Total 636 Engineering job vacancies in Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, District of Columbia

• You will develop individual department and tenant environmental air compliance and protection programs to ensure air regulations and directives are adhered to.
• You will evaluate work performance of staff to identify the air training needs of the employees.
• You will conduct environmental air program meetings to discuss the effectiveness of current and planned actions.
• You will draft environmental air permits to ensure agency compliance with environmental regulations and laws such as the Clean Air Act (CAA).

• You will inspect completed shop work to verify customer satisfaction with facilities projects.
• You will manage issues with service contracts, repair or construction contracts, utility outages, and service work requests to ensure they are resolved.
• You will enter work request information into a database (e.g., Single Platform MAXIMO [SPM]).
• You will input facility equipment data into MAXIMO to maintain a documented inventory.
• You will brief customers on the different facility processes (e.g., requesting work, funding jobs, policies) concerning an organization.
• You will conduct initial diagnosis of problems within a facility to obtain assistance from personnel to correct the problem.

• You will provide professional and technical leadership to support the delivery of natural resources programs and projects to NAVFAC customers and Supported Commanders (Department of Defense (DoD) organizations).
• You will manage and execute the Natural Resource Program to include the review and implementation of management programs, specifically Sikes Act INRMPs.
• You will develop innovative, responsive, and sustainable solutions to ensure that Supported Commanders are able to meet their training and operational mission needs while also ensuring natural resources compliance and environmental stewardship.
• You will develop, coordinate and review of Natural Resources Program metrics and annual reports for submission to higher headquarters (DoD organizations).
• You will develop long-range forecasts for planning, programming, and budgeting of natural resource requirements) and guide program execution.
• You will coordinate with high-level DoD and non-DoD agency personnel regarding natural resources laws, rules, and regulations and general ecosystem management to resolve program issues and assist in prioritizing resources.
• You will assist with the interpretation of laws and regulations to include NEPA, Endangered Species Act, Clean Water Act, Marine Mammal Protection Act, and Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to meet mission requirements.

• You will directly supervise a team of Supply Technicians that procure materials from a variety of sources.
• You will assign work to subordinates based on workload received and nature of priorities, the difficulty of the work to be performed and the capabilities of the employees.
• You will act as the appointed Approving Official for the NAVFAC SW Government Commercial Purchase Card (GCPC) program.
• You will analyze and evaluate each incoming material request for accuracy and Financial Improvement and Audit Readiness (FIAR) compliancy.
• You will use automated systems to monitor financial transactions.
• You will collect and analyze Supply Chain performance data and provide metrics based on data results.

• You will review Engineering work of minor complexity under supervision of a senior engineer.
• You will study engineering texts, periodicals, manufacturer's publications and other technical material to obtain information on materials, equipment and pertinent data.
• You will prepare layout and detail drawings on relatively routine projects.
• You will perform work with a larger more complex project pertaining to the design of mechanical systems for naval ships, ship systems and combat systems

• You will act as point of contact regarding mechanical utilities systems information.
• You will serve as technical advisor to engineers on complex engineering problems.
• You will perform engineering investigations to avoid future and existing operational problems.
• You will develop repair, construction, maintenance and preventive maintenance program requirements for mechanical utilities systems.

• You will direct project teams and development efforts for program assignments.
• You will deal fundamentally with the broad aspects of Ship Design, Platform Integration, Ship Hydrodynamics, Propulsor and Shafting Systems, and Shipboard Power and Electrical Systems.
• You will direct the formulation and execution of systems engineering functions on major engineering development programs or projects.
• You will develop engineering policy for compliance by Navy project engineers and contractors developing and constructing submarine systems.
• You will chair naval architecture-related integrated product teams (IPTs) and visit laboratories and contractor facilities to obtain reports of program status.
• You will direct the assessment of high-risk high-value technical issues to determine the range of acceptable solutions and thresholds for submarines and submersible systems.
• You will identify technically acceptable options, and negotiate the resolution of challenging technical, resource, and requirement issues directly with program managers, top-level engineers, and key project personnel.

• You will provide funds administration concerning the MILCON, and DON allotment fund accounting program.
• You will apply accounting principles, theories, concepts and practices to accounting systems for the complex NAVFAC and DOD accounting/system financial operations, STARS-FL.
• You will analyze accounting systems and processes and modify accounting techniques to solve problems.
• You will ensure the accuracy, reliability, timeliness and propriety of fiscal transactions from the myriad financial systems, internal and external.
• You will coordinate and synthesize the Command financial program.
• You will review recurring monthly, quarterly and year-end financial management reports.
• You will review Trial Balance Reports and ensure their accuracy and reconciliation to the FIS source data.
• You will plan work, set priorities and prepare schedules for completion of work, make work assignments based on priorities, selective consideration of the difficulty and requirements of the assignments and the capability of subordinates.
• You will review work, evaluate performance, provide advice, counsel or instructions to individual employees concerning work and administrative matters.

