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Civil Engineer (Direct Hire)
Federal Aviation Administration · Posted 42 days ago
Hybrid Atlantic City, NJ $100K – $155K Apply by Aug 17, 2026 Civil Engineering ESTJINTJISTJISTP EngineeringOperations
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This position is located in the Assistant Administrator for Next Gen, Aviation Research Division, Airport Technology Branch. Airport Pavement R&D Section, ANG-E262; National Airport Pavement Facility (NAPTF). The National Airport Pavement Facility is the world's largest enclosed full-scale pavement test facility dedicated solely to airport pavement research, located at the William J Hughes Technical Center for Advanced Aerospace.
What You'll Do
- →Performs multiple, varying, and complex assignments and plans the implementation of airport pavement R&D projects/programs under limited direction of a manager, project/program manager, or more experienced engineer.
- →May act as a contributing specialist on large work activities or as a team leader for single or small work activities.
- →Applies experience and advanced knowledge of engineering principles, theories, and concepts applicable to his/her discipline to accomplish assignments and to develop plans and techniques to improve programs and policies.
- →Performs research, development and implementation efforts related to the increase in capacity of the National Airspace System through the improvements to airfield pavements.
- →Typical duties will include: Overseeing and providing technical and professional civil engineering analysis and support.
- →Defines, plans, and organizes assigned resources to accomplish organizational objectives such as developing the scope, budget and schedule for assigned construction projects, using the appropriate technologies and improving the quality of design work through the use of new technologies and process improvements.
- →Contacts are internal and external.
- →May act as a key technical point of contact for assigned activities and functional area.
- →Works on multiple projects requiring designing, planning, and development to establish and improve airport pavement design and analysis programs, as well as, pavement management systems.
- →Involved with procurement activities including reviewing specifications, reviewing bids, and evaluating proposals for pavement R&D and construction projects.
- →Develops technical reports and/or memos with project specific pavement and materials recommendations.
- →Contributes to the preparation of management/technical reports or contractual documents and may be called upon to communicate the overall results of a project or work activity to FAA management, the aviation and aerospace industries, and other external parties.
- →Established policies/procedures provide guidance for most assignments but allow considerable discretion to select the most appropriate approach or to recommend new approaches.
- →Assignments typically require solutions that are to be derived by interpreting and extrapolating from situations that were faced in the past.
Requirements
- ✓We are not accepting applications from noncitizens.
- ✓This position has a positive education requirement: Applicants must submit a copy of their college or university transcripts(s) and certificates by the closing date of announcement to verify qualifications.
- ✓If selected, an official transcript will be required prior to appointment.
- ✓You may upload these documents with your application in USAJOBS or fax it to fax number provided in the announcement (please include announcement number on each page).
- ✓Failure to do so will result in loss of consideration.
- ✓Schools must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S.
- ✓Department of Education.
- ✓Accreditation may be verified at the following website: www.ed.gov/accreditation.
- ✓Foreign education must be evaluated by a private professional organization specializing in interpretation of foreign education credentials or an accredited U.S. educational institution in terms of equivalence to a degree acquired at an American college or university.
- ✓A copy of the evaluation results must be included, otherwise your foreign education will not be considered.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 0b4205f0-8698-4d76-b380-c5d72aed3e81
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