Serves as Chief of the Design & Construction Division. This leadership position is responsible for overall design & construction management support to the Defense Commissary Agency worldwide facility portfolio. Supervises a staff of 8 employees responsible for managing and monitoring design support contracts, construction contracts and construction administration support contracts required to execute new commissary construction, alterations, renovations, and modifications to existing facilities.

Duties

Serves as a center of expertise in directing the implementation of architectural and engineering policies, procedures and directives in support of the design and construction for new commissary facilities or renovation, alteration, addition or modification of existing commissary facilities, including equipment replacement. Partner with DeCA's Acquisition Directorate team for procurement planning and execution of DeCA design and construction contracts. Develop and execute multi year design and construction program to align with DeCA's Surcharge Funding program for facility improvements. Establish and maintain program level internal controls to manage scope, cost and schedule for all assigned design and construction projects to be executed internally thru DeCA contracts or thru external support stakeholders (USACE, NAVFAC, AAFES, AFCEC, etc). Establishes and maintains positive working relationships with internal DeCA stakeholders (Store Operations, Logistics, Sales, Security, Legal, IT, etc) and external stakeholders (Installation Level public works and civil engineering departments) as needed to manage and execute worldwide program. Coordinate with other DeCA Engineering Directorate Divisions responsible for program level master planning, equipment maintenance and facility maintenance. Turnover completed construction projects to DeCA's maintenance teams. Design management support responsibilities include organizing and contracting for architectural and engineering (A/E) services to support design requirements as needed for future construction projects. Includes establishing, maintaining and renewing DeCA's A/E Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contracts to ensure consistent support. Construction program management responsibilities include planning and executing Design-Bid-Build and Design-Build construction projects. Establish and maintain enterprise level construction contracts (MATOC, JOC, etc) comparable to other Federal agencies. Provides overall engineering management for program level resource contracts to provide regular construction monitoring and regular technical inspection services for commissary projects during construction. Embraces Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) program to train and monitor assigned staff as needed to implement contract surveillance requirements per DeCA's established programs. Read the entire announcement before starting the application process.

Requirements

• Be a U.S. citizen or national.
• Meet minimum age requirement. See Additional Information.
• Males born after 12-31-1959 must be registered with or exempt from Selective Service.
• May be subject to successful verification of identity and employment eligibility through E-Verify. Learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, at https://www.e-verify.gov/.
• May be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as required. New federal employees will be fingerprinted.
• Be able to obtain and maintain clearance eligibility based on the appropriate background investigation.
• May be subject to a probationary/trial period.
• Direct deposit of pay is required.
• Physical Requirements: No special physical demands are required to perform the work.
• May be subject to one year supervisory probationary period.

Qualifications

See the Group Coverage Qualification Standards for Professional and Scientific Positions: To qualify for this position you must possess One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 grade level. To be creditable, specialized experience must be at the GS-13 or equivalent under other pay systems in the Federal service, military, or private sector. Examples of qualifying specialized experience: Managing project schedules and cost, providing guidance for architectural and civil design for facilities and coordinating architectural and civil designs of projects with the other engineering and architectural disciplines within and outside agencies Providing advice and guidance to project managers, consulting engineers, and contractors on complex technical features, work plans, schedules, methods, objectives, and impact of mechanical and electrical systems. AND The Individual Occupation Requirements, https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/general-engineering-series-0801/: A. Degree: Engineering: To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by 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: Professional registration or licensure -- Current registration as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT)1, 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. Written Test -- Evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE)2 examination or any other written test required for professional registration by an engineering licensure board in the various States, the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico. 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 the basic requirements under paragraph A. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program as described in paragraph A. 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 bachelor's 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. (The above examples of related curricula are not all-inclusive.) You will receive credit for all relevant qualifying experience (paid and unpaid), including volunteer work done through National Service program (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Additional Requirements that must be met by the closing date: Time-in-grade applies to the promotion of current and former federal employees who hold or have held a permanent GS position in either the competitive or excepted service in the previous 52 weeks, including current employees applying under VEOA. Your application package must contain proof you meet this requirement. See Required Documents for more information. For GS-14: You must have 52 weeks of Federal service at or equivalent to GS-13. Time after competitive appointment. Current federal civilian employees must have completed at least 90 days of federal civilian service since being selected for a nontemporary appointment from a competitive examination register of eligibles (an announcement opened to the public) or under a direct hire authority. As part of the online application process, you will respond to a series of questions designed to evaluate your level of experience in these competencies: CommunicationEngineering Project ManagementIndividual Occupational RequirementMinimum Qualifications GS-14 Overtime: Occasional Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Exempt Bargaining Unit Status: Not Covered Those retired under CSRS or FERS considered: No. DoD criteria not met. Work environment: The work environment involves use of safe work practices with office equipment, avoidance of trips or falls, observance of fire regulations, traffic signals, safe driving practices, and similar practices. Telework eligible: Yes - as determined by the agency policy Remote work eligible: No

Education

ARE YOU USING YOUR EDUCATION TO QUALIFY? You MUST provide transcripts and/or other documentation to support your educational claims.

Transcripts. REQUIRED when using education to meet qualifications or when education is required.

Foreign education may be qualifying if a private organization specializing in interpreting foreign education programs has deemed the foreign education equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program or a U.S. accredited college or university has given full credit for the foreign courses.

Unofficial transcripts from U.S. Department of Education accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions listing your name, the name of the school, the date and degree awarded, and the list of classes and credits earned are acceptable for the application process. If selected, official transcripts are required before a firm job offer is made. A photocopy of your degree/diploma is not acceptable.

When relying on foreign education, submit transcripts and a copy of the equivalency evaluation results letter with a course-by-course listing. Documents must be in English or include an English translation. The hiring employer for this position does not evaluate degrees from foreign colleges or universities.

Contacts

• Address DECA HQ 1300 Eisenhower Street Fort Gregg-Adams, VA 23801 US
• Name: DeCA HQ Servicing team
• Phone: 614-692-2331
• Email: [email protected]