Engineering Manager

About the Company

The Navy is more than ships, submarines, and aircraft at sea. Hundreds of naval shore facilities worldwide-like small cities with hospitals, airfields, power plants, housing, stores, office buildings and much more-make up the fleet support establishment. Naval Officers in the Civil Engineer Corps (CEC) provide professional facilities engineering services and management at all Navy and Marine Corps facilities worldwide. The name "Civil Engineer Corps" does not refer solely to the discipline of Civil Engineering, but to a multitude of engineering and architectural disciplines.

While a small community of only 1250 officers, CEC officers are found all over the world in highly visible positions supervising skilled personnel while working on: construction projects, infrastructure repairs and maintenance, facility support contracts, real estate management, natural resource management, environmental planning and management, and many other facilities engineering areas.

About the Role

As part of the CEC, you can receive advanced training and unrivaled hands-on experience in areas including architecture, construction engineering, environmental engineering, water resources engineering, geotechnical engineering, hydraulic engineering, land surveying, structural engineering, transportation engineering, disaster relief, and community planning. From the very beginning, CEC officers obtain engineering management and leadership experience far exceeding that offered by a private firm. As a junior CEC officer, you may work in any or all of the following three areas:

Contract Management:

Ensuring that Navy construction projects are built safely, as designed, on time, and within budget. Tasks include ensuring that construction is in accordance with the project plans and specifications, resolving design problems, coordinating construction schedules with Navy operations, ensuring that payments correctly reflect progress, and managing the project budget. It's difficult to create a comprehensive list of everything that a construction manager may encounter. Anything that affects safety, quality, and the timely completion of the project is a concern for the construction contract manager. That includes not only technical problems, but contractual and business issues as well. In this job you will be working in the Facilities Engineering and Acquisition Division (FEAD) of Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC).

Facilities Management:

Operate and maintain the complex facilities and utility systems at shore activities by managing a large work force of civilian and military personnel. CEC officers in this role do many of the same things that facility managers do in every city, at every hospital, and on every college campus: power distribution, heating, air conditioning, water and wastewater, grounds maintenance, telecommunications, transportation and equipment, environmental issues, and facilities maintenance. Officers assigned to this mission set have many of the same concerns and encounter many of the same problems as our civilian counterparts. Public works touches every member of the Navy and Marine Corps team. Aviators, submariners, ship-drivers, SEALS, Marines, and civilian government employees all have public works concerns and it is their job to address them

Expeditionary Engineering.

Unlike public works and construction management, an expeditionary job is something unique to the Navy. About 30% of CEC junior officer jobs are expeditionary, but these jobs offer a chance to gain skills and experiences that cannot be found elsewhere. the majority of these jobs are with the Seabees. The Seabees are a force of highly skilled enlisted personnel, trained in both construction and defensive combat, under the leadership of CEC officers. At any given time, Seabees are deployed around the world to perform contingency construction, humanitarian assistance, and disaster relief. the Seabee's motto, "We Build, We Fight" sums it up. Seabees can be found in Naval Mobile Construction Battalions (NMCBs), Amphibious Construction Battalions (ACBs), or underwater Construction Teams (UCTs). Each of these units exemplifies the unique spririt of the Seabees, provides a different construction capability for the Navy, and presents unique leadership challenges for CEC officers. A new CEC officer will be expected to lead Seabees through the successful completion of any number of missions. Developing leadership skills is imperative in everything a CEC officer does and the leadership lessons and experience gained in the Seabees are particularly powerful.

Pay range and compensation package

Competitive salary, adjusted for locality rates.

Significant portion of salary is tax-free.

Promotion at 2 years and 4 years

Free health insurance for you and your dependents

A retirement plan

30 days paid vacation per year

Additional Benefits/Opportunities

Obtain Fundamental Engineer and Professional Engineer certifications

Fully covered graduate education at 5-10 years of service if signed follow-on contract

Post-9/11 GI Bill and additional VA Benefits

Opportunities for College Students

The CEC Collegiate Program introduces you to Navy life at your own pace. There are no uniforms, no drilling, and no service obligation until after you graduate. Simply work toward your degree, earn as you go, and then begin the process of becoming a commissioned Navy CEC Officer.

Benefits obtained while in school:

Earn between $40-70k annual salary (depending on location).

Receive E-6 pay while in college, including BAH and BAS.

Free health insurance for you and your dependents

Qualifications

Must be U.S. citizen

Medical screening

Legal screening

Height/Weight standards

Achieved bachelor’s or master's degree from an accredited engineering program (open to all engineering) or accredited architecture degree

Students pursuing bachelor’s or master’s degree from an accredited engineering program (open to all engineering) or accredited architecture degree with 3.0 and no more than three “C’s” in STEM courses

4 year active duty contract upon commissioning

Work Environment

*This is not a job located strictly in Virginia. It is an active duty US Navy position that has opportunities to live and work across the globe!*

As a CEC Officer, you may work at Navy bases or ports of call around the globe. You may be deployed to help develop or rebuild areas affected by natural disasters. Your day-to-day work may be indoors, outdoors, in a shop environment or in office surroundings. General qualifications may vary depending upon work experience and qualification, whether you’re currently serving, whether you’ve served before, or whether you’ve never served before.