Interdisciplinary - Project Manager

National Park Service • Three Rivers, CA

10d • Onsite

About The Position

Serve as a Project Manager in the Maintenance & Construction Division at Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Park. Provide professional engineering and architectural advice and guidance for planning, designing, constructing, expanding, rehabilitating, and repurposing existing and new structures and facilities.

Use technical expertise to identify and resolve complex facility issues and maintenance needs. Develop estimates, scopes of work, and technical criteria for contract packages, and oversee project work as a Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR). Formulate and queue accurate project funding requests in National Park Service electronic facility management systems. Develop and maintain a multi-year facility management program using best practices and technical knowledge to reduce the Facility Condition Index (FCI) and maximize facility life cycles.

This is an interdisciplinary GS-12 position that may be filled as a General Engineer, Landscape Architect, Architect, Civil Engineer, or Mechanical Engineer. The role requires a professional engineering or architecture license, qualifying education or equivalent qualifications for an advertised series, and at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-11. The work is usually performed in an office, with site visits, field inspections, and periodic to frequent travel that may involve construction-site conditions and physical activity.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. Citizen or National.
• Must provide evidence of a current professional engineering or architecture license; a copy must be submitted with photo ID blacked out.
• Must meet the applicable basic education or education-and-experience requirement for one of the advertised occupational series: General Engineering, Landscape Architecture, Architecture, Civil Engineering, or Mechanical Engineering.
• For engineering series 0801/0810/0830, meet the stated engineering degree or qualifying combination-of-education-and-experience requirements; transcripts are required when applicable.
• For landscape architecture series 0807, meet the stated landscape architecture/design degree or qualifying combination-of-education-and-experience requirements; transcripts are required when applicable.
• For architecture series 0808, meet the stated architecture degree or qualifying combination-of-education-and-experience requirements; transcripts are required when applicable.
• At least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-11 in the Federal service, including communication and problem-solving skills for design and construction projects and technical knowledge in engineering, landscape architecture, architecture, civil engineering, and/or mechanical engineering with project management responsibility for multiple complex projects from inception through completion.
• Must meet applicable time-in-grade requirements if a current Federal employee.
• Must state hours worked per week on the resume; current Federal employees may need to provide a non-award SF-50 to validate work schedule and qualifying experience.
• Must submit transcripts supporting claimed education; foreign education must be evaluated as described in the announcement.
• Must possess or obtain a valid state driver’s license within 60 days of entering on duty and maintain it.
• Must complete required training and obtain and maintain a government credit card with travel and purchase authority.
• Must obtain and maintain COR Level II certification within one year of entering on duty.
• Must pass a background investigation and favorable adjudication, E-Verify employment verification, and comply with Selective Service registration requirements if applicable.
• Must participate in Direct Deposit.
• May be required to serve a one-year probationary period.

Responsibilities

• Identify, quantify, and develop solutions to complex facility issues and maintenance requirements.
• Develop estimates, scopes of work, and technical criteria for contract packages and project work.
• Oversee project work in the capacity of Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR).
• Formulate and queue project funding requests in National Park Service electronic facility management systems.
• Develop and continually maintain a multi-year facility management program to reduce FCI and maximize facility life cycles.
• Provide engineering and architectural advice and guidance on planning, design, construction, expansion, rehabilitation, and repurposing of facilities.
• Use communication, negotiation, facilitation, problem-solving, and leadership skills to accomplish design and construction work through others.

Benefits

• Federal employee benefits package; specific benefits depend on position type and eligibility.
• A recruitment or relocation incentive may be offered to eligible candidates at the agency’s discretion and is not guaranteed.

What This Job Offers

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