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Supervisory Civil Engineer (Highway) (Technical Services Branch Chief) (DIRECT HIRE)
Federal Highway Administration · Posted 62 days ago
Hybrid Full-time Ashburn, VA $144K – $187K Apply by Jul 24, 2026 Civil Engineering ESTJINTJISTJISTP EngineeringOperationsTrades
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Serves as the Technical Services Branch Chief in the Office of Project Delivery, Eastern Federal Lands Highway Division (FHWA) in Ashburn, VA, supervising multiple engineering disciplines including geotechnical, hydraulics, pavements, transportation operations (traffic and safety engineering), and project support staff. Provides technical leadership and oversight for preconstruction engineering and construction support for highway and bridge projects across the eastern United States.
What You'll Do
- →As the Supervisory Civil Engineer (Highway)(Technical Services Branch Chief), you will: Provide technical leadership and management of multidisciplinary engineering services (geotechnical, hydraulics, pavements, traffic, safety, design support, and project support).
- →Serve as a member of the Division Leadership Team (DLT), providing national and divisional strategic planning and direction aligned with United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) and Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) goals.
- →Provide technical leadership and expert guidance during construction and oversee engineering services and Plans, Specifications, and Estimates (PS&Es) developed by Architect and Engineer (A/E) contractors.
- →Manage staff, resources, staffing needs, training, and organizational priorities through subordinate supervisors and team leaders.
- →Coordinate across FHWA and partner offices to ensure project delivery meets scope, schedule, cost, and quality requirements.
- →The ideal candidate for this position is an experienced career professional engineer who is mission focused and has experience leading and motivating employees.
- →The incumbent should be comfortable interacting with a wide range of stakeholders, supervising and leading staff, and serving as an agency representative when working with Federal Land Management Agencies on highway design technical discipline issues.
- →The incumbent should have extensive knowledge and experience in infrastructure engineering, financial, and project delivery processes and requirements needed to provide technical discipline support to the Division and the Federal Lands Highway (FLH) partners.
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: a7bb3b09-1c55-4497-a71b-fb7cdc7d27b9
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