Total 240 Engineering job vacancies in Fort Sam Houston, Texas

• Develops, plans, and administers programs and activities, setting precedent on overall policies, objectives, time frames and procedures necessary for program accomplishments
• Provides leadership and direction to civilians who are professional, technical, skilled and wage grade personnel.
• Assigns work to subordinates based on priorities and difficulty of assignments; establishes goals and objectives, and plans work based on priorities and milestones; establishes performance objectives and evaluates work performance
• Provides accurate sketches through CAD (Computer Assisted Design) and mathematical computations to update blueprints for support of facility maintenance and construction projects and programs.
• Reviews records of expended man-hours, and material costs and compares with estimated costs for projects. Performs a variety of inspections of projects during all phases either on a day-to-day or periodic basis.

• Prepare cost estimates for in-house purchases and service contract cost estimates for complete routine conventional projects and services of relatively limited scope or portions of larger and more diverse projects.
• Prepare government cost estimates on Invitations For Bids (IFBs), Requests for Proposal (RFP), and Change Orders.
• Prepare planning and engineering design cost estimates, i.e., feasibility, baseline estimate, General Design Memoranda (GDM), and Feature Design Memoranda (FDM).
• Administer both Micro and Above Micro Purchase Limit (AMPL) service and purchase contracts, to include contract development, inspections, payment and reporting.
• Prepare and maintain electronic reports utilizing supply and equipment management procedures and General Fund Enterprise Business System (GFEBS), resource management, and spreadsheet software (Microsoft Excel).
• Use familiarity with a variety of trades and shop operations such as electrical, carpentry, pipefitting, painting, etc., to translate knowledge into work scheduling.

Duties/Responsibilities:

GS-07 Level

• Uses prescribed methods to perform specific, and limited work assignments that are normally minor phases of a broader assignment of a higher-grade engineer.
• Uses computers/computer software such as information management programs, computer aided design and drafting (CADD) programs, and project tracking programs to assist higher grade engineers in solving engineering problems and facilitate the work.
• Assists in coordinating projects with engineers in other disciplines or with architects.
• Complies with health, safety, and environmental rules and procedures and performs work in a manner that enhances the safety of the work environment.

• Participates in the performance of O&M engineering involving design and construction that encompasses the maintenance, repair, upgrade, and operation of infrastructure facilities, including utility systems, utilizing a professional knowledge of civil engineering.
• Provides civil engineering support to trades and crafts shops.
• Coordinates projects with other engineers in other disciplines or with architects. Keeps abreast of emerging technologies to ensure programmed development will not prematurely become obsolete.
• In conjunction with the primary duty of maintenance engineering, on a less frequent basis performs work in the construction management, design, and/or programming/base development functions.
• Complies with health, safety, and environmental rules and procedures and performs work in a manner that enhances the safety of the work environment.

• Monitors and manages projects for new construction, renovations, and improvements to real property facilities and maintains surveillance over construction contractors utilizing a professional knowledge of civil engineering and knowledge of other engineering disciplines to ensure overall compliance with contracted specifications, schedules, etc.
• Assists in planning and design process for new construction, renovations, and improvement projects for real property facilities and utility systems utilizing a professional knowledge of civil engineering.
• Evaluates/recommends programs and development plans and advocates for project requirements. Performs work in facilities operations and maintenance (O&M) functions. Provides consulting services and project coordination.
• Collects data and evaluates factors which affect the application of concepts, principles, theories, and methods required to observe, examine, measure, analyze, map, and describe physical and technical features and phenomena.
• Complies with health, safety, and environmental rules and procedures and performs work in a manner that enhances the safety of the work environment.

• Performs planning and design work for substantial multi-phase new construction, renovations, and improvement projects for real property facilities, including utility systems, utilizing a professional knowledge of civil engineering.
• Manages projects for new construction, renovations, and improvements to real property facilities and maintains surveillance over construction contractors utilizing a professional knowledge of civil engineering and knowledge of architecture and other engineering and disciplines to ensure overall compliance with contracted specifications, schedules, etc.
• Plans, programs, budgets, and executes required projects in support of assigned programs. Performs work in facilities operations and maintenance (O&M) functions. Provides consulting services and project coordination.
• Collects data and evaluates factors which affect the application of concepts, principles, theories, and methods required to observe, examine, measure, analyze, map, and describe physical and technical features and phenomena.
• Complies with health, safety, and environmental rules and procedures and performs work in a manner that enhances the safety of the work environment.

