Engineering Jobs in Stafford

About Us

Clayco is a full-service, turnkey real estate development, master planning, architecture, engineering, and construction firm that safely delivers clients across North America the highest quality solutions on time, on budget, and above and beyond expectations. With $7.6 billion in revenue for 2024, Clayco specializes in the "art and science of building," providing fast track, efficient solutions for industrial, commercial, institutional, and residential related building projects.

The Role We Want You For

The Field Administrative Assistant takes the lead in providing comprehensive support to Clayco Project Managers, Project Engineers, Superintendents, Mission Control and Technical Services, as assigned. Prepare daily and monthly reports, checks outboxes and distributes mail. Assist Clayco in document management by entering and processing of subcontracts, purchase orders, letters of intent, change orders, safety audits, submittals, bid packages, entering punch-list items and updating the information thru the completion of the job and other paper work processing. Follow up with subcontractors and suppliers if executed documents are missing. Arrange meetings, travel, and ordering food if required, In addition; greet and direct visitors, workers, deliveries, and overall assistance to the entire project team and activities taking place on job site with whatever is needed to accomplish the company’s objectives. Acts on own initiative, with a minimal amount of supervision, and yet is a team player. This person is assigned to project teams and will need to be organized, focused and a quick learner.

The Specifics of the Role:

• Prepares correspondence (typing).
• Readily assists with whatever is needed to accomplish the company’s objectives. This includes typing, filing, copying, binding, scanning, and whatever else is necessary. This will also include document retrieval for auditing and litigation as needed.
• Retrieves, scans, transmits and electronically (or physically) distributes executed subcontracts, change orders and other documents associated with projects. This is an extremely important responsibility.
• May type contracts, change orders, letters of intent, meeting minutes, etc., and distribute as required. May also help obtain, assemble and assist with project closeout.
• May assist in entering punch list items and updating the information thru the completion of the job.
• Routinely will run reports and dunning letters on projects as required.
• Enter Daily Reports for Clayco and Subcontractors each day and follow up with Subcontractors on missing paperwork.
• Update rack drawing with the most current issues on a timely basis. This may be daily.

Requirements:

• Interested in learning the business – evolving into someone who will look for solutions to issues and not just pass along messages.
• A diligent, mature, responsible individual – who is a self-starter, is detail-oriented and attentive to the needs of others.
• Able to handle deadlines in pressure situations, with a sense of urgency about the work being performed.
• Organized with the ability to set priorities and take direction.
• A Team Player, ready to assist in any role, who is positive, with a winning attitude, and one who enjoys a challenge.
• Embraces change and recognizes the benefits with a positive outlook.
• Is attentive to detail and accuracy, is committed to excellence, looks for improvements continuously, monitors quality levels, finds root cause of quality problems, owns/acts on quality problems.
• Communicates well both verbally and in writing, creates accurate and punctual reports, delivers presentations, shares information and ideas with others, has good listening skills.

Why Clayco?

• 2025 Best Places to Work – St. Louis Business Journal, Los Angeles Business Journal, and Phoenix Business Journal.
• 2025 ENR Midwest – Midwest Contractor (#1).
• 2025 ENR Top 100 Design-Build Firms – Design-Build Contractor (Top 5).
• 2025 ENR Top 100 Green Contractors – Green Contractor (Top 3).
• 2025 ENR Top 25 Data Center Builders – Data Center Contractor (Top 3).

Benefits

• Comprehensive Benefits Package Including: Medical, dental and vision plans, 401k, generous PTO and paid company holidays, employee assistance program, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, disability coverage, learning & development programs and more!

Compensation

• The hourly pay for this position considers a wide range of factors in making compensation decisions including but not limited to: Education, qualifications, skills, training, experience, certifications, internal equity, and location. Compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. This is a contract based position.

Role: Provide on-site operational United States Marine Corps (USMC) and Navy Command and Control (C2)/command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence (C4I) systems experience to work Naval integration issues related to Marine Corps and Navy C4I assets aboard amphibious warfare ships and alternate/auxiliary platforms and to provide technical and program support to Maritime Expeditionary Warfare (MExW), Deputy Commandant, Combat Development & Integration (DC, CD&I), located at Quantico, VA.

