Calling all Engineers!
Foreign Service Construction Engineers are members of the US Foreign Service, assigned almost exclusively to the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations. There aren't very many of us, so there are lots of opportunities to fill in when & where needed.
For instance: In my current assignment to Jeddah, I replaced a guy I worked with in DC who worked for the guy I had replaced when I began my DC assignment. I also went TDY to Ashgabat to fill in there until the permanent OBO staff arrives. To prepare for that TDY, I talked with other FSCEs who had filled in prior to my turn...all of which I had worked with previously. Since the FSCE community is pretty small, you end up with a global network of resources pretty quickly.
If you want to read more, here's a page about my own FSCE experience.
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