Supervisory Interdisciplinary

Summary

About the Position: Works under a Branch Chief who provides very general supervision. Serves as a supervisor responsible for managing the efficient and effective coordination and accomplishment of the planning, scoping, development, design, construction, and direction of major projects. Applies an extensive knowledge of management concepts, principles, methods and practices as well as knowledge of methods, practices and processes of engineering and science disciplines.

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Duties

• Serves as Supervisor and Senior Project Manager (SPM).
• Supervise, manage, and lead a team of Project Managers; assign and track workload; and mentor and coach employees.
• Identify and complete hiring actions to fill key vacancies and plan for employee career progression.
• Execute and deliver Civil Works projects across business lines: Coastal Storm Risk Management; Flood Risk Management; Navigation; and Ecosystem Restoration.
• Execute and deliver projects across multiple phases: feasibility studies; preconstruction engineering and design; and construction.
• Execute and deliver assigned projects in accordance with Project Delivery Business Process.
• Oversees the preparation of project documents: issue papers; justification sheets; cost estimates; project partnership agreements; Congressional Member Fact Sheets; and Draft Authorization Language.
• Provide briefs and participate in meetings with senior leadership at various levels both within and external to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE).
• Develop, defend, and execute the budget for assigned projects including developing work packages and supporting documentation, and promptly responding to data calls for annual budget and supplemental funding.
• Execute projects with various funding (annual and supplemental) ensuring applicable policy and guidance is followed.
  
  

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Requirements

Conditions of Employment

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Financial Disclosure Statement is required.
• Supervisory Probationary Period may be required.
• One-year probationary period may be required.
  
  

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
• Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel Workforce
• Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan
• Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act
• Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473
• Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible
• Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible
• Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement
• Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible
• Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998
  
  

In order to qualify, you must meet the education and 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.

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SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE FOR THE GS-13: One year of specialized experience which includes 1) Coordinating the planning, development, design, construction, and direction of major civil works projects AND 2) Reviewing and approving to accomplish project objectives AND 3) Leading the activities of interdisciplinary project delivery teams for effective project implementation with responsibility from preliminary plans, through design, acquisition, construction and final inspection and close-out of completed work. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-12).

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.

You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:

• Communications
• Customer Service
• Leadership
• Project Management
• Project Planning, Design, and Construction
  
  

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. For the GS-13 you must have 52 weeks at the GS-12 level.

With regards to time-in-grade validation, if you held a position other than a GS pay plan, be sure your resume includes the pay plan and the salary you earned during the assignment. Without this information, your time-in-grade validation may not be able to be verified and will result in your not meeting the time-grade requirement for this vacancy. A further explanation of the required time in grade documentation can be found under the Required Documents section of this announcement.

Qualification requirement: Qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement.

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/.

Additional information

• Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
• You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship.
• One year trial/probationary period may be required.
• Direct deposit of pay is required.
• This position requires you to submit a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report (OGE450) upon entry, and annually thereafter.
• Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees.
• If you have retired from federal service and you are interested in employment as a reemployed annuitant, see the information in the Reemployed Annuitant information sheet.
• This is a(n) Engineers & Scientists (Construction) Career Field position.
• Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement.
• Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement.
• Payment of Permanent Change of Station (PCS) costs is NOT authorized, based on a determination that a PCS move is not in the Government interest.
• Recruitment / Relocation incentive MAY BE authorized
  
  

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