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Supervisory Civil Engineer (Highway) - DIRECT HIRE
Federal Highway Administration · Posted 75 days ago
Hybrid Full-time Ashburn, VA $169K – $197K Apply by Jul 8, 2026 Civil Engineering ESTJINTJISTJISTP EngineeringOperationsTrades
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Serves as the Chief of Engineering for the Eastern Federal Lands Highway Division (FHWA) in Ashburn, VA. Provides executive leadership and direction for over 200 professional, technical, and administrative employees across environmental, project management, design, construction, and contract management functions. Oversees daily operations and ensures the successful delivery of transportation projects and technical services supporting Federal Lands transportation programs.
What You'll Do
- →As a Supervisory Civil Engineer (Highway)(Chief of Engineering), you will: Lead and manage the Office of Engineering, overseeing a multidisciplinary staff of 125+ personnel supporting project development, design, construction, and contract management.
- →Direct development and delivery of the Division's engineering program, ensuring effective coordination of transportation projects, technical services, and engineering products across Federal Lands programs.
- →Provide executive leadership for a $150M–$250M annual design and construction program across multiple Federal, State, and Tribal partners, ensuring timely, cost-effective, and compliant project delivery.
- →Serve as principal advisor and technical authority on highway engineering, providing guidance, interpreting regulations, and ensuring compliance with 23 U.S.C. and applicable standards.
- →Lead coordination with Federal, State, Tribal, and local partners and represent the Division in interagency forums, advancing technology deployment, training, quality assurance, and program innovation.
- →The ideal candidate for this position is an experienced engineering leader who is mission-focused, and skilled in the administration and delivery of complex Federal Lands Highway programs.
- →This individual has strong experience in transportation engineering, project development, and managing large-scale programs and multidisciplinary staff.
- →The ideal candidate demonstrates the ability to lead a complex organization, deliver a significant annual design and construction program, and achieve successful outcomes across multiple partners and jurisdictions.
- →They have a proven record of building collaborative relationships within FHWA, Federal Lands Highway, and with Federal, State, Tribal, and local partners.
- →In addition, the ideal candidate brings strong technical expertise, experience with contracting approaches, and the ability to resolve complex technical and stakeholder issues.
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.
- ✓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.
- ✓The adequacy of such background must be demonstrated by one of the following: 1.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 354757af-3298-4b7d-abde-b9fd4ca9aa16
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