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Supervisory General Engineer
Office of the Secretary · Posted today
Hybrid Oakland, CA $126K – $164K Apply by Jul 8, 2026 General Engineering ENTJINTJINTPISTJ EngineeringHealthcareTrades
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Serves as a Senior Engineer Team Lead responsible for the management of major lease construction of VA facilities within the Office of Construction & Facilities Management (CFM), Office of Real Property. Design and construction projects are major renovations, modernization, or new construction for highly specialized medical facilities, nursing homes, energy centers, cemeteries, and administrative facilities designed and constructed to support the Department in the accomplishment of its mission
What You'll Do
- →Provides positions managing, supervising, leading, and/or performing professional engineering and scientific work.
- →This position requires knowledge and skills in two or more professional engineering series within the Engineering and Architecture Group.
- →Oversee and monitor ongoing lease design and construction activities to ensure completion within the contract terms and conditions, time, and budget.
- →The major duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to: Manages a staff comprised of a matrix of engineers and architectural specialties.
- →Monitors various ongoing construction activities and schedules for conformance with phasing contract provisions, and contract specifications.
- →Conducts reviews of contractor's cost breakdown and reviews submittal's on contractor's proposed equipment and materials.
- →Interact closely with the Project Manager and Critical Path Method staff to make U time due to unanticipated events (weather, delays in material shipments, unanticipat1 site work problems).
- →Works closely with local and state authorities, utility company representatives, and headquarters staff.
- →Assures that the project progresses on schedule.
- →Identifies potential problems in submissions and coordinates comments from other professionals in a formal response to Architectural/Engineering (A/E) firms Administers and oversees on-site coordination of work between prime, subcontractors and utility companies.
- →Manages, supervises, and authorizes payment for services performed under VA-retained services contracts Monitors customer satisfaction through informal and formal means, including week meetings with the Director regarding construction progress.
- →Keeps current with the latest developments in the fields of architecture, engineering landscape architecture, and construction trades, new construction materials and techniques as they apply to large scale construction.
- →Work Schedule: Monday thru Friday, 8:00am to 4:30pm, with flexibility required to accommodate construction activities.
- →Compressed/Flexible: Available Telework: This position may be authorized for telework.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job To be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process.
- ✓In addition to the application and questionnaire, this position requires an online assessment.
- ✓The online assessment measures critical general competencies required to perform the job.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959 Physical Requirements: requires extensive walking, climbing, and crawling, Exposure to outside weather conditions, dust, and high noise levels.
- ✓A pre-placement physical examination is not required.
- ✓You may be required to serve a probationary period Subject to background/security investigation Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will 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 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.
- ✓There is no educational substitution for experience for the GS-14 levels.
- ✓However, you must meet the Individual Occupational Requirements for the Engineering (800) series: (Transcripts Required) Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 392c466b-6969-4514-9448-6b89203dd20d
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