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**Duties**:

- You will use landscape architectural CAD software (such as Autodesk Civil 3D and LandFX) to prepare design, construction documents, specifications, and cost estimates for new and renovation projects.
- You will present design and studies to higher level authorities or other Components within NAVFAC, and to Supported Commanders.
- You will provide technical landscape architectural training and mentoring for new and junior employees
- You will coordinate landscape architectural designs with the architectural and engineering disciplines for Design-Bid-Build (DBB) and Design-Build (DB) projects to ensure overall compatibility and efficiency of the site and building design.
- You will prepare landscape architecture design, construction documents and specifications, for new and renovation projects to various types of Navy and Marine Corps facilities, using the latest technological design and drafting tools (CAD).
- You will execute difficult and complex or controversial projects with far reaching scope and effect, including overall project execution of military construction and customer funded projects.
- You will represent the organization to customer's activities, project and program sponsors, local agencies, and field teams
- You will interpret knowledge of local, state, and federal codes and other statutory requirements affecting landscape design (such as sustainable design, low impact development, grading and drainage or other requirements) to prepare design documents.

**Requirements**:
**Conditions of Employment**:

- Must be a US Citizen.
- Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
- Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
- New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
- Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
- You will be required to complete ethics orientation within three months of appointment and submit a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report, OGE-450, within 30 days of appointment.
- You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
- You will be required to complete training, obtain, and maintain a government credit card for travel and travel-related purchases.
- This is a bargaining unit position.
- This position is covered under the Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA). Certification in the Acquisition Functional Area and category assigned to the position is required within established category timeframes

**Qualifications**:
In addition to the Basic Requirements for this position, your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-12 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1. Provide professional specialized landscape architectural assessment services, guidance, and consultation for supported customer project sites and structures. 2.Develop landscape architecture concepts, principles, and practices to support the full range of design, layout, and building sites. 3. Communicate in verbal and written form to present proposed designs and results of studies, produce results of analysis, consolidate findings, and evaluate recommendations. 4. Track the progress of projects to ensure that they are kept within construction budgets; and 5. Complete drawings and specifications within allotted design schedules.
- Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: Landscape Architecture Series 0807 (opm.gov) and General Schedule Qualification Standards (opm.gov).
- Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

**Education**:
**Applicants must meet the following positive education qualifications requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual**:
A. You have a bachelor's or higher degree from an accredited college or university in a landscape architecture or landscape design.

OR You have successfully completed a 5-year program of study of at least 160 semester hours leading to a bachelor's degree in landscape architecture in an accredited college or university.

OR

B. You have a combination of college-level education, training, and/or technical experience - for each year short of graduation,