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LEAD ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN

Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command

Everett, WAFull-time$101–131K/yrPosted 1 day ago

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At a glance

Compensation
$101–131K/yr
Location
Everett, WA
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Lead Engineering Technician serves in the Facilities Support Contracts Branch of NAVFAC Northwest. The role includes reviewing project status and quality control, balancing employee workloads, maintaining program and project reference materials, and communicating organizational plans and goals. The position also requires specialized experience leading technical field teams, conducting quality assurance inspections and constructability reviews, enforcing construction specifications and safety regulations, and resolving complex field engineering challenges.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Quality Assurance InspectionsConstructability ReviewsFederal Construction SpecificationsSafety RegulationsConstruction Progress EvaluationSite Deviation AnalysisContractor Compliance VerificationField EngineeringTechnical Team LeadershipStakeholder Collaboration

Qualifications

1+ Year Specialized Experience

Full job description

Summary

You will serve as a LEAD ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN in the FACILITIES SUPPORT CONTRACTS (FSC) BRANCH of NAVFAC NORTHWEST.

Duties

  • You will conduct monthly reviews and updates of project status, quality control assessments and program evaluations with FMFS Branch Head.
  • You will distribute and balance workload among employees in accordance with established work flow or job specialization and assure timely accomplishment of the assigned workload.
  • You will maintain program and administrative reference materials, project files, and relevant back-ground documents and make available policies, procedures and written instructions.
  • You will ensure that organization's strategic plan, mission, vision and values are communicated to the ET's and integrated into the team's strategies, goals, objectives, work plans and work products and services.

Qualifications

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) Leading, directing, or mentoring technical field teams, engineering technicians, or inspection personnel in performing multidisciplinary Quality Assurance (QA) inspections and comprehensive constructability reviews on complex military shore infrastructure, waterfront, airfield, or naval facilities projects; 2) Interpreting and enforcing federal construction specifications and safety regulations across active project sites; 3) Evaluating construction progress, analyzing site deviations or design deficiencies, verifying contractor compliance against drawings and contract terms and resolving complex technical and field engineering challenges; 4) Collaborating with military stakeholders, design engineers, contracting officers, and prime contractors to facilitate on-time, compliant project delivery and turnover. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

How You Will Be Evaluated

In order to qualify for this position, your resume must provide sufficient experience and/or education, knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the duties of the specific position for which you are being considered. Your resume is the key means we have for evaluating your skills, knowledge, and abilities as they relate to this position. Therefore, we encourage you to be clear and specific when describing your experience. When the application process is complete, we will review your resume to ensure you meet the hiring eligibility and qualification requirements listed in this announcement. You will be rated based on the information provided in your resume and application package, along with your supporting documentation to determine your ability to demonstrate the following competencies: ACCOUNTABILITY DEVELOPING OTHERS ENGINEERING TECHNICAL POLICY AND PLANNING PROBLEM SOLVING QUALITY ASSURANCE SYSTEM PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS This recruitment will utilize the following technical assessment tools: Structured Resume Review and Structured Interview. You should list any relevant performance appraisals and incentive awards in your resume as that information may be taken into consideration during the selection process. If selected, you may be required to provide supporting documentation. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating or consideration for employment. All qualifications requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement. Other Information

This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program. Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement. A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments. During the application process you will have the ability to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions in the local commuting area. Depending on the hiring organization and the position being filled, job requirements (e.g., security clearance, travel, drug testing, financial disclosure filing, bargaining unit status, etc.) may vary. Other hiring managers filling similar positions may offer relocation expense reimbursement and/or may offer recruitment incentives for new employees, depending on funding availability and in accordance with policy. If you opt-in and are referred on a certificate, your resume will be available to other hiring managers for 180-days from the date the job announcement closes. Opting in does not impact your application for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further consideration for additional positions. Federal annuitant information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy information may be found at: http://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Documents/CivilianJobs/FedCivAnnuitants.pdf PPP applicants will be placed at the FPL, if determined Well Qualified (WQ). To receive priority consideration, the FPL must be the same grade level or equivalent of the retained grade or the grade held immediately prior to separation. ICTAP Applicants: To be considered well-qualified and exercise selection priority as an ICTAP candidate, displaced Federal employees must satisfy all qualification requirements for the position and receive a rating in the highly qualified category (score 85) or higher. ICTAP candidates must provide copies of all of the following documentation at the time of application: 1) agency notice; 2) most recent performance appraisal; and 3) most recent SF-50 or notification of personnel action that includes position, grade level, and duty location. Applicants who do not provide this documentation will not receive consideration as an ICTAP candidate. For more information about ICTAP eligibility please review the following link: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/federal-employees/career-transition/ Military Spouse Preference applicants will be placed at the highest grade for which they have applied and are determined Best Qualified (BQ). A BQ military spouse possesses knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies comparable to others who meet the competitive referral criteria for the specific position.

How this job compares

Set against the 1,944 open Engineering Technician jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 3, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$101–131K/yr
  • US median$69–100K/yr423 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $116K, is 37% above the US median midpoint ($85K) — in the top quarter of Engineering Technician salary ranges across the US.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 41 open Engineering Technician jobs in Washington and 1,944 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Washington
Experience
This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience — less than three in four Engineering Technician postings that state a minimum ask for (median 2 years, across 1,499 postings).
Education
35 of the 1,944 open Engineering Technician jobs (2%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 3, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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