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Construction Control Representative

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Department of the Army

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$76,463 - $99,404

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GS-11 Pay Grade

Base salary range: $62,107 - $80,737

Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-10. Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree, or 3 years graduate study.

Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).

Job Description

Summary

This job involves overseeing construction projects for the U.S.

Army Corps of Engineers, ensuring that contractors follow plans, use the right materials, and meet safety and schedule standards on military and civil works sites.

A good fit would be someone with hands-on experience in building projects who can spot issues, review drawings, and handle contract details without needing a degree substitution for experience.

It's ideal for detail-oriented professionals who enjoy solving on-site problems in a government setting.

Key Requirements

  • One year of specialized experience in reading and interpreting building construction plans, specifications, submittals, and shop drawings
  • General construction contract administration experience
  • Ability to inspect materials, equipment, installation, workmanship, and safety compliance on job sites
  • Skills in reviewing contractor shop drawings and pre-bid plans for biddability, constructability, and operability
  • Experience evaluating contractors' price proposals, progress schedules, and payment estimates
  • U.S. citizenship required
  • No education substitution allowed; must qualify based on experience alone

Full Job Description

About the Position: Serves as Senior Construction Control Representative and Contracting Officers Representative (COR) for job site construction control of contract work for assigned military construction, civil works, or Work for Others (WFO) construction programs.

Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the 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.

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes:1) Reading and interpreting vertical/ horizontal building construction plans and specifications, submittals, and shop drawings and 2) General construction contract administration.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next 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, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted. Major Duties:

  • Determines whether all materials and equipment to be incorporated into finished job meet plans and specifications.
  • Ensures proper installation and workmanship, safety requirements, adherence to progress schedules, etc.
  • Reviews contractor's shop drawing details to ascertain adherence of the proposed work to contract requirements.
  • Work is primarily comprised of finding solution for technical problems, controversial interpretation of design and/or installation details, proposed contract changes, and progress and payment estimate matters.
  • Reviews pre-bid plans and specifications for Biddability/ Constructability/Operability (BCO) on assigned contracts to determine practicality from a construction standpoint.
  • Evaluates contractors' price proposals for additional work to be performed under the original contract and payment estimate items for consistency with actual job-site status of work.
  • Inspects on-the-job construction progress to ensure that the contractor is maintaining satisfactory progress.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 3/24/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 3/24/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: CEDD-26-12915884-DHA