engineer overseeing public works projects at a U.S. Army base in South Carolina, where you'll manage teams, plan infrastructure improvements, and ensure facilities run smoothly.

It's ideal for experienced engineers who enjoy supervising others and working in a military environment to support soldiers and operations.

A background in engineering with leadership skills would make someone a strong candidate.

Key Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in engineering from an ABET-accredited program or equivalent combination of education and experience
  • Professional Engineer (PE) license, Engineer in Training (EIT) certification, or successful completion of the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam
  • At least one year of specialized experience in engineering at the GS-11 level or equivalent, including supervisory or technical leadership roles
  • Knowledge of engineering principles in areas like statics, dynamics, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, and materials science
  • U.S. citizenship and ability to qualify under Direct Hire Authority for Department of Defense positions
  • Relevant paid or unpaid experience, including volunteer work, clearly described in resume
  • 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 is a PERMANENT position as a Supervisory General Engineer with the Directorate of Public Works at Fort Jackson, SC.

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 Requirement for a Supervisory General Engineer: 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.

In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes planning, designing, or leading multi-disciplinary engineering programs or projects; 2) providing technical input on the planning, design, construction, or maintenance of related to repairs, upgrades, and/or construction on facilities and infrastructure; 3) collecting or analyzing data to solve problems, develop recommendations, or provide evaluations complex technical issues or requirements; AND 4) supervising an multi-disciplinary Engineering branch/office.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-12).

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify.

For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted. Major Duties:

  • Serves as the Chief of the Design Branch for the Engineering Division, Design Branch at a large multi-mission installation
  • Designs and prepares drawings, specifications and cost estimates for service contracts. Coordinates designs with using agency and DPW elements.
  • Supervises, plans, directs and reviews the work of a multi-disciplined staff.
  • Reviews and provides comments on engineering plans, specifications, cost estimates, design analyses and economic analyses prepared by the Master Planning Division and other engineering activities.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 3/31/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 4/2/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: MCFS-26-12925198-DHA