Job at a glance
About the Position: This position is with the Southern California Area Office, Vandenberg AFB Resident Office located in Vandenberg AFB, Santa Barbara, California. Serves as a Project Engineer responsible for performing and directing the full range of field engineering activities associated with construction operations at a Project Office. Recruitment or Relocation incentives may be authorized if found in the best interest of the Government.
Major duties: Applies full professional civil engineering knowledge of soils mechanics, hydraulics, theory of structures, strength ofmaterials, engineering geology and surveying. Assigned projects vary in type and size, but can be characterized as being high tech, fast track, Research Development Testing and Evaluation(RDT and E) with the use of accelerated schedules. Project require the need for new and specialized equipment, materials and methods associated with DOD space and missile launch and tracking programs; Dealings and coordination with avariety of interested parties, DOD and non-DOD government organizations and civilian aerospace contractors located at Vandenberg AFB, local government officials, state and local environmental agencies.
Construction is performed under rigid completionschedules associated with space and missile programs, and requires strict adherence to safetystandards. Education: FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S.
education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.