Engineer II (DMVA)

Overview

The Colorado Department of Military and Veterans Affairs (DMVA) has four major operational divisions : Army National Guard, Air National Guard, Civil Air Patrol, and Veterans Affairs. These divisions utilize state and federal resources to provide communities, the State, and the nation with a ready military force for national defense and State emergency response, as well as providing assistance to Colorado veterans. DMVA offers comprehensive benefits programs to its classified workforce, including paid holidays, annual leave, sick leave, medical, dental, life, disability plans, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, and public retirement options. DMVA strives to support a healthy work / life balance by offering compressed work weeks, on-site fitness facilities, free parking, and a variety of training opportunities.

This position is part of the Army National Guard Division, Construction and Facilities Maintenance Office of the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs. The role provides technical and professional engineering services to optimize mechanical systems and energy efficiencies across Colorado Army facilities.

Responsibilities

• Applying a multi-disciplined engineering / architecture knowledge focused on design and construction proficiencies, skills, and abilities.
• Ensuring energy efficient Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing (MEP) systems and energy conservation / management design are properly implemented.
• Overseeing mechanical system construction and supporting Energy Program development for SRM and military construction projects.
• Providing energy analysis on heating and cooling systems during construction while determining solutions or alternate HVAC systems where required.
• Managing near and long-term equipment systems replacement / installation to support the Energy Program to improve mechanical system design, reliability, and efficiency while reducing energy consumption and improving resiliency at buildings, facilities, and training sites.
• Establishing, maintaining, and overseeing project budgets for MEP systems and commissioning contracts.
• Performing engineering calculations to ensure that design objectives and efficiency standards are upheld.
• Reviewing all engineering data and making recommendations for solutions to overcome construction problems.
• Requesting construction funding, overseeing designs, plans, and project specifications for SRM and military construction projects.
• Performing design reviews of all engineering design plans, specifications, estimates, and technical documents to ensure constructability and adherence to regulations and latest industry design principles.
• Providing technical engineering guidance per local peculiarities.
• Proposing and managing feasibility of modifications to plans and designs.
• Providing authoritative professional opinions based on precedent actions, accepted engineering theory, standards, and practices, policy statements, and regulatory directives.
• Analyzing fiscal accountability and execution of assigned programs to ensure the validity of program objectives as outlined in Army National Guard regulations, directives, and policy guidance.
• Collaborating with senior leadership on new techniques, changes in procedures.
• Ensuring compliance with all prescribed internal control standards so that project resources are effectively managed.
• Reviewing and overseeing the review development of design documents prepared by architects and engineers.
• Overseeing the engineering analyses of equipment and systems for energy and cost savings at existing facilities.
• Calculating energy losses and mechanical inefficiencies at existing buildings and providing recommendations to leadership for upcoming HVAC system improvement construction projects.
• Managing all phases of bidding and project construction, negotiating Architectural-Engineer (A-E) fee proposals for construction administration services.
• Providing construction management for Capital Construction, SRM and military construction projects, coordinating construction schedules with users / units / activities.
• Observing projects to ensure they are completed according to specifications and codes.
• Overseeing all aspects of Architect / Engineer (A / E) Construction Administration or Type C services.

Minimum Qualifications

Current, valid licensure as a Professional Engineer from the Colorado State Board of Licensure for Architects, Professional Engineers and Professional Land Surveyors. (Please attach your license to this application.)

Two years of professional experience as a Professional Engineer and / or energy efficiency duties for new / existing buildings, one of which must have been as a licensed professional engineer.

Must be able to secure and maintain a Federal Security Clearance.

Substitutions

Appropriate education, in addition to that required for the professional engineer license, will substitute for the required experience on a year-for-year basis. There is no substitution for a current, valid licensure as a Professional Engineer from the Colorado State Board of Licensure for Architects, Professional Engineers and Professional Land Surveyors.

Resumes in lieu of applications will not be accepted. All relevant education and experience must be included on your application in order to be reviewed.

Appeal Rights

If you receive notice that you have been eliminated from consideration for this position, you may file an appeal with the State Personnel Board or request a review by the State Personnel Director. An appeal or review must be submitted on the official appeal form, signed by you or your representative. This form must be delivered to the State Personnel Board by email, postmarked, hand delivered, or faxed within ten (10) calendar days from your receipt of notice or acknowledgement of the department's action.

For more information about the appeals process, the official appeal form, and how to deliver it to the State Personnel Board; go to Colorado State Personnel Board website; contact the State Personnel Board for assistance; or refer to Colorado Code of Regulations for Rules and Personnel Director's Administrative Procedures, Chapter 8, Resolution of Appeals and Disputes.

Colorado For All Philosophy

Colorado For All means working toward a Colorado where everyone has the opportunity to succeed. It means we support the basic human rights of our neighbors regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, religion, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, education level, disability, socio-economic status, or any other identity.

Employment Philosophy

The Department of Military and Veterans Affairs (DMVA) strives to build and maintain workplaces that value and respect all Coloradans. The DMVA is committed to equal opportunity and hiring based on merit and fitness, with non-discriminatory practices in hiring, employment, and advancement opportunities.

Accommodations

The Department of Military and Veterans Affairs (DMVA) is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, the agency will assist individuals who have a disability with any reasonable accommodation requests related to employment, including completing the application process, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, participating in the employee selection process, and performing essential job functions where the requested accommodation does not impose an undue hardship. If you have a disability and require reasonable accommodation to ensure you have a positive experience applying or interviewing, please direct your inquiries to our ADA / AA Coordinator.

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