Facilities Engineer, Portfolio Optimization

Facilities Engineer, Portfolio Optimization (3 openings)

Location:

On-site at Luke Air Force Base, Glendale, Arizona

Type:
Full-time, direct hire with VLinc Corporation

Anticipated start:
Late September 2026

Status:
Contingent upon contract award

Luke AFB is home to the Air Force's largest F-35 pilot training wing, and the 56th Civil Engineer Squadron plans, programs, and sustains the facilities that keep that mission running. VLinc is hiring three engineers to embed full-time with the squadron's Portfolio Optimization element. This is the front end of the facility lifecycle: deciding what gets built and repaired, making the case for the money, and setting projects up so they execute well.

Your work products go straight to squadron and wing leadership.

• Prepare and refine project programming documents (DD Form 1391 and AF Form 813 packages) that justify and compete facility requirements for funding
• Develop parametric and detailed construction cost estimates using PACES and RSMeans
• Plan and facilitate planning charrettes with squadron personnel and mission partners
• Support installation planning products, including Installation Development Plan (IDP) and Comprehensive Planning Program (CPP) deliverables
• Tailor Unified Facilities Guide Specifications (UFGS) for squadron projects
• Share in the team's Title II construction management workload (roughly a quarter of the aggregate effort): site inspections, quality assurance surveillance, and construction documentation

• Bachelor's degree in civil, mechanical, electrical, or architectural engineering, or a closely related field
• Experience programming, estimating, or planning facility projects, ideally on a military installation
• Working knowledge of construction cost estimating tools such as PACES, RSMeans, or comparable
• Clear, persuasive technical writing; programming packages succeed or fail on the narrative
• Ability to obtain and maintain installation access, including a favorable background check

• Prior support to an Air Force civil engineer squadron or equivalent installation engineering organization
• Hands-on DD 1391 development in PACES and charrette facilitation experience
• PE or EIT registration
• Familiarity with UFC criteria and the Air Force installation planning framework

VLinc is a service-disabled veteran-owned small business headquartered in Chandler, about 25 miles from the Luke AFB gate. You get local corporate leadership that knows facilities work, direct access to company decision-makers, and a role where your judgment shapes the installation's built environment for years. Competitive salary and benefits.