General Engineer

Summary

This position is located at the National Cemetery Administration in Washington, District of Columbia. THIS JOB WILL CLOSE WHEN WE HAVE RECEIVED 100 APPLICATIONS WHICH MAY BE SOONER THAN THE CLOSING DATE.

Duties

• As a General Engineer/Project Program Manager, you will lead the planning, design, and construction of major national cemetery projects that support the National Cemetery Administration's mission and long-term infrastructure goals. Duties include: Lead the planning, design, and execution of complex national cemetery construction and expansion projects. Manage multiple projects simultaneously, ensuring successful delivery within scope, schedule, and budget requirements. Provide expert engineering guidance on cemetery development, facility improvements, land use, environmental compliance, and historic preservation matters. Review and evaluate engineering reports, designs, specifications, cost estimates, and technical proposals for compliance with federal and Department of Veterans Affairs requirements. Lead and coordinate multidisciplinary teams, including architect-engineer firms, contractors, and agency stakeholders. Administer and oversee design and construction contracts in accordance with federal acquisition regulations and agency policies. Represent the agency in meetings, negotiations, and presentations involving major construction and capital improvement initiatives. Advise senior leadership on engineering, project management, and construction program issues impacting agency operations and strategic objectives. Conduct site visits and travel as required to support project oversight and program delivery. Work schedule: May be required to work Monday through Friday 7:30 am to 4:00 pm. or after-hours when necessary to meet the needs of the agency. Compressed/Flexible Schedule: May be Available Position Description Title/PD#:General Engineer/PD490350 GS-None The full performance level of this position is GS-14. Relocation Expenses: Not Authorized Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not Required

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 11/16/2026.You may qualify based on your experience, as described below: Basic requirement for all Professional Engineering Positions: Degree: Engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by ABET; or (2) include differential and integral calculus and courses (more advanced than first year physics and chemistry) in five of the following seven areas of engineering science or physics: (a) statics, dynamics; (b) strength of materials (stress-strain relationships); (c) fluid mechanics, hydraulics; (d) thermodynamics; (e) electrical fields and circuits; (f) nature and properties of materials (relating particle and aggregate structure to properties); and (g) any other comparable area of fundamental engineering science or physics, such as optics, heat transfer, soil mechanics, or electronics. OR, 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: Professional registration or licensure -- Current registration as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT)1, or licensure as a Professional Engineer (PE) by any State, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico. Absent other means of qualifying under this standard, those applicants who achieved such registration by means other than written test (e.g., State grandfather or eminence provisions) are eligible only for positions that are within or closely related to the specialty field of their registration. For example, an applicant who attains registration through a State Board's eminence provision as a manufacturing engineer typically would be rated eligible only for manufacturing engineering positions. Written Test -- Evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE)2 examination or any other written test required for professional registration by an engineering licensure board in the various States, the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico. Specified academic courses -- Successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences and that included the courses specified in the basic requirements under paragraph A. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program as described in paragraph A. Related curriculum -- Successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree in an appropriate scientific field, e.g., engineering technology, physics, chemistry, architecture, computer science, mathematics, hydrology, or geology, may be accepted in lieu of a bachelor's degree in engineering, provided the applicant has had at least 1 year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance. Ordinarily there should be either an established plan of intensive training to develop professional engineering competence, or several years of prior professional engineering-type experience, e.g., in interdisciplinary positions. (The above examples of related curricula are not all-inclusive.) Note: An applicant who meets the basic requirements as specified in A or B above, except as noted under B.1., may qualify for positions in any branch of engineering unless selective factors indicate otherwise. In addition to the basic requirements listed above, applicants must also meet specialized experience for the GS 14. Your background must demonstrate work involved in landscaping, grounds keeping, or other re…

Education

There is no educational substitution for the GS-14 level. A transcript must be submitted with your application to verify the Engineering Degree requirement. PLEASE NOTE: Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications (particularly positions with a positive education requirement). Therefore, applicants must report only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Applicants can verify accreditation at the following website: http://www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html. All education claimed by applicants will be verified by the appointing agency accordingly. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education.