• Prepare cost analysis, analysis of deficiency and decision analysis for approval of said projects by the Director of Public Works and/or higher headquarters.
• Perform technical monitoring duties in support of the Base Operations Contract for work order scheduling and tracking, detailed estimates for work requests, work order reception, and project accomplishment.
• Prepare construction working estimates from brief statements of work requirements, designs, plans accompanying request, site investigations, and discussion with requester, as-built drawings, and reference to standards.
• Use office equipment such as calculators, architectural and engineering scales, measuring calculations, the Facility Engineering Estimating System, and other estimating guides
• Perform facility component inspections to develop estimates and projects for maintenance and repair of structures, facilities, and roads.
• Meet with employees and managers in the same agency, both inside and outside the immediate office or related units, as well as members of the general public in moderately structures settings.

• Uses professional engineering skills in engineering disciplines to review contract plans, specifications and work statements for adequacy from the construction point of view for new construction, modification, repair and maintenance of facilities.
• Serves as technical advisor and consultant on various engineering (i.e., civil, mechanical and electrical, etc.) matters and other aspects of projects.
• Provides technical direction to lower-level engineers assigned to various facets of complex projects. Projects may be valued at multi-million-dollar range.
• Coordinates, monitors and/or performs scheduled and unscheduled inspections of the construction activities at project sites, as needed, or at the request of the construction inspector, customer, contractor, Corp of Engineers, or other DoD agencies.
• Ensuring that the construction contracts meet Ft. Bliss, TRADOC, DoD, and contractors' regulations, policies and specialized requirements.
• Provides technical supervision over lower graded engineers in resolving especially complex and difficult problems and situations involving investigation and analysis of design and construction projects.
• Resolves technical problems requiring reconciliation of conflicting technical viewpoints, where different guides point toward conflicting decisions, and where guides are very general or lacking.
• Makes suggestions to supervisor as requested concerning promotions, reassignment, recognition of outstanding performance, and personnel needs. Provides input on performance standards and ratings to supervisor.
• Applies a knowledge of civil, mechanical, and electrical engineering principles, techniques and practices to perform professional work involving the preparation and/or review of engineering designs including plans, specifications, cost estimates

• Operate a variety of vehicles such as 5, 8 and 20-ton dump truck and a 1-ton truck for transporting personnel, articles, and materials on and off post on public roads and highways.
• Determine the correct operation of the equipment and the required attachments, frequently handling the varied controls at the same time to perform the work.
• Operate equipment in on all types of terrain and confined areas, requiring operational control relevant to the complexity of the equipment.
• Operate a dump truck with front mounted snowplow and rear mounted sand and salt spreader and other special purpose vehicles such as trailer mounted air compressor, vacuum leaf picker, tractor mower and fuel truck.
• Operate a 2.5-cubic yard diesel driven bucket loader to load sand, dirt, or gravel for transporting by dump truck.
• Operate a 12,000 - pound street sweeper, tractor mounted front end street sweeper, and a 5-ton, 1000-gallon street flusher in the maintenance of on-post streets.

• Serve as an Instructor for the 554th Engineer Battalion.
• Teach enlisted, civilian, and foreign student personnel on a variety of Engineer Horizontal Heavy Equipment.
• Monitor and instruct student application during practical exercises on Equipment.
• Develop revision of new and existing Lesson Plans, Programs of Instruction, Skill Level Qualification Tests, and other course materials.
• Responsible for accountability of tools, training aids, and equipment ensuring proper use, care and maintenance.

• You will coordinate actions with government and regulatory agencies, responsible parties, and contractors to meet the compliance requirements of environmental statutes and regulations.
• You will advise base and tenant commanders and managers on environmental compliance and pollution prevention and abatement within designated areas.
• You will assess and review performance objectives and provide feedback to personnel.
• You will justify and allocate funding for use to promote or achieve environmental compliance.

• Assures that projects are inspected for quality, timelines, and customer satisfaction through the proper use of resources, including contracts.
• Coordinates construction management and inspection. Establishes, plans, coordinates, and executes inspection, quality assurance, and technical management control activities for all projects.
• Coordinates the development of scopes of work, requirements, designs, schedules, and budgets for assigned projects ranging from small locally funded projects to Construction of Facility (CoF) projects.
• Manages assigned projects and communicates with the customer involving a full range of engineering and construction disciplines, across all project phases (concept, requirements, design, construction, activation/closeout).
• Monitors and evaluates the status of all assigned work including design and construction cost, quality, and schedule.
• Performs review of drawings and specifications from multiple engineering disciplines during project design review cycles.
• Provides technical expert guidance to clients, peers, and management in developing work packages, facility work requests, and Construction of Facility (CoF) projects.
• Uses pre-project planning techniques, such as the Project Implementation checklist, to identify all project requirements and mission relatedness of major projects prior to initiating project design.
• Foster a culture of engagement, diversity, inclusiveness, excellence and innovation. Champion NASA's commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility to create an environment that promotes a commitment to safety, integrity, and teamwork.