Duties of a Supervisory Computer Engineer include, but are not limited to:

• Leads the planning and execution of efforts to recommend the integration and optimization of the Board of Veterans' Appeals automated systems.
• Develops short and long-range plans covering projects, initiating special programs to cover contingencies or emergencies as they arise.
• Identifies implementation and operating problems, which may have impact on objectives or time-phased schedules, and develops the reasons or causes and assures appropriate action is taken.
• Consolidates and reviews reports, documents, and letters relating to the operations and obtains clarification of questionable information or trends and makes recommendations or takes appropriate action to resolve deficiencies.
• Directs technical execution of work by reviewing accomplishment in terms of plans, procedures, and schedules to determine adequacy to meet programmed objectives.
• Prepares and defines technical details for budget and work program estimates. Reviews budget and work program estimates submitted by contractors for sufficiency, completeness, soundness, and adequacy.

The Fire Protection Engineer assists the Supervisory Fire Protection Engineer, Facilities Support Division with the fire protection systems, fire alarm systems and utilities in the Library Buildings and Grounds.

Fire Protection Engineering Support 

• Performs major, complex phases of specific assignments or projects designed to accomplish comprehensive goals of Fire Protection Engineering.
• Provides assistance to lower grade employees and exercises overall responsibility for assigned projects.
• Typical assignments may include:
• Surveying existing fire protection and fire alarm systems.
• Developing details of working drawings and preparing preliminary cost estimates for assigned features.
• Developing alternate layouts to determine feasibility, economy, suitability, and practicability of the current design.
• Developing conceptual solutions to improve design features.
• Identifies problems concerning fire protection systems, features of structures, and reviews shop drawings prepared by contractors to ensure compliance with contract requirements and national codes, calling attention to instances of non-compliance, modifications required, etc.
• Conducts regular interactions with other division staff and staff in other organizations in order to complete work assignments.

Project Management

• With minor oversight, performs project management tasks such as:
• Developing project schedules, budgets, and coordination.
• Monitors project goals and objectives for timely completion.
• Identifies and reports items that are out of tolerance to Supervisory Fire Protection Engineer, Facilities Support Division.
• Identifies potential solutions to project challenges.
• Demonstrates ability to coordinate and collaborate with other trades to achieve project objectives.

Program Management 

• With minor oversight, performs program management tasks such as:
  • developing approaches and processes for correcting regulatory and operating deficiencies.
  • Records and tracks progress on the completion of the deficiency correction and provides periodic reports. 
  • Identifies and reports items that are out of tolerance to Supervisory Fire Protection Engineer, Facilities Support Division.
  • Identifies potential solutions to program challenges.
  • Demonstrates ability to coordinate and collaborate with other trades to achieve project objectives.
• Performs contractor oversight duties as a Contractor Office Technical Representative (COTR), modifying or rejecting task plans and other deliverables for fire protection systems.
• Evaluates overall effectiveness and assesses technical design submissions for compliance with national codes.
• Responsible for design and configuration of fire protection systems and final acceptance or rejection of fire protection system installations and modifications.
• Evaluates and approves all fire protection system requirements and operational procedures, preventive maintenance tasks, inspection plans, repairs, corrections, tests and priorities.

Duties include but are not limited to the following:

VA Puget Sound Health Care System is a Joint Commission accredited 1-A complexity level tertiary health care system consisting of two divisions, Seattle and American Lake near Tacoma, Washington, with six Community-Based Outpatient Clinics located in Edmonds, Mount Vernon, Silverdale, Port Angeles, Puyallup, and Olympia. Serving 118,000 unique Veterans, VA Puget Sound Health Care System offers a myriad of specialty services, including mental health and the Domiciliary for transitioning homeless Veterans, spinal cord injury, bone marrow transplant, blind rehabilitation, 3D printing, and research.You will serve as the Chief of Facilities Management Service, and will oversee the Seattle Division consisting of 25 buildings, 1,497,359 GSF, and 42 acres of land as well as the American Lake Division, which has 72 buildings, 713,019 GSF, and 465 acres of land, six Community-Based Outpatient Clinics, and other leased properties.

