Project Manager
What you'd do
About the Position: Serve as a Life-Cycle Project Manager, with overall responsibility for planning, scope, development, design, construction and direction of important International Interagency Service (IIS), Fuels, and/or Rapid Response projects.
Major duties
Control and manage project milestones and budgets from planning through construction and initial operations. Allocate project funds to District elements, consistent with progress attained, and measure and monitor performance to assure that commitments of all parties are being maintained. Review and analyze cost reports to assure charges are all authorized and appropriate; identify unauthorized charges and assure corrective actions are taken for the ultimate disposition of inappropriate charges. Monitor progress, measure performance and take necessary corrective action to maintain agreed-upon schedule and cost. Coordinate planning, design, cost-engineering, construction and environmental restoration, etc., for engineering or planning projects of substantial scope and complexity. Assure the overall management, control, coordination and execution of assigned projects. As the project team leader, implement corporate decisions, guidance, laws, regulations and policies in the development of the project and intermediate products in support of the project.
What you need to qualify
Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel Workforce Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473 Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes: 1) Managing milestones, contract administration and budgets of multiple projects through development and delivery; 2) Implementing scope, schedule and budget development, along with design, engineering or construction management in regards to construction/renovation of buildings, facilities, fueling systems and other infrastructure projects or environmental restoration type work; AND 3) Integrating customer requirements into a coordinated management plan. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11). Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted. Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-11).
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