Interdisciplinary
What you'd do
This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Certain Personnel of the DoD Workforce to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service. About the Position: This is an Interdisciplinary Engineer position with the Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, Black Hills Area Office.
Major duties
Reviews existing and projected construction contracts, plans, and specifications from the standpoint of anticipating and making recommendations to improve quality, safety, constructability, biddability, and facilitate effective administration. Work with other Corps of Engineers team members, architects, engineers, and construction contractors to ensure requisite quality control is maintained, work is performed in accordance with contract provisions. Responsible for supervision and oversight of construction contracts. Develop preliminary findings on specifications, estimates, and recommendations for contract change orders and supplemental agreements involving additions and changes in work, designs, methods, materials, equipment, time, and costs. Ensure technical problems during site preparation and construction operations are resolved with minimal impact on project execution. Work with customers/sponsors/outside agencies to promote favorable and effective working relations and ensure adequate construction progress is maintained. Makes on-the-spot decisions and commitments to avoid delays in construction with respect to minor changes, deviations from schedules, substitution of materials, and resolution of dispute over the acceptability of work. During design phase of a project, performs constructability review of project designs and specifications to determine site compatibility and anticipated problems and participates in plan-in-hand reviews. Conducts negotiations with contractors on modification work to establish equitable prices and realistic time allowance for modified and/or additional work. Visit construction sites to ensure work is being completed within specifications. Reviews contractor's submittal data on proposed materials and equipment for conformance with contract requirements and recommends approval or disapproval of submitted items.
What you need to qualify
Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or 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. For GS-12: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes: 1) Reviewing and analyzing proposals submitted by contractors for field changes to contract plans and specifications; 2) Negotiating with contractors on those field changes where the contractor's original proposal is not acceptable; 3) Visiting work sites to verify that work is being carried out according to specifications; and/or 4) Recommending approval or disapproval of data submitted by contractors on proposed materials and equipment. 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 at the GS-12 level, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.
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