About this role
Job Summary
You will serve as a Supervisory Interdisciplinary General Engineer/Architect in the Planning, Design, and Construction Division of NAVFAC ENGINEERING CMD MID-ATLANTIC.
Qualifications
This position has a selective placement factor that will be used to screen out ineligible candidates. The selective placement factor is: You must currently be a licensed Professional Engineer (PE) or a Registered Architect (RA). Your license or registration must be held in any State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United States. NOTE: You must submit a copy of your current license or registration with your application package. A copy of a wall certificate that does not have an expiration date will not serve to verify this requirement. In addition to the Selective Placement Factor and Basic Requirements for this position, your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-12 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.
Specialized experience must demonstrate the following
- 1) Managing overall requirement in administering construction contracts in developing project scopes, cost estimates, and/or design builds/request for proposals;
- 2) Providing subject matter expert-level guidance to engineers, architects and technicians on architectural and engineering methods during the design and construction period of project (i.e., acquisitions strategies, pre-construction conferences, constructability reviews);
- 3) Monitoring quality assurance and safety compliance with plans and specifications; and
- 4) Evaluating facility construction workload against critical priorities to develop creative, technically sound solutions to problems not remedied by standard, pre-defined processes.
NOTE: This information must be supported in your resume to be considered for the position. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/files/all-professional-engineering-positions-0800.pdf https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/architecture-series-0808/ Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.
Major Duties
- You will serve as one of the senior PDC staff members at the field office.
- You will actively direct the three-phase quality control program in alignment with the Unified Facilities Guide Specifications and command business processes.
- You will direct the systematic tracking, auditing, and reporting of active projects to maintain strict compliance with command guidelines and construction timelines.
- You will conduct regular project status reviews with subordinates, ensuring that all physical and financial progress is documented in the command databases in strict compliance with operational directives.
- You will serve as the lead technical representative and administrative mediator for the branch on all matters involving project scope modifications, field changes, and contractor claims.
- You will represent the command in high-level negotiations and briefings with installation commanding officers, private architectural-engineering consultants, and contractor executives.
- You will structure work schedules, establish short-term and long-term priorities, and assign tasks based on staff capabilities and branch workloads.