The incumbent serves as a specialist for one or more parks in the science and art of architecture with advanced training in the principles, theories, concepts, methods, and techniques of preserving historic and prehistoric structures with the focus on preserving a structure's physical attributes and materials. Research, planning, and stewardship are the framework for the duties of a historical architect.

Duties

Provides architectural expertise to perform or direct design, construction, operations, and maintenance of park historic and non-historic facilities. Performs or directs performance of planning, design, and construction projects based on professional standards, Federal, state, and local laws and codes, and with technical accuracy. Provides contract administration skills to manage planning, design, and construction contracts. Prepares or directs the preparation of planning, design, and construction documents meeting technical requirements for procurements. Utilizes a wide variety of computer systems, computer-aided design and drafting programs, graphics software, and peripheral equipment for planning, design, and construction projects. Prepares construction documents (e.g. detailed plans, specifications, cost estimates, and other supporting documentation) for advertised or negotiated procurements. Serves as the Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) to the Contracting Officer on historic preservation, restoration, and rehabilitation projects. During the course of these projects/contracts, ensures the contractor's performance meets the technical requirements of the procurement. Participates as a member of a team to solicit, evaluate and select either professional service with Architectural/Engineering (A/E) firms for design tasks or construction contracting to construct a facility. Evaluates and recommends the work of these firms to ensure technical competency, compliance with regulations and expertise with similar work. Responsible for following the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Historic Preservation. Ensures that all projects affecting historic resources follow the Secretary's Standards for Preservation, Rehabilitation, and Restoration, as appropriate, as well as the Guidelines for Treatment of Historic Properties. Serves on the park's Interdisciplinary Team / Cultural Resource Management Advisory Team as a as Historic Architect Specialist Reviewer. Conducts or supervises physical inventories of historic and non-historic structures, maintained landscapes, roads, trails, bridges, utilities, and other structures. Carries the primary responsibility for keeping up to date the ''as maintained" drawings for the park, gathering information from ''as constructed" drawings, historic preservation treatment records, and surveys. Works with in-house maintenance crews to observe, record, and diagnose deficiencies in historic and non-historic structures. Recommends corrective actions and interim control measures and generates cost estimates for repairs. Prepares documentation in order to meet NHPA and NEPA compliance requirements. Responsible for entering project data (descriptions, justifications, cost estimates, etc.) into both the Facility Management Software System (FMSS) and the Project Management Information System (PMIS). Provides support to park management to seek regional and national funding and prioritization for a variety of fund sources. Follows National Park Service endorsed project design and construction protocol. Understands and follows NPS Asset Management Program (AMP) principles and is sensitive to the Total Cost of Facility Ownership (TCFO) in making decisions. Prepares appropriate project documents throughout the project (e.g., Project Agreement, Capital Asset Plan) and facilitates required approvals (e.g., Regional Project Review, Service wide Development Advisory Board (DAB), Director's Approval) as required by the specific fund source.

Requirements

Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-07/26/2023-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. Credit will be given for all appropriate qualifying experience. For current Federal employees, if hours worked per week are not included on your resume, you must submit a non-award SF-50 for each federal position listed as part of your application to be used to validate your work schedule and determine the amount of qualifying experience that you will be granted. An award SF-50 will not be acceptable documentation for which to consider your amount of qualifying experience. For all other applicants who are not current federal employees, your resume must state either "full-time" (or "40 hours a week") or "part-time" with the number of hours worked per week to ensure proper crediting of specialized experience. Failure to adequately provide information needed to determine number of hours worked in each position may result in that time not being credited when evaluating qualifying experience. For periods of time that reflect military service, the DD-214 or Statement of Service is sufficient to meet the full and/or part-time hours requirement as the service dates will be reflected. Basic Requirements: A. Possess a degree in either Professional Architecture or related field that included 60 semester hours of course work in architecture or related discipline of which at least (1) 30 semester hours were in architectural design, and (2) 6 semester hours were in each of the following: structural technology, properties of materials and methods of construction, and environmental control systems. B. Possess a combination of education and experience--college-level education, training, and/or technical experience that furnished (1) a thorough knowledge of the arts and sciences underlying professional architecture, and (2) a good understanding, both theoretical and practical, of the architectural principles, methods, and techniques and their applications to the design and construction or improvement of buildings. The adequacy of such background must be demonstrated by at least one of the following: 1) Related Curriculum: Degree in architectural engineering may be accepted as satisfying in full the basic requirements, provided the completed course work in architectural engineering provided knowledge, skills, and abilities substantially equivalent to those provided in the courses specified in paragraph A. The curriculum for a degree in either architecture or architectural engineering covers function, esthetics, site, structure, economics, mechanical-electrical, and other engineering problems related to the design and construction of buildings primarily (but not exclusively) intended to house human activities. The courses required for a degree in architecture generally place emphasis upon planning, esthetics, and materials and methods of construction, while the courses for an architectural engineering degree place equal or greater weight on the technical engineering aspects such as structural systems, mechanical systems, and the properties of materials. Because of this difference in emphasis, persons with degrees in architecture may have a preference for work assignments that offer greater opportunities for them to express their artistic and creative abilities. As a result, they may be more concerned with planning and design aspects of architecture, and persons with degrees in architectural engineering may be more engaged in aspects emphasizing technical engineering considerations. 2) Experience: An applicant lacking a degree in architecture must have had 1 year of experience in an architect's office or in architectural work for each year short of graduation from a program of study in architecture. In the absence of college courses, 5 years of such experience is required. This experience must have demonstrated that the applicant has acquired a thorough knowledge of the fundamental principles and theories of professional architecture. - AND - To qualify for this position at the GS-12 grade level, you must possess all of the following minimum qualifications by close of the announcement: EXPERIENCE: Possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-11 level in the Federal service. Specialized experience is experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to successfully perform the duties of this position. Examples of specialized experience providing technical support for the identification, researching, planning, treatment and preservation of historic structures; preserving structures physical attributes and materials; identifying issues for long term preservation; investigating, identifying and recording data pertaining to historical structures; planning and designing construction projects effecting historic structures; assisting with or establishing historic architectural project requirements and priorities; developing strategies to achieve short or long-term goals. You must include hours per week worked. Volunteer Experience: 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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Education

To qualify based on education, you must submit a legible copy of transcripts from an accredited institution with your name, school name, credit hours, course level, major(s), and grade-point average or class ranking. Transcripts do not need to be official, but if you are selected for this position and you used your education to qualify, you must provide official transcripts before you begin work.

If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet qualification requirements, you must show that your education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university.

There is no substitution of education for experience at the grade level(s) of this announcement.

Contacts

• Address Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area 1978 River Road Bushkill, PA 18324 US
• Name: Billie Bowker
• Email: [email protected]