Lead Project Manager

Patent and Trademark Office • Alexandria, VA

3d • Onsite

About The Position

This position serves as team lead for the Project Management section of the Building and Project Management Branch and as the section’s senior technical resource. It provides technical guidance, coordinates project activities, reviews work for technical accuracy, and assists management with the Branch’s space and facilities management program.

The role provides technical leadership and project management for multiple space projects, ranging from small to large, from initiation through completion as part of the Agency’s planned space program. It independently plans, coordinates, monitors, and evaluates project schedules, milestones, deliverables, and resource requirements to ensure projects meet established scope, schedule, budget, and quality expectations.

The position is based at the Alexandria, Virginia campus. On-site presence is required for functions that must be performed in person; situational telework may be available under agency policy and business-unit discretion, currently up to 52 hours per leave year.

Requirements

• One full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to GS-13 in the Federal service.
• Experience managing multiple space, construction, or renovation projects of varying sizes from initiation through completion, including monitoring schedules, milestones, deliverables, and budgets to keep projects within scope and timeline.
• Experience developing space-planning recommendations, such as reductions, expansions, or reconfigurations, using utilization data, surveys, floor plans, or organizational requirements, and resolving layout or workflow problems in coordination with customers, space planners, and building or leasing officials.
• Experience overseeing project funding, cost estimates, and scopes of work for construction or alteration projects, including reviewing work orders and funding documents and overseeing contractor performance and invoices as a COR or in a comparable role.
• Experience serving as a team lead or in a comparable role, including assigning and balancing work, tracking progress, reviewing work for accuracy, mentoring staff, and informing management of workload issues or project risks.
• Must be a United States citizen or national.
• Must pass a background investigation and fingerprint check.
• Must meet time-in-grade/band requirements by the announcement closing date, unless an applicable exception applies.
• Must meet all qualification and eligibility requirements by the announcement closing date.
• Must be registered for Selective Service, if applicable.
• Must complete a one-year probationary period if required upon selection.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and project management for multiple space projects from initiation through completion.
• Plan, coordinate, monitor, and evaluate project schedules, milestones, deliverables, and resource requirements to meet scope, schedule, budget, and quality expectations.
• Lead or represent the Branch in space-planning meetings with Office Directors, Move Coordinators, Space Planners, GSA officials, contractors, and other stakeholders.
• Address space-planning issues, alterations, and discrepancies involving reconstruction of existing space.
• Coordinate and review the preparation, consolidation, and finalization of office floor plans upon request.
• Develop tasks using appropriate obligation-funding information and GSA reimbursable work authorizations to support alterations.
• Oversee cost analysis and project-scoping activities for new space or expansion requests, budget projections, and long-range planning.
• Oversee Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) responsibilities, as applicable, including inspecting, reviewing, and verifying contractors’ work, reports, plans, and invoices.
• Coordinate daily assignments as team lead and track the status of space project-management tasks to support timely completion.
• Review project work for technical accuracy and provide technical guidance to the Project Management section.
• Assist management in executing the Branch’s space and facilities management program.

Benefits

• Federal employees and their families have access to a comprehensive benefits package; specific benefits depend on position type and should be confirmed with the hiring agency.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed