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Supervisory Civil Engineer (Highway) (COE)
Federal Highway Administration · Posted 72 days ago
Hybrid Full-time Sevierville, TN $106K – $138K Apply by Jul 31, 2026 Civil Engineering ESTJINTJISTJISTP EngineeringOperationsTrades
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This position is located in the Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA) Federal Lands Highway (FLH) Division and supports the Division as an expert in construction operations and survey matters. Supervises a staff of engineers and technicians in administering contracts related to highway and bridge construction projects. The projects occur on Federal Lands managed by other Federal agencies (e.g., National Park Service, US Forest Service) and include a multi-state area.
What You'll Do
- →Serving as the Construction Operations Engineer (COE) you will: Participate in the development of business objectives and the implementation of quality initiatives to improve systems, processes, products, and services that increase customer focus.
- →Share and promote partnering concepts.
- →Supervise a staff of professional engineers and technicians engaged in construction project administration and oversight activities.
- →Review preliminary plans, specifications, and estimates (PS&E) for constructability and adequacy and to detect details that may cause trouble during construction and suggest changes that will improve the product or provide better value.
- →Participate with staff in pre-construction conferences with Contractor representatives, cooperating agencies, and other interested parties.
- →Maintain frequent liaison with representatives of partner agencies, which generally are other State and/or Federal government agencies.
- →Review and approve change orders, directives, and suspension and resumption work orders.
- →Initiate major or complex supplemental agreements and contract change orders.
- →The ideal candidate for this position is a seasoned mid-career engineer with experience independently and effectively managing highway construction projects by providing construction operations input from preliminary design stages through construction of the project, providing guidance and technical direction to lower-level project staff, and representing the agency in project meetings.
Requirements
- ✓CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT: As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you may be required to serve a 1-year probationary period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance the organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
- ✓Upon completion of your probationary period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓SELECTIVE SERVICE: Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for the Selective Service.
- ✓CERTIFICATION: FAC-C (Professional) certification is required within 3 years.
- ✓GOVERNMENT TRAVEL CARD: This position involves travel.
- ✓A government contractor-issued travel card will be issued and must be retained for official business only.
- ✓BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION: A background security investigation is required for all selected individuals.
- ✓Appointment will be subject to the applicant's successful completion of the security investigation and favorable adjudication.
- ✓Failure to meet these requirements will be grounds for termination.
- ✓PROBATIONARY PERIOD: Applicants may be required to successfully complete a one-year probationary period (unless already completed).
- ✓SUPERVISORY PROBATIONARY PERIOD: New supervisors must complete a 1-year probationary period (unless already completed).
- ✓MANDATORY EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS: A.
- ✓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.
Personality Fit
Job ID: e1567dd9-8f1c-4e57-b546-01340ed19e16
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