DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE ANALYST
Air Force Materiel Command
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CONSTRUCTION CONTROL REPRESENTATIVE
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Department of the Army
Location
Salary
$68,081 - $107,090
per year
Type
Full Time
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GS-9 Pay Grade
Base salary range: $51,332 - $66,732
Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-8. Master's degree or 2 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 by inspecting work sites, ensuring materials and methods meet contract standards, and resolving issues with contractors on the spot.
It's a hands-on role that requires watching every stage of building to keep projects on track and safe.
A good fit would be someone with practical experience in construction inspection or quality control who pays close attention to details and can communicate well with teams.
Key Requirements
- One year of specialized experience at GS-08 level (for GS-09) or higher equivalents, including inspecting construction methods, materials, and workmanship
- Knowledge of engineering and surveying methods and techniques for complex projects
- Ability to review plans, specifications, and shop drawings to ensure project feasibility and compliance
- Experience performing quality assurance and surveillance on multiple construction projects simultaneously
- Skills in monitoring contractor safety programs and negotiating field changes or resolving disputes
- Familiarity with investigating contract change orders, deviations, and potential claims
- U.S. citizenship and ability to qualify through paid, unpaid, or volunteer experience
Full Job Description
This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Certain Personnel of the DoD Workforce to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service.
About the Position: Serve as a Construction Control Representative responsible for an assigned function of surveillance of contract construction operations.
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.
GS-9 Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-08 grade level in the Federal service which includes inspecting standardized construction methods, materials and practices; determining acceptability of materials and workmanship to ensure it conforms to established standards and practices; and explaining standard requirements of plans and specifications to contractors or customers.
GS-10 Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-09 grade level in the Federal service which includes performing Quality Assurance and surveillance of assigned construction projects normally involving more than one project at a time with moderate complexity.
Review, advise, make recommendations, and evaluate contractors.
GS-11 Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-10 grade level in the Federal service which includes scheduling and providing Quality Assurance coverage of multiple simultaneous construction projects ranging from basic to highly complex.
Extensive knowledge in engineering and surveying methods and techniques. Review, advise, make recommendations, and evaluate contractors. Major Duties:
- Observe and investigate all construction phases to ensure compliance with contract schedules, specifications and shop drawings.
- Investigate need for contract change orders, controversies which could lead to formal claims by the contractor, deviations requiring engineering determination, and other matters.
- Review and analyze plans and specifications to gain familiarity with the project to ensure the feasibility of the construction aspects prior to start of work.
- Monitor the performance of the contractor safety program for compliance.
- Assist in negotiating field changes.
- Confer with contractor's staff to settle disputes and disagreements on-site.
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