Responsibilities and Duties:

• Drawing upon Naval networks experience in Joint and Naval mission accomplishment, conduct analysis of and develop documentation on naval network systems. Support the analysis of amphibious C4I system requirements, integration, and capability development. Support USMC interests through the participation in Service, Naval, and Joint level working groups, exercises, and wargames as a C2/C4I Naval networks expert.
• Support various networking projects and tasks including architecture and design analysis, systems engineering, C4I systems integration, test planning, and testing and documentation of military networking systems.
• Support USMC interests with various International, National, DoD, Joint, and Navy stakeholders that develop C4I Systems Requirements policy.
• Assist in creating an integrated amphibious C4I architecture for Marine Littoral Regiment, Marine Expeditionary Unit, Marine Expeditionary Brigade, and Marine Expeditionary Force that allows for configuration and baseline control of deployed operational nodes and systems.
• Support Marine Corps led engineering and information technology services focused on solutions and customer-centric support to missions and support systems. Provide expertise in the design, analysis, engineering, implementation, and/or operation of Naval network systems.
• Perform document analysis, requirements parsing, taxonomy alignment, reports generation, abstraction outline, and capability set mapping that will further enable analysis of highly complex business problems to be solved with automated systems.
• Analyze system interface problems, data definitions, and user interface design issues to include a variety of detailed systems factors; input/output requirements, information flow, hardware and software requirements, and reliability characteristics.
• Maintain mapping of USMC, United States Navy and Joint Systems to Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF) Afloat required capabilities in support of drafting the annual Afloat MAGTF C4I Required Capabilities (AMC4RC) Letter.
• Draft and present reports, studies, formal briefings, and business cases analyses (requirements) as required. Participate in the drafting and editing of the AMC4RC Letter in accordance with Department of Defense documentation standards and Marine Corps style guides.
• Conduct gap reviews, reconciliation, attend meetings, draft summary with key points, decisions made, and issues of contention noted.
• Recommends system support requirements to include monitoring, capacity, staffing and patching/updating.
• Analyzes and resolves program support deficiencies.

Supplementary/Administrative Duties:

• Assist in responding to specific technical tasks assigned to MExW in the Enterprise Task Management Software Solution / Task Management Tool.
• Prepare meeting minutes and deliver to Branch Head.
• Prepare and submit monthly accomplishment reports to the Project Manager.
• Prepare and submit travel requests, reimbursement forms and trip reports as necessary.
• Complete required annual government contractor training.
• Assist in publishing the Maritime Expeditionary Warfare Annual Report.

Skills/Qualifications and Certification:

• Capable of working efficiently within a military staff environment that requires coordination at the Navy & Marine Corps service and Joint Staff levels.
• Possess knowledge of architectures of existing Naval networks & systems.
• Certified at Information Assurance Management Level 1 (i.e., Certified Authorization Professional, Certified Network Defender, Computing Technology Industry Association: Cloud+, Security+).
• The candidate possesses excellent interpersonal, communications, and presentation skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (especially Word, Excel, and PowerPoint).

Education/Knowledge:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited College or University in Information Systems Management or related field, and at least four years of relevant experience is required. In lieu of a degree, six years of substantive, relevant experience is applicable. Experience is a higher-level discriminator over educational achievements.
• The candidate must have advanced knowledge of the principles, practices, and procedures used in naval network systems engineering, analysis, and design. The candidate will provide technical expertise and lead the analysis of highly complex systems - working with acquisition professionals and operational forces to develop system requirements, resolve interface and performance issues, and develop / evaluate new systems that are cost effective and meet user requirements.
• The candidate must have a solid knowledge of Marine Corps and Navy organizational structures and functions.

Experience:

• Possess experience in applying technical expertise and understanding of Navy and/or Marine Corps tactical networks with specific emphasis on afloat networks’ design, development, integration, and installation.
• Possess experience and understanding of Cisco routing & switching, to include fundamentals of routing & switching, routing protocols, Virtual Local Area Networks, subnetting, etc.
• Possess solid understanding and experience with Microsoft Server, Microsoft Exchange Server, Active Directory, and Domain Name System.
• Possess experience with Host Based Security System, Assured Compliance Assessment Solution, and Navy and/or other Marine Corps tactical applications.
• Possess an understanding of and experience with tactical radio and satellite communications connections to Wide Area Network/Local Area Network.
• Possess an understanding of and experience with Cloud (i.e., Amazon Web Service, Azure) and/or Hybrid networks.

Location: The primary workplace will be the Marine Corps Combat Development Command, General Raymond G. Davis Center (Bldg. 3300), 3300 Russell Rd, Quantico, VA 22134.

Work Environment:

• On-site Office Environment, amongst mixed military/civilian/contractor personnel.
• Employees will be exposed to a wide variety of people with differing functions, personalities, and abilities.

Physical Demands:

• Work is generally sedentary; there could be a requirement to assist in moving and repositioning computer systems, servers, and other office equipment weighing no more than 50 pounds per person (e.g., two-man lift 100 lbs.).
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Work Schedule: Full Time/40 hours per week. Mon-Fri/8 hours a day. Normal working hours are 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM (0800 – 1600).

License and Other Requirements:

• Hold a valid US Driver’s License, with ability to operate private, and commercial owned motor vehicles (Rental), as required for commuting and travel.
• Must be able to obtain a contractor's common access card, which will stand as identification for instructors and will enable them to access government owned computer equipment and Non-secure Internet Protocol

Salary and Benefits: As stated during the interview/hiring process.

