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Lead Principal Engineer

CACI International Inc
Springfield, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 15 Jul 2025
💰 $265,800/yr($120,800/yr$265,800/yr)

About the role

Lead Principal Engineer

Job Category: Engineering

Time Type: Full time

Minimum Clearance Required to Start: TS/SCI

Employee Type: Regular

Percentage of Travel Required: Up to 10%

Type of Travel: Continental US

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The Opportunity:

• Serve as the Principal Engineer and functional lead for the U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM) Global Intelligence, Logistics, and Engineering II (GILE II) Facility Engineering Team and World-Wide Generator Program. Responsibilities

• Manage the activities, project schedule, and lead/mentor a team of highly skilled employees in the Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Draftsman (CADD), and Master Electrician/Master Generator Technician labor categories.

• Analyze the execution of multiple simultaneous projects to ensure proper utilization of work force, materials, funding, facilities, and equipment.

• Execute Facility Engineering tasks through close interaction with other Government and Contractor engineers.

• Provide professional facility engineering support in one of the following fields: Electrical, Mechanical, Civil, or Structural engineering for Contractor supported locations and facilities.

• Support equipment within the designated strategic (fixed), tactical and mobile facilities or mission equipment shelters and systems inside or outside secure areas.

• Review engineering design proposals, design drawings, specifications and other technical document submissions and recommend improvements.

• Provide advice and guidance to Government engineers involving all aspects of facility design, construction, operations and maintenance, and repair.

• Review reports and studies to identify deficiencies and participate in the planning of construction/redesign programs.

• Utilize appropriate software tools to track load changes or other parameters of design, construction, operation and maintenance and repair.

• Prepare facility design concepts, MILCON programming documents, cost estimates, economic analyses, plans and specifications, and all related construction project documentation for construction projects to be executed through subcontract or in-house resources. • Inspect existing facilities to identify deficiencies, recommend changes, and ascertain compliance with the applicable code of record.

• Provide guidance, direction and assistance to technicians working in related disciplines.

• Maintain technical liaison and communication between on-site technicians and the Contract Officer Representative (COR).

• Oversee project performance, schedule, quality, and financials.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in an engineering discipline from an accredited college/university.

• 10 years of experience in diversified professional engineering.

• Three (3) years of experience leading a technical team.

• Experience in facility design, installation, operation and maintenance.

• Experience with large, complex construction projects.

• Working understanding of Generator, Automatic Transfer Switch (ATS), Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS), and Switchgear operations.

• General understanding of equipment Preventive Maintenance and Corrective Maintenance requirements.

• Excellent communication, effective leadership and interpersonal skills

• Advanced leadership and decision-making skills to effectively lead cross-functional teams in a fast-paced environment

• Fluent in English, including the ability to read, write, and comprehend technical documentation, schematics and diagrams written under the ANSI standards.

• Experience utilizing various computer programs (i.e., Power Point, Excel, Word, Project).

• U.S. Citizen • Final Top-Secret Clearance based upon a TIER 5 Background Investigation with favorable eligibility determination for access to Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) IAW ICD 704.

• Some positions or assignments may require a Counterintelligence (CI) Scope Polygraph, especially those requiring access to TDN2.

Desired:

• Project Management Professional (PMP) strongly desired.

• Professional registration preferred.
 

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What You Can Expect:

 

A culture of integrity.

At CACI, we place character and innovation at the center of everything we do. As a valued team member, you’ll be part of a high-performing group dedicated to our customer’s missions and driven by a higher purpose – to ensure the safety of our nation.

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