Deputy Chief Engineer
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Position ID:
OCE-2025-406
City:
Washington, District of Columbia
Date Posted:
2025-11-25
Expiration Time:
2026-01-05
Job Type:
This is an Excepted Service Position and does not require or confer Civil Service Competitive Service Status.
Job Category:
General Engineering
Salary:
150160 - 216600 PA
Job Summary
Are you a seasoned engineering leader ready to drive high-impact projects and shape the future of a critical organization? We're seeking a Deputy Chief Engineer to serve as a pivotal technical and management leader, overseeing complex capital construction programs and ensuring engineering excellence across our portfolio. AOC executives serve at the pleasure of the AOC. The selected candidate for this position must be able to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret security clearance.
Job Description
Application Method: Applicants must clearly show possession and demonstrated leadership experience, normally obtained over several years by serving in positions at the GS-15 level or equivalent for each Executive Core Qualification (ECQ) and Professional Technical Qualification (PTQ). Failure to address and meet any of the ECQs or the PTQs via the vacancy questionnaire, will eliminate you from further consideration. Executive Core Qualifications: ECQ 1 – Leading Change: The ability to bring about strategic change, both within and outside the organization, to meet organizational goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to establish an organizational vision and to implement it in a continuously changing environment. ECQ 2 – Leading People: The ability to lead people toward meeting the organization’s vision, mission and goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to provide an inclusive workplace that fosters the development of others, facilitates cooperation and teamwork, and supports constructive resolution of conflicts. ECQ 3 – Results Driven: The ability to meet organizational goals and customer expectations. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to make decisions that produce high-quality results by applying technical knowledge, analyzing problems and calculating risks. ECQ 4 – Business Acumen: The ability to manage human, financial and information resources strategically. ECQ 5 – Building Coalitions: The ability to build coalitions internally and with other Federal agencies, State and local governments, nonprofit and private sector organizations, foreign governments or international organizations to achieve common goals. Professional Technical Qualifications: PTQ 1 – Demonstrated experience leading, developing, delivering and communicating a >$500M capital projects program including a complex of historic buildings. PTQ 2 – Demonstrated experience managing a multimillion dollar design and construction capital program. Skills include full lifecycle project delivery with budget development, quality control, technical support and resource management. PTQ 3 – Demonstrated experience managing and supervising over 300 professional and trade staff, and the development of operational and strategic management plans focused on cultural and customer services.