Aline Smith

Aline Smith serves as a Contracting Officer for the W07V Endist New Orleans under the Department of the Army, where she leads the acquisition of large-scale civil infrastructure projects critical to flood risk reduction and coastal resilience across the Gulf Coast. Her portfolio centers on the design, construction, and maintenance of hydraulic structures, levees, dredging systems, and erosion control works, ensuring compliance with federal engineering standards and environmental regulations. She plays a pivotal role in executing the agency’s mission to safeguard vulnerable Louisiana waterways through strategic procurement of heavy civil works, managing full lifecycle contracts from solicitation to closeout with rigorous oversight. Smith maintains enduring partnerships with specialized contractors including WEEKS MARINE, INC., PRECISION CONSTRUCTION LLC, M.R. PITTMAN GROUP, L.L.C., MUDDY WATER DREDGING, LP, and RED BISON SERVICES, LLC—firms with proven expertise in marine construction, dredging, and heavy civil engineering. Her procurement approach emphasizes long-term vendor collaboration, performance-based contracting, and technical alignment with complex hydraulic project requirements, fostering reliable delivery of mission-critical infrastructure. Aline demonstrates a strong, consistent commitment to socioeconomic contracting, with 77.8% of her awards designated as HUBZone set-asides, reflecting a deliberate strategy to prioritize economic development in historically underserved rural communities. Her contracting patterns consistently channel opportunities to small businesses certified under the HUBZone program, reinforcing federal goals for geographic equity and local workforce development. Her technical focus is exclusively on NAICS 237990 (Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction), where she procures specialized services including coastal restoration, channel stabilization, sediment management, and structural earthworks. Smith’s expertise lies in managing technically complex, high-risk civil works acquisitions that demand precise engineering controls, environmental permitting coordination, and adherence to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers design standards.