• Plans, Facility Reduction Plan, Housing, Facilities Management, Minor Construction, Utility Services Acquisition, Pest Control, Real Property administration (including acquisition and disposal as required), etc.
• Works under the general supervision of the Director, Installation Management Command (IMCOM) Support Directorate.
• As Director, Public Works, incumbent directs and integrates the activities of the ISD. Enforces HQIMCOM ISD priorities; plans work to be accomplished by subordinate activities; and develops performance plans for subordinates.
• Develops and defends DA-funded construction programs (MCA, MCD, BMDO, RDT and E).
• Ensures compliance with Army energy conservation policies. Prepares and submits the annual Installation Status Report.

• Manage work as it is processed through the work management cycle from reception to work accomplishment.
• Follow up with the customer to ensure work meets customer satisfaction.
• Oversee and ensure the accuracy of operations and maintenance required data entered in to automated accounting system throughout the work management system.
• Refer recommendations to higher level authority for approval.
• Review plans, analyze and recommend changes to ensure that scopes of work and designs are in accordance with standards and/or guidelines.
• Develop, evaluate and modify engineering work performance standards.

• You will create the annual overarching USN and USMC list of Defense Worldwide Working Capital Fund (DWWCF) SRM projects for execution.
• You will participate in multi-agency meetings in support of warfighter planning requirements, SRM and MILCON project adjudication, and real property alignment.
• You will participate in the Installation Program Review Board (IPRB) meetings for the DWWCF MILCON projects which requires negotiation of significant multi-million dollar matters of fuel operations planning and mission support.
• You will respond to taskers with broad generalized requests to analyze the overall engineering and operational certification, training, and health of all the naval fuel departments, facilities, equipment, and infrastructure.

• Duties described below are at the highest grade advertised. Duties assigned at lower grade levels will be of more limited scope, performed with less independence and limited complexity; duties will be commensurate with the grade of selected employee.
• Contribute to the requirements definition for hardware and/or software development, taking into account integration and operational needs and constraints while assessing options for verification of the requirements.
• Provide subject matter expertise in the development of flight hardware and/or software for flight systems, payloads, and/or vehicles.
• Assist with the preparation of test processes, ground support equipment, test operations, and data analyses towards the verification and certification of flight hardware and/or software.
• Participate in the operations and maintenance of flight systems, payloads, and/or vehicles including cost analyses, performance evaluation, sustainability, problem resolution, repairs or upgrades, and obsolescence planning.
• Use professional judgment to manage projects, systems, payloads, and/or vehicles to support Center program and Agency goals.
• Apply critical inquiry, problem solving, and engineering methodology to complete assessments, make recommendations, and resolve issues.
• Foster a culture of engagement, diversity, inclusiveness, excellence and innovation. Champion NASA's commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility to create an environment that promotes a commitment to safety, integrity, and teamwork.

• Manage aerospace flight hardware or software system design, development, analysis, and test activities for flight systems, payloads, or vehicles.
• Create the requirements definition for hardware and/or software development, taking into account integration and operational needs and constraints while also assessing options for verification of the requirements.
• Manage and guide the development of system requirements, concepts, resource requirements, and schedules.
• Prepare test processes, ground support equipment, test operations, and data analyses for the verification and certification of flight hardware and/or software.
• Conduct the operations and maintenance of flight systems, payloads, and/or vehicles including cost analyses, performance evaluation, sustainability, problem resolution, repairs or upgrades, and obsolescence planning.
• Provide expertise and leadership to technical teams in order to overcome difficult and complex technical, project, and organizational problems using innovative and original approaches.
• Foster a culture of engagement, diversity, inclusiveness, excellence and innovation. Champion NASA's commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility to create an environment that promotes a commitment to safety, integrity, and teamwork.

• Oversee development of the design and execution of complex projects with multiple subsystems, services, capabilities, or products that support NASA missions, functions, programs, or projects.
• Advise on theories, principles, practical concepts, processes, and systems related to engineering design, analyses, standards, and techniques in support of a variety of programs, projects, initiatives, Center and Agency missions.
• Monitor and maintain surveillance over projects, hardware and/or software development, or test systems development as a general engineer, in areas like technical management, facility systems, and space flight hardware.
• Plan, guide, coordinate, and manage work engaged in accomplishing technical functions which may include planning, research, design, development, test and evaluation, cost analyses, and project management.
• Provide expertise and leadership to technical teams in order to overcome difficult and complex technical, project, and organizational problems using innovative and original approaches.
• Foster a culture of engagement, diversity, inclusiveness, excellence and innovation. Champion NASA's commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility to create an environment that promotes a commitment to safety, integrity, and teamwork.