Security Clearance: Possess an active U.S. Secret level security clearance. As required, obtain a Secure Internet Protocol (SIPR) access token for access to government SIPR computers terminals.

Travel: Travel to other government and/or contractor facilities, and/or ships may be required. Travel may be required on weekends and could include CONUS and OCONUS locations. The exact dates and duration of travel will vary dependent upon location and requirements of individual events to include planning, attendance at meetings, conferences, and/or wargames.

Job Title : Nuclear Engineer (Naval Reactors Engineer) Category / Component : Officer • Active Overview Design, regulate, and oversee the Navy's nuclear propulsion program, including reactor design, fleet operations, and eventual defueling and decommissioning of nuclear powered ships and submarines from Naval Reactors Headquarters and associated Department of Energy laboratories and shipyards.

Key Responsibilities Provide technical direction in areas such as reactor and fluid systems design, reactor physics, materials development, component design for steam generators, pumps, and valves, instrumentation and control for reactor and propulsion plants, testing and quality control, radiation shielding, and chemistry and radiological controls; review designs and analyses from laboratories, shipyards, and industry partners; coordinate with fleet units to ensure safe and reliable nuclear plant operation.

What to Expect Assume significant technical responsibility early in your career as part of a lean headquarters staff; work primarily in an analytical and oversight role rather than operating plants at sea; balance long term engineering projects with time sensitive fleet and shipyard issues; frequent coordination with senior civilian engineers, naval officers, and technical teams; high expectations for attention to detail, judgment, and written and oral communication.

Work Environment Work mainly at Naval Reactors Headquarters in the Washington, District of Columbia area with regular engagement with Department of Energy laboratories, nuclear training sites, shipyards, and nuclear powered ships and submarines; office based work that includes document reviews, technical meetings, inspections, and site visits rather than day to day shipboard watchstanding.

Pathways, Training & Advancement Officer commissioning through programs such as Officer Candidate School or the Nuclear Propulsion Officer Candidate program followed by a structured technical qualification program at Naval Reactors; rotational exposure to laboratories, prototypes, shipyards, and fleet support issues; progressive responsibility leading projects and becoming a subject matter expert, with opportunities for professional military education and advanced graduate study in technical fields.

Entry through the Nuclear Propulsion Officer Candidate program for qualified college students and recent graduates, or selection via Officer Candidate School for those who already hold qualifying degrees; all applicants must meet Nuclear Propulsion Program academic and technical screening standards in addition to general officer commissioning requirements.

Qualifications All Navy jobs require meeting general enlistment or commissioning standards, which typically include: Eligibility to serve in the United States Navy, which may involve United States citizenship or other legal residency and work status, depending on the program and current law and policy A high school diploma or equivalent for enlisted positions, and a bachelor's or qualifying professional degree for officer positions Meeting age limits that vary by program and are set in law and Navy policy.

Some communities have more restrictive age ranges Meeting medical, vision, and dental standards, including body composition and physical fitness requirements, with some jobs requiring more demanding standards Meeting character and conduct standards, including background screening Achieving required test scores for your program, such as the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery for enlisted roles or officer qualification tests for officer programs Eligibility for a security clearance when required for your rating or designator Additional qualifications can include specific skills, education, licensure, or experience that are unique to a job or community and will be reviewed with you by a recruiter.

Additional qualifications for this job may include: Completion of a rigorous technical degree in engineering, physics, mathematics, or a closely related field that includes strong backgrounds in calculus and physics; outstanding academic record, particularly in technical coursework; United States citizenship and eligibility for a high level security clearance; strong technical aptitude and comfort with detailed analytical work.

Education Education benefits are available through standard Navy programs such as Tuition Assistance, the Post-9/11 GI Bill, ACE-recommended college credit for Navy training, Navy COOL-funded certifications, USMAP apprenticeships, and other Navy College Program opportunities.

Specific options depend on the Sailor's status, training, and current Navy policy.

Pay, Benefits & Service Pay, benefits, and service commitments follow standard Navy Active and/or Reserve policies for this type of role, including basic pay, allowances when eligible, health coverage, and retirement options.

Exact entitlements, special pays, and service obligations depend on program, component, years of service, and current law and Navy guidance.

Incentives Incentives such as bonuses, special pays, and loan repayment may be available at times for specific ratings or communities, but they change frequently and cannot be guaranteed.

Applicants must confirm current incentives and eligibility with an official Navy recruiter or authoritative Navy source.

Notes and Disclaimers This description is a general overview of typical duties, training, and opportunities in this community.

It does not replace official Navy instructions, policies, or contracts and does not guarantee specific assignments, training, incentives, or outcomes.

Actual opportunities depend on Navy needs, individual performance, screening results, and current law and policy.