MECHANICAL ENGINEER
U.S. Army Corps of EngineersThis is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Certain Personnel of the DoD Workforce to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service. About the Position: This position functions under the general supervision of the Resident Engineer who assigns work in terms of priorities and specific constructionrequirements prior to construction activities.Serves as liaison between User, Contractor, Architect/Engineer Design Firms, area Offices, District, Division, and USACE, and other Technical Centers of Expertise.Acts as a District consultant and expert advisor in resolving novel, extremely technical state-of-the-art, unusual and controversial mechanical engineering matters.Determines feasibility and plans methods to be used for accomplishing modifications to suit local conditions and changingrequirements of using agency, national and local mechanicalrequirements and revisions there to occurring during construction.Develops alternate designs, concepts and plans, or changes as necessary,Reviews shop drawings, equipment specifications, and design analyses from contractorsRecommends changes to codes or manufacturers specifications, equipment, and systems based upon research and development to meet missionrequirements.Performs on-site inspections of construction operations throughout District activities to define problems and devise or initiate alternative course of action.Provides recommendations to personnel from higher authority to effect corrective actions to problem areas disclosed as result of inspections.Investigates and analyzes possible design and criteria modifications for overall improvements in systems, to determinerequirements for new systems.
Opens the company's application page
Listed via
USAJobs
usajobs.gov
Similar roles
Design & Tech
Related reads from TCHNX
The Quiet Revolution in Local-First Software
As major platforms face outages and data breaches, a new generation of developers is building applications that prioritise local data storage and peer-to-peer sync, challenging the cloud-first orthodoxy that's dominated tech for two decades.
The Quiet Revolution in Edge AI: Why Your Next Computer Might Not Need the Cloud
As neural processing units become standard in consumer devices, we're witnessing a fundamental shift in how AI applications work. Local processing is no longer a fallback; it's becoming the preferred architecture.
The Rise of AI-Assisted Code Generation 2: Are Developers Becoming Prompt Engineers?
As AI coding assistants reshape software development, the industry grapples with a fundamental question: is writing code giving way to writing prompts? We examine how London's tech scene is adapting to this seismic shift.