• You will be responsible for providing the overall leadership and managerial functions of capital planning (such as: organizing, operating, and budgeting for Health Technology Management, Engineering, Construction, Renovation, Maintenance and Repair, Operations, Life-Safety Code Compliance, and Occupational Safety throughout the VA Puget Sound Health Care System (VAPSHCS).
• You will serve as a member of the medical center Senior Leadership Committees, and as the top advisor on facility concerns to the Executive Leadership Team.
• You will serve as a consultant and technical advisor to all services and programs at VA Puget Sound Health Care System (VAPSHCS) and be responsible for all planning, organizing, directing, evaluating and management processes for the Facilities Management Service (FMS), including setting qualitative and quantitative standards and providing the medical center's management officials and clinical staff information on the methods, techniques and procedures required to integrate the Engineering, Health Technology Management, and Interior Design programs into the mission of the medical center.
• You will direct all approved or funded projects and coordinate the design with the appropriate services, management, local and VISN Safety and Fire Protection Engineer, and VACO offices. Consideration must be made for functional space requirements, patient flow, workflow, safety, and new technologies, as well as TJC, Environment of Care, CARF, LTCI, NFPE, and OSHA requirements, while considering energy conservation and fiscal stewardship.
• You will be responsible for planning, organizing, staffing, and directing the maintenance and operations of the buildings, grounds, and utility systems at both divisions of the medical center that includes a comprehensive program of maintenance, preventive maintenance, equipment upgrade, boiler and chiller operations, and documentation.
• You will manage special projects for major office or program issues of broad impact.
• You will exercise significant responsibility in collaborating with officials of other units or organizations and in advising leaders and management officials.
• You will direct a multi-million-dollar program annually.

You will serve as a Program Analyst (Human Factors Engineer), DCMS-DPR's representative and the Coast Guard's Engineering Technical Authority for human systems integration (HSI) in systems acquisition projects, partnering with the Acquisitions Directorate, Program Sponsors, other Engineering Technical Authorities, and stakeholders to implement effective HSI activities for system acquisitions including cutters, aircraft, command centers, C54ISR (Command, Control, Computers, Communications, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance), logistics and the associated workforce. Work encompasses development, management, and application of policy in the seven HSI domains in a military environment; manpower, performance support and training, human factors engineering (HFE), habitability, personnel survivability, system safety and occupational health, and habitability.

Being a Coast Guard civilian makes you a valuable member of the Coast Guard team. Typical work assignments include:

• Serving as the expert advisor to management with potential to be appointed as Technical Warrant Holder (TWH) for the implementation and evaluation of HFE and Habitability.
• Supporting the development of HFE and Habitability policies, practices and procedures.
• Providing technical leadership to promote and integrate HFE and Habitability into Agency programs.
• Recognizing the potential impact of safety and health hazard problems and coordinating those with the safety team.

• You will lead multi-disciplinary teams of design and construction engineers that both design facility projects and oversee construction.
• You will determine work priorities for employees to ensure performance to plan goals are met.
• You will lead design staff in performing project management roles for the project (scope, cost, and schedule) from preliminary design authorization to project closeout.
• You will oversee the development of plans and specifications, design-build Requests for Proposals (RFPs), cost engineering and consultation services to primarily support Category I and II work products.
• You will provide construction engineering expertise on projects managed within the PDCB, particularly those of an unusual or complex nature.
• You will review and approve the PWD position concerning contractor entitlement for change through interpretation of contract clauses and the technical requirements of plans and specifications.

• You will serve as senior Project Manager for significant multi-discipline projects, with complete responsibility for all technical aspects of the projects.
• You will act as a Command representative on technological and standards-making panels.
• You will review design/manufacturing submittals developed by crane design and manufacturing firms for conformance to criteria and good engineering practice.
• You will manage configuration of regional cranes to ensure compliance with NAVCRANECENINST 11450.2, NAVFAC P-307, and NAVSEA Crane Quality Manual
• You will develop detailed technical specifications to be used in the procurement of all types of WHE.
• You will review and approve mechanical, electrical and structural designs and calculations.

• You will be responsible for developing, implementing branch long term strategic objectives, and goals for the purpose of sustainment, stability, quality, capability and capacity to meet mission demands.
• You will forecast branch workload and resource requirements and manage available resources to provide engineering, technical, and logistics support to accomplish assigned Fleet maintenance and modernization tasks.
• You will provide guidance and technical oversight for troubleshooting and repair of Aegis Computer Network and SPY Radar systems and associated sub-systems on board U.S. naval surface ships as well as overseeing the work of subject matter experts.
• You will serve as an authoritative Aegis and SPY Radar expert and consultant as it relates to the execution of ship readiness.
• You will collect, track, and monitor system performance outcomes associated with system assessments and inspections for the purpose of gathering system performance data and identifying chronic system issues.