About the Position: Serves as the Chief, Army Reserve Support Section in the Reserve Project Management Branch of Planning, Programs and Project Management Division. This announcement is for current, permanent Army employees that would like to be considered for a time-limited promotion, reassignment or change to lower grade. External status candidates should apply to Announcement # CERE240549872083. Please see "Additional Information" section below for further details.

Duties

Provides expert management for projects or programs of high dollar value of national priority, environmental sensitivity, extraordinary urgency, and/or having similar requirements. Assures the efficient, effective, and timely accomplishment and coordination of over 100 projects with a combined total Programmed Amount in excess of $2B. Plans, programs and oversees cost and schedule, execution of all actions required for projects in coordination with the functional chiefs of each area to assure the projects are completed within guidelines and objectives. Initiates, manages, administers and approves plans that translate project objectives into completed functional phases. Reviews and approves funding and manpower estimates to assure there are sufficient resources to support project objectives. Represents the District when dealing with the local, state and municipal authorities and regulators for the project and is responsible for furnishing authoritative responses to project questions and issues. Serves as primary point of contact and project management business plan expert for all work assigned. Ensures the organization's strategic plan, mission, vision and values are communicated to the section and integrated into the section's strategies, goals, objectives, work plans and work products and services. Monitors and reports on the status and progress of work, checks on work progress and reviews completed work to see that priorities, methods, deadlines and quality objectives have been met. Participates, with key District personnel, in defining project goals and in preparing a management plan for accomplishment. Performs full range of supervisory duties.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• The Project Manager, USACE Career Development Plan (CDP) certification and/or the Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is highly desirable for this position.
• Temporary duty (TDY) for this position is 25%.

Qualifications

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 Applying on Time-Limited Assignments 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. GS-13 Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes serving as a technical expert in applying leadership and engineering principles to manage interdisciplinary teams performing complex and comprehensive design and construction projects; high-level communication skills providing opinions or expert advice to stakeholders on complex projects; ability to apply state-of-the-art technology into mission execution, develop long range organizational and workforce staffing plans while applying federal hiring authorities, and create and execute an annual budget inclusive of direct project labor and overhead expenses. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-12). You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: LeadershipOral CommunicationProject ManagementStakeholder ManagementTechnical CompetenceWritten Communication 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-12).

Education

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience above in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualifications requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.

Contacts

• Address RE-W07202 US ARMY ENGINEER DISTRICT-LOUISVILLE DO NOT MAIL Louisville, KY 40202 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk