Architect

Air Force Civilian Career Training • Little Rock AFB, AR

14d

About The Position

The PALACE Acquire Program offers a permanent position upon completion of a formal training plan. The program provides a three-year training plan with yearly salary increases; promotions and salary increases depend on successful performance and supervisory approval. As a Palace Acquire Intern, the employee develops professionally while addressing change, complexity, and problem solving ethically and effectively.

At the GS-07 level, the architect performs specific, limited work assignments that are usually minor phases of broader assignments under higher-grade architects, using prescribed methods. The architect uses computers and software, including information management, computer-aided design and drafting (CADD), and project-tracking programs, to assist higher-grade architects and facilitate work. The position also involves coordinating with architects in other disciplines or engineers and following health, safety, and environmental procedures.

At the GS-09 level, the architect participates in design work for new construction, renovations, and improvements to real-property facilities, including utility systems. The architect prepares or contributes to architect and engineer statements of work, coordinates projects with other architectural disciplines and engineers, and tracks emerging technologies to avoid premature obsolescence. Less frequently, the position also includes construction management and programming/base-development duties. The employee must complete the training and regulatory requirements in the applicable training plan, maintain current certifications, and obtain job-related certifications when required. The role may require relocation, travel, driving, work outside normal duty hours, shift work, emergency overtime, and emergency-response duties.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship is required.
• Meet the individual occupational requirement through an architecture degree or qualifying related education, or through the specified combination of education, training, and technical experience.
• For the architecture-degree pathway, coursework must include 60 semester hours in architecture or related disciplines, including at least 30 semester hours in architectural design and 6 semester hours each in structural technology, properties of materials and methods of construction, and environmental control systems.
• For GS-07, have one year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-05, or one year of graduate-level education, or superior academic achievement.
• For GS-09, have one year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-07, or two years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a master's degree, or a master's or equivalent graduate degree.
• Meet the minimum GPA of 2.95 on a 4.0 grading scale.
• Demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities applicable to the GS level, including architectural concepts and practices, CADD or relevant software, design and drafting, coordination, communication, and applicable standards and regulations.
• Provide transcripts supporting educational claims; foreign education must be shown to be equivalent to U.S. education.
• Meet suitability requirements for Federal employment and obtain and maintain the appropriate security clearance; some positions or rotations require top-secret clearance and may require polygraph and/or drug testing.
• Meet applicable Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act requirements for the duties of the position.
• Serve a one-year probationary period.
• Males born after December 31, 1959, must be registered for Selective Service or be exempt.
• Have or obtain an appropriate driver's license if required for the position.
• Be prepared to relocate during or after training if required, and potentially travel away from the normal duty station.
• Work outside normal duty hours, including evenings, weekends, or holidays, and perform shift work or emergency overtime if required.
• Use direct deposit for pay as required of federal employees.

Responsibilities

• Perform specific, limited architectural assignments using prescribed methods, typically as minor phases of broader work under higher-grade architects (GS-07).
• Use information management, CADD, project-tracking, and other relevant software to assist with architectural work and solve design problems.
• Coordinate projects with architects in other disciplines and with engineers.
• Participate in architectural design for new construction, renovations, and improvements to real-property facilities, including utility systems (GS-09).
• Prepare or participate in preparing architect and engineer statements of work.
• Keep abreast of emerging technologies to help prevent programmed development from becoming obsolete prematurely.
• Perform construction management and programming/base-development work less frequently, alongside the primary architectural-design duty.
• Follow health, safety, and environmental rules and procedures and work in a manner that enhances workplace safety.
• Complete applicable training and regulatory requirements, maintain current certifications, and obtain job-related certifications when required.
• Potentially serve on the Emergency Response Force during exercises or an actual emergency.

Benefits

• The program provides yearly salary increases and potential promotions based on successful performance and supervisory approval.
• Recruitment incentives may be authorized.
• If authorized, permanent change of station (PCS) expenses may be paid under applicable regulations.
• Federal employees receive access to a comprehensive benefits package; specific eligibility depends on position type and work schedule.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Intern