Construction Control Representative

Summary

This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Certain Personnel of the DoD Workforce to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service. About the Position: This is a Construction Control Representative, GS-0809-7/8/9/10/11/12 position with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Northwestern Division (NWD), Omaha District, Construction Division. This is a developmental position.

Duties

• Oversight of contractor operations to determine whether they comply with wage and hour, equal employment opportunity, or other labor laws and regulations.
• Regularly visit construction sites to monitor the performance of other construction representatives.
• Observes and investigates all construction phases to ensure compliance with contract schedules, specifications and shop drawings; identify actual or potential problems and determine necessity for changes or remedial action.
• Incumbent participates in design review conferences with Project Manager, Area Engineer, Resident Engineer, and design engineers/architects.
• Attend pre-construction conferences to discuss and clarify principal construction features and inform contractors of requirements concerning construction scheduling/progress reporting, safety measures, wage/hour law observance, etc.
• Review plans and specifications prior to contract advertisement to determine practicability from construction viewpoint, whether physical obstructions or other difficulties have been anticipated, and whether materials selected are readily available.
• Perform the full range of field engineering, quality assurance, safety monitoring functions for highly complex Military Construction projects.
• Serves as Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) on assigned projects and ensures the Administrative Contracting OFFICER AND Contracting Officer are kept current on project status and issues by preparing reports and correspondence.
• Mentor and train one or more junior Construction Representatives performing contract administration and Quality Assurance duties.
• Incumbent is responsible for Quality Assurance, construction safety, contract payments, correspondence, submittals, inspections, modifications, schedule management, and other aspects of construction management.
• Make on-the-spot decisions within authorities and implement a plan of action to avoid delays in construction, deviations from schedules and resolution of disputes over the acceptability of work.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or 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. For GS-07: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes applying knowledge of construction methods or techniques to independently inspect a wide variety of standardized construction features; perform quality assurance work to ensure contractor compliance with contract plans and specifications. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-05). OR Education: One full year of graduate level education in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position. (Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts.) OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) by 18. Add the two percentages. GS-08 Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes applying substantial knowledge of construction inspection and quality assurance methods and techniques to independently inspect a wide variety of standardized construction features. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-07). OR Education: One and a half years of graduate level education in a field directly related to the work of the position, such as Accounting or related field of study. OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the first year (total semester hours minus 18) by 9. Add the two percentages. GS-09 Experience: One year of specialized experience, which includes inspecting standardized construction methods, materials and practices; determining acceptability of materials and workmanship to ensure it conforms to established standards and practices; explain standard requirements of plans and specifications to contractors or customers. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-08). OR Education: A master's or equivalent degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education which leads to such a degree in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to perform the work of the position, such as Civil Engineering or related. OR Combination of Education and Experience: To compute the percentage, divide your total months of qualifying experience by 12. Then, divide your semester hours of graduate education beyond the first year (total semester hours minus 18) by 18. Add the two percentages. GS-10 Experience: One year of specialized experience, which includes Quality Assurance and surveillance of assigned construction projects normally involving more than one project at a time with moderate complexity; AND reviewing, advising, making recommendations and evaluating contractors. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-09). OR Education: A year and a half of education leading to a PhD or equivalent degree in a field directly related to the work of this position. OR Combination of Education and Experience: To compute the percentage, divide your total months of qualifying experience by 12. Then, divide your semester hours of post-graduate education beyond the first year and a half (total semester hours minus 27) by 18. Add the two percentages. GS-11: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes monitoring construction quality such as adherence to approved production schedule or proper installation of material components; AND performing all phases of construction management (i.e., document review and contract modifications). This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-10). OR Education: Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position, such as: General Engineering; Mechanical Engineering; Civil Engineering; and Electrical Engineering. (Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts.) OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the second year (total graduate semester hours minus 36) by 18. Add the two percentages. GS-12 Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes monitoring construction quality such as adherence to approved production schedule or proper installation of material components; AND performing all phases of construction management (i.e., document review and contract modifications); AND 3) Reviewing plans and specifications of construction contracts to determine potential problems and solutions. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11). Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job at the GS-12 level, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.

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/

Required documents

The documents you are required to submit vary based on whether or not you are eligible for preference in federal employment. A complete description of preference categories and the associated required documents is in the Applicant Checklist for Public Announcements. As described above, your complete application includes your resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and documents which prove your eligibility to apply. If you fail to provide these documents, you will be marked as having an incomplete application package and you will not be considered any further. 1. Your resume: Your resume must be two pages or less and must support the specialized experience described in this announcement. Resumes exceeding two pages will be removed from consideration. For each relevant work experience, make sure you include the employer's name, job title, start and end dates (include month and year), for qualifications purposes, the number of hours worked per week, and a brief description that show you can perform the tasks at the required level listed in the job announcement. If your resume does not contain this information, your application may be marked as incomplete, and you may not receive consideration for this position. Use plain language. Avoid using acronyms and terms that are not easily understood. The hiring agency will not make assumptions about what's in your resume. If your resume includes a photograph or other inappropriate material or content, it will not be used to make eligibility and qualification determinations, and you may not be considered for this vacancy. For additional information, to include formatting tips, see: What to include in your resume. 2. Other supporting documents: Cover Letter, optional Most recent Performance Appraisal, if applicable This position has an individual occupational requirement and/or allows for substitution of education for experience. If you meet this requirement based on education you MUST submit a copy of your transcript with your application package or you will be rated ineligible. See: Transcripts and Licenses NOTE: Documents submitted as part of the application package, to include supplemental documents, may be shared beyond the Human Resources Office. Some supplemental documents such as military orders and marriage certificates may contain personal information for someone other than you. You may sanitize these documents to remove another person's personal information before you submit your application. You may be asked to provide an un-sanitized version of the documents if you are selected to confirm your eligibility.