This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Certain Competitive Positions of the DoD Workforce to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service. About the Position: Works under the general direction of the Chief, Engineering Division. Receives assignments in broad general terms or in the form of directives from higher authority. Incumbent acts on own initiative and judgment in carrying out assignments.

Duties

Serves as the responsible professional for all work completed in the Branch. Assign work to subordinates based on priorities, selective consideration of the difficulty and requirements of assignments, and the capabilities of employees. Apply extensive knowledge of management concepts, principles, and practices as well as a general knowledge of the methods, practices, processes of technical disciplines. Prepare of Scopes of Work and review detail designs including architectural and engineering drawings, specifications, calculations, design analyses, and supplemental or complimentary documents. Attend conferences and meetings with representatives of Architect-Engineers, South Atlantic Division (SAD), Office of the Chief of Engineers (OCE). Serves as an authorized Contracting Officer Representatives (COR) of the Contracting Officer for engineering and architect (A/E) and services contracts. Serves as a staff advisor to the District Engineer and his staff concerning technical issues for the DHA and Medical Command programs. Provide leadership in establishing and maintaining effective management processes and a work environment conducive to effective integration of technical functions of engineering, construction, contracting, and resource management. Develop long range organizational plans and goals including schedules and budgets..

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Annual Financial Disclosure id required.
• Must possess a Type B Contracting Officer Representative Certificate (COR) within 24 months of appointment.
• Temporary duty travel of up to 20% of the time is required.
• One-year Supervisory Probationary period may be required.

Qualifications

NOTE: The salary rate range for this position is determined by occupational series selected for at the time of appointment: Salary range for GS-0801/0810/0830/0850-12: $97,169-$118,499 Salary for GS-0808/0819/0893-12: $82,830-$107,680 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. Basic Requirement for Architect: A. Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in architecture or in a related field that included 60 semester hours of course work in architecture or related disciplines 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. OR B. 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 provided the completed course work in architectural engineering provided knowledge, skills, and abilities substantially equivalent to those provided in the courses specified in statement A above, or (2) Experience: 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 any college courses, 5 years of such experience is required. This experience must have demonstrated that you have acquired a thorough knowledge of the fundamental principles and theories of professional architecture. Basic Requirement for Engineer: A. Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in engineering. To be acceptable, the program must:(1) lead to a bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET). OR (2) include differential and integral calculus and courses (more advanced than first-year physics and chemistry) in five of the following seven areas of engineering science or physics: (a) statics, dynamics; (b) strength of materials (stress-strain relationships); (c) fluid mechanics, hydraulics; (d) thermodynamics; (e) electrical fields and circuits; (f) nature and properties of materials (relating particle and aggregate structure to properties); and (g) any other comparable area of fundamental engineering science or physics, such as optics, heat transfer, soil mechanics, or electronics. OR B. Combination of Education and Experience: College-level education, training, and/or technical experience that furnished (1) a thorough knowledge of the physical and mathematical sciences underlying engineering, and (2) a good understanding, both theoretical and practical, of the engineering sciences and techniques and their applications to one of the branches of engineering. The adequacy of such background must be demonstrated by one of the following: 1. Professional registration or licensure - Current registration as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT), or licensure as a Professional Engineer (PE) by any State, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico. Absent other means of qualifying under this standard, those applicants who achieved such registration by means other than written test (e.g., State grandfather or eminence provisions) are eligible only for positions that are within or closely related to the specialty field of their registration. For example, an applicant who attains registration through a State Board's eminence provision as a manufacturing engineer typically would be rated eligible only for manufacturing engineering positions. 2. Written Test - Evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) examination, or any other written test required for professional registration, by an engineering licensure board in the various States, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico. 3. Specified academic courses - Successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences and that included the courses specified in A above. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program. 4. Related curriculum - Successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree in an appropriate scientific field, e.g., engineering technology, physics, chemistry, architecture, computer science, mathematics, hydrology, or geology, may be accepted in lieu of a degree in engineering, provided the applicant has had at least 1 year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance. Ordinarily there should be either an established plan of intensive training to develop professional engineering competence, or several years of prior professional engineering-type experience, e.g., in interdisciplinary positions. In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the Specialized Experience requirements listed below: Specialized experience: One year expereince which includes the following: 1) Managing in-house engineering teams on a significant level to have a depth of knowledge required scope, costs, and schedules to accomplish the work; 2) Overall project technical management involving program development and contract acquisition that includes developing of technical products for the repair and modernization of health facilities such as Department of Defense Health facilities to include specifying criteria, managing multiple projects and teams, developing cost estimates and project schedules, and review of contractor submittals; 3) Experience in all phases of acquisition to include: acquisition strategy, sources sought, source selection, and contract capacity management, Contracting Officer Representative (COR) duties, and contract performance assessments. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-13) 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. This position has selective placement factor which must be met prior to employment and for continued employment. Your answers to the questions in this section will indicate your understanding of, or possession of, these requirements. Selective Placement Factor: This position requires registration or licensure in Professional Engineering or Registered Architecture. Registration may be in any state, Guam, Puerto Rico, or the District of Columbia.

Education

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the 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. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/

Contacts

• Address RL-W07404 US ARMY ENGINEER DISTRICT-MOBILE DO NOT MAIL Mobile, AL 36628 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk