About the Position: Serves as the Operations Division project manager and primary point-of-contact for customers and other external agencies on direction of major civil works maintenance projects.

Duties

Responsible for managing the efficient and effective coordination and accomplishment of the planning, scoping, development, design, construction and direction of major projects within Operations Division. Conducts and assists in inspections of project facilities and structures for safety and operability. Establish responsibilities and set expectations; controls and manages assigned projects, budgets, and schedules, and to assure that commitments to the customer are met. Initiates project directives, reports, conferences, etc., and represents the organization in negotiations with project offices, states, municipal authorities, interested parties, and local governments. Coordinates projects under the control of different managers; multiple-party interests; or compliance with numerous statutory, regulatory, and procedure/restrictions and jurisdictions. Reviews project progress, measuring performance taking necessary corrective actions to maintain agreed upon schedule and cost, based on performance trends, forecasts, schedules, budgets, manpower or quality problems. Leads technical team in the execution of Operations and Maintenance projects assisting with applying problem-solving methods and techniques or work methods, practices, and procedures to determine a feasible solution. Technical representative on inspection teams including periodic, annual, hydraulic steel structure (HSS), response to component failure at lock and dam and lake projects, and operational condition assessments.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Must possess and maintain a valid State motor vehicle operator's license to accomplish assigned duties.

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 EmployeesDomestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel WorkforceInteragency Career Transition Assistance PlanLand Management Workforce Flexibility ActMilitary Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability RetirementPriority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference EligibleVeterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the specialized 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 for the GS-12 level: One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service which includes: managing and coordinating multiple civil works maintenance projects which require planning, scoping, development, design, solicitation, and construction; utilizing management concepts and principles for cost estimating, engineering, and civil works construction; participating in developing and negotiating a comprehensive Project Management Plan with contributing divisions/organizations; serving as point of contact for an organization, customers and external agencies on assigned projects. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11). 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).

Education

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required specialized experience to qualify. For this job, you must meet the required specialized experience--no substitution of education is permitted.

Contacts

• Address RE-W2SM02 US ARMY ENGINEER DISTRICT-LOUISVILLE DO NOT MAIL Louisville, KY 40202 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk