Engineer, Construction

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Engineer overseeing facility construction at Newport News Shipbuilding. Plans, designs, and manages construction projects in the industrial environment.

Posted 5/29/2026full-timeNewport News • Virginia • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorLeadWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Plans, designs and oversees the construction of new or expanded facilities
Prepares architectural, engineering, and cost estimates, functional studies, construction plans, specifications, and schedules
Obtains and supervises outside contractors
Recommends architectural and engineering design procedures and standards for the planning and design of facilities
Supervises detailed design, budgetary costing, standardized construction, and final inspection of facility projects
Conducts construction surveillance to ensure adherence to contractual requirements
Provides engineering consulting services to local and divisional offices
Manages the design and construction of electrical, mechanical and structural work/systems associated with utility infrastructure, building and other industrial construction projects.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's Degree in engineering from an ABET accredited program
9 years of relevant exempt experience; Master’s Degree and 7 years of relevant professional experience; Ph.D. and 4 years of experience
Relevant Bachelor degrees: Construction Engineering, Project Management, Construction Management, or relevant Construction degree.

Benefits

Comp & perks

medical, prescription drug, dental and vision plan choices
on-site health centers
tele-medicine
wellness resources
employee assistance programs
savings plan options (401K)
financial education and planning tools
life insurance
tuition reimbursement
employee discounts
early childhood and post-secondary education scholarships

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Hard Skills & Tools

architectural designengineering designcost estimationconstruction planningbudgetingconstruction supervisionconstruction standardsfunctional studiesconstruction specificationsconstruction scheduling

Soft Skills

project managementleadershipcommunicationsupervisionconsulting

Certifications

Bachelor's Degree in engineeringMaster’s Degree in engineeringPh.D. in engineering