Construction Project Manager

This position is located in the Architect of the Capitol, Office of the Chief Engineer, Project Management Division, Construction Management Branch. The selectee will work on highly visible projects that involve great historical significance and require the use of specialized construction methods to accomplish.

• Serves as a Contracting Officer's Technical Representative with responsibilities for providing construction oversight on multi-million-dollar new construction, renovation, and rehabilitation projects.
• Performs constructability reviews and collaborates with consultants, architects, engineers, and estimators in advance of demolition, renovation, and construction projects.
• Directs construction teams composed of in-house and/or external construction teams. Provides technical guidance and advice to specialists, lower-grade employees, and contract construction management support staff in the performance of their assignments.
• Monitors AOC staff and contractors' safety protocols and fully enforces all applicable safety standards and regulations.
• Coordinates access requests with Jurisdictions and U.S. Capitol Police and ancillary construction activities performed by other contractors or in-house staff.
• Schedules meetings to identify action items, milestones, reasonableness of construction schedule, and phasing requirements.
• Works with Project Managers, Jurisdiction representatives, consultants, and in-house resources to determine risks and makes recommendations to mitigate risks through review of construction documents, changes in scope of work, and proactive oversight utilizing risk mitigation planning processes.
• Works with engineers and architects, consultants, and AOC staff to resolve conflicts and concerns as they arise. Evaluates estimates for financial and time impacts to the projects and advises on the degree of effect on schedule and budget.
• Prepares and/or assists in the preparation and presentation of project reports to keep Jurisdictions and stakeholders informed on project status.
• Provides advice to Jurisdiction representatives, in-house staff, engineers, architects, and consultants on practicability of design, materials to be used, and means and methods to accomplish work based on historical knowledge and construction experience.
• Recommends design changes to improve efficiencies, reduce changes to the contract, and to enhance operations.
• Monitors and inspects contractor performance to ensure that the entire scope of the contract is performed and all quality requirements specified are in strict compliance.
• Ensures that contract construction managers, consultants, and in-house support personnel maintain effective construction surveillance utilizing project controls and protocols.
• Recommends acceptance or rejection of construction activities, phases of work, and overall project completion.
• Analyzes and defines requirements using technical knowledge of engineering concepts, methods, and procedures to coordinate with other projects and activities to integrate standards and precedents.
• Takes part in the development of requirements, integrating applicable industry best practices and lessons learned for inclusion in contract documents.
• Contributes to the development of construction specifications by reviewing draft contract documents for practicability, accuracy, risk management, and completeness.
• Assists in preparing documents for bid and award process.
• Monitors projects' financial outlook to identify potential funding shortages or overruns that may affect contract actions.

• You must be able to pass a drug test.
• Your resume and question responses must demonstrate the job-related KSAs.
• You must meet the definition of specialized experience.
• The tour of duty will be decided at selection.
• Tour of duty may change due to the operational needs of Management.

You must meet the United States Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) qualification requirements (including specialized experience and/or educational requirements) for the advertised position.

You must meet all eligibility and qualifications requirements by the closing date of the job announcement.

Additional information on the qualification requirements is outlined in the OPM Qualifications Standards Handbook of General Schedule Positions.

It is available for your review on the OPM web site at OPM qualification standards

Specialized experience is defined as the following:

• Experience in repairs, replacement, restoration, and protection of historical stone.
• Overseeing and monitoring new construction, renovations, infrastructure improvements, and building upgrade contracts.
• Serving as Contracting Officer's Technical Representative (COTR) or equivalent on assigned construction and consultant contracts.
• Working with project managers, jurisdictions, consultants, and in-house resources to determine risks and making recommendations through changes in scope of work, construction documents, and proactive oversight utilizing risk mitigation planning and/or removal of these risks.
• Recommending improvements in design and efficiencies, reducing changes to the contract, and enhancing operations.

No education substitution.

Welcome Veterans. The Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) gives veterans' preference rights in the legislative branch to certain veterans as applied by the Congressional Accountability Act. Veterans' preference is applied on this vacancy announcement.

If you are a veteran and have been separated under honorable conditions, you must submit a copy of your DD-214 or other proof of eligibility; SF-15, if applicable; and Department of Veterans Affairs documentation of disability, if applicable.

For more information, please visit OPM vet guide

If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, you must certify that you have registered with the Selective Service System.

If you are exempt from registration under Selective Service Law, you must provide appropriate proof of exemption.

Please visit the Selective Service System website for more information.

DRUG TESTING: The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) is a Drug Free Workplace.

As part of the AOC's suitability assessment, a candidate tentatively selected for a position who is not currently an AOC employee is required to submit to screening for illegal drug use.

Satisfactory completion of a drug test is a condition of employment with the Agency.

A candidate must test negative prior to being eligible for appointment into a position.

We will schedule, provide, and cover the cost for the drug test.

The selectee(s) under the vacancy announcement for this position is subject to a criminal record check by the U.S. Capitol Police and satisfactory adjudication to be eligible for employment at the Architect of the Capitol.

The Architect of the Capitol is an E-VERIFY Participant.

E-VERIFY is an Internet-based system that compares information from an employee's Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, to data from U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Social Security Administration records to confirm employment authorization in the United States.

If you are selected for this position, the documentation that you present for purposes of completing the DHS Form I-9 will be verified through the DHS E-VERIFY electronic system.

For more information on E-Verify, please visit The Architect of the Capitol is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, age, national origin, genetic information, sexual orientation, and/or disability.

This agency provides reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities.

If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the agency.

The decision on granting reasonable accommodation will be on a case-by-case basis.

Moving expenses are not authorized.

Relocation expenses are not authorized.

Probationary Period- A newly appointed selectee(s) is subject to the completion of a one-year trial/probationary period, regardless of whether or not a trial/probationary period has been completed previously with the Architect of the Capitol or another Federal agency.

This vacancy announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies in any of the jurisdictions of the Architect of the Capitol.

All application materials become the property of the Architect of the Capitol.

Note: Please be advised that federal retired annuitant candidates may only be considered as a temporary employee if the role can be filled in that capacity.