Lead Project Manager

Patent and Trademark Office•Alexandria, VA

18d•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, from initiation through completion, within the Agency’s planned space program. It independently plans, coordinates, monitors, and evaluates schedules, milestones, deliverables, and resource requirements to help ensure projects meet established scope, schedule, budget, and quality expectations. The position leads or represents the Branch in space planning meetings with Office Directors, Move Coordinators, Space Planners, GSA officials, contractors, and other stakeholders. It coordinates and reviews office floor plans, supports the development of alteration tasks and funding documentation, oversees cost analysis and project scoping, and may oversee Contracting Officer’s Representative responsibilities. The position also coordinates daily assignments, tracks space project management tasks, reviews work, and helps ensure requirements are completed on time. The physical worksite is in Alexandria, Virginia, and in-person presence is required for on-site functions. Situational telework may be available under agency policy and business-unit discretion; the agency currently allows 52 hours of telework per leave year.

Requirements

Be a United States citizen or national.
Meet OPM qualification requirements and possess 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.
Pass a background investigation and fingerprint check; the position is designated Public Trust, moderate risk.
Register for Selective Service, if applicable.
Meet all qualification requirements by the closing date of the announcement.
If selected, may be required to complete a one-year probationary period.

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.
Help ensure projects meet established 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.
Lead the development of alteration tasks using appropriate obligation funding information and GSA reimbursable work authorizations.
Oversee cost analysis and project scoping in support of new-space or expansion requests, budget projections, and long-range planning.
Oversee applicable Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) responsibilities, including inspection, review, and verification of contractors’ work, reports, plans, and invoices.
Coordinate daily assignments and track the status of space project management tasks to help ensure timely completion.
Review work for technical accuracy and assist management with execution of the Branch’s space and facilities management program.