Design Engineer jobs in Lompoc, CA

Overview

   **This position requires the ability to obtain a Public Trust**

Project Engineer - DoD

Location: Lompoc, CA

Starting salary: $80k-$85k

Overview:

Ensure complete facility planning and programming for assigned projects by establishing facility and infrastructure requirements critical for mission accomplishment; proposing the most effective and economical means of satisfying those requirements; identifying the year in which they will be required; and acquiring both the authority and resources necessary to meet facility requirements identified by the planning process.

Required Experience/Education: 

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must have the ability to obtain a Public Trust.
• Bachelor’s Degree in any Architecture or Facility Engineering Discipline (Mechanical, Electrical, Civil); master’s degree is a plus.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in design and construction activities with cost estimating experience.
• Graduate of the Air Force Institute of Technology course WENG 400 Life-Cycle Cost Estimating is a huge plus!
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• Experience with design and construction of Air Force or DoD projects is a plus.
• Experience utilizing BUILDERTM Sustainment Management System is a plus.
• Experience with TRIRIGA and E4Clicks is a plus.
• Experience and understanding of the military design and construction process is desired. 

Additional Skills/Abilities requested:

• Strong computer skills working with Microsoft Office programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook).
• Excellent communication skills both oral, visual, and written.
• Ability to work independently with little supervision.
• Outstanding interaction skills, tact, and team building skills.
• Must use logic to analyze or identify underlying principles, reasons, or facts associated with information or data to draw conclusions.
• Must pass pre-employment qualifications.

Responsibilities Include: 

• Collaborate with customers, stakeholders, architects, engineers, and construction managers.
• Define and develop engineering project requirements and translate them into Performance Work Statements/Statements of Work.
• Develop cost estimates for project execution.
• Input and maintain project data into an Air Force Enterprise Business system.
• Provide reports and other products in support of Facility Working Groups, Facility Utilization Boards, and other installation meetings.
• Support the development of the annual Base Comprehensive Asset Management Plan submission.
• Provide technical support to determine the feasibility/capability of existing facilities to support new missions or long-range programs as well as define requirements for new or additional facilities.
• Assist in the development of various project management tools to include PMPs, Source Selection Plans (SSPs), Acquisition strategies, formal Acquisition Plans (AQPs), and Economic Analyses.
• Prepare reports and recommendations for project sponsors and stakeholders.
• Advance concepts and approaches, reviews projects progress and results; provides project status to facilitate management resourcing decisions.
• Oversees the development, evaluation or review of plans and criteria for a variety of activities; assesses the feasibility of proposed plans, projects, and equipment.
• Drafts project plan(s), recommendation(s) and/or finding(s).
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned.