4. Preparing project completion letters
according to applicable instructions from higher
authority
5. Maintaining constant liaison with the
material liaison officer
The monitoring/reporting division maintains
constant coordination and works closely with the
quality control or planning and estimating division
and the company deployment planning team on
the technical aspects of the project, progress
reports, and master scheduling.
Assignment to a Typical
Public Works Department
SEABEEs receiving orders to a shore or
overseas shore activity other than a SEABEE staff
or school command are normally assigned to the
public works department (PWD) of the activity.
EAs assigned to PWDs may fill several different
types of billets, depending on the organization of
the department and the capabilities of the
EAs assigned. Although most PWD jobs are
filled by civilians, military billets do exist to
implement rotation of Occupational Field 13
personnel from sea to shore duty. Most of the EA
public works billets are in the engineering division,
where the EA works hand in hand with civil
service personnel in performing drafting and/or
surveying tasks. Senior EAs with planning and
estimating or inspecting experience may be
assigned to the facilities management engineering
division to work as planners and estimators or
maintenance inspectors. Sometimes when there is
a shortage of senior military personnel in the
facilities management engineering division, EAs
and other Occupational Field 13 petty officers
are trained for planning and estimating or
maintenance inspecting.
A unique situation exists at most public
works departments. Your military duties and
responsibilities will fall under military supervision,
whereas your professional work will be directly
supervised by a civilian engineer. Adjusting to this
situation may be difficult at first, but as an alert
EA, you will benefit from the vast experience of
the professional civilian engineer. A good working
relationship between you and your civilian
co-worker is of the utmost importance. Once this
relationship is established, duty at a public works
department becomes interesting and rewarding.
The basic organization for a public works
department is shown in figure 16-2.
ENGINEERING DIVISION.— The public
works engineering division (fig. 16-2) is responsi-
ble for all matters pertaining to engineering studies
and reports, including preliminary designs and
estimates for special repair and improvement
projects; for engineering design, including
development of plans and specifications; and for
the maintenance of technical plan files and
records. This division is responsible for
preparation of shore facilities development reports
and for the submission of basic data required by
the NAVFAC engineering field division director
for preliminary engineering studies.
Figure 16-2.-Standard organization for a public works department.
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