CONSTRUCTION CONTROL REPRESENTATIVE

Full Job Description

About the Position: Serves as the Area/Resident Office Collateral Duty Safety (CDSO) and ensures strict adherence to safety provisions of the contract and have delegated responsibility for detecting and correcting unsafe conditions.

This announcement is for current, permanent Army employees that would like to be considered for a time-limited promotion, reassignment or change to lower grade.

External status candidates should apply to Announcement CERL-26-12928527-TERM.

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job.

You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected.

See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.

Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Applying on Time-Limited Assignments 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: To qualify at the GS-12: One year of specialized experience which includes observing, inspecting, investigating, and reporting all construction phases to ensure compliance with contract specifications and drawings, Scope of Work (SoW), and approved shop drawings and submitting; reviewing and monitoring preliminary and final plans and specifications for biddability, constructability, operability, environmental and sustainability (BCOES); performing Quality Assurance (QA) for military, civil and environmental construction projects located within the assigned area.

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 at the GS-12 grade level, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.

You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Attention to Detail Customer Service Decision Making Flexibility Influencing/Negotiating Integrity/Honesty Interpersonal Skills Learning Reading Comprehension Self-Management Stress Tolerance Teamwork Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-11).

To be referred, applicants must meet applicable time-in-grade and specialized experience requirements within 30 calendar days after the closing date of the announcement. Major Duties:

• Perform the full range of field duties including construction management, quality assurance, and safety monitoring functions for MEGA Civil and Military Construction projects.
• Review plans and specifications prior to contract advertisement to determine practicability from construction viewpoint, whether physical obstructions or other difficulties have been anticipated, and whether materials selected are readily available.
• Observe and investigate construction at all stages to identify conflicts and/or problems and takes timely corrective action.
• Mentor and train Junior Construction Representatives.
• Observe, inspect, investigate, and report all construction phases to ensure compliance with contract specifications and drawings, Scope of Work (SoW), and approved shop drawings and submittals.
• Serve as the Area/Resident Office Collateral Duty Safety (CDSO) and ensures strict adherence to safety provisions of the contract and have delegated responsibility for detecting and correcting unsafe conditions.
• Review contractors partial pay estimates for items of work. Monitors the contractor’s schedule and uses contractual actions to address contractor schedule problems and slippages.